Leadership from WPP Media, NBCUniversal Entertainment, Netflix, Amazon, Paramount, Hallmark, and more are scheduled to speak at the summit, presented by EY, on September 17. Variety has announced additional programming for its Entertainment & Technology Summit presented by EY on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles. This includes actor and host of “In Your Dreams” podcast Owen Thiele; musician, composer and music supervisor Este Haim; actress and comedian Kate Berlant; actor, writer and comedian Lisa Gilroy; writer and comedian Joel Kim Booster; Nancy Hall, U.S.
CEO of WPP Media; and Liz Jenkins, chief business officer of NBCUniversal Entertainment. Thiele, Haim, Berlant, Gilroy and Booster are scheduled to headline the “Storytelling Vanguards” panel, which will explore the creative processes driving today’s most dynamic storytellers and hear their perspectives on where film, television, music, podcasting and more are headed. WPP’s Hall will join Tom McKenna, global head of media, operations & business development, Audible for the discussion “When Stories Speak: Reaching Audiences in the Next Era of Entertainment.” In other highlights, the fireside chat “Behind the Business: Netflix Comedy and the Return of ‘A Different World’” will feature Tracey Pakosta, VP comedy original series, Netflix and Felicia Pride, creator, executive producer and showrunner, of the upcoming Netflix series “A Different World.” Joining them will be a distinguished group of industry leaders shaping the future of media and entertainment, including Jeremy Helfand, Global VP, head of Prime Video Advertising at Amazon; Marie Marks, SVP, global experiences at Paramount; Darren Abbott, president of Hallmark Media and chief brands officer of Hallmark; Billy Parks, head of FOX Creator Studios; and Christina Kothari, global head of consumer marketing at Reddit.
Helfand joins “The New Era of the TV Business” panel alongside Puja Vohra, chief marketing officer and EVP, advertising sales, Fox Corporation; Jimmy White, managing director and head of large customer sales, Samsung Ads; Gina Reduto, EVP, strategy, advertising & partnerships, NBCUniversal; Josh Mattison, EVP, digital revenue pricing, planning & operations, Disney Advertising; and Matty Beckerman, CEO & founder, IRCODE. The panel will explore innovations behind driving business across media platforms and will be moderated by Variety’s business editor, Todd Spangler. Marie Marks and Darren Abbott will be alongside Natalia Premovic, chief consumer products & experiences officer, Mattel, Ed Bobrin, Microsoft AI and data leader, EY Americas, and Ivo Gerscovich, head of SEGA Brands and chief business & brand officer, “Sonic the Hedgehog”, in the “The Future of IRL: Trends in Event and Experiential Entertainment” panel.
The panel will be moderated by Jay Tucker, executive director, Center for Media, Entertainment and Sports, UCLA Anderson School. We’re moving beyond simply watching content to experiencing it across digital and physical worlds. Variety‘s Entertainment & Technology Summit brings together the people who are helping define what’s next.” Parks and Kothari join the “Titans of Innovation Roundtable” panel, which will talk about cutting-edge initiatives and flashes of insight that move the entertainment business forward.
The pair join Sean Atkins, CEO, Dhar Mann Studios, Maya Rogers, CEO, Tetris, and Nicole Wyskoarko, president and head of Urban A&R, Interscope Geffen A&M Records. The panel will be moderated by Sammi Cohen, CEO, Social Currency Media & host, “Social Currency with Sammi Cohen” podcast. Ernst & Young is the presenting partner of the event.
Official partners are Comscore and WPP Media. AMC Global Media, Havas Play, IRCODE, Spotify, and Teads are supporting partners of the summit. Space is limited, reserve your ticket at variety.com/enttech.
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