NAB Show
SMPTE Visual Innovation and Brilliant Engineering Conference
Meet Today’s Evolving Demands
April 18, 2026
Las Vegas Convention Center
Explore how modern story-driven productions shape technology — from end-to-end workflow design to robotic systems enabling impossible camera motion, content authenticity and provenance challenges to new pipeline approaches meeting evolving creative demands. This conference is produced in partnership with the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
About the Program
Discover how creative needs drive technical innovation across today’s productions. Dive into end-to-end workflow design for complex productions, see how robotics enables previously impossible motion (including a live demonstration), examine rising demands for standards in content authenticity and provenance, and learn how studios are reinventing their pipelines to support evolving narrative and visual expectations.
Program Pricing
This conference can be added à la carte to a Premium Pass, which includes Show Floor access.
| NAB Non-Member Rate | Government, Student and NAB Member Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| Premium Pass | $999 | $799 |
Conference Speakers
Carol Alynn Payne
Senior Color Scientist, Technical Advisory Committee Chair
Academy Software Foundation
Sally-Ann D'Amato
Executive Director
SMPTE – Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
David Morin
Executive Director
Academy Software Foundation
Renae Batty
SVP, Global Client Experience
Deluxe Media Inc.
Andy Beale
Director of Technology
Premier League Studios
Anna Shaposhnik
Founder & CEO
ORBES
Chelsea Fearnley
Head of Marketing, Brand & Partnerships
Motion Impossible
Abi Hemingway
VP Commercial & Partnerships
M2A Media
Yves Bergquist
AI Researcher and Program Director
USC's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC)
Carolyn Giardina
Crafts and Entertainment Technology Journalist
Cinema Editor
Willem Vermost
Senior Media Technology Architect
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Zandra Clarke
Membership Director
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
Zac Shaw
Vice President, Localization Technology
Deluxe
Veronica Pineda
Manager, Localization and Media Services
Deluxe
Rich Welsh
President
SMPTE
Conference Sessions
9:50 – 10 a.m.
SMPTE VIBE: Welcome
Sponsored by
10:40 – 11:20 a.m.
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11:20 a.m. – noon
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noon – 12:55 p.m.
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2 – 2:50 p.m.
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SMPTE VIBE: Open Source Is Ready for Prime Time
Sponsored by
2:55 – 3:10 p.m.
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3:10 – 4:05 p.m.
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4:05 – 5 p.m.
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