THURSDAY, NOV 13

(Subject to change)

Room 110
11:00a-12:00p
Opening Keynote
No Hype, Just Help | A.I. For Live & Post Workflows
Michael Kammes, Senior Director, Innovation
In this session, Michael Kammes will showcase leading AI tools tailored for broadcast and creative teams, explaining key AI terminology and types. He’ll demonstrate how these technologies can boost efficiency, streamline workflows, and enhance the quality of your team’s creative output.

Room 110
12:30p-1:30p
Panel
Voice-Activated Live Production: Real-Time AI Control via On-Air Talent Speech Cues
Chris Lennon, Panel Host
A panel of experts will discuss the design, deployment, and evaluation of an AI-powered voice control system integrated into a real-time broadcast production workflow. The objective is to enable on-camera talent to trigger real-time graphics recalls, switcher transitions, and visual effects directly through their natural speech, reducing dependence on manual operator intervention and enhancing responsiveness during live segments.

Room 110
2:00p-3:00p
Panel
How to Design and Launch a Podcast Studio
Steve Dupaix, Panel Host
A dynamic session designed for anyone looking to launch or elevate a podcast. We’ll start with a practical presentation on how to design a podcast studio, choose the right gear, and build an efficient production workflow—whether you're working with a tight budget or going pro. Then, a panel of experienced podcasters will share real-world insights on growing an audience, refining content strategy, and turning passion into sustainable success. Perfect for educators, media teams, and content creators alike—this session blends actionable advice with inspiring stories to help you confidently step behind the mic.

Room 110
3:30p-4:30p
Panel
The Future of Broadcast, Film and Event Production in Colorado
Ryan McLaughlin , Panel Host
Spencer Mueller, Panel Host
What does our industry look like with all of the various events taking place in Colorado? Where is the future of colorado's event industry headed? How to we compete on an international stage? Spencer Mueller and panelists will address these questions and focus on production opportunities moving forward.

Room 108
10:30a-11:00a
Seminar
Building for the Future with Flexible AV over IP
David Kroeger, Regional Applications Specialist
Audiovisual technology is transforming the way organizations distribute, manage, and scale content across various environments. AV over IP offers unmatched flexibility, allowing seamless system integration and content distribution through standards-based network switches. This session explores best practices for optimizing AV networks to enhance performance, streamline deployment, and maximize efficiency across diverse applications. Attendees will gain insights into methods for distributing AV over IP to multiple displays, and key considerations when working with converged or isolated networks. We’ll dive into the essential roles of encoders, decoders, and IP switches, along with guidance on delivering high-quality audio with AES67 and visually lossless video at high resolutions with ultra-low latency.

Room 108
12:30p-1:00p
Seminar
Film Development A-Z
Jess Stainbrook, Chief Entertainment Officer
Feature Film Logistics - Business and Creative: Everything you need to raise money and launch your film project. As visual storytellers, we all have ideas that we'd like to see go to the next level, but getting there can sometimes be a struggle, especially if you've never done it before. In this brief seminar, we'll go over the business and creative steps that will help you launch your project.

Room 108
1:30p-2:00p
Seminar
Sound Decisions: Elevating Conference Audio for Human and AI Collaboration
Criss Niemann, Sr. Manager - Market Development
This session explores how clear, consistent audio enhances the experience for all participants, and why it’s critical for powering AI-driven features in platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom. We’ll discuss common pitfalls, best practices, and how audio impacts transcription, translation, sentiment analysis, and other intelligent tools.

Room 108
2:30p-3:00p
Seminar
AI and Marketing
Kent Youngblood, Owner and Executive Producer
Everyone’s talking about AI… but how do you actually use it to make your marketing smarter, faster, and more effective? In this session, discover how AI can streamline everything from content creation to campaign execution, helping you personalize messaging, automate repetitive tasks, and build a stronger brand.

Room 108
3:30p-4:30p
Workshop
Equity and the Human Factor
Christine Bowden, Director of Reconciliation, Equity, and Social Justice
How does one become seen? How do we do the seeing? Being seen and valued is not simply about saying it will be done. It's about the actions that follow. Equity is not the same as Equality. We must know the fight we are fighting to receive the outcomes we need. This presentation will provide action steps and awareness around terms used by historically silenced groups and how we can begin the reconciliation process to bring back the human factor.

Room 108
3:30p-4:30p
Workshop
Equity and the Human Factor
Stephanie Sunata, Co-Founder
How does one become seen? How do we do the seeing? Being seen and valued is not simply about saying it will be done. It's about the actions that follow. Equity is not the same as Equality. We must know the fight we are fighting to receive the outcomes we need. This presentation will provide action steps and awareness around terms used by historically silenced groups and how we can begin the reconciliation process to bring back the human factor. As a BIPOC filmmaker with experience in both Colorado and Chicago industries, I will bring my personal prospective working in this field.

Room 106
10:30a-11:00a
Seminar
Crack the Creativity Code
Richard Fleming, Owner
Do you want the ability to flip on your creativity whenever you need it? Client demands make it that you can't wait around for inspiration to strike. Discover how FourSight's innovation model will lead to breakthroughs in all facets of video production. This session will introduce the 4-part, science-backed framework and provide practical strategies for you to generate breakthrough ideas WHEN YOU NEED THEM. Stop losing clients to bad pitches, poor workflow, or content that is drowned out by the other noise. Move beyond traditional brainstorming so that your company stands out.

Room 106
12:30p-1:00p
Seminar
The LED Revolution: New Metrics for Evaluating How a Fixture Will Render Color Revolution
Stephen Ellison, Technical Sales Specialist
Understanding IES TM-30 and why you should stop relying on CRI

Room 106
1:30p-2:00p
Seminar
From Chaos to Clarity: Project Management Strategies That Deliver Corporate AV Success
Ryan Sachetti , Project Manager
In today’s hybrid workplace, AV projects are more complex than ever—touching facilities, IT, HR, and leadership all at once. This session, led by an experienced AV Project Manager, demystifies the process of bringing AV projects in on time, on budget, and with lasting impact.
From stakeholder alignment and user experience design to change management and commissioning strategies, you'll gain actionable insights into building internal trust, communicating across departments, and avoiding the common pitfalls that derail corporate AV rollouts.
Whether you're upgrading 30 conference rooms or launching a global collaboration strategy, this session gives you the framework to deliver AV projects that work—not just on install day, but long-term.

Key Takeaways:
- How to create a stakeholder-driven scope and avoid scope creep
- PM tactics for aligning IT, AV, and facilities teams
- Building end-user training into your AV rollouts
- Checklists and timelines for corporate room upgrades
- Lessons learned from real-world project failures (and how to prevent them)

Room 106
2:30-3:00p
Seminar
Would You Be a Good Chatbot?
Alan O'Hashi, Executive Producer and Director
Alan O'Hashi will provide an overview of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Do you ever engage with a bot when on your bank's website? Does the bot on your healthcare provider's site have the right answers? Chatbots can be frustrating because they aren't trained very well. Attendees will be walked through the process to create a conversational bot of themselves.

Room 106
3:30p-4:00p
Seminar
Panasonic TBA

Education Station
10:30a-11:15a
Workshop
Adobe Premier Pro: Beginner Class
Megan Lowery, TV & Video Director and Multimedia Technician
Join us for an introduction to video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro software. Community Producers will receive an overview of the Adobe Premiere Pro program, learn basic editing skills and best practices for project setup, basic effects, and final program export

Education Station
12:30p-1:15p
Workshop
Sound Mixing: An introduction to Audio Mixer in Adobe Premiere Pro
Javon Manning, Creative Producer
Want your audio to sound cleaner and more professional? In this session, we’ll explore different rack effects that can transform your sound and give it that polished, studio-quality feel.

Education Station
1:30p-2:15p
Workshop
Adobe Premiere Pro: Intermediate Class
Megan Lowery TV & Video Director and Multimedia Technician
Join us to learn more about video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro software. Community Producers will receive an overview of the Adobe Premiere Pro program, learn some Intermediate editing skills and best practices for project setup, basic effects, and final program export.

Education Station
3:00p-3:45p
Workshop
Achieving Exact Color Match in DaVinci Resolve
Clayton Beutler Head of Post-Production
This session demystifies the infamous “gamma shift” between DaVinci Resolve and platforms like QuickTime, Vimeo, and Safari. Clayton Beutler shares a practical, tested workflow for achieving frame-accurate color matches between Resolve’s viewers and exported files across macOS environments. Covering output color spaces, gamma tagging, display profiles, and delivery strategies, this session is essential for editors and colorists delivering to clients who expect visual consistency. Attendees will leave with a clear pipeline, real-world examples, and export-ready settings to ensure their final image always looks exactly how they graded it.

FRIDAY, NOV 14

(Subject to change)

Room 110 11:00a-12:00p Keynote Panel
Future of Colorado Film and Video/Sundance
Shawna Shultz, Panel Moderator
John Tayer, Panelist Dean Stoecker, Panelist
Julie Speer Jackson, Panelist
Arielle Brachfeld, Panelist
This interactive panel features the bold leaders behind getting Sundance to Colorado, including the CO Office of Film, Television and Media along with the companies bringing big budget films to our state. They will discuss where we are in our progress, and present some of the solutions that are already in the works to grow our industry. The panel will take questions from the audience, as well.

Room 110
12:30p-1:30p
Panel
New to Broadcast? Entry Level TV Positions in a Master Control Room
Mark Rushton, Panel Host
Designed for Pro A/V workers, this session will reveal how a broadcast Master Control Room (MCR)operates and what skills sets are needed to fulfill an entry level role, such as Master Control Operator, Master Control Technician, and Master Control Lead Operator.

Room 108
10:30a-11:00a
Seminar
High Quality Music vs. Noise Intrusion – Balancing Community Soundscape Issues
Gary Siebein, Associate Principle Consultant
Gary will dive into today’s real world community soundscapes that are very complex in areas where many outdoor and indoor amplified venues are located. How do the amplified venues coexist with and also enhance the overall soundscape of cities? Many large outdoor and indoor amplified can be designed and have operating procedures in place to help improve the cities’ appeal and culture. Measures can be thoroughly thought out ahead of time with advanced modeling, measurements, planning and design to help achieve compatibility with surrounding residences and businesses.

Room 108
12:30p-1:00p
Seminar
Digital Footprint & Ethics
Javon Manning, Producer-Glass Valley Productions
Want your audio to sound cleaner and more professional? In this session, we’ll explore different rack effects that can transform your sound and give it that polished, studio-quality feel.

Room 108
1:30p-2:00p
Seminar
IP Beyond the Patchbay...Making it Work For You
Bryce Boynton, Mix Engineer, Audio Production Sales/Biz Dev
We will talk about audio and video over IP. Many of us are already using Dante audio, or maybe even SMPTE 2110 video. We are controlling our AV systems over IP, too. But in a sea of standards, which one will best enable your daily AV workflows over the next 5 years, or ten? And, As AV engineers, how can we take advantage of these IP technologies beyond just a connection point between devices. What are the key ingredients to consider in an IP media environment that will allow you to work efficiently and more creatively every day

Room 106
10:30a-11:00a
Seminar
Virtual and Augmented Reality Development
Robert Ottinger, CEO
Step beyond conventional A/V production and into the immersive world of VR. This session explores the unique development pipeline behind cutting-edge VR experiences—how workflows, design choices, and technical constraints differ from traditional media production. From optimizing performance for standalone headsets like Meta Quest to integrating interactive elements that engage users in 360° space, you’ll gain insight into the tools, techniques, and creative problem-solving that bring immersive environments to life. Perfect for A/V pros curious about expanding into VR.

Room 106
12:30p-1:00p
Seminar
Distinctions Between Social Media Platforms and Smart TV
Dr. Ruth Bryant White, CEO
It seems to be getting harder and more time consuming to gain traction on Social Media to reach your target audience. Dr. Ruth will explain how Breaking News Journal TV gets added benefits for their content providers and subscribers by operating on Smart TV platforms. She’ll describe the ways in which Smart TV is not constrained by social media guidelines, so their content creators can use the vocabulary and visuals they choose to receive greater monetization.

Room 106
1:30p-2:00p
Seminar
Crestron
Mathew Pomeroy, Regional Director, Commercial - Northwest
In this presentation, we’ll explore the different tiers and options available in the world of Intelligent/Automated Camera Systems. Mat will provide a deep dive review of the different options available, and show a live demo for the participants to experience the technology first hand. We'll also dig into the different applications that are most common for this technology and review best practices for design.

Room 106
2:30p-3:00p
Seminar
GigRent
Purposeful Pixels
Jordan GoodfellowCEO
This session explores how to select LED and display solutions that truly fit the event—rather than defaulting to the largest or trendiest options that may not be cost-effective or aligned with client goals. We’ll discuss how to evaluate when new technology enhances efficiency and when it simply adds unnecessary expense. Attendees will learn how to guide customers toward smarter display choices—bridging the gap between what they ask for and what they actually need to achieve the desired outcome. We’ll examine the difference between impact and impression, and how to create meaningful visual experiences through thoughtful pixel design and content strategy.

Education Station
10:30a-11:15a
Workshop
DaVinci Resolve: Beginner Class
Austin Anderson, Multiplatform Storyteller
A beginner friendly introduction to basic editing in DaVinci Resolve.

Education Station
12:30a-1:15p
Workshop
DaVinci Resolve: Intermediate Class
Austin Anderson, Multiplatform Storyteller
Discover some mid-level editing tools to help speed up your editing and implement more advanced workflows in DaVinci Resolve.

Education Station
1:45p-2:30p
Workshop
DaVinci Resolve: Color Grading
Austin Anderson, Multiplatform Storyteller
An introduction to color correction and grading footage in DaVinci Resolve.