What sessions to visit at IBC 2024?

IBC is all about networking and vendor visits. But with so many options, it can be tough to choose the right sessions, especially if you’re focused on CDN and Content Delivery. That’s why we’ve curated a list of must-attend sessions just for you

Explore our tailored list below and select the sessions that best match your interests. Share this page with others and check back often as we continuously update it with new sessions. Know a session we missed? Email us at [email protected], and we’ll add it!

Want to connect with us in person? Meet our board members at various events or schedule a meeting directly. We look forward to seeing you at IBC 2024!

Latest update: 29-August

FEATURED SESSIONS FROM OUR INDUSTRY MEMBERS
Below are sessions from industry members of the CDN Alliance . Make sure you pay them a visit. If you want a warm intro for a meeting with one of our industry members, do contact us at [email protected] to get an introduction directly.

Innovation and Practice in live streaming
Speaker: Eric Chen (Product Director of Media Service Global Market, Huawei Cloud)
Date: Friday September 13
Time: 11:45am – 12:00pm
Location: IBC Content Everywhere Stage 2 (Hall 14, 14.C12)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/innovation-and-practice-in-live-streaming

Panel: Live sport and the OTT ‘ecosystem challenge’
Moderator: Ian Nock (Vice Chair, IET Media Technical Network & Managing Consultant, Fairmile West)_
Speakers: Anastasia Melnikova (Solution Architect Streaming, Gcore), Jens Forum-Jensen (Head of Partnerships, Agile Content), Mark de Jong, (Chairman, CDN Alliance)
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 10:45am – 11:30am
Location: IBC Content Everywhere Stage 2 (Hall 14, 14.C12)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/live-sport-and-the-ott-ecosystem-challenge

How to slash video streaming CDN costs by nearly 40%
Speaker: Edward Tsinovoi (CEO, IO River)
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 11:45am – 12:00pm
Location: IBC Content Everywhere Stage 2 (Hall 14, 14.C12)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/how-to-slash-video-streaming-cdn-costs-by-nearly-40

A New Multiprotocol Framework for Solving Network Congestion in Real Time Streaming
Speaker: Jonas Blötz (VP Engineering, Ceeblue)
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 05:30pm – 05:45pm
Location: IBC Content Everywhere Stage 1 (Hall 5, 5.A28)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/a-new-multiprotocol-framework-for-solving-network-congestion-in-real-time-streaming

How to build a private CDN in 15 minutes
Speaker: Thijs Feryn (Technical Evangelist, Varnish Software)
Date: Sunday September 15
Time: 10:45am – 10:30am
Location: IBC Content Everywhere Stage 1 (Hall 5, 5.A28)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/how-to-build-a-private-cdn-in-15-minutes

FULL LIST OF SESSIONS TO VISIT (listed by date)
Next to our industry members, the following sessions are of interest to check out in relation to CDN and Content Delivery:

FRIDAY

Panel: Global Streaming Power: Sky and NBCU deliver large-scale live events to Europe and beyond
Moderator: Ben Morris (Senior Sales Leader, AWS)
Speakers: Ian Coleshill (Principal Global Solutions Architect, AWS), Manzoor Fazil (Director of Platform Engineering, Sky), Meenakshi Deshmukh (Senior Customer Solutions Manager, AWS), Sebastian Duff (Head of Developer Platform Engineering, Sky)
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 10:15am – 11:00am
Location: IBC Showcase Theatre (Hall 8, 8.A01)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/global-streaming-power-sky-and-nbcu-deliver-large-scale-live-events-to-europe-and-beyond

Panel Discussion: Sustainability – energy efficiency, spanning devices to delivery systems
Moderator: Nicolas Lodge (Director, Lodgical Media)
Speakers: Lucas Gregory (Research Engineer, Ateme), Phil Kesby (Domain Architect – BBC Architecture, Arqiva), Tania Pouli (Deputy director Performance & Innovation, b<>com)
Date: Friday September 13
Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm
Location: Conference Room 2
Paid/free: Paid, only for Conference Pass Holders
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/sustainability-energy-efficiency-spanning-devices-to-delivery-systems

Media Delivery for the Streaming Era
Speakers: Gilles Teniou (Tencent, 3GPP), Will Law (Akamai Technologies), Andrew Murphy (BBC), Elmira Ramazanirend (Vodafone)
Date: Friday September 13
Time: 01:00pm – 02:00pm
Location: G106
Paid/free: Free to attend, RSPV Advised
Info: https://www.5g-mag.com/insights

Deploying 5G: Media Streaming, 5G Broadcast and NTNs
Speakers: Daniel Silhavy (Fraunhofer FOKUS), Gaëlle Kaminsky (TDF), Joel Grotz (SES Satellites), Javi Rodríguez-Fernández (Qualcomm Corporation)
Date: Friday September 13
Time: 02:00pm – 03:00pm
Location: G106
Paid/free: Free to attend, RSPV Advised
Info: https://www.5g-mag.com/insights

Panel Session: Power of On-Prem
Moderator: Alexander Leschinsky (Co-Founder & CEO, G&L Geißendörfer & Leschinsky GmbH)
Speakers: Sean Varley (VP of Business Development, Ampere), Steve Strong (CTO, NORSK), Alex Lui (COO, NETINT)
Date: Friday September 13
Time: 04:30am – 05:15pm
Location: G&L Booth, 14.C05
Paid/free: Free to attend, RSPV Advised
Info: https://info.amperecomputing.com/LP=85

SATURDAY

Mobile TV – Finally?
Speakers: Diego Gibellino (Senior Program Manager, Telecom Italia), Jordi Gimenez (Head of Technology, 5G MAG), Peter Siebert (IEEE/BTS), Thomas Stockhammer (Senior Director Technical Standards, Qualcomm Corporation)
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 10:00am – 01:00pm
Location: IBC Owner & Partners Programme
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/mobile-tv-finally

Lunch and Learn: How Distributed Cloud Is Driving Innovation in Digital Media
Speakers: Shawn Michels (Akamai Technologies), Will Law (Akamai Technologies), G&L, Yospace & Bitmovin
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 11:00am – 01:00pm
Location: G109
Paid/free: Free to attend, RSPV Advised
Info: https://akamai.folloze.com/lunchandlearn

Panel Discussion: Streaming – the view from each end
Moderator: Yuriy Reznik (VP Research, Brightcove)
Speakers: Andrew Murphy (Lead Research Engineer, BBC), Girish Nair (Sr. Media Specialist Solution Architect, AWS India)
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 12:30pm – 13:30pm
Location: Conference Room 2
Paid/free: Paid, only for Conference Pass Holders
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/streaming-the-view-from-each-end

Panel: Accelerator session – Scalable Ultra-Low Latency Streaming for Premium Sports
Moderator: George Bevir (Editorial Director SVG Europe, SVG)
Speakers: Alex Giladi (Fellow, Comcast), John Ellerton (Head of Futures & Innovation, BT Media & Broadcast), Michael Stattmann (CEO & Founder, castLabs), Mikael Raulet (CTO, Ateme)
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 01:30pm – 02:30pm
Location: IBC Innovation Stage (Hall 3, 3.B01)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/accelerator-session-scalable-ultra-low-latency-streaming-for-premium-sports

Shaping the Future of Television: Reflections on the Paris Olympics TV 3.0 Live Broadcast Showcase in Brazil
Speaker: Fabio Murra (SVP of Product and Marketing, V-Nova)
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 02:30pm – 02:45pm
Location: IBC Content Everywhere Stage 1 (Hall 5, 5.A28)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/shaping-the-future-of-television-reflections-on-the-paris-olympics-tv-30-live-broadcast-showcase-in-brazil

Fireside Chat: Supporting revenue streams with CMCD
Speakers: Alexander Leschinsky (Co-Founder & CEO, G&L Geißendörfer & Leschinsky GmbH), Sergio Carulli (CPO, MainStreaming), Tassilo Raesig (COO, MainStreaming)
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 02:30am – 03:15pm
Location: G&L Booth, 14.C05
Paid/free: Free to attend, RSPV Advised
Info: https://www.gl-systemhaus.de/en/events/ibc-2024#CMCD

A Content Native Approach to AI & Video Distribution at Scale
Speaker: Michelle Munson (CEO & Co-Founder, Eluvio)
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 03:15pm – 03:45pm
Location: IBC AI Tech Zone (Hall 14, 14.AIA01)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/a-content-native-approach-to-ai-video-distribution-at-scale

SUNDAY

MTSS Presents Sustainability in Action: Real-World Case Studies from Media Tech Leaders
Speakers: See link for more info, including Edgio, StorJ and Broadpeak
Date: Sunday September 15
Time: 10:00am – 01:00pm
Location: IBC Owner & Partners Programme
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/mtss-presents-sustainability-in-action-real-world-case-studies-from-media-tech-leaders

Panel: Delivering live content at scale
Moderator: Ian Nock (Vice Chair, IET Media Technical Network & Managing Consultant, Fairmile West)_
Speakers: Alexander Leschinsky (Co-Founder & CEO, G&L Geißendörfer & Leschinsky GmbH),
Eric Black (CTO / General Manager of Media, Edgio), Tassilo Raesig (COO, MainStreaming), Yang Cai (CEO & President, VisualOn)
Date: Sunday September 15
Time: 10:45am – 11:30am
Location: IBC Content Everywhere Stage 1 (Hall 5, 5.A28)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/delivering-live-content-at-scale=

Fireside Chat: The hidden magic of log analytics
Speakers: Alexander Leschinsky (Co-Founder & CEO, G&L Geißendörfer & Leschinsky GmbH), David Sztykman (Head of Product, Hydrolix), Christina Rewe (Head of Sales, Hydrolix), Brenton Ough (Co-founder & CEO, Touchstream)
Date: Sunday September 15
Time: 2:30am – 03:15pm
Location: G&L Booth, 14.C05
Paid/free: Free to attend, RSPV Advised
Info: https://www.gl-systemhaus.de/en/events/ibc-2024#CDNlogs

Panel Discussion: 5G Technology – convergence with broadcast
Moderator: Vittoria Mignone (Research & Development Manager, RAI)
Speakers: Javier Rodriguez Fernandez (Senior Engineer, Technical Standards, Qualcomm Technologies), Thomas Stockhammer (Senior Director Technical Standards, Qualcomm Technologies)
Date: Sunday September 15
Time: 04:00pm – 05:00pm
Location: Conference Room 2
Paid/free: Paid, only for Conference Pass Holders
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/5g-technology-convergence-with-broadcast

Streaming at the speed of light: Enhance enterprise live broadcasts
Speaker: Laurent Kupersztych (Principal Solution Engineer, CDNetworks)
Date: Sunday September 15
Time: 05:00pm – 05:15pm
Location: IBC Content Everywhere Stage 2 (Hall 14, 14.C12)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/streaming-at-the-speed-of-light-enhance-enterprise-live-broadcasts

How to deliver live low-latency video at scale
Speakers: Lukas Navickas (Streaming Specialist, servers.com), Oliver Lietz (CEO, nanocosmos)
Date: Sunday September 15
Time: 05:30pm – 05:45pm
Location: IBC Content Everywhere Stage 2 (Hall 14, 14.C12)
Paid/free: Free to attend
Info: https://show.ibc.org/ibc2024-live/how-to-deliver-live-low-latency-video-at-scale

MONDAY
No events.

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