While exhibitors put the finishing touches on the show floor, the conference programming begins, and we start with a can’t miss event for broadcast engineers and media technologists – the BEIT Conference Opening Session.
Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference Opening Session
Saturday, April 13 | 10:00 – 11:00 am
West Hall Room W222-W223
The opening session, hosted by NAB CTO Sam Matheny, includes the BEIT Conference welcome from NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt, the presentation of the NAB Best Paper Award, honoring the author(s) of the best paper published in the NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference Proceedings, and the BEIT Conference keynote, “Generative AI for Content Production: From Storytelling to Visual Effects, AI Lip Sync, and Beyond,” by Dr. Hao Li, the CEO and co-founder of Pinscreen, a Los Angeles-based startup that builds the world’s most advanced AI-driven virtual avatars, and an associate professor of computer vision at Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi.
Saturday’s Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference Schedule
Saturday, April 13 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
West Hall Rooms W220-W221 and W222-W223
Small and Medium Market Radio Forum (RSVP Required)
Saturday, April 13 | 2:00 – 6:00 pm
Radio’s signature NAB Show kick-off event returns! Join your small and medium market radio colleagues for an afternoon of business insights, topic briefings, fast-paced presentations, interactive roundtables and a closing reception.
National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) meetings
Saturday, April 13 | 2:30 – 5:00 pm
West Hall Room W227
The National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) is jointly sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Its purpose is to study and make recommendations for technical standards that relate to radio broadcasting and the reception of radio broadcast signals. Three NRSC Subcommittees will hold meetings: AM and FM Analog Broadcasting (AFAB), Data Services and Metadata (DSM), and Digital Radio Broadcasting (DRB).
IEEE BTS: ATSC 3.0 Business Case and Monetization
Saturday, April 13 | 3:00 – 4:00 pm
West Hall Room W220-W221
This session, hosted by the IEEE BTS, investigates monetizing ATSC 3.0 which would promote new business models that could create new revenue streams for stations. Participants will present their ideas for a panel of experts to determine their investive worth.
BEIT Conference/Connect Happy Hour
Saturday, April 13 | 4:00 – 5:00 pm
West Hall Room W233
This session, hosted by the IEEE BTS, investigates monetizing ATSC 3.0 which would promote new business models that could create new revenue streams for stations. Participants will present their ideas for a panel of experts to determine their investive worth.
Day 2 of the SBE Ennes Workshop
Saturday, April 13 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The SBE Ennes Workshop spans two days on April 12 and 13 with two separate educational tracks: RF 101 and Media over IP.