The Technology Conference for Global Broadcast Leaders

The SMPTE Media Technology Conference Europe is an industry-leading event that brings together senior technical leaders, innovators and decision-makers from across the global media and entertainment community. Featuring a mix of keynote presentations, interactive panel discussions and hands-on sessions, the conference provides a platform for exploring ground-breaking trends, transformative innovations and the future of media technology.

New for 2026, the SMPTE Media Technology Conference Europe expands its reach with a dedicated European focus, moving to an enlarged ground-floor space at MPTS to offer even greater access to technical insight, collaboration and cross-industry knowledge sharing within the broadcast and technology community.

SMPTE Media Technology Conference Europe

Conference Programme

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13 May 2026
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    Traditional SDR-to-HDR conversion often relies on static curves that can miss the nuance of a scene. Pascal will explore AI-based methods for converting SDR/SCG motion picture content to HDR/WCG by an …
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    The world of live production is evolving quickly, and we are embracing more and more software components alongside traditional hardware infrastructure. These Hybrid workflows will be here for a long t …
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    As media shifts toward adaptive, AI-driven storyworlds, this session explores how trust can be designed as a core engineering layer through transparency, provenance, and human oversight.
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    An overview of the Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) initiative led by the EBU to define a reference architecture for next-generation live media production built on high-performance networks, compute clust …
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    AI has generated intense hype, but can it deliver? This session examines what’s genuinely working today and the technical risks, limitations and unanswered questions that still shape real‑world deploy …
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    InSync Technologies Ltd

     

     

     

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    As media facilities shift from fixed hardware to software-defined, cloud-native architectures, statically provisioning for peak capacity becomes economically untenable. This paper presents a case stud …
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    Net Insight

     

     

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    An investigation into **automated quality control for television subtitles (closed captions)** using speech-to-text transcripts to measure delay and word loss. The presentation demonstrates how automa …
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    A machine learning framework for **automatic news clip composition** that helps journalists quickly assemble video stories from source footage. Using a transformer-based model with a human-in-the-loop …
14 May 2026
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    This is a two part session. 1. Froggy, Sebastian & the Bot: What Pet Names Reveal About How People Conceptualise Assistants.   Kathleen Bryson will present an exploratory qualitative study examining t …
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    3D scanning is becoming a standard part of film, VFX, and virtual production, but concerns over AI-driven misuse of digital likenesses have created tension between creators and IP holders. This presen …
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    Volustor

     

     

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    This presentation explores the ethical implications of AI-integrated XR environments, highlighting how synthetic co-presence and multisensory interfaces reshape perceptions of self, others, and shared …
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    This session discusses how a cloud-based, compressed-domain-first MCR architecture can deliver scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient broadcast operations, enabling seamless switching, automated work …
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    Techex

     

     

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    This session examines Estonia’s Pocket Siren, a national 5G Broadcast emergency alerting system, highlighting how broadcast technology can deliver population-wide alerts even when mobile networks fail …
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    In live sports, every second counts. Event-centric workflows place the live event at the core of media production, enabling faster, more integrated planning, production, and distribution. This approac …
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    Qvest

     

     

     

     

Who visits?

Chief Architect
Chief Digital Officer
Chief Distribution Officer
Chief Engineer
Chief Information Officer
Chief Innovation Officer / CIO
Chief Operating Officer / COO
Chief Technology Officer / CTO
Chief Security Information Officer / CSIO
Director - Broadcast Technology
Director of Engineering
Director of Technical Operations

Director - Technology Product & Innovation
EVP - Head of Global Content Operations
Head of Content Strategy & Operations
Head of Corporate IT
Head of Digital
Head of Global Delivery
Head of IT
Head of Media Technology & Development
Head of News Technology
Head of Solutions
Head of Technology
IT Infrastructure Director
MD Content Technology & Innovation
President Technology
SVP Broadcast & Streaming Technology
SVP Operations
SVP Technology
Technical Operations Director
Technology Director
VP Business & Platform Operations
VP Content & Playout Operations
VP Digital
VP Engineering
VP Strategic Media Solutions