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Unleashing 10X Growth: Content Innovation in the AI Era

Abstract

With the latest advances in Gen AI and the remarkable success of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SORA, content creation, processing, streaming, monetization, and related innovations are experiencing an unprecedented surge, reshaping industries on a global scale. This panel delves into the phenomenon of 10X growth in content innovation propelled by Gen AI technologies. Drawing on expertise from diverse backgrounds, our panelists will explore the transformative influence of AI on content creation and processing processes. They will examine how AI-driven tools and algorithms not only amplify creativity but also streamline production workflows and push the boundaries of innovation. Through insightful discussions and real-world examples, the panel aims to offer valuable insights into the evolving landscape of content related innovations in the AI era. Furthermore, it will illuminate the far-reaching implications of AI across industries, spanning from entertainment and media to consumer products, technology, marketing, and beyond.

Moderator: 

Wei Ding, Sr. Manager, Tencent, USA

Invited Speakers:

Satish Annapureddy, Director, Warner Bros. Discovery, USA

Shan Liu, Distinguished Scientist and General Manager, Tencent, USA

Kevin He, Founder and CEO, DeepMotion, USA

Haohong Wang, General Manager, TCL Research America, USA

  Yao Zhao, Co-Founder & CTO, LiveX AI, USA

Time:  9:45-11:30AM PT, August 8, Thursday

Venue: Sheraton San Jose Hotel, 1801 Barber Ln, Milpitas, CA 95035

Wei Ding

Sr. Manager, Tencent, USA

Bio: Wei Ding received the B.S. in electronic engineering from Peking University, the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Princeton University. He is an accomplished technology and software engineering leader in the media industry. He is currently a Senior Engineering Manager in Tencent Media Lab (USA), leading immersive and media technology development. He previously worked in Dolby Labs, Acer Cloud Technology (US), Corel Corporation, Rovi Corporation, Sonic Solutions, InterVideo, Chromatic Research, Sun Microsystems, and IBM Watson Research Center, in various capacities, such as Senior Architect, General Manager, VP of Engineering, and Principal Engineer. His technical domain and product area spans from video/audio codec, media system, editing/authoring and player, and cloud media processing. His interests include audio-visual, immersive, volumetric, and media system.

Satish Annapureddy

Director, Warner Bros. Discovery, USA

Bio: Satish Annapureddy is a growth and innovation focused product leader passionate about growing businesses with new products, solutions, and partnerships. Over the last 20+ years, Satish has incubated many new products and partnerships involving connected devices, secure streaming, Cloud, and AI. As Director of Product Strategy & Technology Partnerships at Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD), Satish leads AI initiatives across content management, distribution, and monetization. Prior to joining WBD, Satish held leadership roles in product management and business development at Microsoft, LG Electronics, and Irdeto. At Microsoft, Satish launched and drove adoption of Azure AI Machine Translation, Speech, and Media services and solutions with strategic customers and partners including Twitter and Roku. Satish obtained his MBA from Cornell University and his MS in Computer Science from Utah State University.

Shan Liu

Distinguished Scientist and General Manager, Tencent, USA

Bio: Shan Liu received the B.Eng. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, respectively. She is a Distinguished Scientist and General Manager at Tencent. She was formerly Director of Media Technology Division at MediaTek USA. She was also formerly with MERL and Sony, etc. She has been a long-time contributor to international standardization with many technical proposals adopted into various standards and served as Editor of H.265/HEVC SCC and H.266/VVC. She is a recipient of ISO&IEC Excellence Award, Technology Lumiere Award, USC SIPI Distinguished Alumni Award, and two-time IEEE TCSVT Best AE Award. She is a Fellow of IEEE and IET. She currently serves as Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology and Vice Chair of IEEE Data Compression Standards Committee. She also serves and has served on a few other Boards and Committees. She holds more than 600 granted US patents and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and one book. Her interests include audio-visual, volumetric, immersive and emerging media compression, intelligence, transport and systems.

Kevin He

Founder and CEO, DeepMotion, USA

Bio: Kevin He is the founder of DeepMotion, a startup with a mission to democratize 3D Animation with large motion models. Prior to DeepMotion, Kevin served as studio CTO of Disney’s Mid-core games, Technical Director of physics and networking at ROBLOX and engine programmer of World of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment.

Haohong Wang

General Manager, TCL Research America, USA

Bio: As General Manager of TCL Research America, Haohong Wang oversees TCL's streaming services and AI research and development in North America. With a global workforce over 120,000 employees, TCL is a prominent player in consumer electronics and display technology. Prior to joining TCL, Wang held technical and management roles at AT&T, Qualcomm, Marvell, and Cisco. Dr. Wang is widely acclaimed as an industry luminary and distinguished scholar, earning honors such as the IEEE MMTC Distinguished Service Award, the APSIPA Industrial Distinguished Leader Award, and the Red-dot Winner Award. He has co-authored five books, published over 100 papers, and secured more than 160 patents. Dr. Wang has also chaired prominent committees and conferences, including the IEEE ICME Steering Committee, IEEE Multimedia Communications Technical Committee, ACM Multimedia 2017, and IEEE Globecom 2010. He obtained his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in Evanston, USA.

Yao Zhao

Co-Founder & CTO, LiveX AI, USA

Bio: Yao Zhao is a technology leader currently serving as the co-founder and CTO at LiveX AI, where he leverages his extensive expertise in engineering and AI to drive innovation. With a solid background in computer science from Northwestern University (PhD) and Tsinghua University (BS), Yao has built a remarkable career that spans various roles, including researcher in Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Senior Director of Engineering at F5 and VP of Research and Engineering at Shape Security.