If you are in Las Vegas to attend the 2013 NAB Show, you don’t want to miss the second annual “Media Technology: Strategy and Valuation,” conference which is being co-produced by Devoncroft, Silverwood Partners and the organizers of the NAB Show.
This event is free for all registered attendees of the 2013 NAB show.
It is being held in room N239/241 of the Las Vegas Convention Center on Sunday April 7th from 1:45 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
This year’s conference features an intensive, information-packed series of presentations and panels that discuss the strategic trends and industry-specific factors influencing the value of media technology companies.
We’ve worked hard to put together an outstanding line-up of speakers and presenters, including top technology buyers, leading technology vendor CEOs, and private equity investors who will speak to the opportunities and challenges involved with financing the next phase of technology change in the industry.
The agenda will offer attendees the informed opinions of technology purchasers, industry executives, market research organizations, and financial professionals. The event will serve as a thought-provoking kick-off to the 2013 NAB Show.
This session is intended for senior executives from technology vendors, end-users, and investment firms in the media technology sector.
We are expecting 200+ attendees based on the latest registration numbers, so it’s a good networking opportunity as well.
Here’s the conference agenda:
1:45 pm – 1:50 pm
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Joe Zaller – President, Devoncroft Partners
1:50 pm – 2:20 pm
NAB SHOW SPROCKIT PRESENTATIONS
Hear from three market-ready start-ups who have been selected by the NAB’s SPROCKIT initiative. This session will include an introduction of the SPROCKIT initiative followed by presentations from three of NAB Show’s inaugural SPROCKIT participants.
Presenter(s):
- Hilary DeCesare, Co-Founder and CEO, Everloop
- Heidi Messer, Co-Founder & Chairman, Collective[I]
- John West, Founder & CEO, The Whistle
2:20 pm – 2:45 pm
THE BROADCAST & MEDIA TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY IN 2013
Joe Zaller will present a summary of key data derived from the newly published 2013 Big Broadcast Survey (BBS), the largest and most comprehensive study of the broadcast industry. Key results from the 2013 BBS will include key investments areas as well as trends of significance that are impacting these purchasing decisions.
Joe Zaller – President, Devoncroft Partners
2:45 pm – 3:10 pm
STRATEGIC INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: VALUATIONS, M&A, AND EQUITY FINANCING
Jonathan Hodson-Walker and Joshua Stinehour of Silverwood Partners will present an analysis of strategic industry trends and the specific factors that affect company valuations, including transaction activity and valuations; vendor strategic considerations; and the current M&A environment along with near-term expectations. Attendees will also learn which businesses are buyers and investors targeting and why.
Presenter(s):
- Jonathan Hodson-Walker - Managing Partner, Silverwood Partners
- Joshua Stinehour – Managing Director, Silverwood Partners
3:10 pm – 3:35 pm
M&A, VALUATION PERSPECTIVES FROM INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES
Joe Zaller will moderate a panel of three recognized executives at leading vendors will offer views on the critical drivers of value (in context of M&A) in the industry, and discuss the best practices they’ve learned on how to review an acquisition opportunity and how to integrate M&A into overall growth strategies. Obstacles to further industry consolidation will also be discussed.
Moderator:
Joe Zaller – President, Devoncroft Partners
Panelists:
- Dan Castle — CEO, Telestream
- Harris Morris – CEO, Harris Broadcast
- Denis Suggs — Executive Vice President, Belden
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
IABM END-USER RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Yves Dupuis, Director of Market Intelligence at the IABM (trade association that represents broadcast technology suppliers) will present an overview of the latest end-user research from the IABM, including the changing requirements of broadcast technology buyers, and what this means for the supply community.
Yves Dupuis — Director of Market Intelligence, IABM
4:00 pm – 4:25 pm
THE BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY BUYER PERSPECTIVE
Joe Zaller will guide a discussion with broadcast executives responsible for technology budgets as they ponder the questions of most significance to decisions on technology purchasing: How are savvy broadcasters aligning known technology expenditures against uncertain multi-platform revenue opportunities in order to counteract the ‘consumer-broadcast disconnect’? How are these companies assessing the business risk of technology purchase decisions today given the uncertainty of future business models?
Moderator:
Joe Zaller – President, Devoncroft Partners
Panelists:
- Fred Mattocks – General Manager Media Operations and Technology, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Steve Plunkett – Chief Technical Officer, Red Bee Media
- Phil Braden — SVP Technology and Applications, PCCW
4:25 pm – 4:50 pm
KEYNOTE: TECHNOLOGY CHANGE, BUSINESS CHANGE
Clyde Smith, FOX Networks Engineering and Operations will offer a broadcast executive’s perspective on the major business issues facing the industry, what major initiatives and projects have been created to solve these issues, a candid assessment of the results of these initiatives, and a discussion of what is still needed from a technology standpoint to address these issues.
Clyde Smith — SVP New Technology, FOX Networks Engineering and Operations
4:50 pm – 5:15 pm
INVESTOR PERSPECTIVES ON INDUSTRY
Joe Zaller will moderate this panel of private equity professionals who have made recent investments in the media and entertainment space will offer their unique perspectives on trends of significance for the M&E sector. They will also preview their plans for intelligence-gathering at this year’s NAB Show, the trends that are driving investment dollars in the sector, and what characteristics influence their evaluation of an investment opportunity within the M&E industry.
Moderator:
Joe Zaller – President, Devoncroft Partners
Panelists:
- Dave Golob, Francisco Partners
- Kevan Leggett, Lloyds TSB Development Capital Ltd
- William Smales, The Carlyle Group
- Bryce Winkle, The Gores Group
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