Speakers
François-Charles Bideaux, Director of Sports Production, Canal+

Agé de 53 ans, de nationalité française, il habite Paris et après avoir été un des réalisateurs majeurs de la FIFA depuis 1998 vient de réaliser en juillet 2010 la finale de la dernière Coupe du monde en Afrique du Sud. Il était depuis 2008 directeur de production de HBS France Production en charge de [...]

Robin Broomfield, 3D Operations and Development Manager, BSkyB

Robin Broomfield joined Sky in 2009 at the beginning of the 3D project. He was responsible for the development of the facilities and the systems for creating live 3D TV content, resulting in the launch of Sky 3D, Europe’s first dedicated 3D channel, in 2010. In his role, Robin works with the Sky 3D team [...]

David Collet, Director France, Opta

David Collet is the Director France of Opta and has been in the company since 2008. He has been leading the development of the business in France to reach a leadership position in sports data provision by securing strong relationships with blue chips companies such as Canal+, L’Equipe Group, Eurosport/Yahoo, TF1, FFF, FFR, Le Figaro, [...]

Luc Doneux, Head of APAC, EMEA & Major Sporting Events, EVS

Luc joined EVS in 1996 and alongside Bernard Stas, launched and rolled out EVS in Asia Pacific. Since 1999, Luc has been responsible for developing major contracts with host broadcasters of worldwide major events such as the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games.

Giuliano Giogetti, Head of Web & New Media , AC Milan

Head of Web & New Media at AC Milan, where he is working for 12 years, he manages the online projects of the Red & Black Club: official website, mobile site and application, e-commerce, e-ticketing and web TV. He is in charge of AC Milan social strategy and video content distribution through the official YouTube [...]

Duncan Humphreys, Creative Director, CAN Communicate

With nearly 30 years experience as initially a cameraman and then latterly as a director, Duncan has played a key role in the production of feature films, commercials, documentaries and corporate films, winning a few awards along the way. Since 2005 Duncan has lead CANs developments in 3D production, producing and directing numerous 3D projects [...]

Jim Irving, Commercial Director, deltatre

As Commercial Director for deltatre Media, Jim manages all major commercial activities across the business and leads major projects and programmes of work from a commercial perspective. As well as overseeing all commercial activity, Jim leads the video business unit and ensures growth of the business in this area, projects range from highlights production on [...]

Shimon Katzubes, Managing Director – SportVU, STATS

Shimon Katzubes is responsible for all the business activity of SportVU (sophisticated technology software algorithm to collect real time X/Y positioning data of the ball and participants) including strategy, global business development and sales. Mr. Katzubes built a strong relationship between SportVU and the global broadcasting industry for providing innovative and unique offerings which include [...]

Kieron Kilbride, Director of Business Development, Football League

Kieron Kilbride is Director of Business Development at The Football League. His responsibilities include driving forward the League’s broadcast and digital development. He was previously General Manager at FL Interactive (FLi), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Football League. FLi managed digital services for 87 professional football clubs.  Prior to his role at FLi, Kieron was [...]

Casimir Knight, SVP, Wasserman Media Group

Casimir Knight is a former British diplomat who studied at Stanford University Business School in California prior to moving into the sports industry in 1999. Casimir worked for TWI (IMG Media) from 1999 to 2005 as an International Vice President within TWI Interactive and later the global media distribution team. In 2005 he moved to [...]

Vince Pace, Co-Chairman, CAMERON | PACE Group

Vince Pace is Co-Chairman of CAMERON | PACE Group, the industry leader in 3D technologies and production services from slate to screen. CPG is advancing the future of 3D through products, solutions and creative tools across all media channels. Supporting networks, studios, broadcasters, filmmakers and creative teams globally, the company’s unparalleled expertise in 3D helps [...]

Warren Palk, Managing Director, UK and Nordics, PERFORM

Warren has worked in the football and digital media industries for the past decade. He joined digital sports media company PERFORM in 2008 as Head of Football responsible for the management and delivery of technical and commercial services across the company’s 100+ football clients. In his current role, Warren has been working with a range [...]

Bernie Ross, Head of TV Production, UEFA

Bernard Ross is the Head of TV Production at UEFA the Union of European Football Associations. He was brought into UEFA in 2006 to plan and implement the Host Broadcast of UEFA EURO 2008™. This was the first time that UEFA would take the production of the tournament in house and was the final pillar [...]

Steve Schklair, CEO, 3ality Technica

Steve Schklair, 3ality Technica’s CEO, has been working at the forefront of new technologies for most of his career. Schklair is dedicated to advancing and developing S3D in the motion picture and the real-time broadcast of S3D programming especially sports and sporting events. Schklair’s vision to attain the most perfect and easy to capture S3D [...]

Marius Schneider, independent content consultant, formerly Head of Content Management Services at FIFA

Swiss-based sports content expert Marius Schneider has a special interest in information flows, the tools and channels needed to manage them, the numerous parties involved, above all, the target audience. During his 18-year tenure as Head of Content Management Services at FIFA, he was involved with five FIFA World Cups and numerous other football events [...]

Steve Smith, Senior Football Director, Sky Sports

Smith joined Sky Sports in 1994 and moved onto live football production in 1995. After 3 years working as a replay coordinator, he started directing live football in 1998 and has directed over 1000 games moving from SD to HD then currently working in 3D. In HD he has directed regular Premier League and Internationals [...]

Russell Stopford, Head of Digital, Manchester City FC

At Manchester City FC Russell leads the public-facing digital products and services including web, mobile, TV, film, video, social networks and games. This includes driving digital product development, concentrating on online and digital media channel growth to local and global audiences. He is also the non-executive Chairman of Glow Labs, a digital media agency specialising [...]

Francis Tellier, CEO, HBS

Francis Tellier, a French National, started as Exploitation Engineer at Radio France before becoming Director of Planning & Production Coordination at ORTO 92, (Host Broadcaster of the Winter Olympic Games - Albertville). Responsible for the introduction, production & development of Digital and New Media Services at Radio France, he moved on as Director – General at TVRS [...]