Print Agenda

Thursday, November 13

4:00pm ET
Check-in and ESPN Edge Innovation Center is Open
5:00pm ET
Welcome

Arda Öcal / Host of SportsCenter, NHL Content, and ESPN Edge Innovation Conference

5:05pm ET
Opening Remarks

Rosalyn Durant / Executive Vice President, Programming & Acquisitions, ESPN

Kevin Lopes / Vice President, Sports Business Development, ESPN

 with Monica McNutt / Basketball Analyst, Reporter, and Host, ESPN

5:20pm ET
ESPN Edge: Pushing the Limits of Cutting-Edge Technology with World-Class Partners Accenture, Microsoft, Meta, and WSC Sports

John Chleborad / Managing Director, Head of Global Brand, Accenture

Simon Crownshaw / Worldwide Strategy Director, Media & Entertainment, Microsoft

Ryan Dornbusch / Head of Sports, Reality Labs, Meta

Aviv Arnon / Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer, WSC Sports

with Kevin Lopes / Vice President, Sports Business Development, ESPN

5:45pm ET
Animated Telecasts Demo with Q&A: ESPN, Pixar, Beyond Sports, and the NFL

Jay Ward / Creative Director of Franchise, Pixar Animation Studios

Thommy Bouman / Business Development Lead, Beyond Sports

Josh Helmrich / Senior Director, Media Strategy, Business Development and Next Gen Stats, NFL

with Michael Szykowny / Vice President, Edit, Animation, Graphics Innovation & Creative Production, ESPN Creative Studio

6:20pm ET
BREAK
6:35pm ET
ESPN DTC: All Of ESPN. All In One Place.

Jo Fox / Senior Vice President, Marketing, ESPN

John Lasker  / Senior Vice President, ESPN DTC

Brian Marshall / Vice President, Sports Products & Strategy, Disney Entertainment and ESPN

with Kimberley A. Martin / NFL Reporter, ESPN

7:00pm ET
XR: Immersive Sports Storytelling

Jamie Voris / Executive Vice President, Office of Technology Enablement, The Walt Disney Company

Tim Alexander / Visual Design Director, Industrial Light & Magic

Bob Morgan / Vice President, Reality Labs Entertainment, Meta

with Arda Öcal / Host of SportsCenter, NHL Content, and ESPN Edge Innovation Conference

7:25pm ET
Closing Remarks

Arda Öcal / Host of SportsCenter, NHL Content, and ESPN Edge Innovation Conference

7:30pm ET
Cocktail Reception
7:30pm ET
ESPN Generate: 30 for 30 Test Screening with Q&A

Gary Hustwit / Chief Executive Officer, Anamorph

Brendan Dawes / Chief Creative Officer, Anamorph

with Marsha Cooke / Vice President & Executive Producer, ESPN Originals and 30 for 30

9:00pm ET
Conference Close