2023 Venue Summit at UBS Arena

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DAY 1 MONDAY, MARCH 13

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. REGISTRATION

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. INSIDE UBS ARENA WITH NEW YORK ISLANDERS

After multiple false starts, games played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and a global pandemic, the completion of UBS Arena has been a long time coming for fans of the four-time Stanley Cup Champion New York Islanders. Members of the Isles’ video production team provide a glimpse at the in-venue equipment, workflows and technologies, and creative elements that go into their shows.

PRESENTERS:

Chris Billotto, UBS Arena, Senior Manager of Digital Displays, IPTV Systems, & Arena Content

Ryan Halkett, New York Islanders, SVP, Event Presentation and Content Experiences

Paul Jennings, New York Islanders, CTO

Alex Leafer, New York Islanders, Director of Video Production

Adam Sabh, New York Islanders, Director of Media Art & Design

Fritz Stillings, New York Islanders, Senior Manager of Game Presentation & Events

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. TOUR OF UBS ARENA

Step inside and take a tour of the newest NHL venue. This behind-the-scenes trip will allow attendees to see important destinations including the control room, docking bays, rack room, and other key production areas in the building.

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION

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DAY 2 TUESDAY, MARCH 14

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

10:30 – 10:35 a.m. WELCOMING REMARKS

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PRESENTED BY: Jamon Lomax, Canon, Senior Manager of Television Broadcast & Production Sales, U.S. and Latin American Markets

10:35 – 11:20 a.m. SYSTEM INTEGRATION FOCUS: The Current Trends and Triumphs

Within an Everchanging Production Landscape

With new venues planning to open within the next few years, the venue sector of the industry is still dealing with unprecedented challenges. Despite these hurdles, the community is still finding ways to deploy state-of-the-art systems that bring crowds to their feet. Leading system integrators and consultants sit down for a conversation on the state of the industry and what’s to come in the future.

MODERATOR: Jason Dachman, SVG, Chief Editor

PANELISTS:

Kevin Henneman, KMH Integration, President and Director of Engineering

Brock Raum, BeckTV, Senior Project Engineer

Daniel Riess, WJHW, Associate, Video Production Design Lead

Steve Stubelt, Diversified, VP of Sales, Media & Entertainment

Darren Whitten, Alpha, Sports Account Executive

Joe Wire, NEP Integrated Solutions, VP, Managed Services

11:20 – 11:35 a.m.

CASE STUDY: How to Best Use Projection Technology to Elevate the Game-Day Experience

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Professional sports teams are constantly looking for new ways to push the boundaries of their game-day presentation. While sports teams have experimented with display projections on the playing surface for quite some time, professional hockey teams have recently used Ross Video technology to seamlessly integrate on-ice display projections into their entire production workflow.

PRESENTER: Shawn Hutcheson, Ross Video, Business Development Manager –North American Sports & Live Events

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11:50 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. BIG

SHOWS IN THE BIG APPLE: Local Teams Highlight Respective In-Game Experiences

Working in the saturated media market of New York City, professional sports teams are competing for the attention of the masses that consistently crave new forms of entertainment. Game presentation crews from around the area give a peek behind the control room door to explain their production philosophies and much more.

MODERATOR: Kristian Hernández, SVG, Senior Editor; SVG Venue Summit Program Director

PANELISTS:

Matt Coy, Madison Square Garden, VP of Event Presentation

Brooke Eveler, New York Red Bulls, Director of Event Production

Joe Kuchie, New Jersey Devils, Senior Director of Live Experience and Production

Brendan McKeon, New York Mets, Executive Director of In-Game Operations

Don Sperling, New York Giants, VP and Executive Producer

12:45 – 1:00 p.m. CASE STUDY: UBS Arena, the NY Islanders, and Verizon— A Technology Hat-Trick

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As the Official 5G and Technology Partner at UBS Arena, Verizon works closely with both UBS Arena and the New York Islanders to ideate, build, and deploy nextgeneration solutions for content production, content distribution, and fan experiences. Hear how they’re leveraging technology to enhance fan engagement.

PRESENTERS:

Lee Field, Verizon Business Group, Managing Director – Global Solutions

Ryan Halkett, New York Islanders, SVP, Event Presentation and Content Experiences

1:00 – 1:50 p.m. NETWORKING LUNCH

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1:50 – 2:30 p.m. WHAT’S NEXT IN AUGMENTED REALITY AND ON-ICE

PROJECTION

With advancements in augmented reality and on-ice projections, the fan experience is being elevated to new heights. Leaders give their insight into what’s ahead in these new areas of gameday entertainment.

MODERATOR: Brandon Costa, SVG, Director of Digital

PANELISTS:

Matt Coy, Madison Square Garden, VP of Event Presentation

Eric Gazzillo, Quince Imaging, VP of Innovation

Adam Sabh, New York Islanders, Director of Media Art & Design

2:30 – 2:45 p.m. CASE STUDY: Collaborative, Fast Turnaround Editing for Sports With the

New York Islanders

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The Islanders have relied extensively on EditShare EFS storage and FLOW asset management to support its content production, game-day presentations, and social media presence for a number of years. Hear how the Islanders leverage this technology across multiple facilities to deliver their stunning content.

PRESENTERS:

Alex Leafer, New York Islanders, Director of Production

Jeff McFadyen, EditShare, Regional Sales Director, Northeast

2:45 – 3:30 p.m.

TECH VENDORS DISCUSS THE LATEST IN IP, 4K, AND MORE

With the opening of new stadiums slowing in 2022, venues opted to renovate preexisting buildings with new technologies. Vendors share the latest trends in baseband, IP, and hybrid environments; where HDR is heading; and more.

MODERATOR: Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG, Co-Executive Director, Editorial

PANELISTS:

Greg Huttie, Grass Valley, VP of Production Switchers

Deon LeCointe, Sony, Director, Networked Solutions

Nima Malekmanesh, Evertz, Director of Business Development – Live Media

Paul McAniff, Canon, Senior Technical Specialist

Stephen Remich, Riedel Communications, Senior IP Specialist, System Consultant

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: A Sit-Down With Oak View Group

With UBS Arena now open, Oak View Group has added another top-tier sports venue to their extensive portfolio. In this keynote conversation, SVP of Project Management & Technology Katee LaPoff will explain their perspective of bringing this building online, how the recent wave of arenas opening across the country is changing the way fans experience games in person, and more.

MODERATOR: Kristian Hernández, SVG, Senior Editor; SVG Venue Summit Program Director

KEYNOTE: Katee LaPoff, Oak View Group, SVP of Project Management & Technology

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

KATEE LAPOFF, Oak View Group, SVP of Project Management & Technology

LaPoff’s personal and professional mission is to use her curious nature, skills, and ability to thrive in fast-paced, complex environments to serve others. Whether she is helping a friend, colleague, or client, her goal is to be a problem solver, relationship builder, and mentor to those looking for growth. An executive with over 25 years of experience in multiple industries, LaPoff focuses on creating cultures of empowerment and constant learning as well as improving business performance by pragmatically working to solve common goals and driving strategy, service, and operational execution.

SPEAKERS

CHRIS BILLOTTO, UBS Arena, Senior Manager of Digital Displays, IPTV Systems, & Arena Content

Billotto, who is nearing his 10th year in the broadcast industry, is currently the senior manager of digital displays, IPTV systems, and arena content for UBS Arena. Starting his career in TV and news production, Billotto made his way into the Arena AV world in 2018 at the Nassau Coliseum. At the coliseum, he started as a production coordinator/AV Tech and worked his way up to become the manager of creative production overseeing the control room operation for event days before moving over to UBS Arena.

MATT COY, Madison Square Garden, VP of Event Presentation

With 25-plus years in sports presentation, Coy has experience in every major sport including football, baseball, soccer, hockey, beach volleyball, and many more. His career has included three Summer Olympics, four Winter Olympics, five NFL Super Bowls, two FIFA World Cups, and many other large-scale events. One of the most well-rounded producers in the industry, Coy has entertained fans for colleges, minor league teams, major league teams, and large-scale events including the New York Knicks & Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Dodgers, AVP Pro Beach Volleyball, Major League Soccer, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Padres.

BROOKE EVELER, New York Red Bulls, Director of Event Production

Eveler is a former NCAA athlete turned live sports producer, with over a decade of game presentation experience. In her current role with the New York Red Bulls, she is responsible for developing and calling the show for Major League Soccer (MLS) matches, spearheading all AV and control room technology upgrades, and overseeing the production of major third-party events hosted at Red Bull Arena. Eveler started her career in Philadelphia as a member of the Phillies (MLB), Eagles (NFL), and Union (MLS) production crews.

LEE FIELD, Verizon Business Group, Managing Director – Global Solutions

Field leads the 5G and Enterprise Solutions team for the Sports & Venue and Investment segment for Verizon. Verizon’s Sports & Venue team supports professional sports leagues, teams, and large venues across the U.S.A. making use of Verizon technology innovation to transform the fan experience, open new revenue streams, and improve game day operations. Field leads a team of professional technology architects that span wireless, wireline, security, unified communications and customer experience.

ERIC GAZZILLO, Quince Imaging, VP of Innovation

Gazzillo is an experienced designer and media server programmer, specializing in emerging video technologies. With over 10 years of experience, Gazzillo has worked across all market sectors of live performance, including events that host fortune 500 companies, Grammy award winning musical artists, and nationally televised athletic events. Always one to push the envelope, he is perpetually researching and testing the most innovative new products, slowly amassing experience with over 10 separate media server platforms.

RYAN HALKETT, New York Islanders, SVP, Event Presentation and Content Experiences

Halkett is an award-winning engagement specialist with 25+ years of experience in the development and execution of innovative fan programs for major sports leagues, teams, brands, and events all around the world. These have included such global events as the 2010 Olympics, Super Bowl XLIX and LII, and NHL Premier Games. Halkett currently oversees the gameday presentation team, content production team, event operations group, and the arena AVB team.

KEVIN HENNEMAN, KMH Integration, President and Director of Engineering

Henneman started KMH Integration with one goal in mind: to reimagine every aspect of system integration and define his company’s role as a partner customers can rely on for the long term. Henneman and the experienced KMH team support customers in sports, broadcast, education, finance, media and entertainment, and the arts – removing the complexity for any organization installing or upgrading an AV system. Henneman’s background also includes working as an audio recording engineer and educator, as well as designing and building AV editing suites.

SHAWN HUTCHESON, Ross Video, Business Development Manager –North American Sports & Live Events

Hutcheson is a seasoned broadcast professional with 17+ years of experience as a product trainer at Ross Video. In his most recent position, he specialized in optimizing sports workflows and helped dozens of professional sports teams across the NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA to streamline their in-venue productions while creating the best possible experience for fans. Hutcheson’s success lies in his ability to listen to the unique challenge of the customer to uncover new efficiencies in their workflows.

GREG HUTTIE, Grass Valley, VP of Production Switchers

Huttie is a broadcast industry professional from both the equipment vendor side and creative side. His experience includes time at Grass Valley (15 years); Videotek / Leitch / Harris; Primestar (DirecTV); QVC Network; and as a freelancer director and editor / writer.

PAUL JENNINGS, New York Islanders, CTO

Jennings has over 15 years of experience specializing in the design, procurement, and delivery of technology to optimize the guest experience and operation of large-scale developments in sport, hospitality, leisure, retail, and entertainment. He has worked internationally as far afield as Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. Notable projects in the UK, where Jennings emanates from, include leading the delivery of technology for Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium, as well as ensuring the UK’s 90,000 capacity National Stadium (Wembley) had the technology and people in place to open its doors and host a Cup Final.

JOE KUCHIE, New Jersey Devils, Senior Director of Live Experience & Production

Kuchie is responsible for the development and execution of all Devils game presentation elements.Additionally, he oversees the control room and AV technology throughout the arena. Kuchie was integral in the implementation of major AV upgrades at Prudential Center, most notably the installation of the world’s largest in-arena scoreboard in 2017 and a brand-new, state-of-the-art line array sound system in 2022.

ALEX LEAFER, New York Islanders, Director of Video Production

Leafer is an award-winning director of production with 10+ years of experience in the development and execution of industry-renowned productions aimed at redefining the fan experience. With a background in physical, virtual, and OTT-streaming sports experiences, he looks to integrate next-gen technology into every production.

DEON LECOINTE, Sony, Director, Networked Solutions

LeCointe works with television networks and broadcasters to design and build equipment that delivers live content to millions of homes around the world. He leads a team of solution architects, engineers, and marketing professionals that oversee development, sales, and marketing of products designed for news, sports, and entertainment. LeCointe joined Sony in 2007, and has taken on a number of roles involving post-production workflow technologies, AV codecs and compression, IP video transmission, 4K production, and content management systems for broadcast and news.

JAMON LOMAX, Canon, Senior Manager of Television Broadcast & Production Sales, U.S. and Latin American Markets

Lomax leads an experienced team of industry veterans focused on sales and support of their partners in all areas of television broadcasting, and live sports and entertainment production. He has spent the last 23 years at Canon USA working in a variety of client facing roles focused on professional imaging product sales. Lomax’s time at Canon has allowed him to partner with, and support some of the most creative and influential people and companies in the world.

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MALEKMANESH,

Evertz, Director of Business Development – Live Media

Malekmanesh has been with Evertz since 2001, first joining the company as a software engineer and working on the company’s first line of modular products. In his current role, Malekmanesh oversees all aspects of business development for Evertz’ live media products.

PAUL McANIFF, Canon, Senior Technical Specialist

McAniff began his career as an ENG camera operator and video editor, before pivoting into the vendor space. During that time McAniff covered the NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA for local news outlets. Since then, he has worked for Canon, Panasonic, and Adobe where his focuses have included broadcast, digital cinema, and content development. Now in his tenth year at Canon (minus a seven-year hiatus) McAniff is one of a team of technical experts in the Education, Field, and Sales Support Division.

JEFF McFADYEN, EditShare, Regional Sales Director, Northeast

McFadyen is an industry veteran that has worked at some of the most influential and colorful media, audio, and live production solution providers. That journey continues with EditShare where McFadyen is the director of sales for the Northeast U.S. He prides himself on listening to and helping people to find the right tools to tell their particular stories, and returning their trust with quality products, partnership, value, and integrity.

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SPEAKERS continued

BRENDAN McKEON, New York Mets, Executive Director of In-Game Operations

McKeon is entering his 18th season with the Mets, beginning as an intern in the Shea Stadium days. He was part of the team that helped open up Citi Field and then detoured briefly to join the Opening Team at The Barclays Center in 2012. McKeon returned to Queens in 2013 and has been a part of the Mets family since then. He has produced and directed the in-game show at Citi Field since 2020.

SHAWN REILLY, Fortinet, Regional VP, Vertical Sales

Reilly is responsible for revenue growth and team management of their U.S. Vertical Sales Practice. This includes their Retail, Operational Technology, and Healthcare businesses. Reilly has 27 years of experience working in strategic business development and sales leadership at several companies. He has earned a keen ability to educate customers and team members on complex products to ensure they are well educated about the associated value his company brings to the table.

STEPHEN REMICH, Riedel Communications, Senior IP Specialist, System Consultant

Remich has an extensive background in IP video and IP system configuration. Remich got his start in video production as a camera operator. From there he advanced to production engineer for Azusa Pacific University Media Services where he designed, integrated, and maintained video, audio, lighting, and intercom services for large corporate, concert, and sporting events.

BROCK RAUM, BeckTV, Senior Project Engineer

Raum came to the BeckTV engineering team from the University of Notre Dame where his most recent position was director of live production and broadcast technology. He functions as a broadcast design and implementation engineer at BeckTV. In his short time, he has proven to be a valuable addition, using his production and engineering experience on several projects. He has expertise in IP broadcast infrastructure along with specific knowledge of Ross, Evertz, Grass Valley, and Sony equipment, among others.

DANIEL RIESS, WJHW, Associate, Video Production Design Lead

Riess joined WJHW in 2015 after working as a broadcast and venue engineer for Texas A&M’s Sports Broadcast and Production Department, 12th Man Productions. He has experience in college and professional environments working with both end users and project teams. Riess has extensive experience in both traditional format video production and productions for non-standard aspect ratio video displays.

ADAM SABH, New York Islanders, Director of Media Art & Design

Sabh is a multi-Emmy Award-winning creative lead. He has been creating awardwinning media from kickstarter videos to large-scale branding packages to music videos/media content all the way to national television spots and arena creative solutions for Madison Square Garden Networks, NBC Sports, Barclays Center, and the New York Islanders/UBS Arena.

DON SPERLING, New York Giants, VP and Executive Producer

Sperling oversees all content on television, radio, digital and social media, publishing, and creative services. He also is charged with events, and Game Day stadium event presentation. Sperling was formerly the president of D&L Media, a full-service production, development, and consulting company, specializing in new media and digital strategy across all platforms, branding, live events, television and film production, broadcasting, entertainment, news, sports, and media training.

FRITZ STILLINGS, New York Islanders, Sr. Manager of Game Presentation & Events

Stillings has been entertaining fans in professional hockey for more than 10 seasons. He has been with the Islanders since 2016, previously directing the floor while the team played at Barclays Center, Nassau Coliseum, and UBS Arena before moving into his current role of show-calling each game, focusing on leading a team to consistently create a first-class entertainment experience.

DARREN WHITTEN, Alpha, Sports Account Executive

Whitten has 22 years of industry experience and has been with Alpha for the past 12 years. He started in the Broadcast Department at Alpha before moving into a sales position within the Sports & Entertainment Group in 2011. With a primary focus on collegiate control rooms for ESPN+, ESPN 3, and video shows, Whitten has been instrumental in growing Alpha’s collegiate business.

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