Technician in Electronics by ETE in Sta. Rita do Sapucaí in 1975 and Engineer in Telecommunications by Universidade São Judas in 1982. He has worked in television companies since 1975. Member of SET Deliberative Council - Technology Board, SBTVD Forum - Technical Module, UHD Brazil Project - Distribution Group and IP Study Group of SET - Coordinator.

Thomas Bause Mason is the Director of Standards Development for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). At SMPTE he is responsible for maintaining the technical infrastructure for both the standards community and SMPTE home office. Bause Mason, formerly owner of Open Media Consulting, began his career in Cologne, Germany, as a computer programmer for automation software in the nuclear and automobile industries. Before his move to Los Angeles, Bause Mason worked at West German Television (WDR) and Cologne Broadcasting Center, where he led the quality control department. In Los Angeles, he became a postproduction consultant and then built and managed the encoding operations for Ascent Media. Joining NBCUniversal in 2005, he focused on emerging technology, spending two years in London to support the company's international business. Throughout his career, Bause Mason has assisted industry organizations in the development of standards, technical recommendations, and study group reports. He holds several patents and is a SMPTE Fellow.

Fábio began his career at Tektronix and has accompanied the evolution and transitions of video systems, participating in the early Digital TV tests in Brazil. He is currently a managing partner at NGN Telecom and works with network monitoring and management solutions, including video transportation. He is a member of the SET GEIP group, provides training and consultancy in the area, and continues to study technology with his partners, participating in implementations and proofs of concept, experiencing the challenges of the world of video.

Tony Zare is responsible for the technical and commercial success of LAWO’s SMART product range. He manages the component life cycle of the SMART product family, specializing in monitoring and telemetry of media infrastructure. Passionate about “big data”, correlations and now machine learning can be applied to current operations. Tony has over 20 years of experience in the broadcast industry, where he began as a project engineer for ASIC high-sped integrated circuits, followed by 15 years in the development of onboard software and broadcast and network products. He holds a degree from the McMaster University in Computer Science and Mathematics, and is directing the strategy of the SMART (System Monitoring and Real-time Telemetry) family which he is positioning as the eyes and ears of broadcast networks, focusing on communication networks and media big data analysis.

With 26 years of experience in the fields of free–to-air and closed television, telecommunications and new media in (projects / monitoring of complex systems/ special events/ operations/ multidisciplinary/ sales team leadership) developed in major Brazilian and multinational companies, such as 17 years at Globosat –TV System and Operations Supervisor, 3 years at TV Globo –TV System Operator, 7 years at Tektronix – sales manager, 2 years at Seal – sales manager; Eliesio has a Technological Specialization in Digital TV, Signal Compression and Quality - INATEL, MBA in Digital TV & New Media – UFF, a Graduate Degree in Logistics (Energy Supply/ Distribution Planning) – FGV, MBA in Business Management– UVA, an Undergraduate Degree in Electronics – FABES / Rio de Janeiro, and Specialization in Satellite-based Transmission – PUC Rio. He is also a Telecommunications Technician – ETRR / Rio de Janeiro and an Electronics Technician – ETRR / Rio de Janeiro

Producer, screenwriter and director. I started at Globosat in 2000, where I participated in innovative projects such as the launch of Big Brother Brasil's Pay-Per-View channel, 3 Multishow Brazilian Music Awards and the Rock in Rio 3 broadcast. With Olympic Broadcast Service I acted in the broadcast of five Summer Olympics. And for two years I've been leading the operations of Youtube Space Rio, a creation and production space for youtubers, present in 9 capitals of the world.

Since 2011 producing content for networks. Intern. Creative Director. Storyteller Consultant. Mentor. Top Creator. Channel Youtube Dani Noce

Carioca advertiser, actor, author, presenter and screenwriter. One of the founders of Porta das Fundo channel, Kibe Loco website creator and Flamengo's Vice President of Communication. Considered one of the 100 most influential people in Brazil by "Isto É" Magazine, one of the 15 most influential Brazilians on the internet by "GQ" and the most beautiful French and Lebanese descendant of Brazil by my mother.

Villela has been with Google for almost 10 years, where she has gone through digital agency sales and management teams before landing in the content universe, leading YouTube Brasil's Top Creators and Public Figures team. Manuela is responsible for drawing the strategy to partner with the platform's endemic talent, making their channels increasingly relevant and mainstream. Recently added talent acquisition to this strategy off-platform, being responsible for the development of new channels focused on important names in the Brazilian creative scene.

Professional with leadership in a Media Center environment coordinating operational workflows with security and efficiency in the movement and storage of digital assets. MBA in Project Management with PMI Practices - FIAP Graduation in Social Communication - Radio and TV - Faculdade Oswaldo Cruz

I am journalist by background, I have been working for 30 years in content management and audiovisual research. From trainee to manager of Documentation Center – GLOBO TV CEDOC – I have learned to organize, preserve and retrieve relevant information and I have fallen in love with the transformation of memories in assets of audience. In 1996 GloboNews premiere, our team has produced “ARCHIVE N”, a weekly program, which for 23 years informs and enchants the audience. At the TV digital revolution timeline, I have managed together with the engineer’s team, the real time indexation project with on-line retrieve content distribution. An innovative workflow processing, perfomed with success and approval at “Football World Cup”, “Olympic Games” and “Rio de Janeiro’s Samba Parade”. Nowadays I have opened and I am the director of Garimpo proper, a company with focus in audiovisual preservation and archives curator. I am part-time consultant to TV CULTURA, a company which I represent at International Federation of Television Archives FIAT /IFTA Executive Council.

Matt Silva earned a B.S. Business, Finance and Economics from the Stern School of Business - New York University. He has worked as an investment analyst at financial institutions such as CitI and Credit Suisse in N.Y. At CIS Group he served as Director of Corporate Development , COO and currently CEO.

Joined Sony in 1988. With research interests ranging from digital video and image processing and information theory to video/audio compression and multidimensional signal processing, Mr. Gaggioni has served as session-chairman of 13 international conferences in the areas of HDTV and bandwidth compression systems. He was a member of the Advanced Television Advisory group to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (1987 to 1994). He is a Fellow of SMPTE and the recipient of the 2004 Leitch Gold Medal award for technology leadership. Mr. Gaggioni was chairman of the SMPTE technical groups on Digital Representation of the 1125/60 High Definition TV Standard (SMPTE 260M, 88-92) and Digital HDTV Serial Interfaces (SMPTE 292M, 93-96). He was also chairman for a SMPTE group on Editing of MPEG bit-streams for TV studio usage. Mr. Gaggioni represented Sony Corporation of America to the ANSI X3-L3 committee and the ISO/IEC MPEG coding group from 1988 to 1996. He has also given numerous presentations and tutorial courses on signal processing and advanced video technologies at international events sponsored by SMPTE, IEEE, and Eurasip organizations. He holds six patents and has authored 32 technical publications in the areas of video compression, digital filter banks and HDTV devices and systems. Mr. Gaggioni holds degrees in telecommunications, systems engineering, and electronic engineering from the University of Essex in Colchester, England; University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University, respectively.

A professional with over 10 years’ experience in Business Intelligence focused on Marketing. He is responsible for integrating qualitative and quantitative data in planning processes, UX/ID, media e and creative disciplines. His track records consists of projects that enabled the development of strategies for clients like MasterCard, Itaú, Vivo, Google, Nike, RockInRio, RedBull, Natura and Netflix. He began his career at R/GA as soon as the agency entered the Brazilian market, always in the universe of data and analytics, and he has been using data to enhance the efficiency of processes and strategic capabilities by developing creative solutions. He worked on the launch of Nike Fuel, a project that expanded the sales and awareness of the Nike brand among its consumers, and was also involved in the re-launch of Perfumaria Natura, a project that led to the recovery of the position of the world’s most pulverized perfumery market.

Elemidia's National Advertising Director, Raphael Jimenez holds a degree in business administration from PUC SP and an MBA from FGV. He has been with Elemidia for 15 years and previously worked for companies such as Citibank, Credicard and Bradesco. Today he leads a sales team of 30 people and is 38 years old!

Marketing executive, media specialist with track record in major ATL agencies and, since August 2018, responsible for the entire content distribution strategy at BRF.

Electronic Engineer graduated from UFRJ in 1974. MBA from FGV-RJ. Since 1973, he has worked in the television and telecommunications sector, working in main TV Networks and at Embratel. In 1980 he founded PHASE Engenharia, a company he has been directing since then, working on the design and implementation of Television Equipment and Systems and Telecommunications. In Phase, he is constantly improving a wide range of Solutions for TV projects through partnerships with manufacturers leaders in their segments. Founding partner of SET - Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia de Televisão, occupied the positions of President and Director for many years.

Electronic Technician from Fundação Bradesco, Technologist in Electricity from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Electrical Engineer from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, post-graduate in Digital Satellite TV System from INATEL and master in Electrical Engineering from USP. He has 25 years of experience in various areas of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications Systems, Television Engineering and Technical Education at the intermediate level. He works as a Director of Engineering at Sky Brasil where he is responsible for the development of RF and satellite projects, Critical Mission Infrastructure, Set-top box and ODU development, and IP Network Infrastructure within the Engineering Department of SKY.

Electrical Engineer - Emphasis in Electronics.Graduated from the UGF, postgraduate in Communication Networks by PUC-RJ and Training in Executive Management by COPPEAD.He has been working for 30 years in the Media and Entertainment area, started his career in TV Manchete, currently holds the position of Technology Manager at Globosat, responsible for projects related to Playout and Content Production.

Telecommunications Engineer with an MBA in Network Management and Internet Technology at the Electronic Computing Unit of the UFRJ. He has been active in the Television segment since 1994 and is currently the Support Executive Supervisor, coordinating 4 specialist sectors: Video Systems, Audio Systems, Graphics and Editing Systems and Mechatronic and Lighting Systems. He has taken part in highly relevant events, always focusing on innovation like coverage of the World Cup, the Olympic Games and Carnaval; besides major projects like the new set for Jornal Nacional, the Mobile Unit 7 – the world’s first 4K IP Mobile Unit and Globo’s new shooting module, the MG-4, completely in IP.

Engineer by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in 1996 (PUC-Rio). Working with Globo since 1996, where started on an internship program. Responsible for the standardization of the Digitial TV in Brazil. -Coordinator of the Audio and Video Coding Working Group of the SBTVD Forum. -Chairman of the ABNTCommitee for Digital TV (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas, Brazilian ISO Branch). -Contact point for Subgroup A – Specifications, on the Brazil-Japan Joint Work Group for Digital Television iniciative -Member of SET (Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia de Televisão) since 1996. Also a member of many societies of IEEE(CommSoc, BTS, MTT, CE) and SMPTE

As Technology Vice President in the CTO Office at Dolby, Patrick Griffis is charged with helping define future technology strategy for the company which includes identifying and tracking key technical trends, performing technical due diligence, and supporting advanced technology initiatives for the company. He has been an active company spokesperson on the topic of next generation imaging and in particular, “better pixels” - a term he coined for High Dynamic Range plus Wide Color Gamut. Before joining Dolby, Pat spent 10 years at Microsoft leading global digital media standards strategy, including adoption of the Digital Living Network Alliance as a baseline media sharing standard in Windows 7 and standardization of Windows Media Video technology as an international SMPTE standard. Prior to Microsoft, Pat spent 15 years at Panasonic in senior management positions, including Vice President of Strategic Product Development at Panasonic Broadcast where he drove Panasonic’s HDTV strategy for the US. Pat started his career at RCA, earning eight patents in TV product design.

Thomas Bause Mason is the Director of Standards Development for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). At SMPTE he is responsible for maintaining the technical infrastructure for both the standards community and SMPTE home office. Bause Mason, formerly owner of Open Media Consulting, began his career in Cologne, Germany, as a computer programmer for automation software in the nuclear and automobile industries. Before his move to Los Angeles, Bause Mason worked at West German Television (WDR) and Cologne Broadcasting Center, where he led the quality control department. In Los Angeles, he became a postproduction consultant and then built and managed the encoding operations for Ascent Media. Joining NBCUniversal in 2005, he focused on emerging technology, spending two years in London to support the company's international business. Throughout his career, Bause Mason has assisted industry organizations in the development of standards, technical recommendations, and study group reports. He holds several patents and is a SMPTE Fellow.

Engineer with an MBA in Business Management and Technology Management. Currently holds the position of Director of TV Technology at Anhanguera Network, where he is responsible for the operation, projects and implementation of technologies aimed at the Media TV business.

David Russin is Pebble Beach Systems’ VP of Sales for the Americas region. Having previously held positions at Grass Valley, Harris Broadcast, Omnibus and Masstech, Russin brings over 35 years of experience selling automation, automated workflow and infrastructure solutions. Highly customer focused, he is committed to helping broadcasters to solve their challenges and find the right solution for their evolving playout needs. As a second-generation broadcast technology professional, Russin has television technology in his DNA. David holds a University Degree in Communications from the State University of NY at New Paltz, NY.

Filipe Fernandes Forte holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Electronics, from the PUC/RJ, an MBA from UERJ and a graduate degree from Coppead. He currently holds the position of operations manager at Rede Globo (RJ). Positions held at the company: From 2004 to 2013, he worked in the projects area of TV Globo, having gone from intern, Projects Engineer I, Projects Engineer II, and Projects Engineer III to Projects Coordinator. These positions gave him the opportunity to work on across-the-board projects in the company: Entertainment, Journalism, Sport and events. Beginning 2013, he worked as Operations Manager at Globo Internacional and, in 2014 he took over the Transmission and Distribution Department at Globo in Rio. Here, he was responsible for managing the entire Globo transmission hub, with signals from the Globo network, delivering content and commercials to the 122 affiliates, Globo Rio, the company’s second-biggest market, and Globo Internacional with its 6 channels for the overseas market.

Vinicius is a Senior Consultant at IBM, with focus on the application of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud, Big Data and Analytics in the Telecom, Media and Entertainment industries. With solid telecom and broadcast experience, he served as a specialist and executive at Claro and Grupo RBS. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and specialisation in Administration from UFRGS and an MBA in Executive Management from Fundação Dom Cabral.

Graduated as a Production Engineer from UFSCar – the Federal University of São Carlos, and holds a graduate degree in Finance from the FIA – Fundação Instituto de Administração. He is currently working on projects for the transformation of business using Blockchain and other disruptive technologies, plus his professional experience of almost 20 years heading up different projects for financial market companies like Banco Santander, Banco Safra, Citibank, Banorte, HSBC. In addition to Blockchain, his fields of specialization are Data Governance and Business Process Transformation.

Responsible at R3 for the engagement of clients in architecture solutions using blockchain technology and in the development of new business. He was the blockchain technical leader and a solution architect at IBM Brazil, having contributed to several transformation projects and the adoption of new technologies. He has more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology. Graduated in Electronic Engineering from the Federal University of Itajuba, he holds an MBA in IT Management from FIA and a Masters in Information Systems and Business Organization from IAE - Pierre Mendes University in Grenoble.

In the Information Technology market since 1988, in 2013 I turned to developing knowledge of relevant contribution to the media and entertainment sector, working as a solutions architect on initiatives like Over The Top (OTT) transmission in virtual reality of Rock in Rio 2017 or speaking at events like the North American Broadcasting (NAB show, Las Vegas), SET Sul (Southern region) in Curitiba and Porto Alegre and the e Southeastern region (Rio) and SET EXPO (São Paulo). I intend to continue doing so in years to come.

Mr Hedkvist has been in the broadcast industry since 2000 and started his career in product management before making the move over to sales, business development and corporate management. Mr Hedkvist specialized early on in providing networking solutions for the broadcast and media & entertainment industry. Initially for contribution applications but lately with a focus on providing software defined networking solutions for live production workflows. As such he works with clients to design complete solutions for Remote Production, Master Control, Playout, PCR, OTT and other broadcast applications on top of IP and in a distributed and virtualized environment. Mr Hedkvist has presented at several prominent industry forums such as SVG, VSF, WBU-ISOG, SSPI and others and holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering with a specialization in Computer Communication from Lulea University of Technology in Sweden.

Leonel da Luz is the president of media and content-dynamics that serves the Brazilian and Latin American markets, offering consulting, projects, products and professional services. With a solid background in engineering and business management from Mauá, INATEL, FGV and MIT, Leonel has accumulated success stories in several national and international companies such as TV Cultura-SP, Ampex, Philips, TV Anhanguera, Harris and Grass Valley, among others.

Raul Dominguez, executive producer, born 35 ago in Spain. He started as a television presenter with only 12 years old. He studied at LACC and UCLA in Hollywood, California. Raul has been responsible for the creation of innovative digital platforms with mostly impacting Central America, producing dozens of programs endorsed by NBC Universal, Sony or Endemol Shine. He is a frequent panelist on the Future of Television in NexTV CEO in Miami and judge of the PRODU AWARDS at the NAB in Las Vegas.

Computer engineer graduated with 14 years of experience in Digital TV, OTT and IT projects within leading technology providers. Implementation / sale of turn-key and specific projects encompassing headends, conditional access (CAS), middleware, set-top boxes and video quality monitoring (QoE / QoS) solutions.

Bachelor in Electronic Engineering from UFRJ, with specialization in business management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas - SP, has worked in the area of solutions for television systems since 2004. He is currently the director of Phase Engenharia in São Paulo.

Denis Paré is Vice President of Sales of Embrionix Design, responsible for all direct sales and reseller channels worldwide. He is also entrusted to grow strategic customer accounts and partner relationships in the broadcast market. Denis brings a broad range of experience to the Embrionix sales team, including executive sales positions at Miranda Technologies and Grass Valley, where he worked as Director of Sales, Americas and Director of Strategic Accounts. Prior to joining Embrionix, Denis spent over 20 years in video broadcast industry.

Entrepreneur in the area of technological innovation, founding partner of HIRIX Software Engineering and HXD Smart Solutions, a company that since 2007 has been "thinking and making the new television in Brazil". He is a member of SET Deliberative Council. He is a guest researcher at CITI (Interactive Center for Interactive Technologies) and LabArteMidia-Laboratory of Art, Media and Digital Technologies, both from the University of São Paulo (USP) ; and Ambassador of Campus Party, an organization that brings together a worldwide community of developers and makers with a mission of "building a new source code for the world."

Stan Baaijens is a second generation owner of Funke Digital TV after following his father’s footsteps by joining the Funke Company almost 40 years ago. Since 1992 his focus laid on understanding consumer needs, the broadcasting industry and the increasing market penetration of digital TV and by doing so Funke Digital TV was able to anticipate future market needs and opportunities. Nowadays, his mission is to build state of the art digital terrestrial reception solutions and deploy these extensively around the world. In 2015 Mr. Baaijens was appointed as DVB Steering Board member and since 2018 elected as Chairman of the DVB Promotion & Communications Module (PCM) at the EBU in Geneva. As a Steering Board member, Stan represents CE manufacturers within DVB and will strongly support the interest of CE manufacturers of Digital TV products by making use of his extensive market knowledge and network.

Nadine is an industry expert in business models and technologies for OTT and help media and technology companies win customers with everything needed to build digital video and the next generation TV experience: the tech, business and design. She has a great experience with manage projects, define strategy and write about innovation for industry publication Streaming Media Magazine.

Luiz Bannitz is an economist, lawyer and business administrator. His passion for bridging history and technology led him to strategic positions at companies such as HBO Brazil, EMI Music and GEO Eventos, where he worked as a director. He is currently Director of Business for Fitness Channel, Director of Business Affairs at Encripta and Director of Business and Content for Looke.

Fabio is a technology executive and entrepreneur with a strong bias to execution, combining 20 years of experience in start-ups, consulting, media, service provider, and technology companies including DirecTV Group, NET Brasil (part of America Móvil) and GVT (acquired by Telefonica), lastly at Cisco driving the transformation team of the Video Business. At Synamedia since October 2018, he is heading LatAm strategy, marketing programs, products, and partners.

He has constructed and deployed highly complex technological process & solutions that have manifested in businesses in generating more revenue, controlled expenses and effectively and efficiently be safer and more secure. In 2013 he laid the entire framework for what is known today as the VDMS Latin America Region. In 2011 prior to joining VDMP, he was a Sales Director for the West Region at Verizon Wireless. During his tenure here he restructured the sales organization in order to effectively improve performance and deploy the go-to-market strategy for complex mobile products.

Gabriel Mandelbaum is CEO and co-founder of Spideo, the personalization toolbox for creative industries. Before founding Spideo in 2010, Gabriel was head of Digital at Zodiak Entertainment, a leader TV production company (now part of Banijay group), in charge of web, mobile and new media production and distribution. With his co-founders, Gabriel decided to create Spideo in order to provide powerful content discovery tools to broadcasters and Pay-TV providers, as their universe started to change, facing the streaming revolution. When he’s not travelling the world, meeting customers and negotiating new deals, Gabriel is in Paris, his hometown and headquarters, along with his team and family.

Gary Brust is a veteran of sales and marketing in the global Telecom and Service provider industry segment. Starting at Scientific-Atlanta(sold to Cisco) he opened the cable TV products market For S-A  in Latin America in the early 90's and then ran ADC sales for LatAM as its RVP. Subsequently Brust alternated between C-Level roles in North America at Terayon and Concurrent to business development and product roles, LatAM focused at Arris and Cisco - both as consultant and employee. Prior to joining Irdeto as Director of LatAM sales, Brust led sales and marketing for Deep Fiber Solutions. He holds a BS ISyE from Georgia Tech and attended the University of Belgrano in the MBA, Strategic Management program. 

Cristiano Akamine received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the State University of Campinas, Brazil, in 2011. He is a Professor with Mackenzie Presbyterian University, where he is a Coordinator of Digital TV Research Laboratory. He is a member of the Board of the Brazilian Digital Terrestrial Television Forum and Society of Brazilian Broadcast Engineers (SET). He works in the ISDB-TB broadcasting standardization and holds several patents, licensing of intellectual property, numerous articles published and has a Brazilian scientific grant of Productivity and Technological Development and Innovative Extension—Level 2 from the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development. He has also served as a reviewer for several periodicals and conferences and has participated as a Guest Editor in the Special Issue Point-to-Multipoint Communications and Broadcasting in 5G of IEEE Communications Magazine and the Special Issue on 5G for Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting of IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting. His research currently focuses on digital terrestrial broadcasting, software-defined radio, channel codes, embedded systems, and 5G.

Joao Vandoros is in charge of Eurovision Services in Brazil, the operational company of EBU. He is post-graduated in Telecommunications by Unicamp and got his bachelor degree as Electrical Engineering at Mackenzie University. Since 2000, has been working in Broadcasting Engineering, focusing his carrier in the content contribution and distribution segment.

José Marcos C. Brito received the B. S. degree in electronic and telecommunications engineering from National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Brasil, in 1986 and the M. Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Campinas University (Unicamp), Brasil, in 1998 and 2003, respectively, both in electrical engineering. He has worked as a professor at Inatel since 1986, since 1990 as a full professor. He has occupied several management positions at Inatel: General Manager of Research & Development Center, Post-Graduation Coordinator, Research & Post-Graduation Director, and General Vice-Director. Currently, he is the Research & Post-Graduation Director at Inatel, the General Coordinator of Radiocommunication Reference Center at Inatel, the Secretary General of 5G Brasil Project at Telebrasil and the Coordinator of the courses Master’s and Doctorate in Telecommunications at Inatel. His research & development interests include 5G networks, telecommunications systems, digital communications, and performance analysis of telecommunications networks.

Professional Experience Master Degree in Computer Networks & Telecommunication 2015 National Institute of Applied Science & Technology, Tunisia Mobile Core Network Specialist & Technical Trainer 2015 Nokia Networks, Worldwide Product Manager for LTE/5G Broadcast & Transmitter Systems Since September 2018 Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co.KG, München Technical Expertise EPC & IMS Networks/ VoLTE / VoWIFI / FeMBMS / LTE & 5G Broadcast xSRVCC / SDM / NFV

Manager of the Pre Sales department at ZTE since 2011; responsible for products and solutions of all telecom tecnologies. Specialist in 5G and Access Networks Work in Telecommunications for 25 years, always working for world liders like Siemens, Nokia and nowadays ZTE Graduated in Electrical Engineering by FEI and Master Degree in Telecom Networks by Mackenzie University

Chief Technology Expert at Huawei Brazil, has extensive experience in deploying mobile and fixed networks in national and international carriers. Master in Business Administration from INSPER and telecommunications training specialized in the development and implementation of innovation projects and new connectivity technologies.

Liliana Nakonechnyj is former President of SET (2017-2018). She graduated in telecommunications engineering at PUC-Rio. A large part of her professional life has been dedicated to deploying television distribution systems, initially analog, and later digital – terrestrial broadcasting stations as well as radio, satellite and fiber optics based contribution and distribution systems. Also, for many years, she was in charge of engineering support for broadcasters affiliated to TV Globo. She has always been interested in promoting new technologies, leading studies and tests for the introduction of digital television in Brazil between 1994 and 2006, and demonstrations and tests of UHDTV in more recent years. She represents SET at the IBC Council.

Professional Master's Degree in Applied Computing (UECE - 2015), Executive MBA on IT (UFRJ - 2011), extension course in Networks and Video over IP (UFRJ - 2009), Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in Electronics (UFRJ/USU - 2005). Currently working as Regulatory Strategy Specialist for Globo TV Network, Coordinator of the Technology Committee of the Brazilian Television Engineering Society (SET), member of the Delegation of Brazil in ITU-R (SG 6) and CITEL (PCC.II), member of the TV Reception Technical Group (GT-Rx) of the Brazilian TV Switch-Over Group (GIRED), member of the Technical Module of SBTVD Forum and member of the Harmonization Working Group of ISDB-T International Forum.  

As Vice President of Video Strategy at Harmonic, Thierry Fautier is in charge of defining and driving the execution of the long term strategy of Harmonic’s video business. He is the current President of the Ultra HD Forum, the global organization responsible for promoting market adoption of UHD by defining industry best practices for the phased introduction of the wide set of technologies that will facilitate the next-generation viewing experience. He is a co-founder and board member the VR Industry Forum whose charter is to further the widespread availability of high quality audiovisual VR experiences, for the benefit of consumers. Fautier is also co-chair of the MPEG Roadmap committee that is tasked to present the 2020 MPEG roadmap to the industry. His previous experience at Harmonic includes leadership positions in Solutions Marketing, where his area of responsibility covered Harmonic’s major markets, including broadcast, cable, telco, DTH and OTT, as well as multiscreen initiatives. Thierry Fautier has been instrumental at Harmonic to create new markets such as IPTV, OTT, UHD and more recently VR. He is the designated speaker at Harmonic for international conferences as well as for press and analysts interviews.

Mr. Hiroaki Kimura is responsible for international cooperation on ISDB-T and advanced broadcasting technologies and ITU-R SG6 preparations in the Ministry of International Affairs and Communications, Japan. His experience in public policies on broadcast involves surveys on household DTV preparedness during the DTTB migration, promotion of low-cost DTTB STB’s and formulation of technical standards on small area DTTB and disaster resilience installations of broadcasting stations.

Since Mr. Takechi joined NHK in 1990, he studied many areas of broadcasting technologies at its Science and Technology Research Laboratories including satellite digital broadcasting system, multiplexing, and middleware and interactivity. Among them, his particular interest is middleware and architecture of interactive TV. His research contributed to receiver architecture and system design of Japanese interactive TV systems and Integrated Broadcast-Broadband (IBB) systems, namely BML, ARIB-J and Hybridcast. He has also actively participated both domestic and international standardization in many area. He has been a major contributor in ARIB, IPTV Forum Japan, ITU-R, and ITU-T. He took a lead to create more than 15 ITU-R and ITU-T Recommendations and ITU-R Reports for interactive TV systems, IBB systems, and accessibility.

Dr. Jian Song received his B. Eng. and PhD degrees from Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, China, and conducted Postdoctoral research work in Hong Kong and Canada in 1996 and 1997, respectively. He worked in USA for seven years, and joined Tsinghua University in 2005 as a full professor. He is now Director of DTV Technology R&D Center, one of major technical contributors for Chinese DTV standard. He is vice chairman of WP6A of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the founding Editor-in-Chief of ITU academic Journal, ICT Discoveries. He is the Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Broadcasting. Dr. Song’s current research interest includes digital broadcasting, network convergence, and integration of visible light and powerline communications. He is the recipient of the Best Paper Award of IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting in 2015, and also the recipient of several national and provincial/ministry level awards. Dr. Song has published over 260 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers with good citations. Dr. Song is the Fellow of IEEE, IET, and Chinese Institute of Electronics.

Skip Pizzi is Vice President, Technology Education and Outreach, at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Washington, DC, USA. His career has spanned the broadcast and digital media industries, working in audio engineering at NPR, and in audio production, media standards and technical policy at Microsoft. He was also an editor at Broadcast Engineeringmagazine, and a columnist for several other international industry publications. He remains a technology journalist, editor, author and trainer today. His most recent book is A Broadcast Engineering Tutorial for Non-Engineers, 4th edition, published by Focal Press. He is currently Associate Editor on the NAB Engineering Handbook, 11th edition, which will be published later this year. Skip serves as Vice-Chair of the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC) Technology Group 3 (TG3), which is developing the ATSC 3.0 standard. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Ultra HD Forum. Skip is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he studied Electrical Engineering, International Economics and Fine Arts.

Head of Technology Project Management at TV Globo Specialist in project management, Business and IT from the FGV-RJ (Post-MBA and MBA) and in Software Project Management from PUC-RJ, Fabio Viviani Ferraz has completed 19 years as a technology business executive in the Media Industry (Television and Radio), the last seven of them as manager responsible for the Technology Projects portfolio TV Globo focused on Infrastructure (Data Networks, Information Security, Datacenter, Cloud Computing and End-users) and Digital Media (GloboPlay Back Office).

Thiago Abreu holds a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from UERJ, postgraduate in Network and Video over IP by UFRJ, holds an MBA in Business from COPPEAD, an MBA in Responsible Management Audencia Nantes and a PMI-PMP certification. Enthusiast in the Filebased Archive and MAM system for production content and solid experience in project management, broadcast systems, file-based workflows, archiving, and cloud solutions. 13 years of experience in Television and Broadcast Systems, and currently working in the Technology area as Project Manager of the Project Team that manages the Portfolio of Entertainment, Post-Production , new Entertainment IP Studios and recently implemented the New Broadcast Center IP in Recife.

Electronic Engineer by UFRJ and M.Sc in Digital Signal Processing by Coppe / UFRJ, having the area of ​​video compression as a research topic. He has been working in the Research and Development / Innovation area of ​​TV Globo's technology since 2000, where he currently serves as the sector manager. In 2002 he worked in the research center of Japanese TV NHK conducting research with the H.264 compression standard, in the occasion in the stage of standardization. Passionate about new technologies and innovation management, with many years of experience in software development, today leads a creative team that conducts research and projects mainly in the areas of signal processing, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, computing, electronics and IoT

Marcelo has been with Amazon Web Services for four years and is Sales Head for Edges Services in Latin America. Working for over 20 years in the IT and Telecom segment, he has held executive positions in IT and Telecommunications infrastructure service providers. Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Parana and Executive MBA at Dom Cabral Foundation.

Working for fourteen years at Globo.com, Armenio is responsible for Grupo Globo's digital infrastructure. Working for the last 25 years in the Internet and telecom segment, he has been in technical and leadership roles in media, Internet and telecom companies, participating in the Brazilian Internet market since the beginning in the academic world. Graduated in computer science from UFMG, holds an Executive MBA from COPPEAD/UFRJ and PLD from HBS.

Holds a degree from the industrial school of engineering (FEI) in electronic engineering, power engineering and production. She obtained a Master’s in electrical engineering, defending the dissertation “Polarização Elíptica: Influência no desempenho de cobertura da TV Digital” (free translation, Elliptical Polarization: Its influence on the coverage performance of Digital TV”, and is reading for her doctorate with the survey ” Digital TV: Signal Coverage”, both from the Mackenzie University. She also holds a specialization in IT from FESP, ICT management from the FGV and Advanced Digital TV Systems, from INATEL. Technical Director of ADTHEC (www.adthec.com.br), a company offering consultancy, planning, design, research and analysis of risks and solutions for public and private sector radio, television and telecommunications stations, with the emphasis on the design and installation of digital and FM transmission systems. She has headed up studies, tests and measurements involving the systems for implementing digital TV in Brazil, as well as the group that reviewed the regulations for sound and picture broadcasting services.

Camilla Cintra holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from PUC-Rio and an MBA in Project Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. She is currently Executive Supervisor of Globo's Broadcasting Projects Area, manager of the team responsible for Digital Coverage Expansion in Globo's five markets, leading ABERT's Infrastructure Sharing group and part of the SBTVD Forum's discussion group that is challenged to create a viable model for the digitization of the 4000 municipalities that will have the analog signal turned off in the interior of the country in 2023.

Alberto Leonardo Penteado Botelho holds a Master's degree in electrical engineering from Mackenzie Presbyterian University. Graduated in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications mode, from Paulista University, specializations in Digital Television Systems Engineering from the National Telecommunications Institute, Telecommunications Network Engineering from the National Telecommunications Institute and MBA in Project Management from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. He currently works at LM Telecomunicações (RecordTV group) as a project engineer.

Graduated in Electrical / Electronic Engineering from the Barretos-SP Educational Foundation and Electronic Technician from ETEP - SJ dos Campos-SP, he is an experienced broadcast professional with 19 years of experience in the areas of radio and television, project engineering management and broadcasting systems, satellite communications, audio / video compression, planning and deployment of ISDB-t terrestrial transmission systems. He has developed his career in reputable companies such as CEETPS, SHARP, NET, BAND, SKY Brazil, TV Zimbo-Angola in Africa. He is currently Broadcasting Manager at TV Bandeirantes SP, managing the signal distribution / contribution area, Uplinks, and expanding digital signal coverage in SP and in the Band network.  

José Frederico Rehme is Coordinator and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Energy Engineering at Positivo University and Director of Engineering at TVCi.

Electrical engineer with emphasis in electronics, has been working at TV Cultura since 1985 where he currently holds the position of Engineering Manager. Coordinated the implementation works of TV Cultura's own Digital TV network in the state of São Paulo (230 sites) and configurations of SFNs networks with satellite reception of compressed BTS. Participated in the working group of the project of sharing TV broadcasting systems of TV Cultura tower in São Paulo (Sumaré). Manages the areas of infrastructure, audio / video capture, content distribution (IP, satellite and MO), Broadcasting, digital TV systems and Technical Centers, with activities in maintenance and projects.

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from UFSC - Federal University of Santa Catarina, Postgraduate in Telecommunications from UFPR - Federal University of Paraná and Bachelor of Law from PUC-RS - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. Has been with RBS TV since 2012. He is currently Regulatory Project Manager and NOC TV and Radio of Grupo RBS.

Fernando Gomes de Oliveira has been working in the telecommunications and broadcasting sector since 1996, promoting technical solutions to the main TV stations, pay-TV operators and local Internet providers.At Be Digital, he is responsible for the management and planning of TV channel repacking projects with the goal of releasing the 700MHz band, enabling the implementation of 4G / LTE networks.

André Bertoldo holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Faculdade Doctum and holds an electronics technician certification from Senai. He has worked in telecommunications for 14 years, commencing his career at TV Alterosa, an affiliate of SBT, before moving to Record Minas TV and, in recent years, Technical Coordinator at TV Alterosa. He is also responsible for developing projects in the area of Digital and analog TV and for the installation and field maintenance of relay systems for TV signals.

Gunnar Bedicks is the CTO of Seja:Digital, the company responsible for the implementation of the shared digital transmission systems of the Digitaliza Brasil Program and the process of redistribution of TV and RTV channels for the release of the 700 MHz band for the implementation of LTE-4G , professor and researcher in the field of digital communication, PhD in electrical engineering and telecommunications.

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He serves at GSMA in London, England as Policy and Future Spectrum Project Manager with focus on WRC-19 and 5G. Until 2018, he worked as a Regulatory Intelligence specialist and leader of the 700 MHz project at TIM Brasil, representing the Operator as an Advisor at Seja Digital / TV Perfeita and ABRTelecom. He has a degree in Business Administration from PUC-Rio and Utah State University (USA), with an extension from the University of Victoria (Canada), M.B.A. from UERJ and Master at the University of Angers (France).