The 2025 SVG Summit is lower than two weeks away and the day one periods, set for Dec. 15 on the New York Hilton Hotel, will function a few of the best minds and memorable manufacturers within the sports activities world. Among the highlights? A model new AI Production Tools Workshop devoted to how synthetic intelligence is revolutionizing the way in which sports activities content material is produced, edited, and distributed.
This convention will discover how AI-powered instruments are remodeling the manufacturing pipeline—from digital digital camera operations and real-time graphics to automated highlights, content material tagging, and localization. Industry leaders, technologists, and content material creators will share real-world purposes, talk about the steadiness between automation and human creativity, and look at the operational implications of deploying AI throughout each dwell and non-live workflows. Join us for a morning of sensible insights and forward-thinking methods for integrating AI into your sports-production ecosystem.
10:00 am – 10:05 am: Welcoming Remarks
Speaker: Matthew Delicâte, Spiideo, VP of Sales – North America
10:05 am – 10:45 am : AI and Live Sports Production: A Primer
How are conventional, generative, and agentic AI-powered applied sciences enhancing dwell sports activities manufacturing, from automated digital camera operations and real-time graphics era to immediate stats integration, participant monitoring, and predictive analytics? Industry leaders talk about the present position AI manufacturing instruments are taking part in in addition to their present limitations and (limitless?) potential.
Moderator: Jason Dachman, SVG, Editorial Director, U.S.
Panelists:
Scott Bushman, Spiideo, Director, Media Partnerships
Nick Busto, NBC Sports NEXT, VP of Video Operations
David Everett, PlayOn, Sr Director of Product, Video & Streaming
Peter Gibson, Comcast Technology Solutions, VP, Product & Marketing, Streaming, Broadcast & Advertising, CTS
Ricardo Perez-Selsky, Fox Sports, Sr. Director, Digital Production Operations
10:45 am – 11:00 am: AWS Case Study
11:00 am – 11:30 am: How AI Is Reshaping Captioning and Translation
With each leagues and broadcasters seeking to increase their audiences, there’s a rising demand for captioning and translation in as many languages as attainable. One of the most popular areas the place AI know-how is proving its worth is in assembly that demand, and this panel will discover a few of the choices available on the market, how they’re bettering and changing into extra dependable, and what’s subsequent on this essential market phase.
Panelists:
Bo Cordle, Ross Video, Team Lead, Creative Services – Virtual Production
Janel Downing, Camb.AI, Director of Business Development
Anthony Renda, PGA TOUR, Director, Content Publishing & Media Workflows
Dr. Nick Ruiz, Verbit, Senior Product Manager
11:30 am – 11:45 am: Multi-Camera Instant Replay for NCAA Volleyball – Overturning Calls and Improving Coaching
Multi-Camera Video Replay is changing into commonplace for sports activities video. By integrating with PTZ robotic cameras, see how the West Chester University athletic division can now reframe and reposition angles remotely and begin recording, streaming or reviewing performs immediately. The PTZOptics digital camera feeds are additionally used with Sky Coach to ship side-line video replay for coaches and referees. This case examine will concentrate on a current volleyball match the place the pliability of this answer proved its value when officers overturned a essential name in actual time.
Speakers:
Matt McCain, West Chester University, Athletics Operations Coordinator
Paul Richards, PTZOptics, Chief Revenue Officer
11:45 am – 12:30 pm: AI and Highlight Clips: Where Efficiency Meets Scale
From bite-size social clips to immediate postgame spotlight reels, AI is remodeling the way in which sports activities content material is produced and delivered. Technology innovators and manufacturing leaders discover how AI-powered instruments are automating creation of highlights, graphics, and different digital belongings at unprecedented pace and scale. Learn concerning the evolving workflows, knowledge inputs, editorial oversight, and monetization methods which can be making AI-driven content material an important a part of the trendy sports-media ecosystem.
Moderator:
Dave Klee, A+E Global Media, VP, Media Engineering & Broadcast Operations
Panelists:
Josh Barbarotta, ESPN, Sr Director, Digital Video Content
Richard Chuang, Intel, Principal Architect – AI / VDI / CDN
Dave Giancola, USGA, Director, Digital Strategy & Innovation
Ryan Khurana, TwelveLabs, Product Lead for Agentic Applications
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Networking Break in Exhibits