IBC opens the deadline for submitting “technical papers” for presentation at the next edition of the fair

Last year, the BBC won the Best Technical Paper Award for its work on how AI-assisted production could increase coverage of live events.

IBC is recognized worldwide for the quality and innovation of its technical documents, its popular papers. The event is an excellent opportunity for forward-thinking technologists and companies to reveal their ideas and research to media industry leaders eager for new technological concepts, their potential uses and practical applications. Following the increase in the number of women presenters at the 2018 conference, from 14% in 2017 to 37%, IBC wants to encourage nominations for technical papers from a globally diverse audience.

Last year saw the successful integration of technical papers into key IBC conference themes, placing them as Tech Talks along with strategic and business presentations.

Last year, the BBC won the Best Technical Paper Award for its work on how AI-assisted production could increase coverage of live events.

The scope of media technology continues to diversify far beyond the traditional production and distribution of audiovisual content. Today, the industry encompasses developments such as: machine learning (AI), VR, AR, mobility, immersion, user psychology, gesture recognition interfaces, blockchain, autonomous production, business data analytics, and sports data tracking and generation, to name just a few. IBC is particularly interested in emerging areas such as these, and the potential they have to influence the future of the media and broadcasting industry.

Paul Entwistle, president of the committee that selects technical papers at IBC, assures that “we look forward to receiving many more innovative, diverse and interesting offers of papers that will lead to the technical talks at IBC 2019. Our integration within the key themes of the conference is a great opportunity for our authors to not only showcase their technology to other enthusiasts, but also explain its impact to the media industry in general.”

All proposals are rigorously reviewed by a panel of professional experts. Papers accepted for presentation at the IBC Conference have the opportunity to win the coveted Best Paper of the Conference Award, presented at the IBC Awards, and will also be published in IBC365.