
SVG College Summit 2024: Live Production, Creative Content Workflows, Strategies Highlight Agenda at 16th-Annual Event Register your team today for event returning to Atlanta on May 29 - 30 By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 11:33 am
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College sports are in a period of extreme change. One critical area that has remained consistent: the effort put in day in and day out by talented, hardworking video production teams within athletic departments and conference offices.
At this time when the present and future of college sports remain a conundrum, sure up your video production strategies, workflows, and staff by attending the 16th annual SVG College Summit. Join the college sports video production community for two days of in-depth presentations, panel discussions, technology-focused case studies, facility tours, networking, and much more.
As always, the SVG College Summit is FREE to attend for anyone who is employed by or is a student worker at an athletics department, conference office, broadcast network, or production company.
REGISTER: SVG College Summit (May 29-30, Atlanta)
Schools and conferences of all shapes and sizes benefit from the program crafted by SVG and our talented SVG College Advisory Committee representing institutions from across the country. And the better news? Registration is FREE!
Agenda highlights include:
Wednesday, May 29 The New Media Department: Blurring the Lines Between Broadcast and Creative
In collegiate athletics, the roles within and the demands upon our internal media departments have evolved and expanded. From live broadcast to social to in-venue to OTT how are staffs evolving, how are content plans changing to best maximize teams and student-athletes, and how is it all fitting together? Leaders from collegiate athletic departments and conference offices share how they have changed their approach over the past few years.
Keynote (speaker TBA)
A high-profile producer/director will discuss their approach to innovation and pushing the envelope in sports video.
SVG College Sports Media Awards
The 16th-annual SVG College Sports Media Awards presented in association with NACDA is the largest edition of the competition yet. Join us as winners are celebrated from across college sports in Live Game Production, Live Non-Game Production, In-Venue Video, Social Media Video, Special Feature - Scripted, and Special Feature - Unscripted.
Thursday, May 30 LIVE BROADCAST TRACK
Behind the Broadcast: (multiple presenters TBA)
What live events are pushing the envelope and challenging college athletics live video producers to innovate? In this in-depth case study, receive an exclusive deep dive into a unique, high-quality live broadcast from a fellow athletic department.
Inside the Control Room: (presenter TBA)
The facilities we call home are crucial to the success of our live shows and the production partners who entrust us to produce top-flight live broadcasts. Receive an exclusive, in-depth look at a significant new control room build on a college campus and gain an understanding of the latest tech involved and the choices made by the university along the way.
The Only Constant Is Change: The Transition to IP and NDI
While the demands on the number of live productions athletic departments deliver each year grow, technology continues to evolve around us. How is the overall industry shift to IP and NDI impacting collegiate athletic departments and how is it aiming to make our lives easier? A panel of industry leaders and technology vendors discuss.
Tools of the Trade: How the Latest in Cameras, Graphics, Replay, and Audio are Enhancing Our Live Broadcasts
Producers of live college sports broadcasts are all looking to produce the best live event they can with the budget available. Thus, more efficient ways to capture, edit, and distribute content are the dream. What solutions are making live content producers' shows elite and consistent? This panel discussion will close the show with a smart list of takeaways for your summer.
CREATIVE TRACK
Show Us Your Timeline: (multiple presenters TBA)
Ever see a piece of electric content online and think How'd they do that? Only all the time? In this in-depth presentation, a leading sports creative(s) pulls back the curtain on a select piece of content, showing all the ins and outs and how they produced one of their favorite pieces of content.
Execution is Everything: Workflows for a Smooth Game Day
Every idea is only as good as its execution. When it comes to social and digital content creation and distribution, how are some of the best in the business pulling it off? Whether it's a single massive event or a crossover weekend filled with multiple events all over campus, what workflows, technologies, services, and systems are empowering the modern age of sports content creation and distribution? From transmission tech and the cloud to software and services, collegiate creatives share their plans and best practices for getting things done on game day.
Tools of the Trade: How the Latest in Camera and Audio Tech are Enhancing Our Content
Sports creatives require a specific toolset to achieve their goals. What latest acquisition gear is meeting the needs of today's talented creators? This panel discussion gets down to brass tacks on creative video tech.
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There's more information to come of the event's agenda, the SVG College Sports Media Awards competition, and much more. In the meantime, you can watch video of all of the sessions from last year's event over at SVG PLAY.
For more information on SVG College's program, events, and overall year-round efforts, email Brandon Costa at brandon@sportsvideo.org.
Technology vendors interested in exhibiting at the event, please email Rob Payne at ro
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