HPA Tech Retreat 2020 Main Program Lineup Announced

Burbank, Calif. (13 January 2020) -- The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) has announced additional details for its 2020 HPA Tech Retreat , which will take place Monday, February 17 through Thursday, February 20. The HPA Tech Retreat is comprised of the main conference program, Supersession, TR-X and the Innovation Zone as well as extensive networking and meeting opportunities that are incorporated throughout the four day event. The 2020 HPA Tech Retreat will take place at the Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, CA.

2020 marks the 25th year of the annual gathering, which has served as the forum for groundbreaking thought leadership, analysis and connection. Predictive but not predictable; disruptive, informative, and with a decidedly non-commercial focus that eschews marketing-oriented presentations, the HPA Tech Retreat is where honest and challenging discussions take place. Technologies have been premiered, dismantled and discussed in this forum over the course of those 25 years, and the deep analysis that has transpired has led to a number of fundamental changes and advancements for the industry.

As the organization moves into the next phase of the HPA Tech Retreat, the event continues to offer an incomparable opportunity to engage and collaborate with well-known and emerging leaders in engineering, technology, creativity and business in an environment designed to facilitate connection. In keeping with its evolutionary approach, the 2020 HPA Tech Retreat offers an incomparable main program curated by HPA Tech Retreat Maestro, Mark Schubin; an expanded TR-X under co-chairs Mark Chiolis and Craig German; and a fresh take on the Supersession, under the leadership of Joachim Zell, which will present an end to end live production and post of a short film. More than 70 speakers will fuel insight and conversation over the course of the four-day retreat.

In announcing the main conference program, Schubin noted, Each year, we don't know what issues will be discussed until we see the submissions, and this year's were particularly great! I'm looking forward to intensive learning about everything from weaponized video to driving consumer acceptance to the future of production and post. I can hardly wait!

The 2020 HPA Tech Retreat Program:

Monday, February 17

TR-X: Stop the Technology World, I Want to Get Off!

This year's TR-X, a half-day session produced by Mark Chiolis and Craig German, will examine how the most disruptive changes in technology will fundamentally alter the way each of us practices our craft. When anything is possible, how do you think and behave differently when you create content? What new skill sets will you need in this new era? How will each of us, from new entrants to the workforce to old hands, continue to learn when the pace of change becomes daily? From professional educators to visionaries to industry pioneers, we will explore what it looks like to live and work in a rebooted future.

Among our headline speakers will be Mark Turner of MovieLabs, Josh Stinehour of Devoncroft, and Rodney Grubbs of NASA.

Registration for the half-day TR-X is included in the All-Access registration package or can be purchased as a standalone registration.

Tuesday, February 18

Supersession: HPA Makes A Movie

From previs to popcorn, Supersession Chair Joachim Zell will walk the audience through every element of an original HDR production, experimenting with various technologies and techniques. The production features the skills of working professionals including Roy Wagner, ASC; Steven Shaw, ASC, DGA; Peter Moss, ASC, ACS; and Sam Nicholson, ASC. The day will end with a screening of the short film.

The latest and greatest technology will be experienced live and in real time: multicamera shots, lens metadata handling, cloud workflows, the most current in compositing and editing, color grading and movie deliverables to YouTube, Netflix, Hulu and SDR/HDR for traditional theaters.

Innovation Zone opens with cocktails.

Welcome Dinner

Wednesday, February 19

Welcome Seth Hallen, HPA President

Introduction & Technology Year in Review Mark Schubin

Washington Update Jim Burger, Thompson Coburn LLP

CES Review Peter Putman, ROAM Consulting

Decoding CES 2020: the Key Trends that will Impact Media and Entertainment Mark Harrison, Digital Production Partnership

Broadcasters panel Moderator: Matthew Goldman, MediaKind

The Immersive Media Challenge: USC Students Envision the Near-Future of Entertainment Phil Lelyveld, Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California

The Theatre is not a Big TV Jerry Pierce, Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum, National Association of Theatre Owners

Collaboration at Any Resolution: Virtual Production for the Rest of Us International Cinematographers Guild in Cooperation with the Art Directors Guild

Moderator: Michael Chambliss, ICG

Ramy Katrib, DigitalFilm Tree

Eliot Mack, Lightcraft Technology

Benjamin Nowicki, art director

David Stump, ASC

In-Camera Visual Effects David Morin, Epic Games

Live Production Innovative Solutions and Workflow Highlights -

Moderator: Mark Chiolis, Mobile TV Group

Nick Garvin, Mobile TV Group

Scott Rothenberg, NEP

Tested Perceptual Difference Between 4K & 8K Michael Zink, Warner Bros.

Immersive Audio Rollout Brian Vessa, Sony Pictures

Why Traditional Information Security Doesn't Fit in Most of Media & Entertainment Marc Zorn, HBO/WarnerMedia

Latest International Guidelines to Protect Viewers from Photosensitive Epilepsy (PSE) Provoked Seizures John Harris, Cambridge Research Systems

New Adventures in Mastering & Deliverables (compression edition) Josh Pines, Technicolor

What Just Happened? A Review of the Day by Jerry Pierce & Leon Silverman

Innovation Zone Reception (dedicated demo time)

Thursday, Feb

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