Top Speakers and Insightful Publication Set to Rock the 2016 CASBAA OTT Summit
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Top Speakers and Insightful Publication Set to Rock the 2016 CASBAA OTT Summit Next week, CASBAA, the Association for digital multichannel TV, content, platforms, advertising and video delivery in Asia, will hold its third annual OTT Summit in Singapore, bringing together key stakeholders in the broadcasting and online video distribution sectors to discuss the latest trends and technologies in the industry, as well as important policy issues and more. The last two summits brought together a diverse mix of industry professionals from various disciplines and provided quite a comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges in the OTT space," said Christopher Slaughter, CEO, CASBAA. "The situation today is affecting investment decisions that will determine the fate of Asian media industries tomorrow," said CASBAAs Chief Policy Officer John Medeiros. The new CASBAA publication suggests governments review regulatory policy, ensuring it aligns with the current state of the industry and future trends, while finding ways to clamp down on illegitimate operations, particularly those based offshore. An exciting line-up of speakers from across the industry will be featured at this years CASBAA OTT Summit, including Dhawal Gusain (COO, The Viral Fever), Anil Jain (SVP & GM Media, Brightcove), Rick Harshman (Head of ASEAN, Amazon Web Services), Kumaran Pillai (CEO, AppleSeed Ventures), Richard Wray (APAC Territory Manager, Conviva), Deepakjit Singh (CEO, Encompass Asia), Joel Cere (Insights & Innovation Solutions Global Director, eYeka), Siok Siok Tan (CEO, Kinetic One), Hedvig Lyche (Head of Strategy, Asia, King Content), William Lee (VP Content, APAC, LeEco), Jaheer Abbas (Regional Director, Limelight Networks), Mike Jackson (MD APAC, MEC Access), Andrew Hall (Head of Govt & Regulatory Affairs, NBCU International), Craig Johnson (MD Marketing Effectiveness AP, Nielsen), Johnson Yeh (Riot Games), Andrew Ferrone (VP Pay TV, Roku), Michael Jeffrey (VP, Client Engagement, Rovi), Nicolas Wodtke (VP Media Solution Center SEA & Oceania, Samsung), Deanna Myers (Principal Analyst SNL Kagan), Subin Subaiah (CEO, Spuul), Adrian Britton (VP Product, Telstra Software Group), Joe Welch (SVP Govt Relations Asia, 21st Century Fox), Derek Tan (Co-Founder Viddsee), Michael Greco (VP, Vindicia), Dorothy Attwood (SVP Global Public Policy The Walt Disney Company), Desmond Ngai (VP Strategy & Partnerships, WebTVasia), Bob Morrison (MD, Xstream Asia).