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13-16 September 2024

Schedule a meeting with Arista at IBC 2024

You can schedule an appointment to meet with our team at the show. We have space to accommodate meetings at one of our demo stations or within a private meeting room on our booth in hall 10.A25.

Please fill out the form and the team will be in touch.

IBC Show Expo hours:

Friday 13 September: 10:30 - 18:00

Saturday 14 September: 09:30 - 18:00

Sunday 15 September: 09:30 - 18:00

Monday 16 September: 09:30 - 16:00

Arista Media and Entertainment Overview

Networking for Champions

From stadium to streaming we deliver secure, innovative, high performance networking you can trust.

Visit our booth in hall 10.A25 and learn how Arista software provides great:

  • Orchestration of your broadcast workflow. Arista offers best-of-breed SDN solutions with MCS and OpenConfig to deliver your content where it needs to be.

  • Visibility inside your network. It’s not a black box where you don’t know what’s going on inside your network.

  • Monitoring of your network health and performance with DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF), a next-generation visibility fabric that provides pervasive, organization-wide network observability to enable efficient end-to-end IT troubleshooting.

  • Security in a world of ransomware and content theft that traditional firewalls and antivirus software don't detect until it is too late. The Arista NDR security solution offers AI-driven detection and response to intervene and combat targeted attacks

 

Arista's Media & Entertainment Advisory Board at IBC

As part of our participation at IBC, Arista will be hosting our regular Advisory Board Meeting on Sunday 15 September.

The Advisory Board Meeting is a forum where attendees are encouraged to discuss their business and technical challenges with industry peers as well as Arista VPs and senior technical team.

Cybersecurity is a primary concern for all, and not less so for broadcast facilities. After hearing Arista's outlook for the industry, the agenda will feature valuable insights from esteemed industry professionals on making the first tangible steps needed to safeguard network infrastructures. 

There's no need to worry about getting to the venue from IBC! As in previous years, we will be transporting guests to the Hilton Hotel directly from the RAI on a canal boat where beverages will be provided. There are two departure times for the boat transfer to the venue, please let us know if you would like a transfer, and if so, which time you would prefer.

Date: Sunday, 15 September 2024

Time: Meet us at the venue or join us for a short trip by canal boat from the RAI to the venue.

First pick up from the RAI dock at 17:30, second pick up at 18:10.

Venue: The Hilton, Apollolaan 138, 1077 BG Amsterdam, Netherlands

Advisory Board Meeting Agenda

17:45 Canapes and refreshments at the Hilton
18:30 Opening by Ed Chapman, Vice President, Business Development at Arista
  M&E Industry Perspective
  Arista Global Partner EcoSystem Update
  The Importance of Security in Broadcast Networking
18:40 Technical Update with Gerard Phillips - SE & SME for M&E at Arista
  Arista Technical Update: Platforms, Features and Direction
  Scaling, Connectivity and the Question of Security
19:00 Industry Perspectives: First Steps to Securing Broadcast Infrastructures
 

Panel Session with Industry Professionals

As we reflect on a summer filled with extraordinary sporting events and where ST2110 played a crucial role in delivering content with unparalleled efficiency and flexibility, it is important to address that this advancement also brings new vulnerabilities. 

Building upon insights shared at the NAB EVS/Arista Breakfast Briefing about the nature of the threats, the panelists at Arista's Media and Entertainment Board meeting will continue the conversation to explore the first steps in making our increasingly connected broadcast environments more secure, in order to safeguard valuable content and deliver high-profile events.

 

Panelists

Geoffrey CRESPIN

Geoffrey Crespin

Products & Solutions Security Manager - EVS Broadcast Equipment

Geoffrey Crespin (EVS) is well-versed in cyber-security matters, having previously worked as a cyber-defense consultant for European governments and institutions, and in the telecommunications sector. He is Products and Solutions Security Manager, helping customers design infrastructures that ensure their assets and workflows are properly secured. He is responsible for ensuring the security of EVS products and solutions from development through deployment. This role involves designing and implementing security measures, conducting risk assessments, and working closely with cross-functional teams to integrate security into the product lifecycle.

John Naylor

John Naylor

Vice President, Product Security and Ross Research Labs - Ross Video

John Naylor, VP of Product Security at Ross Research Labs, ensures top-notch security across development teams. His career journeyed from Electroacoustics to designing award-winning digital audio and visual effects systems. He then excelled in project management, leading Emmy-winning teams and significantly boosting revenues. At Ross Video, he established innovative labs and a robust Product Security initiative. Driven by his passion for cybersecurity, John is now a certified CISSP professional. In his free time, he enjoys music, golf, and celebrating the occasional hole-in-one.

Kieran Kunhya

Kieran Kunhya

Founder and CEO - Open Broadcast Systems

Kieran is the Founder and CEO of Open Broadcast Systems, a developer of software-based encoding and decoding products for B2B sports, news and linear channel transport. He has led numerous product developments including the company's high-performance multivendor ST- 2110 stack and in-house developed SDI boards. He is also an FFmpeg and x264 Open Source project developer. He has a Masters Degree in Physics from the University of Bristol.

Lucille Verbaere

Lucille Verbaere

Senior Project Manager - European Broadcast Union

Lucille is Senior Project Manager at the European Broadcast Union, Technology and Innovation, coordinating Media Cybersecurity, Content Provenance and Data Space activities. She started 23 years ago as an R&D engineer doing research on wireless telecom systems, then moved to program and product management positions for connectivity and data management services in telecommunications and aerospace industries. Before joining EBU in September 2020, Lucille was responsible for a portfolio of cybersecurity products, based on quantum physics.

Mathieu Rochon

Mathieu Rochon

Senior Systems Designer / Project Lead, Core Systems Engineering Solutions - Radio-Canada/CBC

Mathieu Rochon, a 25-year veteran at CBC/Radio-Canada, specializes in broadcast technology. With 19 years as a maintenance engineer across various departments and six Olympic Games under his belt, he has extensive experience. For the past six years, Mathieu led projects on the NMRC 2110 project, responsible for integration and design. Now, he's focusing on the Toronto Broadcast Center refresh, aiming to create a dynamic facility pushing the boundaries of 2110 technology.

Stefano Dina

Stefano Dina

Senior Network Architect - Lutech

Stefano Dina is a solutions architect with over 20 years of experience and holds multivendor IT certifications. For over a decade, he has collaborated with the Media & Entertainment industries, where he has gained extensive experience in resolving and integrating legacy audio/video infrastructures over IP. Throughout his career, Stefano has successfully designed and implemented network solutions based on SMPTE2022 and SMPTE2110 technology.

Deborah Moreira

Moderator: Deborah Moreira

Security Sales Engineer - Arista Networks

Deborah is a Security Subject Matter Expert with experience in the Media & Entertainment industry. With a focus on network security, threat hunting, and security architecture design, she has been instrumental in securing environments for some of the most notable Media & Entertainment companies in the US. A Harvard graduate, Deborah has developed her cybersecurity expertise through both formal education and self-driven learning. She is particularly passionate about advancing network detection and response strategies, and implementing zero-trust approaches to protect against evolving threats.