About SMPTE®
Why Should I Attend?
There is a clear gap between the promise and reality of microservices in the media business. The promise for many is that microservices provide the ability to combine best-of-breed off the shelf solutions together to form customized, tailor-made solutions the perfectly address the needs of a variety of users.
The old “one size fits all” approach of media applications meant that solutions either didn’t fit anyone perfectly or required a great deal of customization to do so.
A truly interoperable ecosystem of microservices should be able to solve this. However, the reality is that we aren’t there yet.
SMPTE has had a group working to address the underlying obstacles to interoperability for about a year now.
This drafting group, led by MediAnswers’ Chris Lennon, quickly gained significant traction in 2018, and currently stands at a membership level approaching 50 participants, representing a broad cross-section of the industry.
After several months of excellent work from a dedicated group of volunteers, its members determined its best course of action was to pause, recruit additional experts with specific expertise in development of microservices applications for media, allowing it to re-evaluate and re-focus its efforts.
This summit will bring together the best and brightest from the media and entertainment industry to evaluate the work done to date, determine what specific issues affecting interoperability of systems utilizing microservices are appropriate for SMPTE to focus on, and help to set a roadmap for the next year.
How Do I Participate?
There is no charge, but prior registration is required.
Join us at our New York Summit on May 28th, 9am-4:30pm at the 4As in midtown Manhattan.The address is 1065 6th Avenue, 16 floor but the physical building address is:
5 Bryant Park entrance on 40th Street between 6 Avenue and Broadway.
While we’d prefer you join us in person, remote attendance will be possible.
Space is limited, so reserve your seat at the table and have a voice in SMPTE’s activities in this crucially important topic.
Agenda
Welcome and Introductions (Review of Background and Goals)
Overview of current state of the SMPTE microservices initiative
Quick overview of current SMPTE documents
Break
Open discussion: What problems are we trying to solve?
Lunch Break
Prioritizing the problems we are trying to solve
Break
What do we keep and lose from current documents?
Roadmap for future work (tasks, volunteers, timeline)
Adjourn