Artificial intelligence promises to change the way media content is produced, distributed and consumed. It even alters the nature of media itself. None of us, inside or outside of the media industry, is fully ready for what AI is about to bring about. So, to chart the course of this AI-driven future, the Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California is organizing its inaugural Synthetic Media Summit on June 8 on the USC campus. This high-level event will gather the world’s top AI experts and media executives to discuss the state, media use cases, and ethics of synthetic media for the news and entertainment industries.

This is a collaboration co-hosted by USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, in partnership with SMPTE and NAB Amplify.

In-person seating is limited, and remote attendance is available at a reduced cost. Tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite, for $175 and $50, respectively (plus tax).

Confirmed speakers include:

• Bill Baggelaar, CTO, Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Randy Bean, Writer, Harvard Business Review
• Stella Biderman, AI Ethics Researcher, EleutherAI
• Thomas Davenport, Professor, University of Oxford and Writer, Harvard Business Review
• Angela Dunning, Partner, Cooley LLP
• Tom Graham, Co-Founder & CEO, Metaphysic
• Anthony Guarino, EVP, Global Production & Studio Technology, Paramount
• Melody Hildebrandt, CISO, Fox Corporation and President, Blockchain Creative Labs
• David Holz, CEO, Midjourney
• Renard Jenkins, SVP Production Integration & Creative Technology Services, Warner Bros. Discovery
• Dr. Jan Leike, Alignment Team Lead, OpenAI
• Dr. Mark Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
• Dr. Gary Marcus, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, NYU
• Dr. Margaret Mitchell, Chief AI Ethicist, Hugging Face
• Sanjay Pandit, CTO, CAA
• Nikki Pope, Head of AI Legal, NVIDIA
• Max Sills, General Counsel, Midjourney
• Nikola Todorovic, Co-Founder & CEO, Wonder Dynamics