Warner Bros. Chief Digital Officer, Thomas Gewecke.

The SMPTE 2013 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition is the premier annual event for motion-imaging and media technology, production, operations, and the allied arts and sciences. The event draws elite and world-renowned technology thought-leaders from motion picture studios, broadcast and distribution networks, production and postproduction communities, software companies, systems integrators, manufacturers, display technologies, distribution providers, over-the-top providers, and others leading the evolving motion-imaging industry.

Gewecke is among the technology thought-leaders shaping the motion-imaging industry today. At Warner Bros. Entertainment, he is responsible for driving the studio's worldwide digital growth and managing its global business strategy. Gewecke coordinates the company's digital distribution strategies to maximize the value of Warner Bros.' content across all current and emerging digital exhibition platforms. He also oversees Warner Bros. Technical Operations and Corporate Business Development, as well as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Direct-to-Consumer, Business Development, and Flixster group. Prior to joining Warner Bros. Entertainment, Gewecke was senior vice president of business development in the Digital Services Group for Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

In addition, the Annual Conference Program Committee has selected the technical papers that will be presented. The preliminary program is available at www.smpte2013.org. The SMPTE 2013 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition is being held Oct. 22-24 in Hollywood, Calif., at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. The SMPTE Symposium is held in conjunction with the Annual Conference on Oct. 21 and online registration for both events is available at www.smpte2013.org. Early bird pricing for the event remains available until Friday, August 9th.