OTTAWA – The CRTC will kick off the first part of its Discoverability Summit on December 1st in Vancouver.
Co-hosted by CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais and NFB Commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur, attendance at ‘En route to the Discoverability Summit: Content in the Age of Abundance’ is by invitation only, but the event will be live streamed on the CRTC’s YouTube channel.
The confab promises to feature international experts, thought leaders and high-profile innovators to explore how new tools and techniques can be used to help viewers find the content they want and help solve the global challenge of audiovisual content discoverability. CBC Radio Spark host Nora Young has been confirmed as event moderator and media personality and motivational speaker Tony Chapman will keynote.
The CRTC announced plans to host a Discoverability Summit last March, as part of decisions from its Let’s Talk TV proceeding.
