Rewrite as a news piece: Following the inaugural Media Tech Sustainability Summit (MTSS) on June 20-21, the event organizers have announced the availability of the 15 session recordings of keynotes, case studies, and panel discussions. Also being made available are several other resources on sustainability issues relevant to organizations and individuals involved in media technology. All session recordings and other materials can be viewed and downloaded at no cost, following a registration, on the event platform in the Main Stage Screening Room and from the Resource Library here.
Organized by Barbara Lange (Kibo121) and Lisa Collins (Dovetail Creative), the first MTSS brought together a wide cross section of the media technology ecosystem to deliver educational information on sustainability in the industry. In addition to examining sustainability efforts being carried out today, experts looked ahead to what can be done moving forward and the steps every company can take to get started on –– or advance –– its sustainability journey. Some observations on the state of sustainability in media tech include lack of training on the topic, confusion over how to measure energy consumption, and the need to share case studies and success stories. These topics will be addressed in future MTSS events.
Day 1 of the summit took place online on the LIVE! virtual event platform (donated by Dundee Hills Group), and over the course of the day, 48 speakers and panelists in 15 sessions addressed topics ranging from defining what sustainability means to making the business case for sustainability programs to case studies looking at what tech companies and broadcasters are already doing to advance sustainability efforts in their organizations. Day 2 was a hybrid event, with in-person sessions organized by Greening of Streaming taking place in Brussels and the virtual element, again, delivered on the LIVE! platform.
“Our industry is at a crucial juncture in terms of how we address the sustainability question and how we come together as an industry to make real progress,” said Lange, co-producer of MTSS. Co-producer Collins said, “What we wanted to do with this event was to create a forum where the industry could ask questions, share experiences, discuss possibilities, and work out plans for a sustainable future. This inaugural event proved that there is a willingness and an actual drive to share information in a spirit of cooperation so that we, together, can make a real difference.”
The Media Tech Sustainability Summit attracted over 500 registrations, with nearly 200 participants from 26 countries on the first day.
