L-Acoustics Promotes
Jeff Rocha to Global Product
Management Director
L-Acoustics has
appointed Jeff
Rocha, formerly
the head of market
development for
North America, to
the newly-created
position of director
of product man-
agement. Rocha’s
role encompasses
market intelligence
L-ACOUSTICS’ JEFF ROCHA
and identification of
key opportunities, as
well as crafting product portfolio and technology
roadmaps cross-functionally in collaboration with
the R&D, applications, sales, and marketing teams.
Rocha will also develop marketing and sales
collateral and training, and coordinate communi-
cation around products and services.
For more information, contact L-Acoustics US:
805-604-0577, FAX 805-605-0858,
[email protected], www.l-acoustics.com.
SMPTE Conference & Exhibition to Address Emerging
AV Technologies
The SMPTE 2018 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition is taking place Oct. 23-25
at a new venue, the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, in downtown Los Angeles.
Registration is also open for the SMPTE 2018 Symposium, an all-day session on Oct.
22. This year’s symposium is titled “Driving the Entertainment Revolution: Autono-
mous Cars, Machine Intelligence & Mixed Reality.”
The technical conference sessions will address: ultra-high definition; wide colour
gamut and high-dynamic-range management; workflow management; cloud and
virtualized media processing; content management and storage, restoration, and
preservation; over-the-top media distribution; quality and monitoring of images
and sound; new compression techniques and implementations; advances in display
technologies; machine learning and artificial intelligence technology; IP-based media
transport and workflow; and fostering greater inclusivity in science, technology,
engineering, and math.
For more information, go to www.smpte2018.org.
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