2019 DMLA Conference: Full Schedule

The Tech and Content Explosion

10:00am PDT

Speaking of Disruption - Free Content

45% of Creative Pros are using free (CC0) content, as many as use microstock. Sites offering free content like Unsplash and Pexels have blown up in the last few years. Unsplash boasts 1.7 Billion API requests/mo. Pexels has over 500K free photos and artists are uploading 50K images/mo. What is happening? What are the legal issues? Why the emergence of free and how do artists and agencies benefit? Come hear a panel of experts discuss the phenomenon of free.

Moderators

Leslie Hughes

Founder & CEO, iSPY Technologies, Inc.

As DMLA President and Founder and CEO of iSPY Technologies, Ms. Hughes has nearly 30 years experience in content licensing and technology. Most notably, she and her team drove the transformation from analog to digital and grew Corbis' business from less than $10 million to more than... Read More →

Speakers

Nancy Wolff

DMLA General Counsel, CDAS/DMLA

Laura Stanley

Head of Business Development & Partnerships, Pexels

A Toronto native, Laura has over 13 years of experience as a professional photographer and photo editor. She got her first taste of photography adventure after successfully funding an Arctic expedition at the age of 15 through donations and equipment sponsorships. Laura went on to... Read More →

Jeremy Bishop

#1 Downloaded Photographer, Unsplash

Monday October 28, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
California Ballroom

Sales/Marketing, Panel

2:30pm PDT

Communicate Your Value Proposition, Obtain Market Value Pricing

Join Candice Murray of Shutterstock, and dive into framing your value proposition - from your platform to your content story. Tips, trends and tools to ensure you avoid the race to the bottom.

Moderators

Candice Murray

VP, Editorial, Shutterstock

Monday October 28, 2019 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Pacific II

Sales/Marketing

3:30pm PDT

Free Content Sites

We take a deeper dive on one of the hottest topics in our industry today, and continue the conversation from the morning session, exploring new business models built around free visual content.

Moderators

Leslie Hughes

Founder & CEO, iSPY Technologies, Inc.

Speakers

Laura Stanley

Head of Business Development & Partnerships, Pexels

Nancy Wolff

DMLA General Counsel, CDAS/DMLA

Jeremy Bishop

#1 Downloaded Photographer, Unsplash

Monday October 28, 2019 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Pacific I

Sales/Marketing, Roundtable 1C

3:00pm PDT

From Diversity to Authentic Representation

How is the licensing industry evolving from calls for diversity to genuine representation? What role are specialty agencies playing in this transformation? Join moderator Josiane Faubert, of sponsor Picha, documentarian Brittsense of 222Media LLC, Sarah Stenhouse of session sponsor Oodls and morning panelists from Alamy, Adobe, Hawke Media and Getty for a timely and lively discussion.

Moderators

Josiane Faubert

Founder, Managing Partner, PICHA Stock

Josiane Faubert is the Seattle-based creative behind PICHA Stock, a collection of stock images representing Black communities.She jumped into the world of photography after a few years of working in marketing research. Photography led her to PICHA Stock with the mission to provide... Read More →

Speakers

fiona gardner

Contributor Outreach, Adobe

A visual content producer with over fifteen years' experience, I tell stories for digital, social, and print platforms, no matter the budget. I excel at every aspect of the process, from conceptualizing the idea to finding the right talent to negotiating contracts. With excellent... Read More →

Erik Huberman

CEO, Hawke Media

Erik Huberman is the founder and CEO of Hawke Media, the fastest growing marketing consultancy in the United States. Launched in 2014, Hawke Media has been valued at $75 million and has grown from seven to over 150 employees. The company has serviced over 1500 brands of all sizes... Read More →

Sarah Foster

Senior Manager, Creative Content, Getty Images

Sarah Foster works as senior creative content manager at Getty Images, based in New York. She has been with Getty Images in various capacities for over 20 years, working in research, sales, and then happily within the Creative Content department as a photo editor and art director... Read More →

Brittsense

Founder of 222Media & Documentarian, 222Media

My overall mission is to HEAL by creating & documenting a narrative that gets to the root of our psychological conditioning. I document to shine light towards the beauty & bring back the Trust, Communication, Awareness & Unconditional Love that is lacking within "melanated" communities... Read More →

Christina Hawatmeh

CEO, Scopio

Sarah Stenhouse

CEO & Founder, Oodls

Sarah founded Oodls in 2015 and has never looked back on agency life since. Sarah loves bunnies, coffee, and answering emails

Tuesday October 29, 2019 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Pacific II

Sales/Marketing, Roundtable 1A