(Buffer-Free Video)^AI Conference Returns in 2026!
Welcome to #buffconf!
Need the WiFi? Curious who's speaking next? You're in the right place!
Day one
T-Mobile Park
WiFi
SSID: Mariners Wi-Fi
No password required
9:00 - 9:30
Opening Remarks - Operational Excellence
Lionel Bringuier
GM Media & Entertainment
Momento
9:30 - 10:15
Lessons Learned From Streaming the 2025 Super Bowl to 15.5M Viewers
Mayur Srinivasan
Senior Vice President
FOX
10:15 - 11:00
Maximize SSAI Revenue and Improve the Streaming Experience with Ad Prefetching
Matt Scharr
Senior Software Development Manager
Amazon Web Services
11:15 - 12:00
Content Fluidity for Multi-App Distributors
Zachary Cava
Vice President, Media Architecture
The Walt Disney Company
1:00 - 1:30
We Asked AI to Caption Our Shows - Here's What Happened
Jeremy Brown
Video Delivery and Data Engineering Expert
1:30 - 1:55
Meta AI Video Restyle Explained | Transform Videos in One Click
Jordi Cenzano
Software Engineer
Meta
1:55 - 2:10
⚡ Building AI QoE Analysts: Learnings from Data Agents and MCP Servers
Adam Brown
Co-Founder & CTO
Mux
2:10 - 2:25
⚡ How AI Audio Separation Is Transforming A/V Workflows
Jessica Powell
Co-Founder & CEO
Audioshake
2:45 - 3:10
Accelerating GenAI Deployment at Scale with Media Understanding and Evaluation
Shankar Regunatha, Senior Technical Lead | Qi Cai, Research Scientist
Nick Wu, Software Engineer | Ryan Lei, Software Engineer
Meta
3:10 - 3:30
⚡ MQCS in CMSD to achieve MQAR
Kiran Patel
Senior Product Manager
Amazon Web Services
3:30 - 3:45
⚡ Next Generation of Open Audio Coding and
Rendering Standards
Tim Harris
Engineering Manager
Meta
3:45 - 4:00
⚡Delivering High Quality GenAI Video
Rushaan Mahajan, Co-Founder & CEO | Sophie Raniwala, Co-Founder & CTO
Sima Labs
4:15 - 5:00
The Last Human Edit
Mike Martinez
Director of Engineering
Meta
Day two
SURF Incubator
WiFi
SSID: SURF
Password: surfthesound
9:00 - 10:00
Spencer Shanson - Paramount, Joshua Lamb - Red Bull Media House, Phil Harrison - AWS Elemental
10:45 - 12:30
Todd Sharp, Amazon IVS
