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Speakers
Day 01
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
- 12:45 PM
- 1:00 PM
- 1:30 PM
- 2:00 PM
Zach Seward, editorial director of AI initiatives at The New York Times, will talk about how The Times is leveraging AI in the newsroom to empower our journalists in service of our mission. Zach's seven-person team is responsible for AI adoption, setting standards, building internal tools and prototyping new reader experiences. The presentation, to be followed by Q&A, will cover team structure, areas of focus, example projects, future use-cases and lessons learned.
- 2:30 PM
- 3:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
The team at JWPlayer Connatix believes that becoming an "AI-First" company will be critical to ensure the health of the organization. To accelerate this transition, Dr. Rona was appointed as their first "Chief AI Officer" and is responsible for helping to embed AI across all aspects of the company. Dr. Rona will discuss the company's transformation strategy, as well as successful and unsuccessful tactics in driving this effort. He will also discuss where he sees the opportunity for publishers to highly leverage AI in their businesses.
- 4:30 PM
This session will explore ways that artificial intelligence can transform how content is presented, delivered, and personalized for audiences through adaptive content formats, automated distribution and hyper-personalized user experiences. From experimental approaches for how content creators can harness these technologies to better serve users today to ideas for rethinking the structures of content presentation to meet the challenges of the industry tomorrow.
- 5:00 PM
This session presents fresh consumer insight from Bloomberg Media’s Insights team on how news subscribers are incorporating GenAI tools such as ChatGPT into their news habits. It will explore what drives or erodes trust, and what subscribers continue to expect from publishers in an AI-powered environment. As boundaries are being redrawn, the research highlights emerging patterns in audience behavior, offering an industry-wide view of the shifting habits that will shape how—and where—news brands show up next.
- 5:30 PM
