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The Media Leader's Job in the AI Moment: How to Meet It

Hosted by David Lerech

Wed, Sep 30, 2026

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AI for Media Professionals: Production-Grade Skills to Get You Hired & Greenlit
David Lerech
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What you'll learn

Your AI strategy needs to go beyond "how much $ can AI save"

Giving staff AI tools and hoping fo savings isn't a strategy. We'll see AI strategies that increase revenue and empower.

Basic AI gets basic results - AI agents advance companies

Companies like Netflix and Amazon are deploying AI agents to help staff. We'll look at what they are - how to use them.

AI pilots you can launch to transform your business

AI pilots you can try right now that have already proven to be, revenue increasing and employee enhancing use cases.

Why this topic matters

Most media leaders are being asked to make decisions about AI they have never used themselves, for teams that are already anxious about it. This session covers the real AI use cases transforming media businesses: where the real opportunity sits, sequencing the first moves, and giving your organisation a path it will actually follow.

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David Lerech

David Lerech advises major studios, broadcasters, and production companies on AI

David Lerech is a leading entertainment-industry AI consultant and senior media executive, advising leadership at some of the world's largest studios, streamers, and production companies on AI strategy, and adoption. He has advised executives and teams from Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros. Discovery, Apple, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Television, Paramount, Lionsgate, the BBC, and many of North America's top production companies. David's authority comes from doing the work: he spent two decades as an Executive Producer at major production companies, where he pioneered AI-driven content for leading studios and broadcasters. Today he leads media companies through the AI transition from in-office to in-production deployment of generative AI tools inside real production environments.

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