American Film Market Dailies

The immersive market is at a standstill. There’s been limited progress on the hardware side and market demand continues to be a challenge. So if you’re a storyteller, producer, financier or distributor in this space, where do you go from here? Do you wait until companies such as Magic Leap, Sony and Facebook finally release devices that are truly consumer-ready? If so, how do you stay afloat? Are there underlying opportunities to pivot to? And as a community, is there a way to rally together and build the demand? Gain insight from these industry leaders:

KEYNOTE SPOTLIGHT:
Meet David Rogier   David Rogier is the Co-Founder and CEO of MasterClass, where he is leading the company’s re-imagination of online education. Based in San Francisco, MasterClass was founded on the idea that everyone should have "access to genius." David grew up in Los Angeles where he became known for two things: entrepreneurship (he sold his first company, an Internet search engine, while still in middle school), and asking too many questions in class. David attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he met renowned tech investor Michael Dearing, whom he went to work for after graduation. After a year with Michael, David decided what he really wanted to do was rekindle his two favorite pastimes from his youth: entrepreneurship and question-asking, by starting MasterClass (Michael became his first investor).

From directing with Ron Howard, to acting with Natalie Portman and making beats with Timbaland – MasterClass offers online classes created for students of all skill levels with some of the best instructors in the world. During the Confluence Summit, Co-Founder and CEO David Rogier will take us behind the scenes of MasterClass to address program curation, instructor collaboration, the production process and the company’s next moves.