The HPA Tech Retreat returns in 2026, bringing together world class technology leaders, creatives, and innovators for five days of expert insight, technical exploration, and forward-looking discussion into the most important topics shaping the future of content creation, management and distribution.
Delivering technical insight and meaningful networking into an immersive five-day experience, this unique event is designed to educate, inspire and connect like-minded professionals from across the world.
IABM is proud to be part of this influential forum, as an independent voice representing the Global MediaTech community and contributing to key industry conversations.
Hear from IABM CTO, Stan Moote, as he takes part in this exclusive panel, revealing how SMPTE is transforming the way interoperability standards are created and delivered.
With a spotlight on ST 2138 (Catena), the industry’s brand new open-source control standard, discover how collaborative innovation is enabling seamless integration across media devices and services – and what’s coming next in 2026.
Date: Wednesday 18th February 2026
Time: 10:50am – 11:20am
Featuring expert perspectives from:
Stan will also be spotlighting two strategic IABM Member-Only Working Groups driving critical progress across the sector.
Voice your opinion and shape the frameworks and standards followed by the entirety of MediaTech.
About:
Software licensing is slowing innovation across broadcast and cloud workflows.
This group is where the industry comes to solve it.
The Dynamic Software Licensing (DSL) Group is a focused, cross-industry initiative building a practical best-practice framework for software licensing in modern broadcast environments – from cloud to hybrid.
By uniting industry-leading buyers and vendors from across the media and cloud ecosystem, the group is tackling today’s licensing challenges head-on – transforming shared problems into real-world progress.
The result? A clearer, more flexible and streamlined approach to software licensing and management, designed to accelerate innovation.
Why Join:
This is an open initiative to form the best practices that set the standard for the industry.
Have your voice heard and be part of an ever growing, industry-leading group featuring:
What next:
Meetings take place every other Wednesday (11am – 12pm ET) on Zoom.
Join today:
To register interest, please contact: stan.moote@theiabm.org
About:
Security expectations across broadcast and MediaTech are rising rapidly – and misalignment between buyers and vendors is creating risk, complexity, and costly surprises.
The Security and Vulnerability Working Group brings IABM members together in collaboration with NABA (North American Broadcasters Association) and in liaison with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), to strengthen alignment between the vendor and buyer communities on security and vulnerability requirements.
The focus is to improve shared understanding of expectations, reducing friction during procurement processes, and ensuring security considerations are addressed earlier and more consistently across the supply chain.
The result? Fewer last-minute issues in RFPs and RFQs, clearer requirements, and a more resilient, aligned industry approach to security.
Why Join:
Stay ahead of evolving security expectations and help shape how the industry approaches vulnerability management, alongside leading vendors and buyers across the MediaTech ecosystem.
What next:
To register interest, or for more information, please contact: stan.moote@theiabm.org
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