Sixteen-time Academy Award nominee Sir Roger Deakins will take to the stage at the 2026 NAB Show for a live discussion.
Deakins, who has won Best Cinematography at the Oscars twice for Blade Runner 2049 and 1917, will be joined by his wife and collaborator, James Deakins, to share insights from their careers and their book Reflections: On Cinematography.
Other speakers include Akela Cooper, screenwriter of M3GAN and Malignant, and creator, filmmaker and entrepreneur Markiplier.
Highlighted sessions at this year’s show include:
- A Fireside Keynote at the NAB Show Streaming Summit with Robert Schildhouse, CEO of direct to consumer at BBC Studios (oversees BritBox, BBC Select and all BBC Studios).
- The Augmented Studio: Supercharging Creativity with the Power of AI with Anil Jain of Google Cloud and Márcia Mayer of Google DeepMind examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping creative workflows across production, editing and visual storytelling.
- Powering Intelligent Media: From AI Experimentation to Real-World Impact with Silvia Candiani, vice president of Telecommunications, Media and Gaming at Microsoft, explores how media organisations are moving AI from early experimentation to real-world deployment.
- Transforming Media Delivery: Live Sports Innovation and Broadcast-Broadband Convergence examines how hybrid broadcast and broadband technologies are reshaping the delivery and scale of live sports.
- Efficient by Design: Cloud-Based Production for Modern Brands on how brands and media organisations are using cloud-based production tools to streamline workflows and scale content creation.
- Imaging at Unprecedented Scale for Sphere with Andrew Shulkind, senior vice president of capture and innovation at Sphere Entertainment, and Rich Welsh, president of SMPTE, exploring the Big Sky camera system and how ultra-high-resolution imaging is redefining large-format, immersive storytelling (from the SMPTE VIBE Conference).
“We’re seeing a moment where technology, creativity and business are all evolving at the same time,” said Karen Chupka, executive vice president, global connections and events at NAB. “The 2026 NAB Show brings that entire ecosystem together to explore how those changes are shaping the future of storytelling.”
The 2026 NAB Show takes place April 18–22 (exhibits April 19–22) at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
