Thought leaders gathered for an off-the-record conversation about the impact of AI on the entertainment industry at TheWrap’s inaugural Tech Dinner sponsored by Meta on Tuesday night at The Benjamin in Los Angeles.
The evening featured a conversation between Meta’s VP of product management Khushboo Taneja and veteran tech journalist Adam Lashinsky.
Industry heavyweights at the dinner included investor Jeff Sagansky, CAA head of strategic development Alexandra Shannon, Fox Corporation CTO Melody Hildebrandt, filmmaker and author Justine Bateman, Status founder and editor-in-chief Oliver Darcy, Propagate Content co-founder and co-CEO Howard Owens, Capital Entertainment CEO Aaron Kaplan, former LA Times executive editor Kevin Merida, Deep Voodoo COO Brian Robillard and film financier and former Relativity head Ryan Kavanaugh.
Meta leadership at the dinner included Public Figure Innovation Partnerships of NorAm lead Max Brabant, strategic partnerships lead Charlton Gholson and Meta’s AI communications lead Amanda Felix.
See photos from the event below.
Veteran tech journalist Adam Lashinsky and Khushboo Taneja, VP, Product Management, Meta
Amanda Felix, Communications, AI, Meta and Khushboo Taneja, VP, Product Management, Meta
Guests mingle at Meta Dinner
Guests at Meta Dinner
Jeff Sagansky, Co-Founder Eagle Equity Partners and Sharon Waxman, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, TheWrap
Brian Robillard, COO, Deep Voodoo and Sean King, GM, Media & Entertainment, Veritone
Kevin Merida, Former Executive Editor, Los Angeles Times & Board Member, LA Local News Initiative, Meta Dinner
Aaron Kaplan, Executive Producer/CEO of Kapital Entertainment Melody Hildebrandt, CTO, Fox Corporation and Howard Owens, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Propagate Content
Yves Bergquist, Director, AI & Neuroscience in Media, USC’s Entertainment Technology Center, Meta Dinner
Justine Bateman, Filmmaker, Author & Founder, CREDO23, Howard Owens, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Propagate Content and Sharon Waxman, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, TheWrap
Charlton Gholson, Strategic Partnerships, Meta and Sharon Waxman, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, TheWrap
Howard Owens, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Propagate Content, introducing himself at the dinner
Justine Bateman, Filmmaker, Author & Founder, CREDO23 speaking at the Meta Dinner
Sharon Waxman, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, TheWrap and Ryan Kavanaugh, Film Financier, Producer, Co-Owner, Triller
Lynne Segall, Chief Revenue Officer, and Ryan Kavanaugh
Laura Holson, Award-Winning former New York Times journalist, Founder, The Box Sessions speaking at the Meta Dinner
Brian Robillard, COO, Deep Voodoo speaking at the Meta Dinner
Status newsletter founder Oliver Darcy speaks to Sean King and Melody Hildebrandt
Guests including Jeremy Barber, Partner in the Motion Picture Literary and Talent Departments at United Talent Agency, at the Meta Dinner
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