SND Business meeting will follow December Creative Conference Call
Join us Wednesday, December 6 at 1 p.m. EST for an exclusive session checking in on the world of Gen AI and the role of media designers. SND, building on the success of past CCC sessions and SND NYC, presents this compelling conversation with global thought leaders. Experience firsthand insights from visual strategist and creative director Marianne Bahl, alongside Peter Rudolfsen, the pioneering lead developer at media automation innovators Aptoma in Norway and Sweden. Gain invaluable perspectives from Advance Digital’s senior director of innovation and R&D, David Cohn, and delve into the future of AI-driven content creation with the esteemed educator, design consultant, and author, Dr. Mario Garcia. Discover the cutting-edge advancements shaping the intersection of AI and local news. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with these thought leaders shaping the future of media design and AI integration.
This is a free event, if you are not a member of SND, a ticket is required.
The panelists
Mario Garcia
Dr. Mario Garcia is Senior Adviser for News Design and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the CEO and founder of Garcia Media. He is known worldwide as one of the premiere media designers, having completed over 750 projects in 120 countries. Dr. Garcia has received over 300 SND Awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award. People Magazine selected Mario among the 100 Most Influential Hispanics. He is the author of 15 books. His latest, “AI: The Next Revolution in Content Creation,” is currently available for pre-order.
Marianne Bahl
Current Title: Visual Strategist and Creative Director
Organization: Bahl Visuel Strategi
Country: Denmark
Twitter: @BahlMarianne
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianne-bahl-0982522b/
Marianne Bahl is a freelance visual strategist, a digital storytelling innovator, and a visual journalist. She has her own studio in the center of Copenhagen, Denmark.
She is heading cross-functional teams working with innovative experience design and visual communication. Marianne is working with Media Groups communicating and developing visual strategy and identity, visual journalism and cross media communication on all platforms and channels.
She is an analytical innovator and pragmatic esthetician. She is a cross-organizational thinker who is focusing on refining leadership by e.g., improving workflows, to enable people to do what they do best. Marianne is a very strong believer in diversity and it’s top of mind at all levels. The goal is to diversify the workforce, to radically increase the number of ideas, opinions, outlooks, and experiences available within any organization.
Marianne graduated from the Danish School of Design/Royal Danish Academy as a Graphic Designer and Visual Communicator specializing in Magazine Design. She has 20+ years of digital, print, product, and team management experience in the fields of education, digital transformation, and journalism for some of the largest media groups in Denmark. She is committed to leadership, heading change management and large-scale development of visual journalism on all platforms. She has been Head of Design departments and Photo Editor in Chief at three of Denmark’s largest media groups, Politiken, ALL for The Ladies, a Lifestyle Magazine at Egmont Publishing and at Børsen (Boersen) the biggest Financial Daily in Denmark.
Marianne is Appointed censor for the Censor Corps for Artistic higher education of Architecture, Design and Conservation under the Danish Ministry of Education and Research.
Marianne is also appointed censor at the Danish Professional Colleges’ external examiner corps for professional bachelor, diploma and academy programs within the subject area Media and Communication.
For the last 10+ years she has been a juror in The European Newspaper Award and Chairperson of Danish Media Design Awards.
Peter Rudolfsen
Lead Developer, Aptoma AS
Peter has been a lead developer and product owner at Aptoma for more than 13 years. Lead developer and product owner of LayoutPreview. Aptoma builds web-based software for automated and manually edited layouts for print.
David Cohn
Advance Media AI
Twitter: @Digidave
Senior Director, Innovation and R&D
Advance Digital
Subtext at Advance Publications
Chief Strategy Officer and Co-FounderDavid Cohn is the Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder, Subtext at Advance Publications. Over the last 20 years he has been at the forefront of innovation in journalism, working on some of the first experiments in audience participation, direct consumer financial support, structured content in journalism, the pivot to video and more. Today he is the cofounder of Subtext, which lets news organizations and reporters text with their audience.
