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Agenda

Day 1

Tuesday, April 7, 9:30 – 10:00 AM PT

Beyond the Portal: Building Content Experiences That Convert

Join our Experience Portals experts to learn how teams evolve existing portals from a file drop to a content experience.

You’ll discover how to:

  • Structure content for better discovery
  • Use branding, personalization, and analytics to turn portals into a strategic content delivery system
  • Optimize existing portals to improve usability and engagement

 

Francis Lavelle

Account Manager

MediaValet

Tuesday, April 7, 10:15 – 10:45 AM PT

From Guidelines to Guardrails: Operationalizing Brand Identity

A brand launch is a major milestone, but managing it with control and visibility at scale becomes the next challenge.

In this webinar, we’ll explore

  • The challenges of brand management post-launch
  • The enforceable guardrails you can implement to ensure success
  • Providing real-time visibility into how brand content is accessed, adapted, and distributed

 

Heather Bassett

Senior Director of Client Engagement

BrandActive

Stephen Midgley

CMO

MediaValet

Tuesday, April 7, 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PT

The Future of Approval Workflows: AI-Empowered, On-Brand Content

Featuring insights from Marq, the team behind MediaValet’s templating solution, we’ll explore how integrated templating and emerging AI capabilities help brands scale content faster.

You’ll learn:

  • Why AI + human approval loops are the new standard for scalable brand governance
  • How templated content workflows accelerate production while maintaining brand consistency
  • Where AI delivers the most impact across your DAM-powered ecosystem

 

Jordan Wilson

Product & Partnership Marketing

Marq

Yumiko Hayashi

Director, Product Marketing

MediaValet

Tuesday, April 7, 12:15 AM – 12:45 PM PT

ROI Deep Dive: Calculating and Maximizing Your DAM Investment

Learn to translate everyday DAM wins into executive-ready outcomes, connect usage to measurable business value, and build a roadmap that justifies further investment.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Frame DAM expansion as a business initiative, not a tool upgrade
  • Quantify time savings, cost avoidance, and workflow efficiency
  • Build a phased expansion plan that leadership can confidently fund

 

Matt Nuguid

Solutions Engineer

MediaValet

Day 2

Wednesday, April 8, 9:30 – 10:15 AM PT

The DAM AI Gap: Preparedness and Foundations for 2026

AI is the fastest test of DAM health: when foundations like metadata, governance, and workflows are strong, AI accelerates value, but when they are weak, AI amplifies inconsistency, risk, and rework.

You’ll learn about:

  • The real barrier to AI success in an organization
  • The gap between AI’s promises
  • The operational maturity required to safely and effectively deliver on AI requests

 

John Horodyski

Managing Director

AVP

Wednesday, April 8, 10:15 – 10:45 AM PT

How Brand Portals Help Walker Advertising Deliver Multi-Language Campaigns

Learn how Walker Advertising uses Brand Portals to manage national campaigns, control access both internally and externally, and deliver high-value creative.

Join us to hear how Walker Advertising:

  • Manages multi-language campaigns within one centralized system
  • Uses portals to support legal requirements and control distribution
  • Drastically reduces search and campaign turn-around time

 

Kimberly Villarruel

Media Manager & Video Editor

Walker Advertising

Ian Smyth

Senior Demand Generation Manager

MediaValet

Wednesday, April 8, 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PT

The (Metadata) Advantage: How to Supercharge Search, Tagging & Content Velocity

Join us to uncover:

  • Why metadata is the backbone of content velocity
  • How AI improves tagging accuracy & reduces manual workload
  • How organizations evolve from basic tagging to intelligent discovery

 

Kaylie O’Neill

Account Manager

MediaValet

Wednesday, April 8, 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM PT

How Schulich School of Business Standardizes Content and Brand Across Departments

In this session, we’ll explore how Schulich School of Business transformed its approach to content management, moving from fragmented workflows to a centralized, scalable system.

We’ll cover:

  • How Schulich systematized brand consistency
  • Why adoption is the hardest (and most important) part of DAM success
  • How DAM AI capabilities (like smart search and Face Recognition) unlock new value

 

Alan Li

Senior Marketing Analytics

Schulich School of Business

Ian Smyth

Senior Demand Generation Manager

MediaValet

Wednesday, April 8, 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM PT

Closing the loop on content review with FinalFile Delivery

For teams reviewing and approving content; PageProof is seamless. It’s the step after approval — getting the right file accurately into your DAM — where manual effort and risk can still creep in. FinalFile Delivery changes that entirely.

In this session, you’ll discover how to:
  • Stop manually exporting, renaming, and uploading approved files
  • Deliver approved assets into MediaValet automatically — no hand-offs required
  • Tie every asset to its proof with a full approval audit trail
  • Scale your approval workflow without scaling your manual effort

 

Marcus Radich

CTO & Founder

PageProof

Stephen Midgley

CMO

MediaValet

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