THE IT crowd: confab draws H'w'd tech gurus.(Hollywood IT Summit)(Devendra Mishra, Josh C. Kline and Linda Livingstone)(Interview)

The Hollywood IT Summit, produced by Media and Entertainment Supply Alliance (MESA) and Variety, was a sellout event last year on its inaugural outing. It returns today for a soph edition to the George Elkins Auditorium at the Malibu Campus of Pepperdine U. from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with cocktails to follow.

Organized by the Hollywood IT Society (HITS) and an advisory board of CIOs from major Hollywood studios, the summit features multiple tracks and breakout sessions. Major areas of focus include studio case studies (best practices), digital distribution models and analysis, connectivity and real-time decision-making, big data, self-service business discovery and exploration of innovative technologies driving business transformation.

Devendra Mishra

Adjunct professor, decision …