ABOUT THE AMWA

 

History

The Advanced Media Workflow Association, Inc. (AMWA) began in January 2000 as the Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) Association, Inc. The organization's name was officially changed in May 2007 to better reflect the direction and scope of the association and its mission statement.

 

Today

With worldwide representation from both media companies and their suppliers, the AMWA currently focuses on the industry move to IP based architectures. To enable software based systems to recognize and exploit devices, the AMWA has developed the Networked Media Open Specifications (NMOS). These have been created in practical workshops by the Networked Media Incubator project.

 

This activity complements the work of other well established technology associations, such as the Audio Engineering Society (AES), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the Video Services Forum (VSF).

 

The AMWA continues its support for the Media Exchange Format (MXF), the Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) and the Framework for Interoperable Media Services (FIMS).

 

The organization maintains open membership and committee participation.

 

There are two documents that explain how the Advanced Media Workflow Association works:-

• The guiding principles of the organisation

How we’re structured and how we work (pdf, 216k)

• The interaction of the activity groups involved in key decision making and technical developments

Roles of AMWA NMOS Activity Groups and Stakeholders (pdf, 2016k)

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

• Felix Poulin, Director, Governance and Engineering, Media Transport Architecture & Technology Lab, CBC

• ​Brad Gilmer, Executive Director, AMWA

• Ievgen Kostiukevych, Team Leader, Media over IP and Cloud Technologies, EBU

• John Mailhot, Systems Architect for IP Convergence, Imagine Communications

• Andrew Starks, Director of Product Management, Macnica Americas, Inc

• Douglas Pelenberg, Director, Media Technical Operations, PBS

• Gerard Phillips, Systems Engineer, Arista Networks

• Roger Sacilotto, Software Engineer, AVID

• Ryoichi Sakuragi, Senior Manager, Business Strategy Section, Imaging Products & Solutions Business Group, Sony Corporation

• Michael J. Strein, Director, Engineering and Technology, Walt Disney Television - ABC News

• Phil Tudor, Principal Technologist, British Broadcasting Corporation

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STAFF

• Neil Dunstan, Director, Membership & Marketing, Neil.Dunstan@AMWA.tv

• Brad Gilmer, Executive Director, Brad.Gilmer@AMWA.tv

• Tina Lipscomb, Operations Manager, Tina.Lipscomb@AMWA.tv

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COMMITEE CHAIRS

• AMWA Finance - Gerard Phillips, Arista, gp@arista.com

• NMOS Architectural Review Group - Gareth Sylvester-Bradley, NVIDIA, garethsb@nvidia.com

• NMOS Incubator - Peter Brightwell, BBC, peter.brightwell@bbc.co.uk

• NMOS Steering, End User - Felix Poulin, CBC/Radio Canada, felix.poulin@radio-canada.ca

• NMOS Steering, Vendor - Randy Godwin, Natchez Trace, randy.godwin@natcheztr.com

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AMWA Mission
The AMWA provides an open, collaborative forum, advancing business-driven solutions for Networked Media workflows through the development and publication of specifications, tools, and current best practices.

 

AMWA Vision
The AMWA is the recognized authority focused on the creation of fully automated, virtualized media workflows, through its collection of open, IT-driven, cross-industry specifications and supporting resources.

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All Association policies can be found under Policy Documents.

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