Reimagining DAM 2026 - Partner Conference Agenda and speakers

Have a look at what to expect and discover key topics

calendar_month 17-19 March 2026
location_on Microsoft Deutschland, München, Germany

Reimagining-DAM-Andreas-Bergman-presenting

Pre-event for Fotoware Partners, 17 March

Join for the dinner and our Partner Award Ceremony, where we will celebrate partners in three categories:
- Growth Champion of the Year
- The Partner Reimagining DAM
- Rising Star

Wednesday, 18 March

Anne Gretland

CEO, Fotoware

Join for an inspiring and forward‑looking keynote uncovering how Fotoware will continue empowering organizations to securely control their content workflows with speed and precision.

Anne will share how Fotoware, in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, is challenging the market with focus on scalability, trust, and automations.
Janniche Moe

CPTO, Fotoware

Organizations face major changes in how they handle and trust their content. As the amount of content grows and AI speeds up creation, it’s more important than ever to manage everything efficiently and make sure it’s authentic.

At Fotoware, we’re transforming our Digital Asset Management systems to help you meet these new challenges. We’re building smarter automation, stronger security, content authenticity, and a foundation designed for the future, so your content workflows are easier, safer, and ready for what’s next.

Learn more about the Fotoware Product Roadmap for 2026 and beyond.
Interactive break-out sessions with DAM users from your industry.

Media & Entertainment

Discover how media organizations handle high volumes of fast-moving content. Learn about workflows for production, distribution, rights management, and more, with Fotostation and Flow, as well as Content Authenticity and C2PA.

Precision Manufacturing

Learn how manufacturers use DAM to manage complex product data and content across teams, systems, and markets.

This session looks at your DAM as the fully integrated engine for your Content Ecosystem while and how structured content supports consistency, speed, and scalability.

GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums)

Learn how cultural institutions preserve, enrich, and share collections in the digital age. This session highlights collection management, metadata quality, and balancing public access with a long-term vision.

Law Enforcement, Defence & Healthcare

Explore how organizations operating in highly regulated and mission-critical environments manage sensitive content with confidence. This session focuses on secure workflows, access control, authenticity of content, compliance requirements, and how DAM supports operational efficiency while meeting strict governance standards.

Governance & Compliance

Dive into the foundations of trust in DAM. This session focuses on metadata governance, consent management for GDPR, smart workflows, and preparing your organization for evolving compliance requirements.
Discover how modern asset workflows are redefining what’s possible in Digital Asset Management.

This session showcases real‑world examples of automation, intelligent orchestration, and cross‑team collaboration: workflows that form the beating heart of today’s most dynamic organizations.

From fully automated camera‑to‑distribution pipelines in media houses, to DAM‑powered bridges between archivists and marketing, to GDPR‑ready governance models that preserve both trust and speed.

Join us to explore how metadata‑driven rules, smart portals, and evolving governance requirements are shifting DAM towards intelligent flow. Prepare to be inspired by what happens when workflows actually work for you.

The session is open to both existing Fotoware customers and invited externals.
Join for the dinner and our Customer Award Ceremony, where we will celebrate customers in three categories:
- Innovation Leader
- Society Impact Champion
- DAM Community Hero
The dinner is complimentary for all event attendees. If you're signed up for the event, but not able to join, please let us know at least 1 week in advance.

Thursday, 19 March

Kristina Huddart

Consultant & DAM Specialist

How does the future of content operations look?

As AI accelerates content creation and regulatory, security, and authenticity pressures intensify, DAM is rapidly becoming the new source of truth in a fragmented world.

In this session, author of the annual "State of AI in DAM & Content Operations" research, Kristina Huddart, explores how organizations can reimagine their people, processes, and platforms to build secure, resilient, and AI-ready content ecosystems.
Brendan Quinn

Managing Director at International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC)

Join Brendan Quinn as he explores the advancements in Content Authenticity and emerging standards for media provenance. He’ll share insights on the growing adoption of C2PA, innovative AI opt-out solutions, and reveal how these breakthroughs are shaping DAM workflows and paving the way for a future built on trusted content.
In a world flooded with information, misinformation, and AI-generated content, how do we secure trust in digital knowledge?

This panel brings together leading voices to explore how Content Authenticity, verification technologies, and transparent workflows are reshaping knowledge management.

Join us as we follow the journey of an asset from a photographer capturing it to metadata standards, digital watermarking and DAM. We will discuss emerging standards, and what organizations must do to ensure their content remains credible, traceable, and trusted.

Kevin Coombs

Pictures Production Editor/Photographer at Reuters

Brendan Quinn

Managing Director at IPTC

Mathieu Desoubeaux

CEO & Co-Founder at Imatag

Stephane Dayras

Professional Services Manager Fotoware
Matthias Seil

Solution Sales Lead, Microsoft

Get ready for an inspiring session with Matthias Seil as he explores how Azure’s cutting-edge Cognitive Tools are shaping the future of artificial intelligence.

Discover how Microsoft’s Responsible AI principles - fairness, reliability, privacy, security, inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability - are driving innovation and trust in AI solutions.

Learn how organizations can harness Azure’s powerful AI capabilities and strong governance to accelerate innovation, automate processes, and modernize workflows.
John Haist

Technical Security Specialist, Microsoft

In an increasingly turbulent global landscape, where cyber threats, geopolitical uncertainty, and regulatory pressures continue to rise, organizations are rethinking what true security looks like. In this session, John Haist, Security Specialist at Microsoft, will uncover why the future of secure operations lies in the cloud, not on‑premises.

John will explain how Microsoft designs, operates, and continuously hardens its global cloud infrastructure to meet the world’s most demanding security, reliability, and compliance requirements. He’ll demystify the layers of protection built into the Microsoft Cloud, from physical datacenter security and intelligent threat detection to zero-trust architecture.

John will also explore the accelerating demand from governments and enterprises to keep data within specific borders or jurisdictions, and how Microsoft responds with sovereign cloud regions and policy controls. Whether you’re evaluating cloud migration, modernizing critical workloads, or navigating evolving regulatory requirements, this session will offer a strategic, practical look at how Microsoft Security helps organizations operate more securely, more resiliently, and with more trust.