BMT Team Coordinator, James Cordell, reports from this year’s Nucleus Client Summit, as BMT reflects on recent R&D and exploring the concept of using AI and automation in enhancing Nucleus functionality.
Structured around BMT’s end-to-end awards management system, BAFTA Nucleus, the Nucleus Client Summit is an annual gathering for BMT’s clients to make connections with other Nucleus users, compare learnings and collaborate on ideas to feed into the Nucleus roadmap and learn a bit more about the rest of BMT’s software suite.
Among the attendees were representatives from British Film Institute, British Arrows, FOCAL International and The Royal Television Society.
The day opened with Emma Perry , Director of BMT, reflecting on the last year. During 2023, 42K entries/applications were submitted via Nucleus and we were delighted to roll out key features to further refine the awards and initiatives management process:
- Entry sharing and address book for entrant users
- Jury voting and judging features for judging users
- Custom reporting for admin users
An overview of the Nucleus roadmap for 2024 was given, with automation and public voting among the features commissioned for development. An interactive session followed where attendees were invited to discuss potential features for 2025.
In addition to Nucleus, attendees were also provided introductory sessions to BMT’s end-to-end event management system, BAFTA Events, and cloud video-streaming solution for branded and non-branded virtual / hybrid events, BAFTA Cloud Studio. Both systems achieved significant milestones in 2023 including:
- 774 events and 69K tickets distributed across the UK & US, via BAFTA Events
- 70K views on BAFTA Cloud Studio-supported content across YouTube, Zoom and in-person
While BAFTA Events already provides a fully accessible and customisable booking interface, the addition of an accessible seating workflow was noted in the Events roadmap, as part of BMT’s focus on accessibility. In the Cloud Studio session, Ryan Coney , AV Technician and Software Support noted the following features were in development for Cloud Studio:
- 4K video conferencing
- Vision mixing
- Line cut
Rounding the day off, three workshops were led separately by:
- Ben Jefferson , Chief Technical Officer, on proof of concepts using AI within Nucleus including assisting with entry checking and automated categorisation
- David Lortal , Product Manager, on automation
- Elisabetta Mezzaro , Customer Support Executive, and Emma Perry, Director of BMT, on the Nucleus Admin Interface and admin workflows
The Nucleus Client Summit 2024 was held at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on Monday 20 May.
BMT (BAFTA Media Technology) is the software research and development arm of BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts).