Variety Summit at CES 2025: Will.i.am, Disney, OnlyFans and More Top Execs on AI and the Entertainment-Tech Convergence

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Todd Longwell Many of the 140,000 people expected to attend CES 2025 in Las Vegas (Jan. 7-10) will come just to browse the 2.5 million square feet of exhibit space, crammed with the latest innovations in everything from bird feeders and prosthetic limbs to automotive OLED displays.

But for those eager to find out what’s coming next in the ongoing evolution of the entertainment-tech convergence, the highlight is likely to be the Variety Entertainment Summit on Jan.

8 at the Aria Resort & Casino. “The Variety Summit is a great opportunity at CES for people to look ahead, as opposed to some of the other things we do, which is acknowledging some of the successes and giving people their flowers, which is great,” says Jay Tucker, executive director of the Center for Media, Entertainment and Sports at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, who’ll be moderating the “Succeeding With AI and Entertainment” panel.

The panels will feature a cross section of execs from media and tech companies including Amazon, Crunchyroll, Meta, NBCUniversal, Netflix, OnlyFans, Reddit and Walt Disney Studios, as well as Sphere Entertainment, which is responsible for the giant LED orb than dominates the city’s skyline.