A year on the road

The author has spent the last year attending and participating in various video industry events around the world to keep up with the latest trends and developments. They emphasize the importance of these events for learning from others, including competitors and big players like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Understanding the approaches and requirements of major companies is crucial for success in the streaming media space. The author also discusses their own talks at various conferences, touching on topics such as open ABR technology, machine learning applications, video APIs, live streaming events, and low latency live streaming specifications. They mention some emerging trends like deep fakes and 5G, but note that the latter has not yet made a significant impact in the industry. The author also talks about their plans to attend more diverse general developer conferences in 2020, with the aim of making video streaming more accessible to all developers.