The SMPTE Media Technology Summit brings together early career and mid-career professionals and young innovators for short, practical sessions that build skills and move careers forward. Topics include augmented reality, tools for the image chain, engineering for non-standard screening rooms, and using better data to build better AI. In one session, students show how they turned SMPTE ST 2094-50 into a working OpenFX tool, and “The Mid-Career Edge” covers how to stay ahead as the industry changes.