Keynote Speaker
Barry Poznick takes audiences through the Idea Maze.
Not a standard keynote. Poznick walks audiences through the process every hit format survives — with the stories from the set, and the lessons on creative risk that operators and leaders can use on Monday. Drawn from three decades alongside Oprah, Joan Rivers, Kevin Hart, Mark Cuban, Travis Kelce, Jamie Foxx, and the rest of the Rolodex.
What Barry Speaks On
Four keynote directions.
The Idea Maze
The framework behind hit formats — how a raw concept survives the process viewers never see and becomes something that can sustain seasons and cross borders.
Ideas that Travel
What it takes to build a brand that works in markets that don't share the original language or culture — and why that's where the real franchise value lives.
Lessons From Life on Set
Behind-the-scenes stories from working with Oprah, Joan Rivers, Kevin Hart, Mark Cuban, Travis Kelce, Jamie Foxx — and what they teach about storytelling, instinct, and taste.
Creative Courage
Risk, reinvention, and resilience — how to greenlight the ideas that redefine a genre, and the discipline to kill the ones that don't earn their place.
Every hit show starts as an idea lost in a maze.
On Stage & On Set
Where it happens.
Realscreen Miami 
RealScreen Awards 
Sundance panel 
Fireside with Kendra Scott 
Kendra Scott event 
Realscreen Summit 
On set at The Voice 
Are You Normal, America?
The Company He Keeps
Talent & collaborators.
Award stages, premieres, sets, and the conversations between — snapshots from the rooms Barry has been in.
With Claudia PoznickPrimetime Emmy Awards 
With Billy BushAre You Smarter Than a Celebrity 
With Garcelle BeauvaisReal Housewives of Beverly Hills 
With the Paternity Court teamDaytime Emmy — Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program 
Emmys carpetTelevision Academy 
With the SharksShark Tank, ABC 
With Kevin Hart & Mark BurnettTKO set 
With Joan RiversOn the way to the studio 
With Travis KelceOn set 
Sundance loungeVariety × Golden Globes × Adobe 
The Contender premiereEPIX / Paramount 
Variety × DirecTVPower of Women of Reality TV 
With the Shark Tank teamCreative Arts Emmys 
With the Vanderpump Rules castAmazon MGM Studios 
With Roma DowneyIndustry event 
With Secretary ClintonAsking for the scoop on Survivor
Where Barry Has Spoken
Select past engagements.
Events & Organizations
- RealScreen
- C21 International
- Amazon
- NATPE
- NPACT
Universities
- University of Texas at Austin
- Hofstra University
- USC
Cities
- London
- New York
- Miami
- Austin
- New Orleans
- Los Angeles
- Amsterdam
- Park City
- Washington, D.C.
Podcasts & Interviews
- Unscripted & Unprepared (Realscreen)
- The Jay & Tony Show
- Vitrina Podcast
- TV Formats / World Screen
Let’s Talk
Book Barry for your next event.
Conferences, universities, corporate retreats, and industry summits worldwide. In person and virtual.