D A Y 1
Opening session ‰ GLOBAL CHALLENGE
Welcoming speeches and opening o the conerence
•
Representatives o the Greek Government and Government Agencies
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Michael Winship, chair o IAWG/president o WGA East
•
Christina Kallas, president o the FSE
PRODUCTION I ‰ Global trends in production
An assessment o global trends in production or cinema and television - volume o production, budgets, how the production will be unded and how (and when) this willchange in the digital age.
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Sven Baldvinnson
, vice president o the FSE (chair)
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Michael Gubbins
, lm industry analyst and ormer Screen International editor
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Caterina D’ Amico
, CEO o RAI Cinema
•
Jonathan Davis
, coordinator o the EFAD
•
David N. Weiss
, writer
— Cofee break
PRODUCTION II ‰ Interventions on production related issues
Yomi Ayeni
,
creative lead o Expanding Universe
will discuss writing and producing or the net:new ormats, new dramaturgies, new procedures.
Kelly Sweeney
,
head o original productions at Bebo
will address new decision making orproduction and the building o new audiences.
Alison Taylor & Peter Mohan
,
writers
, will address the role and orm o drama or televisionconsidering such questions as: will reality continue to be important; will the pilot seasonmodel in the US continue; will seasons o hal hour or one hour drama continue to be thestructure and the reality and uture o the “created by” (showrunner) model.
— Lunch
FIRST DEBATE ‰ Working with directors
(the rst o two debates on issues o particular interest to writers)
Whose lm is it anyway and what does it matter ?
•
Stanislav Semerdjiev,
FSE board member (chair)
•
Srdjan Koljevic, Peter Hedges, Scott Alexander, Guillaume Laurant, Guy Hibbert, SergioSanchez, Mateo Gil, Olivia Hetreed,
writers
DISTRIBUTION I ‰ New distribution methods andthe implications for writers
Digitisation and the net have changed distribution o content. What are theimplications o the changed distribution structures or production in general and howdoes this impact writers?
•
Rebecca Schechter
, president o the WGC (chair)
•
Arvind David
, producer and CEO o Slingshot Studios
•
Lucinda Engelhart
, head o production at Aramid Capital
•
Julian Friedmann
, agent
•
Fred Breinersdorer
, writer
— Cofee break
DISTRIBUTION II ‰ Interventions on distribution issues
Anita Ondine
,
ounder o Seize the Media
, will make a presentation on the dierent possiblemodels or monetisation o the internet. Will it be advertising supported, streaming,subscription?
Tilman Scheel
,
CEO o Europe’s Finest
will look at the digital uture o cinema and TVdistribution.9h30-10h3010h30-11h30
11h30-12h00
12h00-13h30
13h30- 14h30
N o v e m b r e 6 , 2 0 0 9
14h30-15h3015h30 –16h15
16h15-16h45
16h45 - 17h30
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