Senior practitioners drawn from across the international film industry will host
the sessions during the three modules. Speakers for 2012 include (this list will
be updated and added to on a regular basis and may change at late notice depending
on speaker availability):
Peter Aalbeck Jensen
CEO
Zentropa
John Bates
Adjunct Professor of Strategic and International Management and Entrepreneurship
London Business School
Romain Bessi
EVP Stragety, Finance & Technical
Studio Canal
Tim Bevan
Co-Chairman
Working Title Films
Kieran Breen
Executive Vice President, International Marketing
20th Century Fox
Skip Brittenham
Senior Partner
Ziffren Brittenham LLP
Kaaren Brook
Facilitator & Coach
Let's Grow
Alan Brunswick
Partner
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
Katherine Butler
Senior Commissioning Executive
Film4
Ian Christie
President
Europa Cinemas
Howard Cohen
Co-President
Roadside Attractions
Christine Corner
Partner, Media & Entertainment Group
Grant Thornton
Andrew Cripps
President Europe, Middle East and Africa
IMAX Corporation
Will Davies
Screenwriter
David Flynn
Agent
United Talent Agency
Kristina Fugate
SVP Marketing
Warner Home Video
Gudrun Giddings
Producer
Steve Golin
CEO
Anonymous Content
Vincent Grimond
Chairman and CEO
Wild Bunch
Mike Gubbins
Analyst
Ed Guiney
Joint Managing Director
Element Films
Stuart Hall
CEO
IM Global
Douglas Hansen
President and COO
Endgame Entertainment
Billy Hinshelwood
Lawyer
Janet Hirshenson
Casting Director
The Casting Company
Vince Holden
Project Finance Director
Icon Group UK
Samantha Horley
Managing Director
The SALT Company
Jane Jenkins
Casting Director
The Casting Company
Rebecca Kearey
Executive Vice President, International Marketing & Distribution
Fox Searchlight
Ildiko Kemeny
MD/Producer
Pioneer Pictures
Duncan Kenworthy
Independent Producer
Toledo Productions
Steve Knibbs
Chief Operating Officer
Vue Entertainment
Charlotte Koh
Head of Development
Hulu
Michael Kuhn
Chairman
Qwerty Films
Johannes Larcher
Senior Vice President International
Hulu
Ian Lewis
Director of Sky Movies
BSkyB
Julie Lynn
Producer
Mockingbird Pictures
Cameron McCracken
Managing Director
Pathé UK
Bill Mechanic
President and CEO
Pandemonium Films
Belinda Menendez
President, NBCUniversal International Television Distribution & Universal Networks International
NBCUniversal
Kelly Merryman
VP of Content Acquisition
Netflix
Hannah Minghella
President of Production
Colombia Pictures
Charles Moore
Partner
Wiggin LLP
Al Munteanu
President
SquareOne
Allan Niblo
Co-founder
Vertigo Films
Joe Oppenheimer
Executive Producer
BBC Films
Dr Andreas Pense
Partner
Unverzagt von Have
Richard Philipps
Partner
Reed Smith LLP
Nik Powell
Director
National Film and Television School
James Richardson
Co-Founder
Vertigo Films
Malcolm Ritchie
Co-Managing Director
Qwerty Films
Marion Rosenberg
Manager / Producer
Marion Rosenberg Office
Aaron Ryder
President of Production
FilmNation Entertainment
Roy Salter
Principal
Salter Group LLC
Ted Sarandos
Chief Content Officer
Netflix
James Schwartz
SVP Theatrical Marketing
Momentum Pictures
James Shirras
Joint Managing Director
Film Finances Ltd
Nico Simon
CEO
Utopia S.A.
Steve Siskind
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Advertising
Paramount Pictures International
David Solomon
Managing Director
Sun and Moon Training
Jessica Tuchinsky
Producer
Watermark Pictures
Robert Walak
SVP Worldwide Acquisitions
Alliance Films
Nigel Walley
Managing Director
Decipher Media Research
Krista Wegener
SVP International Distribution
Miramax
Mark Woolley
Finance & Commercial Director
Ecosse Films
Jeremy Zimmer
CEO & Founding Partner
United Talent Agency