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The 1st International
Entertainment Globalization Initiative™
The International Conference for the Film, Music, Television, Media and Technology Industries
Date: October 2- October 3, 2001
Location: Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California
Co-located with Digital Hollywood Los Angeles: Please note that DHLA attendance is included in EGI registration, see DHLA Agenda
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Keynote Speaker
Shimon Peres, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel
Keynote Speaker
Mikhail Gorbachev, former President, Soviet Union
The Agenda
Monday, October 1
5:00 PM
Welcoming Poolside Reception
China • European Union • Israel • India • Singapore • Japan • Brazil • Mexico • Canada
Reception co-Sponsored by:
Tuesday, October 2
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Plenary Sessions
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Session A: Global Superstars – Understanding the Power of Hollywood
Session co-Sponsored by the Producers Guild of America
Mindy Herman, President and CEO, E! Entertainment Television Networks
Mace Neufeld, Film Producer, Hunt for Red October, The General's Daughter, Patriot Games, The Omen
Randy Greenberg, Senior Vice President, International Marketing and Distribution, Universal Pictures
Robert J. Dowling, Publisher, Hollywood Reporter, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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Session B: Financing Globally - Part I - Venture Capital and Investments in the Entertainment/Technology Markets - Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, South America
Roy A. Salter, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
David L. Ficksman, Partner & Co-Chair iLaw Group, Loeb & Loeb LLP
Dyan G. Triffo, Managing Director, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown
Dan McIntosh, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Clifford H. Friedman, Senior Managing Director, Bear Stearns
Lior E. Yahalomi, Managing Partner, @Ventures
Mark Litwak, Esq., Moderator
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10:30 AM
Exhibits Open for the Day
Press Conferences Begin in the Press Room
10:45 AM - Noon
Session A: Producing Films in a Global Environment – When Content & Image Supercede Cultural Boundaries & Institutions
John Hyde, President & CEO, Film Roman
Nadia Bronson, President, Nadia Bronson & Associates (formerly President, International Marketing, Universal Pictures
Kathy Morgan, Chairman, Kathy Morgan International
Larry Jackson, Distribution Head, Northern Arts Entertainment, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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Session B: The EU and the US - Facing the Entertainment Globalization Process: Two Visions for Preserving - Promoting National Industries and Cultures
Session co-Sponsored by Digital Coast Roundtable and
TIES TransAtlantic Information Exchange Service
Mr. Bruno DELAYE, Director Culture, French Foreign Affairs Ministry
Mr. Pascal ROGARD, European Motion Picture Directors Association
Vivendi-Universal, speaker to be announced
Speakers to be announced
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12:15 PM - Luncheon - Keynote
1:30 PM - 2:40 PM
Session A: The Digitized World – Technology Infrastructure as the Stimulus to Entertainment Content Distribution and Growth - Telecommunications, TV, Music, Internet & Film
Steven L. Canepa, Vice President Media & Entertainment, IBM Global
David Witus, Director of Content Programs, Microsoft TV Group
Roger Chandler, Strategic Marketing Manager, Connected Consumers, Intel Architecture Labs
Darcy M. Lorincz, Vice President Technology and Engineering, Global Crossing Media & Entertainment
Pallavi Shah, Market Development Manager, Streaming and Video Infrastructure, Sun Microsystems
Fran Helms, Director, PopTV Infrastructure Partnerships, Liberate Technologies
Lindsay Allen, Director, Product Management, Worldwide Interactive Networks Division, Broadband Communications Sector, Motorola, Moderator
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Session B: Media and Ethics: Balancing Human and Social Concerns with Global Corporate Expansion
Session co-Sponsored by The Club of Budapest
Tom Hayden, Legislator, Political Theorist & Author
Patrick Caddell, Political Analyst, consultant, The West Wing
Jeffrey Cole, Director, Center for Communication Policy, UCLA
Dr. Ervin Laszlo, President, The Club of Budapest
Additional speakers to be announced
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2:50 PM - 3:50 PM
Session A: Intellectual Property Rights -
Threat by Region - Threat by Technology
Ray Uhlir, Vice President Marketing, DataPlay
Ken Jacobsen, MPAA Motion Picture Association
Barry G. Felder, Partner, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP
Robert Freedman, Senior Vice President, Technical Operations Optical Media, Crest National
Mark Vega, Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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Session B: Film, TV & Music as Agents for Social Change - Analyzing the Role of the Artist vs. the Role of the Art
Session co-Sponsored by the Norman Lear Center
Timothy Bui, Film Producer & Writer & co-Producer, "Three Seasons"
Penelope Spheeris, Film Director, "Posers," "Closers," "Wayne's World," "Decline of Western Civilization Part I, II, III," "Beverly Hillbillies"
LM Kit Carson, Producer, Writer, Actor, "Breathless," "Paris Texas," "Bottle Rocket," "Lisa Picard Is Famous"
The Creative Coalition, speaker to be announced
Martin Kaplan, Director, The Norman Lear Center, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Session A: China – The Filmkaking Experience, From Mainland to Expatriate
Peter Shiao, founder, Celestial Pictures and Ionic Worldwide Studios
Hong Xie (Hunter Xie), Leading Chinese Film Director, Beijing
Luo Yen, Producer, Writer & Actor, "Pavilion of Women"
Lisa Atkinson, Director, Soliton Images, LLC
Jinshu "John" Zhang, Partner, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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Session B: The African-American Diaspora - Music, Sports, Film and TV: The Global Superpower Entertainment Industry Drivers
Marlon Jackson, Celebrity Entertainer, President/COO, MBC Network
Rashid Lanie, Award-winning, Composer, Activist, South Africa
Nichelle Prothos, VP, Programming & Production, Urban Entertainment
Jaymes Hines, Co-Founder, CEO, BlackStage Communications
Additional speakers to be announced
Moderator:
Garvey C. A. Ince, Director, Strategic Alliances and Business Development, Lucent Technologies
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5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Poolside Reception - Beverly Hilton Pool
Reception Sponsored by:
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Live Satellite Event from Wellington
New Zealand: International Partner in Co-production
Barrie Saunders, Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce
Jim McCarthy, Deputy U.S. Commercial Officer to Australia and New Zealand
Jon Labrie, Chief Technical Office, Weta Digital
Dean Lyons, Oktobor
Mario Wynands, Sidhe Interactive
SGI, speaker to be announced
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Wednesday, October 3
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Plenary Sessions
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Session A: India: An Expanding Film and TV Producer and Primary Partner to World Technology and Media Industries
Session co-Sponsored by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation
Bedi A. Singh, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Ashok Amritraj, Chairman & CEO, Hyde Park Entertainment
Subhash Ghai, Managing Director, Mukta Arts Pvt. Ltd
Shekar Kapur, Director, Digital Talkies
Ken Silverman, CEO, Interactive Teamworks and Director, Pentamedia Graphics, Ltd. (India)
Bill Dennis, President and CEO, Toonz Animation, India
Moderator:
Bhuvan Lall, Executive Director, Indian Broadcasting Foundation and Indian Correspondent, Screen International
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Session B: German Entertainment Financing: Film, Co-Ventures, Live Entertainment
Gabrielle Kelly, Film Producer, Producer/Content Director, Creative Planet
David Kirkpatrick, President, Original Voices, former President of Paramount Pictures
Kenneth A. Kleinberg, Partner, Kleinberg Lopez Lange Cuddy & Edel LLP
Franz Steuber, Partner, Kleinberg Lopez Lange Cuddy & Edel LLP
Additional speakers to be announced
10:30 AM
Exhibits Open for the Day
Press Conferences Begin in the Press Room
10:45 AM - Noon
Session A: China: Beijing 2008 Olympics and the Entry of WTO--Challeges and Opportunities
Co-Sponsored by:
Beijing Longevity Digital Entertainment Co.Ltd. and Beijing Film Studio of China Film Corporation
Fred Wang, Chairman, China Film-Salon Digital Film and TV Technology Co.Ltd
Queen Yan, Producer, Beijing Film Studio, Director of International Business Development of Beijing Film Studio, China Film Group Corp.
David Hu He, Producer, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee, President, Beijing Longevity Digital Entertainment Co.Ltd.
Eric Ju, Producer, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee, Co-Chairman, China Society
Ma Long, Co-President, Foundation of Promotion for Martial Arts as the Official Competition Event for Beijing 2008 Olympics, Producer, Suntze---The Art of War
Moderator
Hu Bo, Director/Producer, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee, Director/ Producer, Suntze---The Art of War, Professor, Olympic Sports and Entertainment Study Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Session B: Russia & Eastern Europe - Building Entertainment and Technological Partnerships
Mr. Rodion Nahapetov, Director, Actor and Writer
Mr. Andrei Nekrasov, Film Director
Mr. Oganes Sobolev, Vice President, Video International ADvertsing Agency, Moscow and Kiev (Advertising Agency in Russia)
Mr. Alexander Akopov, President, RTR (Russian TV station)
Mr. Severyn Ashkenazy, Chairman, Creative Management Concepts (Polish Talent Agency)
Mr. Vladimir Kiselev, President, State Enterprise "Kremlin"
Nataly Scherbakova, Chief Financial Officer, Comspan Russia, Moderator
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12:15 PM - Luncheon - Keynote
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Session A: Prague as Category Leader - Central Europe as Film and Television Center
Evzen Kolar, Producer, Bride of the Wind, City of Industry
Vanda Vacvalova, Country Manager, KODAK Entertainment Imaging
Goran Lind, Regional Vice President, Central & Eastern Europe, TELIA International Carrier AB
David Ladd, Producer/Actor, (Hart's War, The Mod Squad)
Howard Woffinden, CEO/Executive Producer, Milk & Honey Films, (Prod. Services, Anne Frank, Blade 2: Bloodlust, Frank Herbert's Dune), Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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Session B: Canadian Entertainment Globalization Infrastructure: From Co-Production and Financing to Education and Incubating
Andy Nulman, President, Airborne Entertainment
Additional speakers to be announced
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3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Session A: Financing Globally - Part II - Film & TV Production - From Tax Incentives & Co-Productions to Sponsorship
Peter Dekom, Esq.
Clark Siegel, Partner, Irell & Manella LLP
Stephen L. Saltzman, Partner, Entertainment Practice Group, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
Robert Jesuele, Partner, Coudert Brothers
Stephen Christopher Liu, President, Creative Interplay, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
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Session B: The New Manufacturing Powers in Asia: Korea vs. Singapore vs. Hong Kong vs. Shanghai vs. Beijing vs. Mumbai
Session co-Sponsored by CEA The Consumer Electronics Association and SiliconIndia
Speakers to be announced
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5:00 PM - Closing Poolside Reception
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