LIVING IN MEDIA: ENGAGING THE NEW GENERATION
Don’t miss out on your yearly update – the latest news, best practices, new technologies and debates in Children’s Media by high profile speakers.
- One and a half day of everything you want to know about children’s content, best practices and beyond.
- The latest information on Transmedia Storytelling; how can you better position your intellectual property to take advantage of these innovations.
- Insight into New Ways of Financing; offering practical steps on how to find more innovative financial partners and discuss international co-production strategies throughout Europe.
- Discover the Latest Research in children’s media: facts on the production and circulation of kids films, animations and TV series around Europe. And did you know that animated characters promote more effective retention in children’s brains?
- Mobile Applications; European developers and experts look both at building and marketing apps, best practices, while also exploring content trends and HTML 5.
- Effective Showcases of different productions that are finalized and have proven track records or are on the verge of finalizing and found co-production partners. You will be informed on best practices with an additional focus on Storytelling within these projects.
Conference Schedule
Tuesday 18 October
12.40 Doors open
13.00 Welcome (Cinekid Festival Director Sannette Naeyé)
13.05 Opening by Matteo Zachetti, Deputy Head of Unit “MEDIA Programme and media literacy”; DG Education and Culture, European Commission
13.20 Introduction Lisa Wade & Marc Goodchild.
13.30 Marc Goodchild. Special host, introduction
13.50 Jacqueline Harding on The Media Mind of the Child
14.10 Susan Newman-Baudais on Films for Children in Europe
14.30 Panel Children’s Film in Europe with Susan Newman, Matteo Zachetti, Xiaojuan Zhou (Delphis Films)
14.50 Coffee/tea break
15.20 Richard Bradley on Horrible Histories
15.40 Esther Lim on Transforming Stories Into Transmedia Experiences
16.00 Jan Willem Huisman: Showcase projects IJsfontein
16.20 Hugh Welchman on The Flying Machine
16.40 Q&A session with Esther Lim, Jan Willem Huisman and Hugh Welchman
17.00 Rebecca Denton on new TV series The Amazing World of Gumball
17.30 Conclusion, tomorrow’s agenda
18.00 Opening drinks Cinekid for Professionals
Wednesday 19 October
9.00 Doors open
9.15 Welcome back, overview of the upcoming program
9.30 Christy Dena on Acclimatizing to Transmedia
10.00 Asta Wellejus on New Ways of Financing
10.30 Hugh Welchman on International Co-producing
10.45 Coffee/tea break
11.15 Panel on Financing and Business Models with Asta Wellejus, Hugh Welchman and Richard Bradley
11.35 Neela Sakaria: Unlikely Visionaries: What kids think the future of children’s media and technology should look like
12.00 Michael Levine: Digital Media for Kids: Vast Wasteland or New Springboard for Development
12.35 Lunch
13.35 Chris Connell on Challenges and Opportunities for Developers and Publishers
13.55 Peter Nederlof on HTML5, the Web Reloaded
14.15 Q&A Mobile Media for Children with Chris Connell, Peter Nederlof and Michael H. Levine
14.35 Coffee/tea break
15.05 Julien Soret: Animation process on The Lorax
15.50 Illustrator Sieb Posthuma and producer Marleen Slot, Showcase Project Rintje
16.05 Panel Transmedia: Is it THE Answer to Engage the New generation?
16.35 Conclusions
17.00 End of Conference – Cinekid for Professionals MediaLab drinks
