2007 International Documentary Conference
THANKS TO ALL OF OUR DELEGATES AND PARTICIPANTS FOR MAKING THE 2007 INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY CONFERENCE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL INSTALLMENT YET!
June 13 – 16, 2007
Founding Sponsor:
An unprecedented gathering of filmmakers, documentary private and public media, distributors, commissioning editors, media innovators, and the philanthropic community.
2007 highlights:
- Four days of inspiring discussions, strategic market intelligence and trend-setting professional development in over 60 panels and workshops
- One-on-one access to key industry decision makers
- Access to the full SILVERDOCS Festival Program
- SILVER SESSIONS: Conference registrants may sign up on a first-come, first-served basis for small group meetings with international media executives
- Who's Who at the Conference
2007 FEATURED PANEL STRANDS AND WORKSHOPS:
“Filmanthropy”— A new wave of Active Media Alliances
Explore links between filmmakers, non-profits, NGO’s and philanthropists with principals from Participant Productions, Shine Global, The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, Active Voice, Ford Foundation, Amnesty International, WITNESS, Arts Engine, Symetra and more.
Future of Real 2.0— Rights, Readiness & Revenues
Web 2.0 and the expanding interactive on-line world: What cutting edge tools does every filmmaker need and where is the money? Join executives from AOL Stories, Amazon, Customflix, Jaman, NETFLIX, Open Media Network and Revver.
US Public Television—A hands-on Guide
Join executives from PBS, CPB, ITVS, LinkTV, APT, NETA, National Minority Consortia, and producing stations, along with commissioning editors from P.O.V., WideAngle, NOVA, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and INDEPENDENT LENS as they explain the ins and outs of public television.
Inside Discovery
Get the inside scoop on commissioning and programming priorities from top development and production executives at Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Studios, Discovery HD Theater and Discovery PlanetGreen.
Plus:
- Project Greencode: Rising to the Challenge of Eco-Friendly Production
- Broadcast Slots on US and International Television
- Creating a Fundraising Blueprint
Look Who’s Coming:
Look Who’s Coming:
Nancy Abraham, HBO; Claire Aguilar, ITVS; Macky Alston, HARD ROAD HOME; Laura Annalora, National Geographic Channels International; Pat Aufderheide, Center for Social Media; Orlando Bagwell, Ford Foundation; Robert Bahar, MADE IN L.A.; Margery Baker, CBS Eyetoo/CBS News Productions; Doug Block, 51 Birch Street; Keith Bodner, Pixel Jones Productions; Ruth Bolan, Pacific Islanders in Communications; John Boland, PBS; Liz Brach, Discovery Channel; John Bracken, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Josh Braun, Submarine Entertainment; Yoni Brook, A SON'S SACRIFICE; Clark Bunting, Discovery Studios; Michael Burns, The Documentary Channel, Canada; Matisse Bustos, WITNESS; Gillian Caldwell, WITNESS; Bryan Carter, Central Missouri State University; Almudena Carracedo, MADE IN L.A.; Nina Chaudry, Thirteen/WNET Wide Angle; Steve Cheskin, WE Womens Entertainment; Gwendolen Cates, WATER FLOWING TOGETHER; Katy Chevigny, Arts Engine, Inc.; Cynthia Close, Documentary Educational Resources; Michelle Coe, Women Make Movies; Liesl Copland, Netflix-Red Envelope; Penny Costello, Native American Public Telecommunications; Marie-France Côté, The GreenCode Project; Heather Croall, Doc/Fest Sheffield; Daniel Cross, HomelessNation.org; Kevin Dando, PBS; Geoff Daniels, National Geographic Channels International; Charlie Debevoise, North/South; James Deigan, Digital Video Group; Matt Dentler, SXSW; Kelly DeVine, Renew Media; Greg Diefenbach, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Mary Donahue, Discovery Channel; Deborah Drisdell, National Film Board of Canada; G.J. Echternkamp, FRANK AND CINDY; Don Edkins, Day Zero Film Productions; Steve Ellis, Pump Audio; Jesse Epstein, New Day Films; Sean Farnel, Hot Docs; Justin Fatica, HARD AS NAILS; Cynthia Fenneman, American Public Television; Charles Ferguson, NO END IN SIGHT; Leslie Fields-Cruz, National Black Programming Consortium; Sean Fine, WAR/DANCE; Lisette Flannery, NA KAMAEIEI: THE MEN OF HULA; Rick Tejada Flores, Paradigm Productions; Yance Ford, P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc.; Nick Fraser, Storyville, BBC; David Garber, Lantern Lane Entertainment; Jean Garner, Al Jazeera; Brett Gaylor, Open Source Cinema; Richard Gazowsky, HARD AS NAILS; Alex Gibney, TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE; Faye Ginsberg, NYU; Julie Goldman, Cactus Three; Stephen Gong, Center for Asian American Media; Tamara Gould, ITVS; Angela Gyetvan, Revver; Janet Han Vissering, National Geographic Channels International; Mike Haney, Amazon/Custom Flix; Chris Haws, International Media Consultant; Albie Hecht, Worldwide Biggies/Shine Global; David Holbrooke, HARD AS NAILS; Beth Hoppe, Optomen; David Hulme, Vision Media Productions; Mark Irwin, Discovery Communications; Michael Jacobs, AUDIENCE OF ONE; Jacquie Jones, National Black Programming Consortium; Jackie Judd, Kaiser Family Foundation; Valentine Kass, National Science Foundation; Patrick Keegan, Animal Planet; Larry Kirkman, American University School of Communication; Tom Koch, WGBH; Richard Leiby, The Washington Post; Linda Lawrence, Open Source Media; Rob Lippincott, PBS; Kathy Lo, PBS; Gayle Loeber, NETA; Julie Lofton, ACE: Animal Content in Education; Cynthia Lopez, P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc.; Richard Lorber, Koch Lorber Films; Susan MacLaury, Shine Global Foundation; Natalie McEnemy, NYU; Andrea Meditch, Discovery Studios; Sumner Menchero, PBS; Cara Mertes, Sundance Institute Documentary Fund; Karen Miles, National Endowment for the Humanities; Jonathan Miller, First Run Features/Icarus; Chris Mincher, The Onion A.V. Club; Bernie Mitchell, Silver Platter Productions; David Modell, WAR TORN; Angela Morgenstern, PBS; Adam Mosston, PortalVideo; Brian Newman, Renew Media; Matt Nisbet, Center for Social Media, American University, School of Communication; Andrea Nix, WAR/DANCE; Alberta Nokes, VisionTV; Lesley Norman, NOW on PBS-JumpStart Productions; Liz Ogilvie, New Video; Jéhu Olivier Bikoumou, INCEF; Luis Ortiz, Latino Public Broadcasting; Chris Palmer, Center for Environmental Filmmaking; Dennis Palmieri, ITVS; Sam Paul, Sundance Channel; Dwight Pearman, Maryland Generations; Thomas Phelps, National Endowment for the Humanities; Kathleen Powell, Jaman; Guy Raz, NPR; Sandra Ruch, International Documentary Association; George Rush, Attorney; Mark Samels, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE ; Steve Savage, New Video; A.J. Schnack, KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON; Ellen Schneider, Active Voice; John Schreiber, Participant Productions; Charles Schuerhoff, WGBH; Amy Schumaker, South Carolina TV; Joel Schwartzberg, NOW on PBS; Nancy Schwartzman, Foundation for Jewish Culture; Max Segal, HBO Archives/ACSIL: The Association of Commercial Stock Image Licensors; Shane Seggar, Pacific Islanders in Communications; Jason Seiken, PBS; Jake Shapiro, PRX: Public Radio Exchange; Amy Shumaker, South Carolina ETV; Stephanie Sharis, AOL True Stories; David Sheehan, ABCNews VideoSource/ACSIL: The Association of Commercial Stock Image Licensors; Neil Sieling, LinkTV/Center for Social Media; Len Sitomer, PortalVideo; Lea Sloan, PBS; Bill Smee, Slate V; Mary Smith, NEA; Mary Olive Smith, A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL; Shirley Sneve, Native American Public Telecommunications; Kim Spencer, LinkTV; Suzanne Stefanac, AFI Digital Content Lab; Cari Stein, Ivy Media; Meighan Stone, ONE Campaign Grace Guggenheim; Musa Syeed, A SON'S SACRIFICE; Paul Taylor, WE ARE TOGETHER; Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, Joost; Donald Thoms, Discovery Health Media and Fit TV; Mat Tombers, Intermat, Inc.; Bill Triplett, Variety; Angela Tucker, Arts Engine, Inc.; Christian Ugbode, National Black Programming Consortium; Mark Urman, THINK Film Company; Iikka Vehkalahti, YLE, Finland; Lois Vossen, Independent Lens, ITVS; Melanie Wallace, NOVA; Gabe Wardell, Atlanta Film Festival; Bridget Whalen, National Geographic Channel; Cara White, PR Consultant; Chris White, P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc.; Lawrence B. Wilkerson, The College of William and Mary; Marco Williams, BANISHED; John F. Wilson, PBS; Allison Winshel, PBS; Peter Wintonick, Necessary Illusions; Donald Young, Center for Asian American Media; Debra Zimmerman, Women Make Movies
