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February 1, 2009
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Perfecting the Pitch I
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Smart Business - How to Run Your Production Company as a Viable Enterprise
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Alternative Funding
1:30 PM - 6:30 PM
EARLY CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
1:30 PM - 6:30 PM
DELEGATE LOUNGE
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
WORKSHOP NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK 
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Evaluating the Production Budget
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Perfecting the Pitch II
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Fair Use
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
How to Work the Summit
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
SUPER BOWL TAILGATE WELCOME HAPPY HOUR
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
SUPER BOWL SCREENING

February 2, 2009

7:30 AM - 8:50 AM
Power Networking Breakfast (8:00 - 8:50)
7:30 AM - 8:50 AM
Power Networking Breakfast (8:00 - 8:50)
7:30 AM - 8:50 AM
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:30 AM - 7:30 PM
EXHIBITS
7:30 AM - 7:30 PM
DELEGATE LOUNGE
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Keynote Address: It’s Not All Gloom, In Fact It’s Not Gloomy At All! David Haslingden, National Geographic Channels International
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Network Trends and Business Practices
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Ask-an-Expert: TBA
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
(10:15 - 10:45) 30 Mins With Neil Cohen, A&E
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
(10:15 - 10:45) 30 Mins With David McKillop, History
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
(10:15 - 10:45) 30 Mins With...
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
(10:15 - 10:45) 30 Mins With...
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speed Networking Round One INTEREST GROUP: History/Science
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SUPER PANEL: Altering the Broadcast Mix - Cable and Network at a Crossroads
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:15 - 11:45) 30 Mins With....
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:15 - 11:45) 30 Mins With Chris White, P.O.V./ American Documentary, Inc.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:15 - 11:45) 30 Mins With Mark Zand, ION Media Networks
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:15 - 11:45) 30 Mins With Steve Cheskin, WE tv
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
(12:15 - 12:45) 30 Mins With Jane Rogerson, UKTV
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Survivor Indie
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
(12:15 - 12:45) 30 Mins With...
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
(12:15 - 12:45) 30 Mins With David Davis, Oregon Public Broadcasting
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Speed Networking Round Two INTEREST GROUP: Natural History/Travel & Exploration
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
(12:15 - 12:45) 30 Mins With Chris Coelen, RDF Media
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Stop Raging Against the Machine! (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Digital Video Database)
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCH 
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
10 Things You need to Know About 360°
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
(2:00 - 2:30) 30 Mins With Todd Schwartz, Playboy TV
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Speed Pitching Round One
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
(2:00 - 2:30) 30 Mins With Kate Buchanan, Style Network
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
(2:00 - 2:30) 30 Mins With...
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
(2:00 - 2:30) 30 Mins With Caroline Behar, France5
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:00 - 3:30) 30 Mins With John Wilson, PBS
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:00 - 3:30) 30 Mins With Ralf Piechowiak, ZDF
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:00 - 3:30) 30 Mins With Mika Kanaya, NHK
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Ask-an-Expert: Packaging & Broadcast Design
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Selling Your Show
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:00 - 3:30) 30 Mins With Pierre Brogan, CAA
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
(3:50 - 4:20) 30 Mins With Lynne Kirby, The Sundance Channel
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
(3:50 - 4:20) 30 Mins With...
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
Speed Networking Round Three INTEREST GROUP: Lifestyle/Reality
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
Have Hit Will Travel
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
(3:50 - 4:20) 30 Mins With Mary Ellen Iwata, HGTV
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
(3:50 - 4:20) 30 Mins With Lauren Gellert, truTV
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
(4:45 - 5:15) 30 Mins With...
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
(4:45 - 5:15) 30 Mins With...
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
(4:45 - 5:15) 30 Mins With...
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
The Realscreen Interview: Nancy Dubuc, History
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
(4:45 - 5:15) 30 Mins With...
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Room Reset
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Are You Smarter Than a Commissioning Editor?
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
OPENING NIGHT KICK OFF PARTY 

February 3, 2009

7:30 AM - 8:50 AM
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
EXHIBITS
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
DELEGATE LOUNGE
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Keynote Address: David Zaslav, Discovery Communications 
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Branded Reality
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
(10:15 - 10:45) 30 Mins With Elaine Frontain Bryant, A&E
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
(10:15 - 10:45) 30 Mins With John Ferriter, WMA
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
What Not to Pitch 
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Footage Dating Round One (10:00 - 10:30)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
(10:15 - 10:45) 30 Mins With Peter Gaffney, History
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
(10:15 - 10:45) 30 Mins With Debbie DeMontreux, IFC
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Footage Dating Round Two (11:00 - 11:30)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Rights Divide - Clearance in a Digital Age
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:15 - 11:45) 30 Mins With Mary Ellen Iwata, HGTV
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:15 - 11:45) 30 Mins With David Royle, Smithsonian
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Everything You Always Wanted to Know from a Commissioning Editor, But Were Afraid to Ask
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:15 - 11:45) 30 Mins With Elliot Jacobson, Retirement Living
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:15 - 11:45) 30 Mins With Henry Capanna, Go Go Luckey
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Footage Dating Round Three (11:30 - 12:00)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Footage Dating Round Four (12:15 - 12:45)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
(12:15 - 12:45) 30 Mins With...
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
(12:15 - 12:45) 30 Mins With....
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
(12:15 - 12:45) 30 Mins With...
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
(12:15 - 12:45) 30 Mins With Mark Anstendig, VH1
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Archive Economics - Stretching Your Archive Budget Dollar
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
International Coproductions: Strategies for Success 
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCH
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Commissioning Editor’s Lunch (BY INVITATION ONLY)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
How to Get Your Show on PBS
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
(2:00 - 2:30) 30 Mins With...
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
(2:00 - 2:30) 30 Mins With...
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
(2:00 - 2:30) 30 Mins With Robert Ecker, SPEED
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
(2:00 - 2:30) 30 Mins With...
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
The Realscreen Interview: Thom Beers, Original Productions
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Oh S*&!, my Broadcast Exec has Left
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Speed Pitching Round Two
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:00 - 3:30) 30 Mins With...
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:00 - 3:30) 30 Mins With Laura Civiello, G4 Media
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:00 - 3:30) 30 Mins With...
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:00 - 3:30) 30 Mins With...
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Hitting the Right Notes: Making Sound Musical Choices for Your Production
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
The Realscreen Interview: TBA
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
(3:50 - 4:20) 30 Mins With Aaron Meyerson, MTV
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
(3:50 - 4:20) 30 Mins With Ali Hossaini, VOOM
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
(3:50 - 4:20) 30 Mins With...
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
(3:50 - 4:20) 30 Mins With...
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
The Producer/Distributor Relationship: Advice for a Happy Marriage
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
So You Think You Can Pitch 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
(4:45 - 5:15) 30 Mins With...
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
(4:45 - 5:15) 30 Mins With...
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
(4:45 - 5:15) 30 Mins With...
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
(4:45 - 5:15) 30 Mins With...
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Ask-An-Expert: Green Filmmaking
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
HAPPY HOUR 
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Networking
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
COCKTAIL PARTY/STUDIO TOUR

February 4, 2009

7:30 AM - 8:50 AM
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:30 AM - 12:45 PM
EXHIBITS
7:30 AM - 12:45 PM
DELEGATE LOUNGE
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
(9:00 - 9:30) 30 Mins With Chris Weber, Discovery Studios
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
(9:00 - 9:30) 30 Mins With Amy Savitsky, Discovery Health
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Media Consumption and Audience Trends
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
(9:00 - 9:30) 30 Mins With Kevin Bennett, Investigation Discovery & Military Channel
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
(9:00 - 9:30) 30 Mins With Mike Sorenson, The Science Channel
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
(10:00 - 10:30) 30 Mins With Doug Bailey, Discovery Channel
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
(10:00 - 10:30) 30 Mins With Rita Mullin, TLC
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
(10:00 - 10:30) 30 Mins With Lisa Caruso, Planet Green
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
(10:00 - 10:30) 30 Mins With Charlie Foley, Animal Planet
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
SUPER PANEL: What’s Next?
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
(11:00 - 11:30) 30 Mins With Brent Zacky, TLC
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
(11:00 - 11:30) 30 Mins With Sean McKnight, The Science Channel
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
(11:00 - 11:30) 30 Mins With Beth Dietrich, Discovery Channel
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
(11:00 - 11:30) 30 Mins With Mark Etkind, Animal Planet
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Stock Footage
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
New Channel/Network Showcase
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Closing Keynote
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM
Exhibitor Passport Draw
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Closing Remarks