Conference Schedule
Friday 2 July
9amRegistration Opens
12noonPre-Conference Previews
Pilot episode (22’) for new kids’ reality show Scary Sleepover (CITV)
Introduced by:
Mick Robertson, Managing Director, Wised Up Productions
Anne Brogan, Controller of Kids, Granada Media
Giles Ridge, Head of Production, Granada Media
Pilot episode (22’) for new kids’ reality show Scary Sleepover (CITV)
Introduced by:
Mick Robertson, Managing Director, Wised Up Productions
Anne Brogan, Controller of Kids, Granada Media
Giles Ridge, Head of Production, Granada Media
1pmLunch
2pm Pre-Conference Previews
Prix Jeunesse Suitcase: see winners from the 2004 Prix Jeunesse, hear the themes emerging and discuss the content.
Moderator:
David Kleeman, Executive Director, American Center for Children & Media .
Prix Jeunesse Suitcase: see winners from the 2004 Prix Jeunesse, hear the themes emerging and discuss the content.
Moderator:
David Kleeman, Executive Director, American Center for Children & Media .
4pmTea
4.30pmWelcome & Opening Session:
Who’s Pressing The Buttons?
In a world where PVRs (Sky Plus), Video-on-Demand, non-terrestrial channels, interactivity and broadband networked game-play are sweeping away kids’ reliance on the schedule, media strategists and UK kids look at the future landscape of television.
Moderator:
Billy MacQueen, Managing Director, Darrall MacQueen
Speakers include:
Justin Gibbons, Director Strategy Services, PHD
Troy, Editor New Media, BBCi
Who’s Pressing The Buttons?
In a world where PVRs (Sky Plus), Video-on-Demand, non-terrestrial channels, interactivity and broadband networked game-play are sweeping away kids’ reliance on the schedule, media strategists and UK kids look at the future landscape of television.
Moderator:
Billy MacQueen, Managing Director, Darrall MacQueen
Speakers include:
Justin Gibbons, Director Strategy Services, PHD
Troy, Editor New Media, BBCi
6.30pm Screening of Magnifico
Dir: Maryo J delos Reyes Philippines 2003 123 mins UK premiere of exceptional new feature. Winner Best Feature Adults and Children’s Jury Berlin Film Festival 2004.
Dir: Maryo J delos Reyes Philippines 2003 123 mins UK premiere of exceptional new feature. Winner Best Feature Adults and Children’s Jury Berlin Film Festival 2004.
8pm onwards Delegates reception
Saturday 3 July
9.30amThe Technology Drivers
This interactive session focuses on the new technologies and aims to equip delegates to react to the potential shifts in the children’s market as kids’ viewing habits change.
Moderator:
Gary Pope, Director, Kids Industries
Panellists include:
Justin Gibbons, Director Strategy Services, PHD
Nigel Walley, Managing Director, Decipher Strategy Consultancy
Andrew Fawcett, Kingston Interactive Television
This interactive session focuses on the new technologies and aims to equip delegates to react to the potential shifts in the children’s market as kids’ viewing habits change.
Moderator:
Gary Pope, Director, Kids Industries
Panellists include:
Justin Gibbons, Director Strategy Services, PHD
Nigel Walley, Managing Director, Decipher Strategy Consultancy
Andrew Fawcett, Kingston Interactive Television
11amCoffee
11.30amWhere’s The Money Coming From?
With growing pressures on the commercial and public service sectors, this session looks at the current and future funding environments for kids’ media, with real and practical examples of funding plans.
Panellists include:
Marion Edwards, Independent Consultant & PACT Animation Committee
Anna Home, CEO, Children’s Film & TV Foundation
Roger Holmes, Alibi Films
Phil Davies
John Bullivant, Managing Director, Kickback Media
Sponsored by BAFTA
With growing pressures on the commercial and public service sectors, this session looks at the current and future funding environments for kids’ media, with real and practical examples of funding plans.
Panellists include:
Marion Edwards, Independent Consultant & PACT Animation Committee
Anna Home, CEO, Children’s Film & TV Foundation
Roger Holmes, Alibi Films
Phil Davies
John Bullivant, Managing Director, Kickback Media
Sponsored by BAFTA
1pmLunch
2pm3 Breakouts Sessions:
How can programme makers meet the challenges and create successful breakout programmes of the future?
Pre-school And Younger Programming – where’s the innovation?
Moderator: Philip Hawthorne (Writer/Director)
Panellists include:
Michael Carrington, Head of Acquisitions & Animations, CBBC
Estelle Hughes, Editor CITV
Siwan Jobbins, Head of Children’s Programmes, S4C
Chris Wood, Producer Ragdoll
Annie Gibbs, Producer, Ragdoll
Jocelyn Stevenson, title, HIT Entertainment
Factual – under pressure
Moderator: Adrian Mills, Former Head of Children’s, Youth and Daytime, CBC, Canada
Panellists include:
Ian Prince, Editor Newsround, CBBC
Damian Kelleher, Children's Book Consultant and Contract Publisher & formerly Editor of The Young Telegraph
Drama – who needs it?
Moderator: Christopher Skala (Producer
Panellists include:
Rachel Pendleton, Head of Development, CBBC Drama
Lucy Daniel Raby, Writer
Beryl Richards, Writer/Director, Porcupine Pictures
Gillian Gordon, title, YCTV
How can programme makers meet the challenges and create successful breakout programmes of the future?
Pre-school And Younger Programming – where’s the innovation?
Moderator: Philip Hawthorne (Writer/Director)
Panellists include:
Michael Carrington, Head of Acquisitions & Animations, CBBC
Estelle Hughes, Editor CITV
Siwan Jobbins, Head of Children’s Programmes, S4C
Chris Wood, Producer Ragdoll
Annie Gibbs, Producer, Ragdoll
Jocelyn Stevenson, title, HIT Entertainment
Factual – under pressure
Moderator: Adrian Mills, Former Head of Children’s, Youth and Daytime, CBC, Canada
Panellists include:
Ian Prince, Editor Newsround, CBBC
Damian Kelleher, Children's Book Consultant and Contract Publisher & formerly Editor of The Young Telegraph
Drama – who needs it?
Moderator: Christopher Skala (Producer
Panellists include:
Rachel Pendleton, Head of Development, CBBC Drama
Lucy Daniel Raby, Writer
Beryl Richards, Writer/Director, Porcupine Pictures
Gillian Gordon, title, YCTV
3.30pmTea
4pmFinal plenary and summing up
Chair: Anna Home, CEO, Children’s Film & TV Foundation
Chair: Anna Home, CEO, Children’s Film & TV Foundation
5pmConference Closes