9:30am – The Finance Conference – Session I, (Pacific Stage)
Panelists:
Milan Popelka, COO, FilmNation
Joe Simpson, Managing Partner, Ashland Hill Media Finance
Tim White, Co-CEO / Founder, Star Thrower Entertainment
Laura Lewis, CEO & Founder, Rebelle Media
Moderator:
Jill Goldsmith, Co-Business Editor, Deadline
11:30am – The Finance Conference – Session 2, (Pacific Stage)
Panelists:
Ryan Broussard, VP of Sales & Production Incentives, Wrapbook
Jeaneane Davey, Director of Production Tax Planning & Incentives, Netflix
Patrick Rizzotti, Co-Founder & President, Blue Fox Financing
Moderator:
Will French, Head of Film & Television, Fallbrook
12:00pm – Six Imperatives for Rendering Black Lives in Media Presented in Partnership with NAACP (Malibu Stage)
Panelists:
Ivan Juzang, Founder and President of MEE Productions
Michael Swanson, CEO, Faith Filmworks
Tiffany Yvonne Cox, Actress / Multi-hyphenate
Yvette Nicole Brown, Actress
Moderator:
Kyle Bowser, Senior Vice President of NAACP Hollywood Bureau
2:30pm – The Global Perspective: Breaking the Boundaries of Today’s Film Marketplace (Pacific Stage)
Panelists:
Mark Gooder, Co-President, Cornerstone
Syrinthia Studer, EVP, International Productions, Paramount Pictures
Christian Vesper, CEO, Global Drama, Fremantle
Moderator:
Steven Gaydos, SVP of Global Content & Executive Editor, Variety
4:30pm – The Content Audiences Want & The Industry Needs to Provide, (Pacific Stage)
Panelists:
Lourdes Diaz, CCO, AGC Studios
Jeffrey Greenstein, President, Millennium Media
Maren Olsen, Sales & Acquisitions, 30WEST
Joe Lewis, Founder & CEO, Amplify
Moderator:
Scott Roxborough, European Bureau Chief, The Hollywood Reporter
5:00pm – Funding Queer Narratives: Financing LGBTQIA+ Stories with Social Impact Presented in Partnership with GLAAD (Malibu Stage)
Panelists:
Steph Oauknine, Senior Production Executive, Wondery and Amazon
Mychael G. Chinn, Director, Original Movies & Limited Series for the MTV Entertainment Studios
Tuck Dowrey, Director of Development, PageBoy
Moderator:
Alex Schmider, Director of Transgender Representation, GLAAD
