Opening Comments/Panel #1: “Realigned Work Worlds: Hollywood/Silicon Valley/Madison Avenue
Moderator: Denise Mann, UCLA
Panelists:
- Nick Childs, Executive Creative Director, Fleishman Hillard
- Jennifer Holt, co-Director, Media Industries Project, UCSB
- Lee Hunter, Global Head of Marketing, YouTube
- Jordan Levin, CEO, Generate
Panel #2: Creative Economies: Commercial vs. State Based Models
Moderator: Laurie Baird, Strategic Consultant – Media and Entertainment at Georgia Tech Institute for People and Technology.
Panelists:
- Jesse Albert, Producer & Consultant in Film, Television, Digital Media, Live Events & Branded Content
- Morgan Bouchet, Vice-President, Transmedia and Social Media, Content Division, Orange
- Christy Dena, Director, Universe Creation 101
- Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art and Design University
- Mauricio Mota, Chief Storytelling Officer, Co-founder of The Alchemists
Panel #3: Working on the Margins: Who Pays for Transformative Works of Art?
Moderator: Denise Mann, UCLA.
Panelists:
- Tara Tiger Brown, Freelance Interactive Producer/Product Manager
- Mike Farah, President of Production, Funny Or DIe
- Ted Hope, Producer/Partner/Founder, Double Hope Films
- Sheila C. Murphy, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Panel #4: How Comics Fit into the Transmedia Ecology
Moderator: Geoffrey Long, Lead Narrative Producer for the Narrative Design Team at Microsoft Studios.
Panelists:
- Katherine Keller, Culture Vultures Editrix at Sequential Tart
- Joe LeFavi, Quixotic Transmedia
- Mike Richardson, President, Dark Horse Comics
- Mark Verheiden, Writer (Falling Skies, Heroes)
- Mary Vogt, Costume Designer (Rise Of The Silver Surfer, Men In Black)