Speakers / Panelists

The Cross-Media Forum 16-19 October 2012
in association with the BFI London Film Festival

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS 16 October NFT1, BFI Southbank

WENDY BERNFELD Founder, Rights Stuff (NETH)
LOC DAO Head of Digital Content & Strategy, NFB Canada (CAN)
PETER DE MAEGD Producer, Caviar Films (BEL)
WAYNE FLETCHER Innovation Partner, McCann Erickson US/ NYC (UK)
TIM JONES Publisher, Egmont Press (UK)
INGRID KOPP Director of Digital Initiatives, Tribeca Film Institute (USA)
CALLY POPLAK Managing Director, Egmont Press (UK)
SEAN STEWART Founder / Head Writer, Fourth Wall Studios (USA)
MAHYAD TOUSI CEO & Founder, BoomGen Studios (USA)
PAUL TYLER Founder, Handling Ideas (UK)
JÖRGEN VAN DER SLOOT Senior Research Director, FreedomLab Future Studies (DUT)
LANCE WEILER Co-founder, Reboot Stories (USA)

THE PIXEL PITCH PANELISTS 17 October NFT1, BFI Southbank

ROSIE ALLIMONOS Content Partnerships, Original Programming, YouTube NACE (UK)
JAPHET ASHER Editorial Lead, CBBC (UK)
THOMAS BENSKI CEO & Founder, Pulse Films (UK)
NUNO BERNARDO CEO & Producer, Beactive (PORT)
AL BROWN Supervising Content Producer, VICE Media Group – Virtue Worldwide (UK)
LOUISE BROWN Multiplatform Commissioning Lead, Channel 4 (UK)
NICK COHEN
Managing Partner & Head of MediaCom Beyond Advertising (UK)
ROB CROSSEN Executive Producer, Entertainment, EMEA atXbox LIVE (UK)
LOC DAO Head of Digital Content & Strategy, NFB Canada (CAN)
MEL EXON Managing Partner & Co-founder BBH Labs (UK)
WAYNE FLETCHER Innovation Partner, McCann Erickson US/NYC (UK)
PIERRE-MATHIEU FORTIN Head of Creation, Online Content, Radio-Canada (CAN)
LIZZIE FRANCKE Senior Production & Development Executive, BFI Film Fund (UK)
DANIEL GLASER Head of Special Projects, Public Engagement, Wellcome Trust (UK)
BEN GRASS Managing Director, Pure Grass Films (UK)
MUSTAFA KHALILI Multimedia Editor for News, The Guardian (UK)
INGRID KOPP Director of Digital Initiatives, Tribeca Film Institute (USA)
ROBERT MARSH Managing Director Zodiak Active, Zodiak Media Group (UK)
MICHAEL MORRIS Co-Director, Artangel (UK)
MILANA RABKIN Agent, Digital Department, United Talent Agency (USA)
ANNA RAFFERTY Managing Director, Penguin Digital, Penguin Books (UK)
BORIS RAZON Head of Web, New Writing & Transmedia, France Télévisions (FR)
MICHEL REILHAC Executive Director, Arte France Cinema (FR)
PHILIPPE REYNAERT Director, Wallimage CrossMedia s.a (BEL)
JIM SOMMERS Sr. Vice President of Content Management, ITVS (USA)
SEAN STEWART Founder/Head Writer, Fourth Wall Studios (UK/USA)
FABIEN WESTERHOFF Director of Sales & Distribution – Hanway Select – Hanway Films (UK)
JOHN WOODWARD Investment Director & MD, Arts Alliance Ltd (UK)