Speakers & Panelists

The 8th Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Forum 7-10 October 2014
in association with the 58th BFI London Film Festival

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS, 7 October NFT1, BFI Southbank

Keynote:
John S. Johnson Co-Founder, BuzzFeed and Founder & Executive Director, The Harmony Institute (US)

Speakers:
Karim Ahmad Senior Digital Strategist, ITVS, The Independent Television Service (US)
Alexa Clay Writer, The Misfit Economy (US)
Loc Dao Head of Digital Content and Strategy, NFB Canada (CA)
Nonny de la Peña Founder, Virtual Pyedog (US)
Nick Fortugno CCO, Playmatics (US)
Michael Grotenhoff Founder & Producer, Filmtank GmbH (DE)
Raphaëlle Huysmans Producer, TOXA (CA)
Tero Kaukomaa Co-Founder & Producer, Blind Spot Pictures (FI)
Lasse Mäkelä Co-Founder & CEO, Invesdor (FI)
Francesca Panetta Multimedia Special Project Editor, The Guardian (UK)
Mikko Pöllä Group Creative Director, Rovio Entertainment (FI)
Will Saunders Creative Director, BBC (UK)
Dr Jo Twist CEO, UKIE (UK)
Lance Weiler Co-Founder, Reboot Stories (US)
Jennifer Wilson Group Executive Director, The Project Factory (AU)

THE PIXEL MARKET FINANCE FORUM, 8 October, NFT1, BFI Southbank

Keynotes:
Valerie Creighton President & CEO, Canada Media Fund (CA)
Monique Simard President & CEO, SODEC (CA)

Panelists:
Karim Ahmad Senior Digital Strategist, ITVS, The Independent Television Service (US)
Sarah Bailey Acting Head of Engagement, FACT (UK)
Lili Blumers Commissioning Editor, ARTE France (FR)
Meroë Candy Film & Drama Development Manager, The Wellcome Trust (UK)
Nick Cohen Managing Partner, Head of Content, MediaCom (UK)
Loc Dao Head of Digital Content and Strategy, NFB Canada (CA)
Nonny de la Peña Founder, Virtual Pyedog (US)
Jérôme Delormas General Artistic Director, Gaíté Lyrique (FR)
Tine Fischer Director, CPH:DOX (DK)
Wayne Fletcher Global Chief Strategy Officer, Naked Communications Worldwide (UK)
Nick Fortugno CCO, Playmatics (US)
Lizzie Francke Senior Development & Production Executive, BFI (UK)
Max Gogarty Head of Development, VICE (UK)
Lucia Haslauer Commissioning Editor, New Media & Cross-Media, ZDF (DE)
Anna Higgs Commissioning Executive, Film 4 & Film 4.0 (UK)
Nathaniel Hill Planning Partner, McCann (UK)
Alessandro Iacoponi Business Development Director, Distrify (UK)
John S. Johnson Co-Founder, BuzzFeed and Founder & Executive Director, The Harmony Institute (US)
Petri Kemppinen CEO, Nordisk Film & TV Fond (NO)
Ingrid Kopp Director of Digital Initiatives, Tribeca Film Institute (US)
Domenico La Porta Director, Wallimage CrossMedia (BE)
Sabine Lange Commissioning Editor, New Media, ARTE GEIE (DE)
Vincent LeClercq Director of Audiovisual and Digital Design, CNC – National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (FR)
Michael Morris Co-Director, Artangel (UK)
Charlie Phillips Head of Documentaries, Multimedia, The Guardian (UK)
Will Saunders Creative Director, BBC (UK)
Marie Schmidt Olesen Commissioning Editor, New Danish Screen, The Danish Film Institute  (DK)
Andra Sheffer Executive Director, Bell Fund & IPF (CA)
Lina Srivastava Co-Founder, Regarding Humanity (US)
Aurelie Taguet Commissioning Editor, France Télévisions (FR)
Eckhard Thiemann Producer, The Space (UK)
Joana Vicente Executive Director, IFP (US)
Lance Weiler Co-Founder, Reboot Stories (US)
Jennifer Wilson Group Executive Director, The Project Factory (AU)