Yukon Media Industry Forum

Yukon Media Industry Forum

When: February 8 – 11, 2015

Location: All events are at the Old Fire Hall

Monday, February 9

9:30 – 11:30am

Hold On to Your Ideas

In this round table discussion participants will learn how to partner up with the skills and connections needed to take a project forward, while maintaining ownership and creative involvement. We’ll hear from producers and creators who have been through the process.

Guests include:

Catherine Warren – FanTrust Entertainment Strategies

Nicole Lawson – Force Four Entertainment

Julia Szucs – Meltwater Media

Joanne Levy – Buffalo Gal Pictures

Suzanne Crocker – director of All the Time in the World

Kevin Eastwood – producer Preggoland

Simon D’Amours – director of the series Off The Beaten Path.

4:30 – 6pm

Digital Distribution Strategies

This panel discussion investigates how the internet is shaping media content distribution. We will seek to define terms like alternative media and trans-media. We’ll discuss what it means to monetize secondary markets. We’ll also examine the development of the creative interactive media production industry.

Panelists include:

Catherine Warren – FanTrust Entertainment Strategies

Dave Brown – Google/YouTube Canada

Joanne Levy – Buffalo Gal Pictures

Robert Hardy – Force Four Entertainment

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Individual Tickets: $20 YFS Production Members/$25 regular – on sale at the door (see registration details for specific events if applicable).

All-Access Forum Pass: $80 YFS Production Members/ $100 Regular available at Yukon Arts Centre Box Office, Arts Underground, or onlin at https://www.yukontickets.com – look for ALFF Media Industry Forum 2015.