2008 Conference - Featured Guests
Featured Guests:
Elliott Bledsoe
Project Officer, Creative Commons Australia - Australia
Costa Botes
Producer, Lone Pine Film & Television Productions - New Zealand
Philip Craig
Executive Producer, Brook Lapping - UK
Bruno Felix
Managing Director / Producer, Submarine - The Netherlands
Pat Ferns
President / Executive Producer, Ferns Productions Inc - Canada
Brett Gaylor
Producer, Eyesteelfilms - Canada
Peter Greenaway
Director - Netherlands/UK
Chris Griffith
Deputy News Editor Online, The Australian - Australia
Steve Hewlett
Managing Director, Big Pictures - UK
Mark Lewis
Director, Radio Pictures - Australia
Shellie Morris
Singer Songwriter - Australia
Steven Richardson
Artistic Director, Artshouse - Australia
Asiah Sarji
Lecturer / Associate Prof., Universiti Kebansaan - Malaysia
Featured Broadcasters, Distributors and Funding Agencies:
Claire Aguilar
Vice President of Programming, ITVS - USA
Aaqil Ahmed
Commissioning Editor, Religion, Channel 4 Television - UK
Ewan Angus
Commissiong Editor, BBC Scotland - Scotland
Victoria Baldock
Director, Verve Entertainment International Pty Ltd - Australia
Norm Bolen
Executive Vice President, Content, Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting Inc. - Canada
Ron Bollman
Executive Producer / Consultant, Desh Television Limited - Bangladesh
Jim Buchan
Channel Manager the History Channel, Crime/Investigation Network, FOXTEL - Australia
Matt Campbell
Director Content, SBS Corporation - Australia
Vikram Channa
Vice President - Production & Development, Discovery Networks Asia- Singapore
Tony Chow
Director Off the Fence Asia, Off the Fence - Singapore
Kim Christiansen
Head of Sales, TV2 World - Denmark
Kevin Dawson
Commissioning Editor, Factual, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) TV - Ireland
Richard Driver
Owner, The Documentary Channel - New Zealand
Alan Erson
Commissioning Editor, ABC Television - Australia
Courtney Gibson
Executive Head of Content Creation, ABC - Australia
Fiona Gilroy
Manager, Content Sales, SBS Television - Australia
Sally Goodman
Executive in Charge of Production, FOXTEL - Australia
Trevor Graham
Commissioning Editor, SBS Independent - Australia
Carl Hammerschmidt
Executive Producer SBS Online, SBS - Australia
Ben Harding
Product Manager, VEA - Australia
Megan Harding
Executive Producer, ABC TV Arts, Entertainment and Comedy - Australia
Lorraine Hess
Director, Program Acquistions / Producer, Link TV - USA
Pamela Hogan
Series Producer, Wide Angle, WNET/Thirteen - USA
Gune Hyoung
Festival Director / Executive Director, EBS-TV Korea - Korea
Nobuo Isobe
Executive Producer, Asia Content Center - Japan
Gael Jennings
Development Producer, ABC Television - Australia
David Jowsey
Commissioning Editor, ABC Television - Australia
Fiona Lawson-Baker
Documentary Acquisitions, SBS Television - Australia
John Lindsay
VP, Director of National/International Productions, KETC - USA
John-Paul Marin
Senior Web Producer, SBS Television - Australia
Kelrick Martin
Commissioning Editor, National Indigenous Television - Australia
Stuart Menzies
Head of Documentaries, ABC Television - Australia
Anna Miralis
Commissioning Editor, Documentary, SBS Independent - Australia
Brendon Moo
Head of Factual Channels & Senior Executive Publicity, FOXTEL - Australia
Trisha Morton-Thomas
Commissioning Editor, National Indigenous Television - Australia
Dirk Neuhoff
Head of Documentaries, NDR Television - Germany
Julia Overton
Investment Manager, Film Finance Corporation Australia Ltd - Australia
Carolyn Ozkoseoglu
Sales & Acquisitions Manager, iD Distribution - United Kingdom
Jessica Raspe
Commissioning Editor, AVRO - Netherlands
Paul Remati
Deputy CEO/Director of Content, National Indigenous Television - Australia
Sharon Roobol
Producer, Al Jazeera English - Malaysia
Jane Roscoe
Network Programmer, SBS Television - Australia
Dasha Ross
Commissioning Editor, ABC Television - Australia
Charles Schuerhoff
Director of Acquisitions, WGBH International - USA
Manutai Schuster
Head of Acquisitions & Commissioning, Maori Television - New Zealand
Katrina Sedgwick
Festival Director, Adelaide Film Festival - Australia
Tim Sparke
Managing Director, Mercury Media Int Ltd - UK
Jacinta Spurrett
Managing Director, National Geographic Channel Australia - Australia
Carlyn Staudt
Vice President, National Geographic Channel International - USA
Edwina Thring
Head of Acquisitions & Co-Productions, National Geographic Television International - UK
Patricia Turner
CEO, National Indigenous Television - Australia
Edwina Waddy
Development Producer, ABC Television - Australia
Peta Watermeyer
Program and Acquisitions Manager, National Geographic Channel Australia - Australia