COMING UP TOMORROW, DAY 3 (NOV 6):
9:15 AM- 10:45 AM AFM CONFERENCE SERIES
Location: Fairmont Hotel- Starlight Ballroom- 101 Wilshire Blvd
Finance Conference
First Session: Current Issues in Film Finance
Moderator: P John Burke / Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
Panelists: Jeffrey Chan, Board Member and COO, Bona Film Group; David Linde, CEO, Participant Media; Bennett C. Pozil, EVP Head of Corporate Banking, East West Bank; Roy A. Salter, Senior Advisor, FTI Consulting Inc
11:15AM- 12:45 PM Second Session: The Film Finance Matrix: From Script to Screen
Moderator: Joseph Chianese/ EVP, Entertainment Partners
Panelists: Micah Green / Co-Head Film Finance, CAA; Biran O’Shea / CEO, The Exchange; Chris Spicer / Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Paul Steinke / SVP Production Finance, Walt Disney Studios; Adrian Ward / SVP Entertainment Industries Division, Pacific Mercantile Bank; Gareth Unwin / Co-Founder & CEO, Bedlam Productions
2:30PM- 4:00PM AFM CONFERENCE SERIES
Location: Fairmont Hotel- Starlight Ballroom- 101 Wilshire Blvd.
China Conference
First Session: Producing In China
Moderator: Peter Shiao / Dounder & CEO, Orb Media Group
Panelists: Chris Bremble, Founder & CEO, Base Media Group; Dr. Shi Jianxiang, Chairman, Shanghai Kuailu Investment Group; Rick Nathanson, Line Producer, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend”, “Bunraku”, “Red Cliff”, “Dragon – The Life of Bruce Lee”; Miao Xiaotian, President, China Film Co-production Corporation; April Ye, CEO, Film Finances China
4:30PM- 6:00PM Second Session: Marketing & Distributing in China
Moderator: Patrick Frater / Asia Bureau Chief, Variety
Panelists: Jiang Haiyang, Film Director; David Jourdan, SVP, Int’l Business Development & Operations, IM Global; William Pfeiffer, CEO, Dragongate Entertainment; Yang Xianghua, SVP, iQIYI.COM