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Opening Comments/Panel #1: “Realigned Work Worlds: Hollywood/Silicon Valley/Madison Avenue

Moderator: Denise Mann, UCLA

Panelists:

  • Nick Childs, Executive Creative Director, Fleishman Hillard
  • Jennifer Holt, co-Director, Media Industries Project, UCSB
  • Lee Hunter, Global Head of Marketing, YouTube
  • Jordan Levin, CEO, Generate

Panel #2: Creative Economies: Commercial vs. State Based Models

Moderator: Laurie Baird, Strategic Consultant – Media and Entertainment at Georgia Tech Institute for People and Technology.

Panelists:

  • Jesse Albert, Producer & Consultant in Film, Television, Digital Media, Live Events & Branded Content
  • Morgan Bouchet, Vice-President, Transmedia and Social Media, Content Division, Orange
  • Christy Dena, Director, Universe Creation 101
  • Sara Diamond, President, Ontario College of Art and Design University
  • Mauricio Mota, Chief Storytelling Officer, Co-founder of The Alchemists

Panel #3: Working on the Margins: Who Pays for Transformative Works of Art?

Moderator: Denise Mann, UCLA.

Panelists:

  • Tara Tiger Brown, Freelance Interactive Producer/Product Manager
  • Mike Farah, President of Production, Funny Or DIe
  • Ted Hope, Producer/Partner/Founder, Double Hope Films
  • Sheila C. Murphy, Associate Professor, University of Michigan

Panel #4: How Comics Fit into the Transmedia Ecology

Moderator: Geoffrey Long, Lead Narrative Producer for the Narrative Design Team at Microsoft Studios.

Panelists:

  • Katherine Keller, Culture Vultures Editrix at Sequential Tart
  • Joe LeFavi, Quixotic Transmedia
  • Mike Richardson, President, Dark Horse Comics
  • Mark Verheiden, Writer (Falling Skies, Heroes)
  • Mary Vogt, Costume Designer (Rise Of The Silver Surfer, Men In Black)
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Opening Comments from Denise Mann

Opening Comments from Henry Jenkins

Panel #1: “Come Out 2 Play: Designing Virtual Worlds–From Screens to Theme Parks and Beyond”

Moderator: Denise Mann

Panelists:

  • Scott Bukatan, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Stanford University (Matters of
    Gravity: Special Effects and Supermen in the 20th Century)
  • Rick Carter, Production Designer (Suckerpunch, Avatar, A.I.)
  • Dylan Cole, Art Director (Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, Tron: Legacy)
  • Thierry Coup, SVP, Universal Creative (Wizarding World of Harry Potter, King Kong 3D)
  • Craig Hanna, Thinkwell Design (Wizarding World, Ski Dubai, Coney Island)
  • Angela Ndalianis, Associate Professor and Head of the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Melbourne, Australia (Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment)
  • Bruce Vaughn, Chief Creative Executive, Disney Imagineering (Tron, Pirates of the Caribbean, Toy Story)

Panel #2: “We’re Looking for Characters: Designing Personalities Who Play Across Platforms”

Moderator: Henry Jenkins

Panelists:

  • Francesca Coppa, Director of Film Studies and Associate Professor of English, Muhlenberg College; Member of the Board of Directors, Organization for Transformative Works
  • Geoffrey Long, Program Manager, Entertainment Platforms, Microsoft
  • Alisa Perren, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
  • Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson, Writers/Executive Producers, Smallville

Panel #3: “Game On!: Intelligent Designs or Fan Aggregators?”

Moderator: Denise Mann

Panelists:

  • Steven S. DeKnight, EP/Creator/Showrunner (Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Viva Laughlin!)
  • Jeph Loeb, Executive Vice President (Head of Television), Marvel Entertainment
  • Craig Reyna, Disney Interactive Studios Marketing (Epic Mickey, Tron, Club Penguin)
  • Avi Santo, Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University (Co-creator of Flow: A Critical Forum on Television and New Media and of MediaCommons: A Digital Scholarly Network)
  • Matt Wolf, ARG/Game Designer, Double 2.0 (The Fallen ARG, Bourne Identity game)

Panel #4: “It’s About Time!: Structuring Transmedia Narratives”

Moderator: Henry Jenkins

Panelists:

  • Caitlin Burns, Transmedia Producer, Starlight Runner Entertainment
  • Abigail De Kosnik, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley (Co-Editor, The Survival of the Soap Opera: Strategies for a New Media Era; Illegitimate Media: Minority Discourse and the Censorship of Digital Remix)
  • Jane Espenson, Writer/Executive Producer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, Torchwood
  • John Platt, Co-Executive Producer, Big Brother, The Surreal Life
  • Tracey Robertson, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Hoodlum
  • Lance Weiler, Founder, Wordbook Project