Seminars

Pursuing 3-D In A 2-D World

MONDAY 1 September - 2.30-3.00pm

Since its inception (3-D technology has been around for almost 100 years!) and over the course of this time, 3-D has seen both highs and lows of consumer adoption rates.  What does the future hold for 3-D films?  Nostalgia for some?  Perhaps a fad for others?  Or, perhaps for those visionaries, the dawn of a brand new era where technology, consumer demand and content collide.

Presenter:  Simon Burton, Regional Director-Asia Pacific, Nielsen EDI

Immersive Cinema...Not Drowning, Waving!

MONDAY 1 September - 3.10-5.00pm

Digital, 3D and BIG screens are bringing exciting new dimensions to movie theatres all over the world but are these initiatives going to break box office or break the bank?  A team of international industry luminaries will shed light into the production, finance and deployment issues behind these global cinema trends.  Q&A from the floor will be held at the end of this session.

Panelists:
Joining Tim Warner, President and Chief Operating Officer of Cinemark USA, Inc. will be a panel of distributors, exhibitors and technologists including:

  • Curt Behlmer, COO, Technicolor Digital Cinema and EVP Theatrical Services
  • Ross Entwistle, Managing Director, Greater Union Cinemas
  • Anthony Marcoly, President, Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
  • Don Savant, Managing Director, IMAX Asia
  • George Scheckel, International Business Development Director, Christie, US
  • Peter Seagger, Vice President, International Sales, Cinema, Dolby
  • Mike Selwyn, Managing Director, Vice President Australia/New Zealand, Paramount Pictures Pty
  • Michael Smith, Chairman, Sun Theatre and DCN

Moderator:
Alaric McAusland, Group General Manager, ATLAB Image & Sound Technology

Our Business Is About To Change

WEDNESDAY 3 September - 3.00-3.45pm

Tim Warner, President and Chief Operating Officer of Cinemark USA, Inc.  More information

Join Tim as he discusses how the exhibition industry developed, where it is at, and where it is going from a perspective of one of the world's largest exhibition companies.

AFACT Update & Education Campaign Launch
WEDNESDAY 3 September - 3.45-4.05pm
Presenting the achievements of the last twelve months of the film and television industry supported "What are you really burning?" Consumer Campaign, and the launch of the Education Campaign, which aims to increase awareness and understanding of film and television copyright among as wide a sample of Australian students, teachers and parents as possible.
Presenters:  Adrianne Pecotic, Executive Director AFACT and Narelle Riley, Director of Communications for the IP Awareness Trust
Asia Paific Screen Awards

WEDNESDAY 3 September - 4.05-4.25pm
Taking the films and film makers of the Asia-Pacific to the World


Presenter:  Indira Naidoo, Media Personality