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nimation is a sector closely linked with innovation in the cinema and the audiovisual sector. It became the best laboratory to A experiment effects and innovations that will be applied later in other fields. Within the cultural sector, it is emphasized as a source for the creation of young and qualified jobs. The Council of Culture, Tourism and Sports of the Community of Madrid offers support to animation through each of its lines of activity linked with the cinema. The annual support requests for the production of short films and the development and promotion of films include animation. Clear examples of support from the Community of Madrid in the animation field are the short films “Tadeo Jones” and “Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito” which were supported at that time by the Community of Madrid through its request for support for the production of short films and that was the seed of the film “Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones”, a film that was a worldwide commercial success and that was seen in Spain by almost three million spectators. The festivals and cinematographic events fostered by the Community of Madrid are also a screen for the promotion of animation. The Week of the short films and ALCINE, Cinema Festival of Alcalá de Henares – Community of Madrid, include animation in the programming of all sections. In other programs highlighted by its number of spectators, like the Summer Cinema of the Community of Madrid, animation represents an outstanding percentage in the programming. With the purpose of promoting even more animation, the Community of Madrid celebrates since 2016 the World Day of Animation through many activities and films projections. In 2017, we wanted to go further by welcoming in our region the celebration of this new Cartoon edition. The trajectory of Cartoon Digital is undeniable as a professional forum of meetings, exchange of knowledge and experiences. The Community of Madrid is a meeting place and a creativity opportunity. We are sure that this forum can be the starting point of new projects of high creative diversity. We wish welcome to the Community of Madrid to Cartoon Digital 2017.

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General Director of CARTOON movıe ver the years Cartoon Digital has always tried to enlighten 7-9 March 2018 • Bordeaux animation producers on the new developments in the digital world that can impact the writing, production, financing and O distribution of their animated TV series and animation films. And for this year’s edition, we have convened a prestigious line-up of 25 forward-thinking speakers from Europe and the USA to explain how animation producers can benefit from providing multiple content to multiple platforms. Embracing the challenges led by the new ways kids consume programmes and expect to be entertained today will feature high on the agenda. We will look in particular at how leading broadcasters are creating and commissioning new online programmes and also how animation producers are re-focusing their activities to integrate online routes to expand their brands and monetize their content better. Alternative sources of financing digital programmes will also be developed as new formats and animation programmes flourish on Video, VoD and SVoD platforms in Europe and the USA. Digital strategies, marketing and digital distribution will also be at the center of this year’s edition with real case studies attached. New synergies, partnerships with publishers, game companies and creative leaders using digital technologies like VR and AR will hopefully offer food for thought and open new areas of creation. We wish to thank our long-standing partners Creative Europe/MEDIA and the Comunidad de Madrid and Film Madrid for their support to animation professionals. We wish participants a great event where we hope you will acquire new www.cartoon-media.eu skills, enlarge your networking base and fine-tune your digital projects.

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TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER

Arrival of Participants

12:45 – 14:10 Lunch with all participants at Bar Tomate

14:15 Opening Words Speakers: Yolanda Alonso (CARTOON) Jaime de Los Santos (Comunidad de Madrid)

14:30 – 15:15 Keynote Speech: The Way Forward for Animation Disney is a world leader in kids programmes as broadcaster and media company. Orion Ross, VP Content-Animation-Digital & Acquisitions at the Walt Disney Company EMEA will explain the vision and strategy of the different channels and how they are fostering innovation, using latest technologies to create the new digital Disney brands. Speaker: Orion Ross (The Walt Disney Company- EMEA) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

15:15 – 16:15 Digital Animation in Spain A selection of the best of digital animation in Spain, powered by Diboos, the Spanish federation of associations of animation producers. Speakers: Jonás Ojeda de Vincente (Zinkia) Carlos Biern (Diboos) Moderator: Manuel Cristóbal

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 – 17:30 Alternative Sources of Financing Digital Content Raising private funds through the “High Networth Individuals” and the EIS scheme, The Ingenious Group is a key partner when it comes to gap financing, cash flow management and contract discounting. With her financing and distribution experience, Emilie Frelon has joined with Caroline Percy to raise alternative sources of financing for animation programmes (series and films). Both speakers will showcase “Bottersnikes and Gumbles”, an original TV series made for the BBC and Netflix and will go through the steps of funding, exploiting and managing rights for the different digital windows. Speakers: Emilie Frelon (Koala Media Consultancy) Caroline Percy (The Ingenious Group) Moderator: John Lomas-Bullivant

19:30 Welcome Walking Dinner at Restaurant Arzabal Museo Reina Sofia

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9:00 – 10:15 Exciting Innovation and Digital Developments from Major European Broadcasters With kids’ entertainment at the core of their activities, the main European public broadcasters have anticipated the shift from linear to digital broadcasting and commissioning. All-content VoD and SVoD services for France Télévisions, iPlayer for the BBC and app and game developments from all 3 leaders will be showcased. Speakers: Julien Borde (France Télévisions) Jackie Edwards (BBC Children’s) Yago Fandiño Lousa (Radio Televisión Española (RTVE)) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 11:45 Digital Platforms for Kids and Adults’ Content As they are becoming main viewing windows, VoD and SVoD platforms are being funded by large groups like Vivendi for Studio+ and resorting to non traditional sources of financing as is the case for Azoomee. They offer a wealth of prime video and game content to their subscribers. From premium short mobile series geared toward 15+ audiences and safe apps for primary-aged kids, our 2 speakers will talk of the kids and adult markets for these new digital audiences. Speakers: Estelle Lloyd (Azoomee) Aline Marrache-Tesseraud (Canal+ Group / Studio+) Moderator: John Lomas-Bullivant

11:45 – 12:30 Digital Strategy: How Smart Design Creates your Community With digital strategy on everyone’s lips and a strong business focus on revenue opportunities, marketing, discoverability and multiple-entry points, an approach to digital can feel like the wild wild west. Alison Norrington, CEO & Founder of Storycentral, Executive Producer of the VR thread for children’s media conference, storyteller and experience designer, will talk about how circling story with smart design can help guide a digital strategy. By framing it with a different “why”, looking at how the illusion of interactivity and “magic” works, narrative design can meet experience design and emotional design. Alison will walk you through some case studies of new and traditional animation storytelling that has helped to create a digital ecosystem, informing digital strategy with a heartbeat of experience design that engages fans in ways that go beyond simply “digital” and creates a loyal and excited community. Speaker: Alison Norrington (Storycentral) Moderator: John Lomas-Bullivant

11 12:30 – 13:00 Case study: “Studio Killers”, a Social Media Phenomenon “Studio Killers” is an animated virtual band made up entirely of fictional characters portrayed through both animated videos and stunning original artwork. Its unique quality is that no one really knows where they come from or who is behind them! They have, however, attracted a large and loyal fan base in Nordic countries and the USA, being present on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Sound Cloud and Tumblr. Their interaction with fans has enabled a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund live shows at festivals in Finland, using multiscreen animated visuals. Plans are being made to develop the “Studio Killers” to globally known phenomenon. Speaker: Eliza Jäppinen (Studio Killers) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

13:00 – 14:25 Lunch at Bar Tomate

14:30 – 15:15 Augmented Reality: Bringing A New Life to your Story and Characters Seeing in real time the live video of your favourite characters in your own environment is now possible with AR as more and more book publishers and filmmakers integrate digital technologies into story development giving new heights to story and character immersion. Japhet will demonstrate the ambitious endeavours of famous names in the field. Speaker: Japhet Asher (Carlton Books) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

15:15 – 16:00 Connecting Print and Digital in the Mobile World How to connect brands with developers, publishers and animation producers is the focus of this session which will highlight innovative moves across the multi-media industry. Successful case studies will be showcased as inspirational models. Speaker: Neal Hoskins (WingedChariot) Moderator: John Lomas-Bullivant

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 17:30 Digital Distribution: Opportunities, Pitfalls and Revenues The digital distribution of animation programmes can become a lucrative business model for both animation producers as they distribute their own digital titles (Xilam) or resort to full-service companies that offer solutions for global and local VoD distribution (MoMedia TV). However, commercial revenues need to be balanced against costs to deliver, rights management and VoD deals with partners such as Netflix or Amazon. Both Morgann and Lucas will go through the different economic models that will give producers the best possible deal. Speakers: Lucas Bertrand (MoMedia TV) Morgann Favennec (Xilam) Moderator: John Lomas-Bullivant

18:00 Cocktail drinks offered by Anima Kitchent Free evening for participants

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9:00 – 9:45 Storytelling Through Interaction Using Digital Technologies Nexus Studios create inspiring, talked about work in film and interactive media. Be it handcrafted or high-tech, they create heartfelt stories and experiences that transform brands and engage audiences through the power of entertainment and culture. The studio’s reputation for innovation is pushed forward via the Interactive Arts team who explore new technologies and techniques, to bring crafted and engaging storytelling into experiential, interactive, VR and AR spaces. Alex will speak about the art of creating narratives through interaction and the possibilities that technology brings for re-inventing how we deliver stories what we consider storytelling to be. Speaker: Alex Jenkins (Nexus Studios) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

9:45 – 10:30 Building your Fan Base: Tools to Connect and Empower Them The minute your show is released, it takes on its own life, embraced or trashed by fans. Those fans will determine your story’s success in the world, but are too often overlooked by the industry. Fans, however, easily spend ten times as much time and money on their crush in your show than on the show itself. That’s amazing. That’s the basis of success and as producer you need to be part of that conversation: listening to them, learning from them to recognize and empower them. Having a great show is not enough. You need the fans to keep it alive and in the world well beyond its drop date. Tom Vedel, a producer and storyteller at heart, has produced all kinds of animated stories and has focused on developing tools allowing storytellers to keep their characters and their stories alive between episodes and between seasons, and in the process, discovered the awesome powers of fans. Speaker: Tom Vedel (Animgram) Moderator: John Lomas-Bullivant

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 Multi-content for Multi-platforms: How are Animation Houses Adapting? Branding and creating IPs with multi-content for the many platforms is not an easy move for animation houses as funding mostly comes from traditional sources. But revenues streams are changing as content is increasingly user’s driven. Two production companies will explain how they are structuring the potential of their content to match the different platforms, markets and digital audiences. Speakers: Sarita Christensen (Copenhagen Bombay) Véronique Desroques (Millimages) Moderator: Christophe Erbes

14 12:00 – 12:45 Mobile games: A State of the Industry As animation producers are looking at mobile games (for tablets and smartphones) as other touch points for their brands, the digital games market is experiencing fierce competition whilst players also expect to be engaged longer with added content. What are the trends in the mobile games market will be the focus of this session presented by Torulf Jernström, CEO of Tribeflame, one of the first game tablet companies in the world whose game “Benji Bananas” has been downloaded over 70 million times. Speaker: Torulf Jernström (Tribeflame) Moderator: Christophe Erbes 12:45 – 14:25 Lunch at Bar Tomate

14:30 – 15:15 Digital Marketing in an Animation World When at Disney, Adam Rubins has worked on all the marketing digital strategies of their animation films: from the “Lion King”, to “Toy Story” to “Finding Nemo” and continued from his global creative communication agency Way to Blue to follow the networks of today to create the digital strategies of “Frozen”, “Despicable Me” and “Minions”. An inspirational talk from one of the most powerful communication professionals today. Speaker: Adam Rubins (Way to Blue) Moderator: John Lomas-Bullivant 15:15 – 16:00 VR Mobile apps: The Next Big Trend? Dubit Research on VR acceptance by kids, parents and broadcasters has led to the creation of its subsidiary company XRGames, a VR games developer which is creating VR games for well- established IPs with a safe child-approved VR content. Having raised venture capital funding for his company, Bobby will explain the business value of creating apps for the VR Apple Store which has no less than 2 million downloads for their VR games. Speaker: Bobby Thandi (XR Games / Dubit) Moderator: John Lomas-Bullivant 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 17:15 Short Form Digital = Long Term Success Stephen and Lee will talk about how Toon Goggles has successfully thought out-of-the-box regarding the partners and distribution for short form content in a digital world. Lee will address how to create com- pelling short form content that fuels this business model – and more importantly how both sides have to work together, adapt daily and think uniquely to achieve success in a very competitive digital landscape. Speakers: Lee Adams (Toon Goggles) Stephen L. Hodge (Toon Goggles) Moderator: Christophe Erbes 19:30 Farewell Walking Dinner at Platea

FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER

Departure of Participants

15 16 Speakers

The speakers at this Cartoon Digital are:

Adams Lee TOON GOGGLES Asher Japhet CARLTON BOOKS Bertrand Lucas MOMEDIA TV Biern Carlos DIBOOS Borde Julien FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS Christensen Sarita COPENHAGEN BOMBAY Desroques Véronique MILLIMAGES Edwards Jackie BBC CHILDREN’S Fandiño Lousa Yago RADIO TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA (RTVE) Favennec Morgann XILAM Frelon Emilie KOALA MEDIA CONSULTING Hodge Stephen L. TOON GOGGLES Hoskins Neal WINGEDCHARIOT Jäppinen Eliza STUDIO KILLERS Jenkins Alexander NEXUS STUDIOS Jernström Torulf TRIBEFLAME Lloyd Estelle AZOOMEE Marrache Tesseraud Aline CANAL+ GROUP / STUDIO+ Norrington Alison STORYCENTRAL Ojeda de Vicente Jonás ZINKIA Percy Caroline THE INGENIOUS GROUP Moderators Ross Orion THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY - EMEA Rubins Adam WAY TO BLUE Cristóbal Manuel DRAGOIA MEDIA Thandi Bobby XR GAMES / DUBIT Erbes Christophe KIDS MEDIA ©NSULTING Vedel Tom ANIMGRAM Lomas-Bullivant John KICKBACK MEDIA

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Lee Adams (TOON GOGGLES - UNITED STATES) Lee has led teams at Fox Family, Fox Kids, Fox Worldwide and Kids’ WB! and received over 40 PROMAX awards for his vast work in promotion, online, advertising and integrated 3rd party marketing. Previously he developed and orchestrated campaigns for SeaWorld that included the reinvention of their iconic characters as well as a highly successful European McDonalds Happy Meal program that sold over 3 million units. At TG, he is in charge of content acquisition, the development and expansion of Toon Goggles IP’s into the licensing and merchandising arena, social media influencers, and securing ad and promotional partnerships that fuel the awareness of these properties. Overall he ensures that design and functionality of the TG online, combine harmoniously with consumer preferences and global appeal, with the primary goal of creating a lifestyle brand.

Japhet Asher (CARLTON BOOKS - UNITED KINGDOM) Japhet has created, produced and/or overseen content for Nickelodeon, Disney, CBBC, CBeebies, MTV, ABC, CBS, HBO, Fox, Canal+ and more. Japhet started out as a writer and documentary maker. He went on to become a partner in the groundbreaking animation studio Colossal Pictures, which produced the very first MTV ID and made many more identity campaigns for most major kids and youth channels. Colossal is widely credited with turning broadcast graphics into interstitial entertainment, culminating in the TV series Japhet created for MTV and the BBC, “Liquid Television”. Japhet’s work has earned Emmy, BAFTA and Oscar recognition. After 25 years working in the United States, Japhet returned to the UK in 2004. He joined the BBC as an Executive Producer overseeing Children’s development, and was subsequently in charge of digital content for CBBC, where he developed the channel’s mobile and app strategy as well as establishing YouTube channels for CBBC and CBeebies. Japhet left the BBC to found Polarity Reversal where he develops original IP and consults for publishing, broadcast and digital companies. In addition to his work at Polarity Reversal, Japhet is Digital Director at Carlton Books, where he oversees the editorial, design and product development team for new titles, formats and business opportunities in print and digital content.

Lucas Bertrand (MOMEDIA TV - UNITED KINGDOM) Lucas has been building & managing businesses from Australia and the UK. From building a coffee start up in Australia to Digital Media start-ups in UK, Lucas has been focused on distribution across physical and digital products for the last 20 years. The last 11 years have been in the media industry focused on digital media from his London base. CEO and Founder of MoMedia TV, Lucas has built a service platform that manages some of the worlds biggest brands & content owners across VoD services. Content deals include Dreamworks, Hasbro, Studio 100 plus award winning film and documentaries. The MoMedia service is designed to disrupt the VoD distribution business by delivering film & TV to VoD services at a fraction of the industry standard rates and delivering increased levels of marketing for each title. Lucas’ role is to build the team to deliver on the strategy and to bring in the strategic deals with platforms like Apple, Google, Amazon and the major content brands. Lucas also provides consulting services on content strategy to Accenture across their portfolio of Telecoms customers. Lucas graduated from LaTrobe University with a BEc degree in Economics in 1995. He represented Victoria in tennis & rowing.

18 Carlos Biern (DIBOOS - SPAIN) Since summer 2011 Carlos is the President of Diboos (Spanish federation of animation and visual effects producers), that puts together around 90% of the business of the animation sector in Spain. Member of the board of Animation Europe. His experience as creator, Executive Producer and business development in animation includes more than 20 awarded co-productions in Europe, North America and Asia. Prior to joining the animation sector, he worked in two private TV stations Mediaset/Tele 5 (Acquisitions) and Antena 3 (Marketing). He studied business and film production in the Suffolk University of Boston (United States) and has been recognised as an expert for the Carlos III University for “Business Administration of Audiovisual companies”. He was previously a board member of FAPAE (Spanish federation of audiovisual producers) and PATE (Spanish federation of TV producers).

Julien Borde (FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS - FRANCE) Julien Borde is Head of Digital Programming at France Télévisions, the French public broadcaster. Up to September 2015, Julien Borde was SVP of new projects at France Télévisions’ programming and digital department, in charge of the public broadcaster’s multichannel development on the web – more than 135 non-linear channels on YouTube and Dailymotion. Before that, he was General Secretary of programmes and Deputy Director of programming at France 3. He previously ran children’s and youth programming for France Télévisions, the first commissioner of animation in Europe. He was in charge of animation co-productions, acquisitions and youth programming for all France Télévisions channels and digital services. He also ran the children’s and youth programming unit of France 3. Prior to joining France Télévisions, between 1997 and 2005 Julien successively held the position of Deputy Programming Director, Programming Director and then Executive Director of Programming and Production at Disney Channel France.

Sarita Christensen (COPENHAGEN BOMBAY - DENMARK) Sarita Christensen started her career in the film business at Zentropa in 1997. In January 2004 Sarita established the children and youth division Zentropa GRRRR under the Zentropa Corporation, with the primary objective to create entertainment for children and youth. In August 2006 Sarita and director Anders Morgenthaler founded Copenhagen Bombay together with Egmont. The production company’s main focus is to develop original stories for children and youth, producing feature films, TV series, animation films, books, concepts etc. for all available platforms. During the years, Sarita has expanded Copenhagen Bombay to also include a production company in Sweden; CB Sverige, a sales and distribution company; Copenhagen Bombay Sales, and a company with special focus on creating learning material; Copenhagen Bombay Learning. Alongside being CEO of Copenhagen Bombay and Producer and Executive Producer on a number of films, Sarita has also been CEO of Wulfmorgenthaler from 2007-2011. Sarita Christensen’s core competences are management, strategically and on a daily basis. As CEO of Copenhagen Bombay and Wulfmorgenthaler she has built a strong network of business relations, nationally as well as internationally, always with a strong focus on the companies core values.

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Véronique Desroques (MILLIMAGES - FRANCE) Graduate of the Edhec Business School, Véronique Desroques began her career in 2006 in Lagardère Active’s TV Division (Gulli, Canal J, TiJi, Elle Girl TV, MCM, Mezzo) where she launched the non-linear distribution activity (VoD, Replay) in France and worldwide. In 2010, she headed the new media department and expanded the production and distribution of digital content and services on all connected devices (mobile, tablets, connected TV, desktop, ipTV, social networks). She joined France Télévisions in 2011 as Deputy Director of non- linear platforms. As such, she was the Product Manager of Pluzz, the live and on-demand player of the French public broadcaster, before heading the digital development of “Ludo” and “Zouzous”, the two kids brands, in 2013. Since 2016, she’s head of digital at Millimages, a leader in the European children’s entertainment industry, and in charge, amongst other things, of animation and distribution on digital platforms, of social media content production and of digital strategy.

Jackie Edwards (BBC CHILDREN’S - UNITED KINGDOM) Jackie is Executive Producer, Head of Acquisitions and Independent Animation for BBC Children’s, covering both CBeebies and CBBC, the UK’s foremost children’s television channels. Prior to joining CBeebies in October 2008, Jackie worked as an animation producer and consultant working on many prestigious and award-winning animated series and specials in the independent sector, from BAFTA, RTS, Prix Jeunesse and Prix Danube winning “The First Snow of Winter” BBC1 through to the Pulcinella winning “Frankenstein’s Cat” for CBBC and France 3. At CBeebies, Jackie manages the animation and acquisitions slate and she is Executive Producer on many of CBeebies animated series, such as “Tree Fu Tom”, “Octonauts”, “Bing” and “Rastamouse”.

Yago Fandiño Lousa (RADIO TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA (RTVE) - SPAIN) With over 15 years’ experience in integrated interactive/TV projects, Yago Fandiño has linked his life and career to new communication technologies, and more specifically, to communication and children’s entertainment. Trained in journalism, he has been Deputy Director of Children’s Interactive Content at RTVE, and Online Editor for the Fox Kids and Jetix websites in Spain. He is currently the Head of Children Content at TVE, responsible for the production of children’s TV programmes and interactive development.

20 Morgann Favennec (XILAM - FRANCE) After a Master of International Trade Negotiations (Sorbonne) and a first experience at Europe Images (now LE Rights), Morgann joined Salsa Distribution, specialist of the Latin American market in 1997. After a few years, the acquisition of the company by TV-Loonland offered her the opportunity to focus on Europe by selling series such as “Clifford the Big Red Dog” or “The Little Ghosts”. As freelance, she was responsible for the arrival of “Peppa Pig” in France. She then joined The Walt Disney Company as Head of acquisitions at Disney Televisions and Jetix. In 2006, she joined the M6 group (Bertelsmann) where she was Director of Children’s Programmes until May 2013, when she returned to distribution as Managing Director of Superights. Finally, she recently joined the Parisian production company, Xilam, as EVP of Global Sales Development.

Emilie Frelon (KOALA MEDIA CONSULTING - UNITED KINGDOM) Following a career in mergers and acquisitions for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Emilie spearheaded the finance department of CAKE Entertainment, a world leading kids and family entertainment company since 2010. During her tenure, Emilie supervised the company’s rapid global expansion and structured the financing of their international TV co-productions. Emilie founded Koala Media Consulting to offer ad hoc production financing services to content producers. Emilie holds a master degree in Finance. She is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Stephan L. Hodge (TOON GOGGLES - UNITED STATES) Stephen has spearheaded the children’s content platform Toon Goggles (TG) since its launch in 2012, establishing a huge presence on a multitude of consumer-electronics devices. As founder of this dominant on- demand entertainment channel that delivers games, animated and live-action series as well as music, Stephen has secured major partnerships with Verizon’s mobile service Go90, leading smart-TV manufacturers like Vizio and Hisense and tablet makers such as Kurio, to elevate Toon Goggles to new heights in North America. “As crowded as the market is, in many places we’re the only children’s service available”, says CEO Stephen Hodge. “From the very beginning we have focused on being where children are consuming content. Other companies just exist in the App Store – we’ve always focused on being a bit more than that. That’s helped us with much of our consumer recognition. We don’t spend capital on user acquisitions. Instead, our users discover us from unboxing their Panasonic, Vizio or Hisense TV, going to the children’s section and seeing Toon Goggles heavily promoted. You see Netflix then you see Toon Goggles.” Most recently he has acquired the successful tween YouTube channel “FanlalaTV”, which will expand the reach of Toon Goggles into this valuable marketplace.

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Neal Hoskins (WINGEDCHARIOT - UNITED KINGDOM) Neal Hoskins runs WingedChariot, an events and publications consultancy that focusses on digital publishing projects. He is the Bologna Digital Media Hall Consultant and organizes Digital Cafe programme of talks and events each year for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, in Italy. Here he has overseen a whole range of cross screen digital projects. He holds great interest in the future of print and mixed media narratives in fiction and non-fiction content formats.

Eliza Jäppinen (STUDIO KILLERS - FINLAND) Eliza Jäppinen is an award winning Director/Artist with 14 years of experience developing IPs. She is the Director, Creator, and Visual Artist behind the animated band ‘Studio Killers’. Her work has been exhibited in Helsinki Art museum, Pictoplasma, and has been featured in various publications and web journals across the world. A hardcore entrepreneur, she’s founded one of Helsinki’s prominent animation production houses and is the CEO of Visible Realms, a company focused on creating break out games for mobile, VR, and AR.

Alex Jenkins (NEXUS STUDIOS - UNITED KINGDOM) Alex Jenkins is Creative Director of “interactive arts” the innovation team at Nexus Studios. His projects are characterised by his passion for exploring the creative possibilities of using interaction as a contemporary way to tell stories and deliver emotive experiences, merging nascent digital technologies with the disciplines of art, design, animation and film. Alex was previously Creative Director of B-Reel and a Director at unit9 and has been creating award winning interactive work for brands for over 12 years. Nexus Studios is a next generation story studio working in entertainment and branded content, creating meaningful, heartfelt stories and experiences that positively add to the cultural conversation. Harnessing new and emerging technologies they specialise in transforming them through the ageless craft-skills of story, art and design. Interactive Arts has produced interactive projects for Burberry, Google, IBM and Apple amongst others, as well as collaborations with institutions like the White House, the Science Museum, V&A Museum, and Tate Modern. The studio works at the forefront of immersive technologies; with VR projects for Google Spotlight Stories, and AR projects for the White House, the New Yorker and many more.

22 Torulf Jernström (TRIBEFLAME - FINLAND) Torulf Jernström has been in the business of building games since 2009. Before that, he was 5 years with Nokia, working in both phone R&D and Corporate Business Development. Torulf co-founded Tribeflame in 2009, and has been CEO since then. Tribeflame’s biggest hit, “Benji Bananas”, has over 100 million downloads to date. In addition to running Tribeflame, he is a mentor at Game Founders, as well as writer for several game news sites such as PocketGamer.biz and the Chartboost blog.

Estelle Lloyd (AZOOMEE - UNITED KINGDOM) Estelle Lloyd is the co-founder of Azoomee, which is a safe, fun and creative app for children aged 5-11. The purpose of Azoomee is to inspire and empower kids by introducing them to the most entertaining parts of the Internet, such as VoD, gaming, messaging, creative tools, online tutorials and more, while protecting them from the dangers they may encounter online. Azoomee was founded as a direct response to an incident involving her own children when her youngest daughter accidentally came across inappropriate content on the Internet. She decided that something needed to be done to protect not just her own children online, but all children. Estelle heads up the content team and manages the entire content strategy for what appears in the app – from big-name brands like “Angry Birds”, “Charlie and Lola” or “Horrible Histories” to less-well-known content from independent sources, everything needs to go through Estelle. Estelle is also a committee member at the NSPCC which she used to lay the groundwork for a partnership between Azoomee and the NSPCC. The NSPCC provides expert advice on safety aspects of the app as well as supporting our animated Internet safety series, “Search It Up”. Every time someone takes out a subscription to the app Azoomee donates directly to the NSPCC.

Aline Marrache-Tesseraud (CANAL+ GROUP / STUDIO+ - FRANCE) Graduated of a Master’s Degree in Cinema and Television, and of a PhD in Media Industry (La Sorbonne, Paris), Aline made her debuts as a media journalist, collaborating with various private and public media companies and festivals to promote international cinema and fictions, including the international Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, she turns to production industry, heading short films & on-air event productions for Disney Channel – Walt Disney Company France. She then joined in 2001 the film division of TPS (Télévision par Satellite) “TPS Cinema”, to collaborate to the creation of a new department dedicated to International TV series’ Acquisitions. She developed the positioning of TPS Cinema into the TV fictions during 6 years, and joined Canal+ in 2007 as Deputy Director of the Fictions’ Acquisitions Unit. In 2009, she was appointed to manage the department of Fictions’ Acquisitions & Prebuys of the Canal+ Group. Since 2015, she runs the International SVoD Global Acquisitions as SVP, and in particular, she contributes in building the international acquisition strategy of the new international premium digital series app: Studio+.

23 Speakers

Alison Norrington (STORYCENTRAL - UNITED KINGDOM) Alison Norrington is a Writer/Producer, Founder & Chief Creative Director of storycentral, a London-based entertainment studio that incubates and develops ground-breaking cross-platform properties with global partners in film, television, animation, publishing, advertising, branding, theme parks, Virtual Reality and gaming– all centered around a strong robust core of story architecture, theme, awareness of audience and experience design. Alison is Conference Chair for StoryWorld Conference & Expo in Los Angeles, Executive Producer of the Virtual Reality Thread for Children’s Media Conference and a two-time TEDx speaker. She is featured on the BAFTA Guru series and is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, The Writers Guild of Great Britain and Women in Film & TV.

Jonás Ojeda de Vicente (ZINKIA - SPAIN) Jónas Ojeda de Vicente started his work career as a video editor at TVE (Spanish public television). Later he studied Edition at ECAM (Cinema School of Madrid). He worked as an Editor assistant in several films and as an editor in many short films, commercials and TV programmes. He is passionate about team coordination, especially at the final phase of the film production. Thanks to that he was able to join Zinkia’s production team, the company creator of “Pocoyó”, and, after that, evolved towards the management of the digital platforms department, where he run the YouTube channels as well as other platforms. He is currently in charge of the digital rights department, which manages the content strategy of Zinkia’s VoD platforms.

Caroline Percy (THE INGENIOUS GROUP - UNITED KINGDOM) Caroline Percy, Investment Manager, is responsible for sourcing and evaluating television and film production opportunities for the Ingenious Broadcasting services. Before joining Ingenious in 2015, Caroline re- established the TV distribution department at Guinness World Records. Prior to that she has worked at BBC, negotiating the international distribution rights for BBC in-house programmes as well as acquiring programming for Jetix channel and distributors BBC Worldwide, DRG and Zodiak Rights.

24 Orion Ross (THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY - EMEA - UNITED KINGDOM) Orion Ross joined Disney’s London team in 2008, and is responsible for the creative development and production of original animated series for Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior, as well as original content for digital platforms and regional acquisitions. Current and recent projects include “101 Dalmatian Street”, “Furiki Wheels”, “Miraculous Ladybug”, “PJ Masks”, “Counterfeit Cat”, “Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja”, “Boyster”, and the Disney XDFC shorts program. Previously Orion was the Creative Director for Turner’s Asia Pacific entertainment networks, where he developed original content including “Exchange Student Zero” for Cartoon Network, “Galli Galli Sim Sim” with Sesame Workshop, and the arts format “M.A.D.” for Pogo.

Adam Rubins (WAY TO BLUE - UNITED KINGDOM) Adam is a commercial and experienced marketing and communications professional inspired by change and positive disruption. Adam spent 10 years at the Walt Disney Company in international marketing where he oversaw key launches such as “Toy Story”, “Mulan” and “Finding Nemo”. Whilst his role was predominantly Studio led he also represented all key products within a cross line of business Synergy group and oversaw digital transformation across the group. Adam joined Way To Blue in 2006 where he operates as CEO. Way To Blue offer full service marketing services to the entertainment industry and consumer brand sector bringing in paid, owned and earned activity under one roof. Adam has experience across paid media, digital marketing, creative services, sales & distribution, research and publicity and has over 20 years experience working for major entertainment and consumer brands

Bobby Thandi (XR GAMES / DUBIT - UNITED KINGDOM) As CEO at XRGames (a Dubit subsidiary) Bobby has raised a seven-figure investment round to spend directly on developing a suite of VR apps for established IPs. Bobby is also a BAFTA VR Advisory Group member. As VP Digital at Dubit Bobby develops strategies and oversees development of digital entertainment apps, VR, and games for kids. Dubit has experience of working with leading children’s entertainment companies as well as innovative start-ups from around the globe. Clients include LEGO, Mattel, PBS KIDS, DreamWorks, Disney, Cartoon Network, BBC and others.

25 Speakers

Tom Vedel (ANIMGRAM - DENMARK) Tom is a producer and storyteller at heart, and has produced all kinds of animated stories, from traditional cell animated TV series for kids, teens and young adults, to daily live-animated shows up to 30 mins long, to viewers all over the world. In recent years, he has focused on developing tools allowing storytellers to keep their characters and their stories alive between episodes and between seasons, and in the process, discovered the awesome powers of fans. Tom recently founded a new animation studio, Hot Chocolate Studios, together with Hollywood Actor, Writer & Comedian Orlando Jones and Animation Director Harold Moss, to focus on 24/7 storytelling. Stories that are told in many forms, continuously, and move freely across platforms and formats. Stories that are freed from the limits of seasons, and can be told in 10 second bites or feature length films.

26 Moderators

Manuel Cristóbal (DRAGOIA MEDIA - SPAIN) Film Producer, PhD in Film Studies at the Rey Juan Carlos University, graduated in directing at ARTSS UK and in the Entertainment Master Class at the Erich Pommer Institute in Berlin. Since 2001 Manuel has produced eight films for the international market, five in animation, and has won four Goya awards in the best animation film category. He joined Dygra Films in 1999 as executive producer for the films “The living forest” (first CGI animation film in Europe) and “Midsummer Dream”. In 2005 he joined Zinkia Entertainment as development & distribution director with the series “Pocoyó” and “Shuriken School”. In 2007 he created Perro Verde Films to produce five films, among them the CGI film “The Missing Lynx” presented by Antonio Banderas and the 2D film “Wrinkles” by Ignacio Ferreras, an award winning film (Annecy, Stuttgart, Animamundi…) released in Japan by Ghibli. In 2014 he created Dragoia Media to co-produce animation with China, the first announced CGI film is “Dragonkeeper” for 2019. In 2016 he created The Glow Animation Studio and he is producing the 2D film “Buñuel in the labyrinth of the turtles” that will be released in 2018. Secretary of the board at CARTOON, member of the board at the Spanish Film Academy and Diboos and digital production Teacher at the U-TAD University in Madrid. In 2012 he got the CARTOON Tribute as Best Animation Producer of the year.

Christophe Erbes (KIDS MEDIA ©NSULTING - FRANCE) Christophe Erbes was born in 1963 in Paris and studied Mathematics, Telecommunications Science and Economics. After some scientific research in Montreal, he worked for Canal+ International in Paris. He was then responsible for the kids and short films department at PREMIERE (now SKY Deutschland) in Hamburg before becoming Head of Programmes at S-RTL / Disney in Cologne. After being Deputy Managing Director and Head of Programmes of Nickelodeon Germany, he was Managing Director at Jetix (now DISNEY XD) in Madrid, London and Munich. He lives in Marcousin (Dordogne) and is an international Media Consultant focusing on children content strategies. He sits on few boards (Stuttgart Animation Festival, German Kids Film Association) and regularly hosts media festivals and podium discussions, organizing for kids channels worldwide the Global Kids Media Congress in Angoulême. He develops and writes for original and classic TV and film properties for children and, under his pseudonym Theo de Marcousin, he’s a successful kids books author: see on FaceBook – and maybe like – “Oscar & Hoo”.

John Lomas-Bullivant (KICKBACK MEDIA - UNITED KINGDOM) John Lomas-Bullivant is the Founder of Kickback Media a children’s IP consultancy which helps businesses operating in the children’s media space to create and develop 360 Kids Content: services include showrunning, script editing, script development, concept development and bible writing. John has over 25 years’ experience working in children’s media with experience gained at Senior Executive level at Bloomsbury Publishing – Director of IP & Brand Development, Fireback Entertainment – Joint Managing Director, TV-Loonland – Director of Programmes, Pearson Television – Head of Animation and HiT Entertainment – Head of Development & Co- Productions. John was one of the first European TV Executives to espouse a transmedia approach to content creation as far back as 2002 when he set up Kickback Media.

27 Participants

Adams Lee Benetyte Marija Bušiċ Jure Edwards Jackie Toon Goggles Public Establishment “Ketvirta Versija” Jaka Produkcija BBC Children’s Sherman Oaks - USA Vilnius - Lithuania Zagreb - Croatia Salford/Manchester - United Kingdom [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.toongogglesinc.com www.behance.net/Benetyte www.jakaprodukcija.hr www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies Albers Lisa Benor Mélanie Castro Samuel Erbes Christophe Super RTL - RTL Disney Fernsehen Cartoon Film Madrid Kids Media ©nsulting Cologne - Germany Brussels - Belgium Madrid - Spain Saint-Germain-de-Belvès - France [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.superrtl.de www.cartoon-media.eu www.facebook.com/theo. Christensen Sarita demarcousin Aldasoro Miguel Bertrand Lucas Copenhagen Bombay Anima Kitchent MoMedia TV Copenhagen - Denmark Fandiño Lousa Yago Madrid - Spain London - United Kingdom sarita.christensen@ Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) [email protected] [email protected] copenhagenbombay.com Madrid - Spain www.animakitchent.com www.momediatv.com www.copenhagenbombay.com [email protected] www.rtve.es Alonso Yolanda Biern Carlos Coronado Pedro A. Cartoon Diboos Dospupilas Productions Favennec Morgann Brussels - Belgium A Coruña - Spain Albany/New York - USA Xilam [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Paris - France www.cartoon-media.eu www.diboos.com www.dospupilas.com [email protected] www.xilam.com Andermatt Peter Blanco Laura Cristóbal Manuel MEDIA Office Spain Comunidad de Madrid Dragoia Media Fernández Costa Rubén Madrid - Spain Madrid - Spain Boadilla Del Monte - Spain Comunidad de Madrid [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Madrid - Spain www.oficinamediaespana.eu www.dragoiamedia.com [email protected] Borde Julien Angelucci Cristina France Télévisions Dandoy Adrien Fésüs Réka Brands Media Paris - France Editions Dupuis ODDialogue Turin - Italy [email protected] Charleroi - Belgium Budapest - Hungary [email protected] www.francetelevisions.fr [email protected] [email protected] www.bm-eu.com www.dupuis.com Boucharlat Marc Fibiger Judyta Asher Japhet Planet Nemo Interactive de los Santos Jaime White Shark Studios Carlton Books Versailles - France Comunidad de Madrid Warsaw - Poland London - United Kingdom [email protected] Madrid - Spain [email protected] [email protected] www.planetnemo.fr www.whiteshark.se www.carltonbooks.co.uk Desroques Véronique Brin Carole Millimages Frelon Emilie Bartolomé Beatriz Superprod Paris - France Koala Media Consulting 3D Wire Paris - France [email protected] London - United Kingdom Madrid - Spain [email protected] www.millimages.com [email protected] [email protected] www.superprod.net www.3dwire.es

28 García Abad Sergio Hof Michael Klingsohr Reinhard López Marisol The Frank & Barton Company Neumann & Müller Neumann & Müller Institut Català de les Empreses Madrid - Spain Taufkirchen/München - Germany Taufkirchen/München - Germany Culturals (ICEC) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Barcelona - Spain www.thefrankbartoncompany.com www.neumannmueller.com www.neumannmueller.com [email protected] www.gencat.cat/cultura/icic García Elegido Pilar Honorez Sergio Kostal Duchonova Gabriela Comunidad de Madrid Dupuis K-pictures Marrache-Tesseraud Aline Madrid - Spain Marcinelle - Belgium Praha - Czech Republic Canal+ Group / Studio+ [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Issy-Les-Moulineaux - France www.dupuis.com aline.marrache-tesseraud@ García Menéndez Úrsula Kostal Jakub canal-plus.com The Frank & Barton Company Hoskins Neal K-pictures Madrid - Spain Wingedchariot Praha - Czech Republic Matos Méndez Omar [email protected] Tunbridge Wells - United Kingdom [email protected] The Frank & Barton Company www.thefrankbartoncompany.com [email protected] Madrid - Spain www.wingedchariot.com Le Seigneur Alexandra [email protected] García Roy Juan Maria Cartoon www.thefrankbartoncompany.com Tangram Solutions Jäppinen Eliza Brussels - Belgium Villaviciosa de Odón/Madrid - Spain Studio Killers alexandra.leseigneur@ Matresu Andra Maria [email protected] Helsinki - Finland cartoon-media.eu Avision www.tangramsolutions.es [email protected] www.cartoon-media.eu Luxembourg - Luxembourg www.studiokillers.com [email protected] Gayevaya Alexandra Lener Arthur Prime Film Distribution Jenkins Alexander Amuse Moutaftchiev Nikolay Kiev - Ukraine Nexus Studios Paris - France PREMIERstudio plus [email protected] London - United Kingdom [email protected] Sofia - Bulgaria www.prime-film.com [email protected] www.amusenetwork.com [email protected] www.nexusstudios.com www.premierstudio.eu Gourden Johan Leray Sylvie Simple Animation Jernström Torulf Artcam Films Movshovitz Asa Madrid - Spain Tribeflame Praha - Czech Republic Keyframe Studios [email protected] Turku - Finland [email protected] London - United Kingdom www.summus.es [email protected] www.artcam.cz [email protected] www.keyframestudios.co.uk Hanssen Sophie Jiménez Irene Lloyd Estelle MEDIA - EACEA Audiovisual451 Azoomee Nectoux Aude Brussels - Belgium Madrid - Spain London - United Kingdom Cartoon [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Brussels - Belgium https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/creative- www.audiovisual451.com www.azoomee.com [email protected] europe_en www.cartoon-media.eu Khanchandani Deepak Lomas-Bullivant John Hodge Stephen DSK Studios Kickback Media Nguyen Laura Toon Goggles Fujairah - United Arab Emirates Flimwell / Wadhurst - United Kingdom Cartoon Sherman Oaks - USA [email protected] [email protected] Brussels - Belgium [email protected] www.dsk-media.com www.kickbackmedia.com [email protected] www.toongogglesinc.com www.cartoon-media.eu

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Norrington Alison Reinaudo Christine Szcvzygiel Ágata Viñuales Allué Fernando Storycentral France Télévisions MEDIA Office Spain Simple Animation London - United Kingdom Paris - France Madrid - Spain Madrid - Spain [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.storycentral.com www.francetelevisions.fr www.oficinamediaespana.eu www.summus.es Ojeda de Vicente Jonás Reitg Sergí Szeles Anna Vizjak Jure Zinkia Imira Entertainment ODDialogue Invida Madrid - Spain Barcelona - Spain Budapest - Hungary Skofja Loka - Slovenia [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.zinkia.com www.imiraentertainment.com www.theodd.hu www.invida.tv Oliinyk Oleksii Rhodin Robert Tamayo Israel Wattiaux Elodie Skalea Animco Anima Kitchent Lille - France Kiev - Ukraine Warsaw - Poland Madrid - Spain [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.animakitchent.com Zarauza Rubén Pardo María Riudoms Lola Anima Kitchent Comunidad de Madrid Abano Producións Thandi Bobby Madrid - Spain Madrid - Spain Culleredo/A Coruña - Spain XR Games / Dubit [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Leeds - United Kingdom www.animakitchent.com www.abanos.es [email protected] Paulauskaite Kriste www.dubitlimited.com Zhelyazkova Kalina Travelatious Studio Ross Orion Zographic Films Porto - Portugal The Walt Disney Company - EMEA Tomasiak Zuzanna Sofia - Bulgaria [email protected] London - United Kingdom Studio Miniatur Filmowych (SMF) [email protected] www.travelatious.com [email protected] Warsaw - Poland www.vimeo.com/211176143 www.disney.com / www.disneyxd.com [email protected] Paz Diana www.filmograf.com.pl BAC Media Producciones Rubins Adam Audiovisuales Way to Blue Uviedo Funes Enrique Madrid - Spain London - United Kingdom Errol Films [email protected] [email protected] Madrid - Spain [email protected] Percy Caroline Ruiz Esther www.errolfilms.com The Ingenious Group Ciudadanos London - United Kingdom Madrid - Spain Vaitkevicius Marius [email protected] [email protected] Baltic View www.theingeniousgroup.co.uk Vilnius - Lithuania Stefan Dragos [email protected] Quintana Mar DSG Animation / Vfx www.pixinema.com Mar Quintana Bucharest - Romania Getafe - Spain [email protected] Vedel Tom [email protected] www.dsg.ro Animgram Copenhagen - Denmark [email protected] www.animgram.com

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31 Remember how the European animation industry was in 1988, and how it has grown since then... Creative Europe/MEDIA is proud to have contributed to this success.

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