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26-28 May 2021

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Evolutions of animated entertainment in our connected lives

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Cartoon warmly thanks all those who have helped organise this online edition of Cartoon Digital 2021.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

I Lucia RECALDE Head of Unit – Creative Europe MEDIA DG CONNECT

EUROPEAN EDUCATION AND CULTURE EXECUTIVE AGENCY (EACEA) OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

I Harald E. TRETTENBREIN Head of Unit B.2 MEDIA

SARDEGNA FILM COMMISSION FONDATION

I Nevina SATTA General Director of Sardegna Film Commission

CARTOON ITALIA

I Anne-Sophie VANHOLLEBEKE President of Cartoon Italia

I Cristian JEZDIC Vice-President of Cartoon Italia

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I Luca MILANO Executive Director RAI Ragazzi

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NomGianluca Aste FonctionPresident of Sardegna Film Commission

Welcome back to sardegna, the sustainable island

earest friends, we have been preparing were considering Sardinia a possible home. to welcome you all to Sardegna, our All with the support of Cartoon Italia and RAI island, for the second time in recent Ragazzi, and the complicity of our fellows at Dhistory, for months and months. Cartoon Media in the EU. We have chosen the best colors and flowers and We kept the promise, and despite the pandemic, plants for our land. We have picked up the best more than fifty animators have been trained in fruits and wine bottles to cheer the extraordinary 2D, and certified internationally to become the year we have passed. We have been chanting initial hub of our new audiovisual ecosystem for the most exciting songs with the tradition of our animation in Sardinia. More talents are gathering music and community, to make sure that our and amazing projects are coming soon, and you voices could be heard from far away. will hear their voices on screen for now.

We have set up a proper table, full of delight and With the hope and desire of having you in simple food made with our hands, to share what presence, in 2022, in our wonderful homeland, has become the new ritual. We love to share with we would like to quote the last wish of a closed simplicity and dedication what we make. We call friend of NAS the graphic artist Stefano Asili, for the best creative talents to be with us, mixing who made a wish for all artists, and producers unexpected ingredients and shapes, sounds and and institutions together, for a truly amazing characters, to promote the beauty of where we shared experience in our sustainable island: live, the majesticness of our home, to enhance “… A call to beauty. the energy of the millennial traditions. To those who can see what can still be saved. To unite in dialogue the little and big things that It has all been prepared as a big party but has to already exist. be done... online. To believe that sharing the common ground is good for all, mostly for the new generations. For One more time. We have announced in 2019 at the the sake of evolution. opening of Cartoon Digital 2019 the intentionality To preserve the memory of our tradition without of the Region of Sardinia to invest in animation. losing it. Considering strategic the implementation of So that a small part remains as always within its resources and professionals in this adventure. intangible transformation.” The project NAS New Animation in Sardinia has been presented and our partners revealed. From our Sardegna Film Commission board We have called young talents from all over and team, our representatives at the regione the world: Sardinian students and young Sardegna, our NAS talents and our community professionals working abroad, foreigners that of creatives … Benebennios! Welcome back!

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Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke President of Cartoon Italia ASSOCIATION OF THE ITALIAN ANIMATION PRODUCERS

artoon Italia is the national associa- An interesting feature of the animation branch tion of the Italian animation compa- is its geographical location: when we talk about nies. It was founded in the early 1990s animation we mean a lot of studios equally to support and promote industrial and distributed all over the country. It is therefore Cartistic interests of animation on the Italian na- an industry able to strengthen all the local tional territory and abroad. It has established professional resources. strategic relations with public authorities and private institutions, broadcasters and digital In Sardinia, despite the pandemic, the platforms. NAS project (New Animation in Sardinia) funded by the Autonomous Region of The Italian industry includes 81 companies, Sardinia and promoted by the Sardegna for 5,000 employees in all, with an average of Film Commission, a production and lifelong more than 180 million euros of turnover. And learning lab aimed at making animated the industry is constantly growing thanks to projects for cinema and TV in Sardinia, it never the new financial instruments tuned up by the stopped and 50 students were trained for free Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. on Toon-Boom Harmony and Storyboard PRO. In 2020, as in any other countries in the Cartoon Italia is grateful to Cartoon Media, world, the Italian animation industry has the Sardinia Region and the Sardegna Film been affected­­ by the pandemic but thanks Commission for organizing the “Italian to the adaptation ability of the Italian studios Animation Days” in Cagliari and the digital and professionals and the support of the version of the master “Cartoon Digital”, two government – the Film and Audiovisual fund strategic events for the NAS project in Sardinia has been increased from 400 million euros to and the growth of animation industry in Italy. 640 million euros and tax-credit rose to 40% – animation productions have moved forward.

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Annick Maes General Director of Cartoon

his year is not like any other, and we nature at heart, and they know how to treat a hope it won’t repeat. Over the past guest. You will feel that wonderful and bright months, we have learned to adapt atmosphere even online! and to be creative which results in Tevents held online, and networking done over In Sardinia, “green” is not a vain word. They video calls. have embraced the green movement since many years now. Starting with their island, they It’s not ideal, it’s not what we would have treat their nature with care and love, to make a preferred, but it’s what we have. Despite the true sustainable lifestyle in place. Tourism has screen and the distance, online events are real since greatly benefited from this approach. and they do a lot of good: connecting people, As it’s now time to embrace sustainability in allowing them to continue working or training, film and animation making, Sardinia again and keeping them safe, and on the bright side proves as a pioneer with the clever hand of life. of Sardegna Film Commission. Many initiatives were launched already; for example, the In the past year, the animation industry went protocole “Dream and Film green with us” has under a lot of transformation on so many levels: been introduced in 2016, giving to production distribution, production, techniques, branding, etc. companies who choose to shoot sustainably Customers have changed their habits, new 5 points over 100 in the selective schemes. platforms have grown, our entire relationship And this year, the Sardegna Film Commission to the digital world has been modified. will have a marathon of short films and Cartoon Digital 2021 happens at a crossroad. commentaries dedicated to the environment It will be a fantastic time to discuss the to celebrate Earth Day. evolutions of animated entertainment in our Many thanks to our long-standing partner connected lives. Our team has picked top- Creative Europe - MEDIA, the energetic support class international experts from WarnerMedia, of the Sardegna Film Commission, as well as Netflix, Ubisoft, RAI Ragazzi, Lion Forge our friends of Cartoon Italia for their very active Animation, Mattel, among others. They will involvement to bring this year’s event to life. We deliver more than twenty incredible talks over also want to thank RAI Ragazzi for its positive this 3-day conference. We hope that their and appreciated involvement and support. profound knowledge, as their professional insights will inspire you, and will show you how We hope that Cartoon Digital, this year even bright the future of animation is. more than any year before, will show a sense of community and care – Let’s make it happen! Despite the virtuality, the wonderful island of Sardinia will be present for us, punctuating We wish everyone a delightful Cartoon Digital the event with gorgeous reminders of what it’s 2021. like to stay there: the bluest sea, the cleanest air, the greenest gardens. Sardinians have

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NAS – New Animation in Sardegna Project

e have expanded the audiovisual screenwriting and development of projects set ecosystem in Sardinia, launching in the island. We have also developed initiatives in 2019 the Project NAS – New to celebrate Earth day including local talents Animation in Sardinia, with the and regional museums, as well as film festivals Wproject CAMPUS to develop music and sound and companies of the green economy. We are for cinema, in collaboration with the local constantly experimenting the investment in government. The goal is to help spreading local artists and illustators, screenwiters and innovative producing practices throughout our directors: with the events of “NAS with US” creative & audiovisual industries, with a focus we have reached schools, film professionals on digital animation, trans-media products and and many institutions like museums, research videogames. centers etc. In addition, in partnership with Cartoon Media, By establishing a unique creative hub in the Cartoon Italia and RAI Ragazzi Sardinia island, we aim to produce and provide training is hosting the international industry event in animation and to promote strong young “Cartoon Digital”, the network event for the talents locally. European producers of animation. We guarantee regular training courses for “2D animator” in partnership with our Canadian NAS WITH US ;-) and e-mail us at: partner Toon Boom and we run programs of [email protected]

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Discover Sardegna

The Land of Magic deal, including creative producing assistance, In the heart of the Mediterranean sea, Sardinia access to mini-studios of animation, exclusive remains an undiscovered treasure, a unique admission to public buildings and archeological mix of nature & heritage, myths & rituals, sites, networking with local investors and mysterious legends & ancient fairy tales. In less professionals. than two hours from most European cities with We are ready to welcome you with our three international airports, you can reach the location scouting incentives to facilitate the best location to set your videogame. Incredible development of your videogame. breathtaking views in a rich wild landscape, We cover all the costs (flights and hospitality) ancient villages and towers of the Nuragic and offer you the professional support of a Civilization, Carthaginian and Roman ruins, local location manager for your researches in castles and rare historical sites compete with the island. the futuristic SciFi landscapes of the Mine- More funding schemes and training initiatives Areas and the monumental white-sand desert will be announced soon. Stay tuned! dunes. For information e-mail us at: What we can do for your videogame [email protected] The Sardegna Film Commission is your gateway to all the best that our island can offer, at any stage of your project. Our in-kind Don’t miss this chance: services tailored to your project are part of the DISCOVER SARDEGNA with us!

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CONTENT

| Christophe ERBES Cartoon Digital Content Director | Vanessa CHAPMAN & | John LOMAS-BULLIVANT Content Co-Directors ORGANISATION COMMITTEE CARTOON I Annick MAES General Director I Marcia PEETERS Finance & Accounting I Julie LIAMIN EXTERNAL Cartoon Masters Coordinator I Joëlle KESENNE SERVICES Event Coordinator I Isabelle DRO COMMITTEE Communication CARTOON DIGITAL I Joséphine BOUILLOT Publications COACHING PROGRAMME I Agnès BIZZARO I Marina KHAJYORGUI Customers Accounting IT MANAGER I Pauline VIATGÉ I Serge VAN BAELEN Trainee – Communication (The Hidden Source) I Lucille ALESSANDRINI Trainee – Events Coordination PRESS ATTACHÉ I Gerardo MICHELIN Av. Huart Hamoir 105 1030 Brussels – Belgium GRAPHIC DESIGN T (32) 2 242 93 53 [email protected] I Nathalie DOUROV & www.cartoon-media.eu I Carol PAGES (Marmelade) INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Wednesday 26 May

ITALIAN DAY SNEEK PREVIEW For all Italian participants (professionals and students)

9:30 13:00 One-to-one meetings for Italian companies & TV One-to-one meetings of 15 minutes each organized by Cartoon between Italian producers & European broadcasters.

9:30 13:00 Coaching Programme for local young animators Part 1: How to Prepare a Good Pitch

SPEAKER Agnès Bizzaro (Content Director of Cartoon Springboard)

Part 2: “Pitch Yourself” for young talents with animation project.

Speed dating with Agnès Bizzaro and RAI Ragazzi.

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CARTOON DIGITAL

14:30 15:05 Welcome from Sardegna Film Commission & Cartoon Italia

SPEAKERS Nevina Satta (Sardegna Film Commission – IT) Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke (Cartoon Italia – IT) Cristian Jezdic (Cartoon Italia – IT) Christophe Erbes (Cartoon Digital Content Director – FR)

15:15 15:50 Disney EMEA Animation: New Voices & New Frontiers Building on a century of storytelling, Disney is developing original animation from Europe and Africa for new audiences and new platforms. Discover how the creative brief is evolving in an ever-changing landscape.

SPEAKERS Orion Ross & Shamik Majumdar (The Walt Disney Company EMEA – UK)

MODERATOR Christophe Erbes

16:00 16:30 International Social Platform and AVoD Does the digital space allow to produce animated production with more purpose more than just entertainment? How connectivity, distanced or from home productions and rising social expectations help to better develop and pitch a good idea and get “different” money like private investors or international public resources? Get inspired by three international case studies from a truly talented and agile digital Italian newcomer.

SPEAKER Lara Oliveti (Melazeta – IT)

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16:40 17:25 Roadmaps for New Digital Talents It’s never been a better time to be a creator – you can produce a movie on your phone, edit on your laptop and upload it to a global audience from your home broadband connection. But how do you become great at what you do? Where’s the training and investment when mainstreams platforms don’t necessarily have the time or resources to mentor new talent? And how do you, as animation producers, bring fresh voices and diverse creatives into your development process?

Co-founder and MD, Miles Bullough will explain how Wildseed discovered new creators, working on their own, and brought them to a point that made the likes of Disney, Netflix, Viacom, Sky feel comfortable working with previously untried talent and the lessons that Wildseed has learned along the way and Marco Berardi, Chief Executive Officer at Boing, will tell how 300 new talents responded to their initiative “What a cartoonist” together with Cartoon Italia.

SPEAKER Miles Bullough (Wildseed Studios – UK) Marco Berardi (WarnerMedia/Boing – IT)

MODERATOR John Lomas-Bullivant

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Thursday 27 May

10:00 10:30 When Animated Entertainement Harnesses the Power of Videogames (& Vice Versa!) From one of the gaming industry leading company, Hélène Juguet, Managing Director of Ubisoft Film & Television, will deliver precious insights on videogame platforms evolution, the mutual influence with the animation industry and some major animated IPs developments.

SPEAKER Hélène Juguet (Ubisoft Film and Television – FR)

MODERATOR Christophe Erbes

10:40 11:20 Digital Broadcasting In the rapidly growing digital world, public broadcasters have great responsabilities towards children and their families... and producers. Let’s find out what animated contents, development strategies, new partnerships, tools and targets they need to address today and tomorrow?

SPEAKERS Telidja Klaï (Ketnet/VRT – BE) Luca Milano (RAI Ragazzi – IT) Vicky Schroderus (YLE – FI)

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11:30 12:00 What is the Added Value of Digital Space for Successful Animated IPs? In the old world, reach and awareness were key but now connectivity, immersive experiences and new technology are changing the licensing game. What new stories, production investments and partners do you need to renew a property in our digital space? What are the opportunities for branded, animated content in today’s crowded digital space? How much does having a digital presence increase the awareness and commercial value of an intellectual property?

SPEAKERS Cristiana Buzzelli (Rainbow – IT) Olivier Dumont (Entertainment One – UK)

MODERATOR Cristina Angelucci

12:10 12:50 Can Digital Content Change the World? As the digital space and connectivity grow, shouldn’t we offer interesting new solutions, encourage responsibility, diversity and sustainability? How can animation contribute to a better future?

SPEAKERS Lindsey Adams (Daily Madness Productions – IE) Marika Makaroff (Gutsy Animations – FI) Federico Fiecconi (GraFFiti Creative – IT)

MODERATOR Christophe Erbes

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14:30 15:05 Differentiation in the Digital Space – Platform Strategies and Producer Impacts In a crowded digital space, OTT and branded digital platforms need to ensure their content offerings truly stand out and connect with their audience. More than ever before, new shows need to have a genuine Unique Selling Proposition. Understand how this impacts on producers and content creators and how to deliver the USP’s that digital platforms need.

SPEAKERS Adina Pitt (Turner, a WarnerMedia Company – USA) Audrey Brugère (CANAL+ – FR)

MODERATOR Christophe Erbes

15:15 15:45 Voice is the New Magic: Technological Innovation for Animation What if young fans of Peppa Pig could actually talk to her? Enter voice technology, where kids get to be part of the action. Join Dr. Patricia Scanlon and Declan Moore from SoapBox Labs for a talk on how their kid-specific voice technology can be used by animation producers to offer kids immersive and magical digital experiences.

SPEAKERS Dr Patricia Scanlon & Declan Moore (SoapBox Labs – IE)

MODERATOR John Lomas-Bullivant

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15:55 16:25 Digital Distribution & Co-production As multi-channel and satellite players changed the TV landscape, the Digital Platforms and other newcomers are changing again the animation world: how do producers make the most out of the new sales and co-production opportunities for animated TV series and features?

SPEAKERS Solveig Langeland (Sola Media – DE) Karen Vermeulen (Gaumont – FR)

MODERATOR John Lomas-Bullivant

16:35 17:05 Authenticity in Animation From an Oscar-winning animated short to big commissions and development deals internationally, how to grow an ambitious strong new voice in the global and crowded digital production space? Some insights, tips and case studies for potential future shared success.

SPEAKER Carl Reed (Lion Forge Animation – USA)

MODERATOR Christophe Erbes

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Friday 28 May

10:00 10:30 Leading the SVoD Animation Evolution Rules are there to be broken: what are Netflix new success and needs in animation? With huge global investments and many partners, which innovations are to be expected by the leading international pay platform? New benchmarks, formats, targets or trends: trying to anticipate the next opportunities.

SPEAKER Janine Weigold (Netflix – NL)

MODERATOR Christophe Erbes

10:40 11:10 Real Time Revolution! Are Game Engines the Future of Digital Production for TV and Film? A recent IBC Accelerator Challenge set out to rethink the established approach to CG animation by creating transformative workflows and redesigned production pipelines to make animated content creation more time efficient, democratised, artist-friendly, nimble and collaborative. Hear from those involved about the coming the paradigm shift from factory line to a parallel creative and production process.

SPEAKERS Marc Goodchild (WarnerMedia – UK) Mladen Đukić (Aeon – BA) Rafi Nizam (Masterpiece Studio – UK)

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11:20 11:50 Animation Digital Trends Our digital space grows: new ad-funded and subscription streaming services have been launched, but how are they fitting into kids’ lives, along with existing apps and TV? The global pandemic is more than a year old: what impact has there been on (co)viewing habits? In the same digital space, why some IPs have consolidated their position when new ones have gained traction with young audiences?

SPEAKER Adam Woodgate (Dubit – UK)

MODERATOR Christian Davin

12:00 12:30 Animated AR and VR Trends: A Review The development and distribution of immersive animated digital universes are rapidly growing: a review of the AR and VR innovations and progress.

SPEAKER Louis Cacciuttolo (VRrOOm – FR)

MODERATOR Christophe Erbes

12:40 13:10 Digital Platforms – Driving Content of the Future? Children don’t care about programme schedules or episode running times. Attention spans are shortening. Multi-screen interaction is common. Digital platforms know this and continually use their viewing data to shape the content for their audiences. The digital platforms are changing the way we produce stories. But how radical is that change going to be? Do producers now need to start thinking about content development and storytelling in a very different way? Is this RIP to 52 x 11’?

SPEAKER Raj Pathmanathan (Kids Industries – UK)

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14:30 15:00 Branded Content in Digital Space – Big IPs of Now & Tomorrow What are the digital opportunities to develop animated IPs awareness and commercial values? Are apps and AVoD the best new way? Are some properties or characters better suited to the digital space than others? Is one format more effective than another? How do partnerships figure into the ever-evolving puzzle? Insights on strong IPs from top international and national players.

SPEAKERS Christopher Keenan (Mattel TV – USA) Pietro Pinetti (Studio Bozzetto – IT)

MODERATOR Cristina Angelucci

15:10 15:40 Entrepreneurship in the Digital Space – What’s left for the Content Creators? Content is King – so we are told. But as digital platforms erode the financing strength of traditional linear platforms while offering “all rights” ownership contracts to producers, how do content creators build their own digital empires in this brave new digital age? Veteran producer, Mike Young, one of the most successful European’s producing out of the US, offers his thoughts on the digital future for animation producers.

SPEAKER Mike Young (Splash Entertainment/Kabillion – USA)

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15:50 16:10 The Animated Future of the Digital Space is Bright With the support of the Sardegna Film Commission amongst others, strong voices of the Italian media landscape imagine together new ways for animation collaborations.

SPEAKERS Linda Di Pietro (BASE Milano – Italy)

MODERATOR Nevina Satta

16:15 16:55 Round Table: Platforms, Progress & Partners 2021 and Beyond Conclusions about digital TV, money and USA.

SPEAKERS Multi-speakers session

MODERATOR John Lomas-Bullivant

17:00 17:10 Farewell Words

SPEAKERS Christophe Erbes (Cartoon Digital Content Director – FR) Nevina Satta (Sardegna Film Commission – IT) Julie Liamin (Cartoon – BE)

17:15 18:30 One-to-one meetings One-to-one meetings of 15 minutes each organized by Cartoon between all professionals

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Lindsey ADAMS Daily Madness Productions Ireland

Lindsey is an experienced TV Animation producer with specialist skills in budgeting, scheduling and pipeline design. Previous credits include: Producer, “Goat Girl” (Daily Madness) – 52x11’ – partnerships TBA Summer 2021. Producer/Director, “Pins and Nettie” (Daily Madness) – 26x5’ and 26x2’, completed Sept 2020, broadcast RTÉjr, Hopster, Showmax, YLE, Minno, ABC, DR, TVO. Supervising Producer, “Space Chickens in Space” (Gingerbread Animation, Cake Entertainment, Anima, Studio Moshi) – 52x11’ and 11x2’, for broadcast Autumn 2018 for Disney XD (EMEA and Australia), and Nine Networks, Disney Australia and Disney Latin America. Producer, “Critters TV” series (Turnip & Duck, Daily Madness Productions) – 26x11’ for RTÉjr. Producer, “Ollie” (Ink & Light, Lunanime, Daily Madness Productions) – 52x4’ for RTÉjr and Ketnet). Now being broadcast on ITVBe, NRK, YLE, RTL. Producer, “Kiva Can Do” series 1 (Kavaleer Productions) – 52x11’ for RTÉjr and Lagardère TV. Now broadcast on Nickjr, various territories.

Marco BERARDI WarnerMedia/Boing Italy

Former Finance Director Southern Europe & Africa of Turner (WarnerMedia) since 2014 and Chief Operating Officer of Boing S.p.A. since 2015, in 2018 Berardi was appointed Vice President General Manager of Turner Italy, then added responsibility for Iberia. In 2020 appointed Chief Executive Officer of Boing S.p.A. and Head of Advertising Activities for the WarnerMedia Group in Italy, Spain and Portugal. Marco joined the WarnerMedia Group in 2008 as Finance and HR Director for Italy. Since 2012 he has also held the same position for France and the French-speaking territories, and then for the UK, Ireland, and Malta. Before joining WarnerMedia, he was a Financial Controller at Ferrovie dello Stato Group after working in the business consulting world and an international career at Philips, where he worked in Hamburg, Vienna, Madrid, and Dublin. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Agnès BIZZARO Germany

Based in Berlin, Germany, Agnès Bizzaro is a consultant for series and films, and works with broadcasters as well as with producers. She has been collaborating since many years with Cartoon, a.o. as the tutor of the Coaching Programme for students. She is Content Director of Cartoon Springboard, a great pitching event dedicated to young talents with an animation project. The 7th edition will take place in Valencia, Spain (26-28 October 2021).

Audrey BRUGÈRE CANAL+ France

Director of Canal+’s youth division since 2017, Audrey Brugère has also been appointed Director of the Foreign Series Programme Unit. She reports to Jean-Marc Juramie, Deputy Managing Director of Antennes and Programmes. In this position, she is in charge of series editorial for the Canal+ Group’s channels and services, with the exception of original creations. A graduate of HEC, Audrey Brugère began her career as a consultant with the strategy consulting firm Bain & Company. She joined the Canal+ group in 2009 as Head of Strategic Marketing where she developed the marketing of original series and participated in the integration of Direct 8/C8 into the group. She then took over responsibility for the channels’ digital activities, in charge of growing the communities and traffic of the group’s websites. In 2015, she became Director of Offers and Communication within distribution and contributed in particular to the launch of new commercial offers, the repositioning of CanalSat, the relaunch of CanalPlay and the deployment of Canal’s new advertising campaigns. She was appointed Director of the Canal+ Youth Division in 2017. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Miles BULLOUGH Wildseed Studios United Kingdom

Wildseed Studios is a multi-award winning studio producing both animated and live-action acripted content for kids and young adults. We also work as an incubator investing time, money and expertise into nurturing and developing the most exciting emerging talent we can find anywhere in the world. Miles is the co-founder and Managing Director of Wildseed Studios; investing in new talent, new ideas for all media everywhere. Nearly 30 years in the TV and Film Business, for the last 20 or so years as an Executive Producer finding projects, financing them, overseeing production and distribution. Previously Head of Broadcast at Aardman Animations and before that MD of comedy prodco Absolutely Productions.

Cristiana BUZZELLI Rainbow Italy

Cristiana Buzzelli has been appointed in 2015 Senior Vice President, Content & Licensing of Rainbow, based in Italy, coming from years of experience in publishing, digital media and journalism. Her attention is focused on developing, co- producing and licensing potential new franchises (animated and live action) able to attract a diversified audience across multiple demographics, territories and media, keeping a keen eye on content with high potential in consumer products, which has always been a great strength of the company. Cristiana sits also in the Board of Colorado Film, the leading Italian live action production house recently acquired by Rainbow to further diversify its content slate beyond the kids and family audience, expanding into drama and movies. Prior to this, she led the publishing house inside Rainbow and contributed to extend the digital business of the Group. As a former basketball player, she strongly believes that teamwork is a plus to achieve any goal. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Louis CACCIUTTOLO VRrOOm France

Louis Cacciuttolo is the founder of VRrOOm and is responsible for its sales and strategic partnerships. Louis worked in the US and China as Vice President of THX, a George Lucas company specializing in film technology, where he revitalized the brand and directed various music videos. He was the owner of the Théâtre du Minotaure in Béziers between 1999 and 2020. He is also an entertainment entrepreneur, writer, director and producer of award-winning films, including the feature film “Cendre” in 2014, and the interactive VR animation short for Vive “The Last Footprint” in 2016. He also co-produces augmented reality installations: “Digitalis”, a participatory work by artist Pierre Estève, adapted into interactive augmented audio with immersive sound studio Demute was shown in world premiere at Stereopsia Brussels in December 2019. Since March 2020, VRrOOm has launched its cultural center in social XR, dedicated to live streaming and 6DoF of artistic performances and live shows on VRChat.

Linda DI PIETRO BASE Milano Italy

Linda Di Pietro (1978), cultural manager. Since June 2020 she is the Chief cultural officer at BASE Milano cross-disciplinary creative hub, 12,000m2 space dedicated to exhibitions, performances, workshops and conferences, with a large studio and artists’ residence. Located within the ex- Ansaldo complex, one of the most important urban regeneration projects in Europe. Formerly a visiting fellow of the School of The Arts Institute of Chicago, she teaches Event Organisation at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milano. In 2020 she co-founded the network Lo Stato dei Luoghi dedicated to culture based urban regeneration. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Mladen ĐUKIĆ Aeon Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mladen Đukić is an animator/director/producer. Founder of AeonProduction.com, an emerging studio from Bosnia and Herzegovina, he’s also a professor at the Academy of Arts, University of Banja Luka where he started the new Animation department with his colleagues in 2014. Animation Mentor alumni, jury member at many festivals – founded one. Directed many shorts, TV series, ads... right now, he’s co-writing/ co-directing animated TV series MisfitsBiscuits.com. With his students, he started the project Animacikl.com. Likes sailing. Ask him about: open collaboration and real time rendering.

Olivier DUMONT Entertainment One (eOne) United Kingdom

As President of eOne’s Family Brands division, Olivier oversees all content creation and distribution activities for the division across all brands from the combined portfolio of kids targeted properties which includes “Peppa Pig”, “PJ Masks”, “Ricky Zoom”, “My Little Pony”, “Power Rangers” and “Transformers” amongst others. His responsibilities include developing properties into global TV, home entertainment, new media and licensing and merchandising brands. Olivier also supervises the Brand Management of all pre-school, fashion and action adventure brands within the combined portfolio. Under his leadership, yearly retail revenues generated by eOne’s pre- school hit property “Peppa Pig” have surpassed 1,35 billion USD and 1,15 billion USD for PJ Masks. Prior to joining eOne, Olivier Dumont served as MD of kids entertainment company TV Loonland overseeing all creative and commercial activities. He had previously been MD of French animation studio Saban International Paris Animation. His career in the television and kids programming began in 1993 when he joined international distributor Europe Images International (Lagardere group). He also worked at French kids broadcaster Canal J where he was responsible for acquisitions and co-productions. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Federico FIECCONI GraFFiti Creative Italy

Federico is the founder of GraFFiti Creative, a boutique multi- faceted agency based in Milan specializing in the creation of original content for all media, with expertise in animation. Since its foundation in the mid-eighties, GraFFiti is renowned for its work in the entertainment industry. As creative director of GraFFiti, Federico has conceived books, art events, exhibitions and festivals. He has also reported on animation for major international publications. As producer, Federico has contributed to TV specials, animated series, and commercials. “AquaTeam- Sea Adventure” (25’, 2021), pilot of the animated series, marks the debut of GraFFiti in production.

Marc GOODCHILD WarnerMedia United Kingdom

Marc Goodchild joined Warner Media in January 2017 as Head of Digital Content Strategy & Product. In this role, he is responsible for the overall content strategy and digital content vision for Warner Media, working in close collaboration with all regional content and digital teams. He also leads the Warner Media Central Digital Team and provides support and editorial guidance to the local heads of digital, alongside the central research, commercial, advertising sales, marketing, PR and franchise management teams. Goodchild is an award-winning television producer and digital executive with a 20-year track record in broadcast, production and the start-up community. Before joining Warner Media, he worked with UK start-ups where among other achievements he pioneered a new second-screen system for kids shows, and most recently a family app gifting platform. Prior to this, his career includes a mix of senior director, producer and executive roles at Disney and the BBC, and on commissions for Discovery and Channel 4. He has also consulted for independent production companies including Jamie Oliver, Zodiac Kids and Lion TV. He has a BA Hons in Politics from the University of Nottingham and a post-grad in Broadcast Journalism from City University. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Hélène JUGUET Ubisoft Film & Television France

Helene Juguet has been at video games editor Ubisoft for 21 years. In her various roles in San Francisco and in Paris she has been put in charge of the Tom Clancy’s brand (“Splinter Cell”, “Ghost Recon”), has supervised global marketing and planned Ubisoft’s E3 showcase. She then turned to the TV industry by joining Ubisoft Film & Television in 2015 and now works as Managing Director for the Paris studio which focuses on animated series and films.

Christopher KEENAN Mattel TV United States

Christopher Keenan is a highly accomplished creative executive, executive producer and writer who has enjoyed over thirty-five years of success in the animation, kids and family Entertainment Industries and has worked on production that have won Emmy, NAACP, Peabody, Parents Choice and BAFTA Awards. With thousands of hours of production to his credit, he is equally adept at development, sales and production. Animation Magazine identified Christopher Keenan as one of the “25 People to Watch in 2015” and C21 awarded him the “Content Leadership Award” in 2016. Currently engaged by Mattel as Senior Vice President, Global Content & Executive Producer, Christopher Keenan oversees the production of “Barbie”, “Thomas & Friends”, “American Girl”, “Monster High”, “Hot Wheels”, “Bob the Builder”, “Fireman Sam”, “Enchantimals”, “Masters of the Universe” and Fisher- Price’s “Little People” and many other properties within the Mattel portfolio, as well as a robust slate of new properties in development. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Telidja KLAÏ Ketnet / VRT Belgium

As a PhD in Clinical and Developmental Psychology, Telidja Klai is responsible for 360° programming strategy and target strategies at Ketnet, the dedicated children’s channel of the public broadcaster VRT in Belgium. The main thrust of her activities in this field are the development of children and Ketnet’s vision and values. Besides her strategical work, Telidja is also responsible for programme acquisitions and co-productions animation for Ketnet. She is in charge of the selection, acquisition, adaptation and programming of international children’s programmes and she follows up on animation co-productions with Flemish animation studios and producers.

Solveig LANGELAND Sola Media Germany

Solveig is a founder, executive and investor who has focused on the creation and distribution of cinematic intellectual properties. Since founding Sola Media in 2004 Solveig has built a robust filmography of projects taking many all the way from concept through script development, casting, production and on to successful distribution world wide and currently has more than 10 projects in the “pipeline” for 2021 through 2023. Koch Films in Munich acquired 100% of the Sola Media in the fall of 2020 and Solveig will continue to run the company. Solveig is a multi-lingual leader with an MBA from USC’s Marshall School from which she launched her career as an entertainment executive and successful executive producer. Solveig has sat as a member of juries and committees and has served as an expert for European Union Selective Support and as a member of the prestigious German Federal Film Board. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Shamik MAJUMDAR The Walt Disney Company EMEA United Kingdom

Shamik Majumdar is Creative Director, Original Series Animation across media networks and platforms (Disney Channels, Disney+, STAR). This role has a focus on the development of original animated content & creative supervision of series in production. Projects include “Chip’n’Dale”, “101 Dalmatian Street”, #DisneyXDFC Shorts, “Counterfeit Cat” and “Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja”. Prior to the Walt Disney Company, Shamik worked across brand and content for Turner Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) and Channel [v] STAR TV (Mumbai). His work has been awarded for direction, design, writing, editing and animation. This includes a Best of Show at BDA New York and the International Audi Design Award (Dieter Rams, Kenji Ekuan Ross Lovegrove Jury) for an interdisciplinary project. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Marika MAKAROFF Gutsy Animations Finland

Marika Makaroff is an award-winning content creator, producer and creative director hailing from Finland. Currently the Creative Director and founder of Gutsy Animations, Makaroff has worked in media for over 20 years with past roles including Creative Director at Fremantle Media and Filmlance International and additionally, CEO at Fremantle Media Finland and Friday TV. Makaroff has created multiple entertainment formats and produced some of the most iconic TV shows of recent times, including “The Apprentice”, “Dragons’ Den”, “Idols”, “Talent”, “Top Model” and “X Factor”. Makaroff has also produced high- quality drama and sold content to over 70 countries. In 2011 she won the prestigious Silver One Show Award for branded content for her format “Buy This”. Before moving into content creation and production, Makaroff established herself as a talented broadcast journalist working across both television and radio on series including “Jyrki”, “Wild Bunch” and “Under Construction Finland”. In 2003 she led the series “Makaroff & Modig”, a political talk show she co-hosted with journalist Silvia Modig. In 2005 Makaroff became the CEO of Fremantle Media Finland. In 2011 she became Creative Director of the company, responsible for overseeing all creative development in the Nordics. In 2014 Makaroff moved to Stockholm, Sweden to become the CEO of Friday TV. In 2015 she was appointed Creative Director of Filmlance International, the company known for creating the original format of the internationally acclaimed crime drama “The Bridge”. Makaroff is currently working as creative director and executive producer for innovative new animated television series, “Moominvalley”. Based on the beloved Moomin books and comic strips by Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson, the series is produced by Gutsy Animations and has been commissioned for a third season by anchor broadcasters Sky and Yle, following an International Emmy Nomination in 2020. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Luca MILANO RAI Ragazzi Italy

Luca Milano is a manager at RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, the Italian public broadcaster. Head of Rai Ragazzi, Rai’s department for kids, including 2 free- TV Channels (Rai Yoyo, the leading Italian children’s channel, and Rai Gulp), and a unit for production and co-production of animation and kids’ drama. Previously, he has been working for years as Deputy Executive Director of RAI Fiction, Rai’s department in charge of drama production. Before entering RAI, he worked as a journalist, UNICEF information officer, and manager in a consulting company. He has been holding classes in TV drama and animation production at Florence, Milan and Rome Universities.

Declan MOORE SoapBox Labs Ireland

SoapBox Labs specializes in the development of automatic speech recognition (ASR) for kids. Their speech recognition software is integrated into third-party education and entertainment apps, tools, games, and robotics for kids ages 2 to 12. They count with prestigious clients like Amplify, Lingumi, and the Florida Center for Reading Research use their technology in their products and research, confirming its world-class levels of accuracy. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Rafi NIZAM Masterpiece United Kingdom

Rafi Nizam is a multi-disciplined creative consultant & media executive with over 20 years of experience in entertainment. Rafi’s career began as an art director in advertising, which led to developing children’s shows at BBC, leading creative at Sony Pictures, then to NBCUniversal as Global Creative Director, where he subsequently assumed the role of Global VP Creative for Immersive Entertainment, championing innovation, narrative design and visual development in animation, virtual production, and XR. Now an independent consultant, Rafi blends his executive experience with his love for hands-on visual storytelling to transform the creation, production and distribution of CG content to be more artist-friendly, collaborative and efficient. Through his consultancy, Rafi introduces XR spatial design workflows which empower creative teams to visualise ideas, pitch concepts, produce content and reach their audience and customers in ways they never could before. An award-winning animator, illustrator, character designer and leader of accelerator programmes, Rafi is often featured in industry events and conferences on innovation for media production. As Chief Creative Officer at Masterpiece Studio, Rafi provides a senior advisory role across the business to develop the most intuitive creator-friendly 3D content creation platform using Virtual Reality and Machine Learning.

Lara OLIVETI Melazeta Italy

Lara Oliveti, CEO of Melazeta. +20 years experience in digital media content, Gamification expert, promoting new media and animation projects in the Italian market. Melazeta is part of La Fabbrica’s Group. Focus on the use of new technologies in a creative way to increase brand engagement and edutech and social impact solutions. She loves exploring the opportunities of gamification and the great frontiers of mobile gaming and Augmented and Virtual Reality. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Raj PATHMANATHAN Kids Industries United Kingdom

Kids Industries is a full-service marketing agency that specialises in the family market on the planet. They connect human emotions with market intelligence.

Pietro PINETTI Studio Bozzetto Italy

Pietro Pinetti, CEO of Studio Bozzetto. He has started his career working for the videogames industry, becoming a technical director and animator for several projects for companies working with Disney, RAI, SKY. In 2007 he has come into the Studio Bozzetto, driving it to the development of the corporate 3D branch and to an international asset in the world of co-productions. Nowadays he works mainly on the analysis and the executive production of the projects. He has been a strong promoter and he’s now the CEO of ForFun Media. This project represents an unprecedented business operation in Italy with the purpose to strengthen the Italian animation sector creating a group between complementary companies. This group is specialized in the development of Intellectual Properties through highest quality TV series, feature films and multimedia contents. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Adina PITT WarnerMedia United States

Adina Pitt is Vice President of Content Acquisitions, Partner­ ships and Co-Productions for the Americas, WarnerMedia Kids and Family. She is responsible for identifying, negotiating, and acquiring pre-produced series, specials, movies, and short- form product that fit WarnerMedia Kids and Family brands for exposure across all platforms. She continues to oversee those programs once they have been acquired and positioned at each of the networks. Pitt also serves as a liaison internationally to coordinate global acquisition contracts, and she represents the U.S. networks at all major programming markets including MIPTV, MIPCOM, Kidscreen and NATPE. Previously, Pitt was Vice President of Acquisitions for Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group. In this position, she developed acquisition strategies that supported current and long-term programming plans for Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nick Jr, Nick at Nite, The N and Noggin. In addition to these duties, she oversaw channel inventory, cable and network television series and movie deals, competitive pricing, theatrical and made-for-TV movie availability, and competitive inventories, both domestically and globally. She previously worked in film programming acquisitions at HBO. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Pitt earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education from Brandeis University and a master’s degree in educational communication and technology from New York University. She currently serves on the international Kids Buying Advisory Board. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Carl REED Lion Forge Animation United States

Carl Reed is an Academy Award-winning producer, who serves as Polarity’s Chief Creative Officer and President of Lion Forge Animation. As President of Lion Forge Animation (LFA), Carl jointly oversees the studio’s film, television and digital units. He directs LFA’s robust production and distribution practices as well as establishes and cultivates relationships with key creators and industry partners. The company is credited for producing the “Hair Love” short film, distributed by Sony Pictures Animation, and winner for “Best Animated Short” in the 2020 Academy Awards. Carl’s career includes 20 years in media creation. Over the course of his career, Carl has worked with high-profile clients to produce a variety of different types of content, from comic books to broadcast animated series, toys and videogames. He has worked with clients such as Disney, MTV, Spin Master Toys, Warner Media, Global TV (Canada), Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and more. Alongside founder David Steward II, Carl co- founded Lion Forge LLC in 2011, with a focus on leading creative operations. Some of his many roles at Lion Forge have included overseeing editorial and production; establishing and serving as president of the B2B services sister company, Lion Forge Labs; and his current role establishing and leading the efforts of Lion Forge Animation. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Orion ROSS The Walt Disney Company EMEA United Kingdom

Orion Ross is based in London and is responsible for the creative development and production of original animated series for Disney’s Europe and Africa media networks including Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney+. Current and recent projects include “Chip’n’Dale”, “101 Dalmatian Street”, “Miraculous Ladybug”, “PJ Masks”, “Furiki Wheels”, “Gigantosaurus”, “Best Bugs Forever”, “Space Chickens in Space”, “Sadie Sparks”, “Claude”, “Counterfeit Cat”, “Boyster”, and the BAFTA-winning 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.

Dr. Patricia SCANLON SoapBox Labs Ireland

Dr. Patricia Scanlon is the founder and CEO of SoapBox Labs, the world’s leading provider of proprietary voice technology for children. Dr. Scanlon holds a PhD and has over 20 years experience working in speech recognition technology, including at Bell Labs and IBM. An acclaimed TEDx speaker, in 2018 Dr. Scanlon was named one of Forbes “Top 50 Women in Tech” globally. In 2020, she was ranked 6th of 17 global “Visionaries in Voice” by industry leading publication Voicebot.ai. Inspired by her oldest child, and her background as a speech engineer, Dr. Scanlon founded SoapBox Labs in 2013 to redefine how children interact with technology using their voices. SoapBox Labs proprietary voice engine is now the leading voice solution for kids ages 2-12-years across the education and entertainment industries globally. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland, and has a world-class team of 30 employees. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Vicky SCHRODERUS Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) Finland

Vicky Schroderus is Acquisitions Executive for YLE Television, the Finnish Broadcasting Company. She has overall responsibility for acquiring more than 60% of the 1000 hours transmitted annually of children’s programmes on YLE2, Finland’s leading children’s channel. In addition Vicky oversees all aspects from legal, dubbing to scheduling. Vicky joined YLE in 1997 and, before her current role, acquired non-English fiction, music and extreme sports. Prior to joining YLE, Vicky earned her Master’s degree in Business Administration at the Turku School of Economics. She started her career at the market research department at Schweitzerische Mobiliar in Switzerland and also held positions in Germany and India.

Karen VERMEULEN Gaumont United Kingdom

Formed in France in 1895, Gaumont is the oldest film company in the world, with offices in Paris, Los Angeles, London, Berlin and Buenos Aires. Gaumont produces and distributes high-quality TV programming worldwide such as the award-winning series “Narcos” in its 5th season, and “f is for Family” in its 4th season for Netflix; the German show “The Barbarians” for Netflix; the 3rd season of the British show “Tin Star” for Sky and Amazon Prime Video; the French show “Arsene Lupin” with Omar Sy for Netflix; and the animated show “Do Re & Mi” with Kristen Bell, for Amazon Prime Video. Gaumont co-produces and distributes around IO films a year in theaters, and the film library encompasses over 1400 titles from prestigious directors such as Louis Malle, Jean-Luc Godard, and more recently, Toledano and Nakache for “The lntouchables”, the highest-grossing French language movie ever with over $450 million in revenue to date. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Janine WEIGOLD Netflix EMEA Netherlands

Janine Weigold joined Netflix in November 2019. Based in Amsterdam, she works as a creative in the Kids & Family Department looking after original animated content out of Europe. Prior to that, she worked at Super RTL, the market leading broadcaster in Germany. As Head of Children’s Content, she was responsible for the co-production and acquisition of new series across all platforms. Before her time at Super RTL, Janine worked at Nickelodeon for 9 years, with her last position leading the Acquisitions & Development strategies for Northern Europe.

Adam WOODGATE Dubit United Kingdom

Adam has 30 years media, marketing and insight, 15 years of which was spent in senior operational roles. Initially working with programme teams and audience research for London Weekend Television. Then moved into creating content and senior programming roles for broadcasters. In 2001 he became Group Head of Research for Emap’s (now Bauer) broadcast properties. Following a period of time spent with Guardian Media Group, he went on to work for BBC Worldwide (now BBC Studios). He joined Dubit in 2013 bringing his knowledge of programming, content creation and media research to the many client projects he’s managed. He heads up Dubit Trends – the global children’s media trends tracker, now covering 20 countries. He works closely with broadcasters, publishers, media buyers and content creators advising on strategy based on media consumption and emerging trends. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Mike YOUNG Splash Entertainment United States

Splash Entertainment’s production roots date back to the days of Mike Young Productions (est. 1990), which grew to be one of the largest and most prolific independent animation studios in North America. The company’s library of over 950 half hours and 22 movies contains content airing in more than 180 territories worldwide. Today Mike is the CEO of Splash, and owns a 92% stake in multi-platform network Kabillion carried in over one hundred million US TV Homes. Mike’s career began in 1980 when his children’s books, based on a crime fighting Teddy bear “SuperTed” became a hit TV series worldwide. He went on to produce the feature films “Once Upon a Forest” (Fox), and “Clifford’s Big Movie” (WB). Most recently Splash has produced the movies, “Rock Dog” starring Eddie Izzard, (Lionsgate) (two sequels currently in production), “Norm of the North” starring Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong and Bill Nighy (Lionsgate), (two sequels in production), and the co-production with Universal, “All I Want for Christmas is You” starring Mariah Carey, the number one movie on Amazon Prime. The list of series is endless. Mike has won multiple BAFTA Awards, Emmy Awards, Humanitas Prizes, Pulcinellas, Parents’ Choice Awards, the FICCI Frames Award, and the coveted Hugo Award. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Cristina ANGELUCCI Brands Media Italy

With over 20 years’ experience in the licensing and kids entertainment business, Cristina has a background in marketing, public relations, communication, sales, and business development. Tasked by BolognaFiere to build a brand new entertainment and licensing section, she was instrumental in launching the Bologna Licensing Trade Fair in 2008, Italy’s only Italian licensing event, and one of the major meetings in Europe. Taking place in conjunction with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the trade show has become a reference point for kids licensing with international key players. Following her expertise in building trade publications, Cristina is now editor-in-chief, on behalf of Bm srl, of Licensing Magazine, a leading b2b publication in digital and paper format distributed all over the world. She is also a consultant on several animation projects to be launched as brand-new IPs on the market, following every step – from concept through financing to the final marketing strategy and launch – supporting companies to build business networks. She debuted her career in 2000 in Rai, the Italian Public Broadcaster, where she worked for almost 10 years in different departments: acquisitions and TV special projects for the kids’ channel, RaiSat Ragazzi; business development at RaiTrade (today RaiCom), and organization as coordinator of Cartoons on the Bay, a major European Animation Festival. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Christian DAVIN Christian Davin Production France

Docteur en Droit (France) and Master of Laws (Canada), Christian Davin started his professional career in 1975 as an international Business lawyer specialized in uranium mining. In 1989, after a drastic career turn, he became president of France Animation. He founded in 1997 his own production and distribution company, Alphanim, which was taken over by Gaumont in 2008. Davin has produced over 1000 hours of animation for television and cinema. He is now an investment partner in Monello Productions (France) and WOW Media (Canada). He also acts as President of CARTOON.

Christophe ERBES kids media ©ompany France

Christophe studied maths, telecommunication science and holds an MBA. After having done some kids TV (Canal+, S-RTL, Nickelodeon, Disney), he now consults (Orange, Ubisoft, EBU, TF1 International, MFG, Magelis, Normaal, Copenhagen Bombay), hosts (MipJr and Mip, Annecy, APD, Cartoon, European Animation Awards) and writes as Theo de Marcousin (see Facebook) books, movies and series (e.g. “Maya the Bee”, “Calimero”, “Ella, Oscar & Hoo”, “Driver Dan’s Story Train”, “Flying Squirrels”, “Kiwi and Stritt”, “Shelland”). He’s producer and co- owner at Godo (www.godofilms.fr). INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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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 developing children’s story content. 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. Kickback Media is developing a new slate of Children’s Publishing IP and applying a TV style development strategy to creating new publishing IP by actively identifying new publishing ideas and unpublished writing talent, with the creative target being high-concept Middle Grade / Young Adult fiction. INDEX OFFICIALS PROGRAMME PROFILES PARTICIPANTS PRACTICAL

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Nevina SATTA Sardegna Film Commission Italy

Nevina Satta is the CEO of Sardegna Film Commission and General Secretary of the European Film Commissions Network EUFCN. She served for years as Vice-President of the Italian Film Commission Association (IFC) and as Board Member of CineRegio, the Eu network of regional funds dedicated to the audiovisual industry, promoting initiatives and advocating for a sustainable cinema and new strategies for the development of unique alliances within the public institutions and the creative industries. She is now also board member of the British Council Italy Cultural Advisory Board. Born in Sardinia, she got her Philosophy degree and Cultural- Media Studies and Visual Anthropology PhD in Milan, where she began her career as filmmaker and producer. Before returning to her homeland after twenty years, she was based in Los Angeles and Milan, developing and producing narrative features and documentaries. Professor of Film Producing and Directing in various EU Universities, she also worked as consultant of International Film Festivals and as architect of training initiatives (including Locarno Film Summer School for 20 years and African Asian Latin American Film Festival of Milan). She has founded with her husband the Unicef-endorsed NGO Traveling Film School. She’s specialising on sustainability in the creative industries and she is developing new models for the audiovisual industry, funds & institutions.

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