#ASTRA2016

Conference Program Tuesday 6 September 2016 The Star Event Centre

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blankcanvas I N T E R I O R S 12.40pm PANEL - Australian Drama In A Global Market As moves quickly to global delivery, how do Australian stories and Australian productions fit into the new viewing marketplace. What needs to change and what needs to be kept whole? #ASTRA2016 Speakers: Jacqui Feeney, Managing Director, FOX International Channels 9.00am Conference Registration Penny Win, Head of Drama, Arrival Tea And Coffee Kylie du Fresne, Partner & Producer, Goalpost Pictures All plenary sessions will take place in The Event Centre Auditorium Penny Chapman, Founding Partner, Matchbox Pictures (Upper Level) Moderator: Conference MC: Ross Crowley, Director of Programming & Channels, Foxtel Ingrid Willinge, Chief Business Reporter, Anchor of Trading Day @ Lunch, Trading Day Live & Rates Live, SKY NEWS 1.10pm Lunch Served in the Event Centre Foyer (Lower Level) 9.35am Local Jobs, Australian Content: Chairman’s Welcome PANEL - I Own Australia’s Best Home Tony Shepherd AO, ASTRA Chairman Foxtel unveils the latest Lifestyle insights, trends and content. Plus an in-depth discussion with the cast and executives behind the new Lifestyle Home series 9.45am Keynote Address ‘I Own Australia’s Best Home’. Sponsored by Peter Tonagh, CEO, Foxtel Speakers: Six months into his role, Foxtel’s new CEO will provide an update on new initiatives Hannah Barnes, General Manager, The Lifestyle Group, Foxtel underway at Australia’s largest subscription television platform. Beth Hart, Creative Director, FremantleMedia Australia Gillian Khaw, Designer 10.25am PANEL - Total Television: Growing A Stronger Sector Tim Leveson, Designer Pay and free television have finally united to create a new joint body to promote Nick Tobias, Architect television as a powerful advertising medium. Hear from television leaders about the thinking behind the new organisation. Moderator: James Manning, Editor, Mediaweek Speakers: John O’Mahony, Partner, Deloitte Access Economics, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 2.10pm Channel Of The Year Announcement Mark Buckman, MD Customer & Retail, Foxtel Kurt Burnette, Board Member, ThinkTV 2.15pm Keynote Address Moderator: Sponsored by Dr Michael Mosley, BBC TV Science Presenter & Best-Selling Author Paul McIntyre, Editor-at-Large, MCN Dr Michael Mosley has been at the BBC for thirty years; 10 years as an award winning director, 10 years as an executive producer of some of the BBC’s biggest science and 11.00am Morning Tea history global hits, then 10 years as a presenter. He is also the inventor of a new diet Served in the Event Centre Foyer (Lower Level) (the 5:2 diet) and author of three international best selling books. So how did he make Coffee Carts Sponsored by ...... the transition from behind the camera to in front of it? And how can television make the most of our obsession with health and fitness? 11.30am PANEL - Breaking News: The Remaking Of Television News Over twenty years Sky News has transformed news and public affairs broadcasting 2.45pm PANEL - In With The New: Meet The Next Generation Producers in Australia. Hear our all-star panel share how Australia’s premier 24/7 news channels Meet the next generation of content makers producing short-form content for the web. have made the difference. What do their innovative production techniques and distribution models teach us about Speakers: the future of television. Andrew Bolt, Anchor of , SKY NEWS Speakers: Kristina Keneally, Political Contributor & Co-Anchor of To The Point, SKY NEWS Sarah Bishop, Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Paul Murray, Anchor of & Saturday Edition, SKY NEWS Brian Cobb, Film Maker Moderator: Peter Noble, Director of Talent & Production, Disney, ESPN & Maker Studios - ANZ Laura Jayes, Anchor of The Latest with Laura Jayes, SKY NEWS Rebecca Preuss, Online Editor, MTV ANZ Moderator: 12.00pm Cover The Field: Sports Television Leadership Deanne Weir, MD Content Aggregation, Foxtel Sponsored by Patrick Delany, CEO, Fox Sports Fox Sports will share how brand new innovations in programming and coverage 3.20pm Afternoon Tea are cementing the network’s position as Australia’s leading producer of sports Served in the Event Centre Foyer (Lower Level) television coverage. Lolly Bar Sponsored by ...... u For complimentary wi-fi, please select ‘The Star free wi-fi’ (no password required) Concurrent Sessions

3.50pm CONCURRENT SESSION 1A CONCURRENT SESSION 1B

#ASTRA2016 Ratings Roadmap: Media Reform In The Age Measuring The Audience of Populist Politics The Event Centre Auditorium The Event Centre (Upper Level) (Lower Level) Innovation is finally enabling the After the 2016 federal election will sector to better measure catch-up and Australia finally achieve the kind of media multi-screen viewing. But what are the reform that unlocks growth and the jobs latest figures telling us about viewer of the future? What are the essential behaviour and the future of elements of reform and what role should the industry? regulators play? Speakers: Speakers: Mark Brandon, Chief Data James Pearson, CEO, ACCI Officer, MCN Richard Bean, Acting Chair, ACMA Monique Perry, Head of Media Bruce Meagher, Director Corporate Industry Group, Nielsen Affairs, Foxtel Doug Peiffer, CEO, OzTAM James Paterson, Senator for Victoria Moderator: Moderator: Paul McIntyre, Megan Brownlow, Editor-at-Large, MCN Executive Director, PwC

4.30pm CONCURRENT SESSION 2A CONCURRENT SESSION 2B #ASTRA2016 Agility, Big Data & The Death Culture In STV: Do You Have Of Demography The Skills For 2025? The Event Centre Auditorium The Event Centre (Upper Level) (Lower Level) Agility, Big Data and Millennials are all Technology may be changing fast, the buzz in research worlds. We look at but keeping abreast of technical change what this means and will invite a panel won’t guarantee success. Your future discussion on its implications. Through career will require brand new ways of a short session we will touch on how thinking and working with others. Find television research needs to respond out what it’s going to be like working in in 2016. television in 2025. Speakers: Speakers: Susie Heath, Head of Mandy Pattinson, EVP & General Research, Foxtel Manager, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific Brigitte Slattery, Head of Raymond Padora, Sales, Marketing Marketing LifeStyle Group, Foxtel & Communications Manager - Mark Brandon, Chief Data Content Services, Foxtel Officer, MCN Simone Shugg, Executive Director - People & Culture, Foxtel Moderator: Moderator: Ellen Baron, CEO, Patricia Powell-Hughes, Ruby Cha Cha MD, Entertainment Personnel

5.00pm Drinks Reception Sponsored by The Event Centre Foyer (Lower Level) Join your industry colleagues for drinks to celebrate the subscription television industry’s 21st birthday. u Captioning brought to you by ......