KNOWLEDGE SERIES schedule 2015 by NFDC Saturday NOVEMBER 21, 2015 TOPIC Google-YouTube – Emergence of Content Destinations 11.00 am – 11.45 am Presentation and Q&A by Satya Raghavan- Head of Content Operations YouTube – India FFO LOGO LAUNCH Guests: Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Union Minister of State for Information & 12.30 pm – 1 pm Broadcasting Shri Sunil Arora , Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting 1.00 pm – 1.45 pm LUNCH TOPIC Female protagonists in Bollywood today - how real is the discourse? Guests: Vani Tripathi Tikoo, Actor Theatre Artist 1.45 pm – 2.45 pm Anurag Basu, Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, Filmmaker Moderated by: Namrata Joshi (National Cinema Editor, The Hindu) TOPIC TV in Digital India 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Guests: Uday Shankar, CEO, Star TV Moderated by: Vanita Kohli, Media Specialist, Author 4.15 pm – 5.00 pm FILM IN INDIA Focus State: Gujarat Guests: Shoojit Sircar, Filmmaker Khyati Nayak, Manager - Film Cell, Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd. 5.15 pm – 6.45 pm TOPIC Shoojit Sircar - A Journey in Storytelling Guest: Shoojit Sircar Moderated by: Anuradha SenGupta, Broadcast Journalist, Producer 1 KNOWLEDGE SERIES SCHEDULE 2015 Sunday NOVEMBER 22, 2015 FILM IN INDIA Focus State: Maharashtra Guests: Rohan Sippy, Filmmaker Sh. Sanjay Bhokre, MD, Maharashtra Film Stage and Cultural Development 11.00 am – 11.45 am Corporation / Dadasaheb Phalke Chitra Nagari INVESTORS PITCHES: 11.30 am – 2.00 pm Docs followed by features Introduced & Moderated by Deepti D Cunha 2.00 pm – 2.30 pm LUNCH TOPIC DIGITAL INDIA – Prime domains for content creation and monetization Guests: Nikhil Taneja, Head of Development, Y FILMS 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm Vaibhav Vishal (Chief Creative Officer, Eros Now) Rohan Sippy Moderated by: Vanita Kohli, Media Specialist, Author FILM IN INDIA 3.45 pm – 4.30 pm Focus State: Chattisgarh Guests: Anurag Basu Sanjay Singh, GM, Chattisgarh Tourism Board TOPIC Children’s Films and New markets 4.45 pm – 5.45 pm Presentations and Q&A by: Rajiv Chilaka, Creator, Chota Bheem Annette Brejner- Head of the Financing Forum For Kids content Moderated by: Namrata Joshi (National Cinema Editor, The Hindu) TOPIC Kabir Khan - Traversing across Real Stories to Features with Stars 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm Guest: Kabir Khan Moderated by: Rajeev Masand 2 KNOWLEDGE SERIES SCHEDULE 2015 Monday NOVEMBER 23, 2015 TOPIC Skill Development in Film Industry : Standardized Training Techniques 10.45 am – 11.30 am Guests: Amala Akkineni In conversation with: Nina Lath Gupta, MD, NFDC Ltd. FILM IN INDIA Focus State: Madhya Pradesh 11.45 am – 12.30 pm Guests: Prakash Jha Sandesh Yashlaha, Company Secretary, In-Charge - Film Unit , MP State Tourism Development Corporation Ltd TOPIC New Voices: Pushing Boundaries in Creation, Marketing and Monetization Guests: Amit Masurkar – Suleimani Keeda 12.45 pm – 1.45 pm Karthik Subbaraj – Pizza / Jigarthanda Bardroy Barretta – Nachom-ia Kumpasar Moderated by: Anurag Kashyap 1.45 pm - 2.15 pm LUNCH FILM IN INDIA Focus State: Tamil Nadu 2.15 pm – 3.00 pm Guests: Bharat Bala - Maryan Har Sahay Meena, Commissioner of Tourism and Managing Director -TTDC TOPIC VR Technology & New Film Narratives 3.15 pm – 4.30 pm Guests: Shekhar Kapur, Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, Filmmaker TOPIC Twitter – Super Interactive, Multi platform Hosts 4.45pm - 5.30pm Presentation and Q&A by: Pratiksha Rao , Partnerships Manager, Twitter TOPIC Re-creating Real Stories – Crossing the Legal Bridge 5.45 pm – 7 pm Guests: Anurag Kashyap (Writer – Filmmaker) Madhu Gagodia (Naik & Naik) Ketan Mehta (Filmmaker, Mirch Masala, Manjhi) Moderated by: Anuradha SenGupta, Broadcast Journalist, Producer 3 KNOWLEDGE SERIES SCHEDULE 2015 Tuesday NOVEMBER 24, 2015 TOPIC CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS - Telling an engaging story Presentations and Q&A: Ravi Shankar, Filmmaker – Punyakoti (Sanskrit Animated) 10.30 am – 11.45 am Bhaskar Hazarika, Filmmaker, Kothanodi (Assamese feature) Ruchi Bhimani, Producer, Proposition for a Revolution (Documentary) Moderated by: Namrata Joshi (National Cinema Editor, The Hindu) FILM IN INDIA 12.00 pm – 12.45 pm Focus State: West Bengal Guests: Surajit Bose; Joint Director, West Bengal Tourism TOPIC Vikas Bahl – Choosing the film and Positioning it Right 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Guests: Vikas Bahl Moderated by: Rajeev Masand 2.00 pm – 2.30 pm LUNCH FILM IN INDIA Focus State: Daman 2.30 pm – 3.00 pm Guests: Karan Malhotra, Filmmaker, Agneepath Vinod P Kavle, Secretary (Tourism), DD & DNH TOPIC Marketing Mantras for Indie films 3.30 pm – 4.15 pm Presentation and Q&A by: Pratiksha Rao , Partnerships Manager, Twitter TOPIC A R RAHMAN: Today and Tomorrow / Beyond Films 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm Guests: A R Rahman Moderated by: Nasreen Munni Kabir 4.