Schedule—Auditorium Conciliazione

Mediterranean Digital Conference

MEDIGITAL 2009

Day 1 - Tuesday, April, 21

3:30 - 6:00 pm

Panel I – Italy as meeting point between Europe and the Mediterranean

A meeting among the principal representatives of audiovisual industry, to emphasize the role of Italy as Mediterranean centre. Italy is a multi-national country and a possible point where audiovisual productions could tell international tales, regarding to the Mediterranean Area.

Welcome Speech: Francesco Gesualdi Secretary – General Lazio Region e Presidente della Fondazione Lazio per lo Sviluppo dell'Audiovisivo

- On. Luca Barbareschi

- Osvaldo De Santis - President & CEO Twentieth Century Fox Italy, Board Member Sky Italia

- Paolo Ferrari - President ANICA

- Carlo Nardello - Managing Director RAITRADE

- Paolo Protti - President ANEC

- Luciano Sovena - Managing Director Cinecittà Holding- Istituto Luce

 

Day 2 - Wednesday, April, 22

10:00 - 11:30 am

Panel I - Europe - Mediterranean: the meeting

Mediterranean and European audiovisual products and their development in the twenty-first century. Contact points, differences and possible alliances and collaborations.

- Dominique Le Pivert - Member of the Board of Directors APIMED

- Nicola Maccanico - Vice-Director Warner Bros. Italia

- Enzo Mazza - President FIMI

- Luciana Migliavacca - CEO Medusa Video

- Kamal Mouline – Conseiller du Directeur Général du centre cinématographique Marocain

- Alessandra Paradisi - Secretary – General COPEAM

- Davide Rossi – President UNIVIDEO

- Golda Sellam - Cinelink

- Mario Sesti - Director “L’altro cinema – Extra” – Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma

- Paulo Simoes - General Manager Sony Pictures Releasing Italia

- Luciano Sovena - Managing Director Cinecittà Holding – Istituto Luce

- Daniela Esposito Vezzoler - Sezione audiovisivo dell'Ufficio relazioni internazionali dell'Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni

 

11:45 am - 1:00 pm

Panel II - Mediterranean - Europe: the co-production

Chance of co-producing cinema and television for all types of audience. Strategies and mutual working plans.

- Abdellatif Afoud - Producer

- Ahmed Atef - Egyptian Film-maker

- Hamid Basket – Producer

- Serena Brugnolo - 100 Autori

- Giuseppe Giacchi – Direttore generale APT

- David Grieco – Film maker, Producer

- Alberto Pasquale - Head Audiovisual Department Filas

- Roberto Sessa – Producer

 

2:15 - 3:15 pm

Panel III – The markets

The difficult and important function of international markets as a meeting point between market operators and for the diffusion of Mediterranean products.

- Luigi Cuciniello – La Biennale

- Carlo Macchitella – RomaFictionFest

- W. Paterson Ferns - Producer

- Diamara Parodi – Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma

- Carlo Nardello - Managing Director RAITRADE

- Angelo Zaccone Teodosi – President Isicult

 

3:15 - 4:15 pm

Panel IV - European and Mediterranean audiovisual promotion

Talents’ promotion: analysis of the way to spread European and Mediterranean histories about the audience.

- Reda Benjelloun – Représentant de la chaine Marocaine 2M – Directeur Adjoint de l’information

- Mohamed Charbagi - Vice-president APIMED

- Soizic Gelbard - EVROPA FILM AKT

- Marina Marzotto – Amministratore delegato Propaganda Italia

- Mario Sesti - Director “L’altro cinema – Extra” – Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma

- Maurizio Sciarra - 100 Autori

 

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Panel V - Training

Young people’s training and collaboration between different figures for creating a more conscious and wellprepared new generation of European and Mediterranean film-makers.

- Daniele Cesarano – Presidente SACT

- Silvia Costa - Assessore alla scuola, diritto alla studio e formazione della Regione Lazio

- Caterina D’Amico - Managing Director Raicinema

- Francesco D’Ausilio - Direttore Polo Formativo Cinema e Audiovisivo Regione Lazio

- Mario Morcellini/Francesca Comuniello – Facoltà di Scienze della Comunicazione Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”

- Paolo Protti - President ANEC

- Hatem Sakly - Journalist Audiovisual Production

- Giusto Toni - Media analyst & consultant

 

Day 3 - Thursday, April, 23

10:00 - 11:30 am

Fighting piracy in the European Union perspective - part one

Fighting piracy as a basis for cultural and economic development of a healthy industry.

Welcome Speech: Piero Marrazzo President Lazio Region

- Gaetano Blandini - General Director of the Department for Culture Italy

- Luigi Perissich - General Director Confindustria Servizi Innovativi e Tecnologici

- Filippo Roviglioni - President FAPAV

- Massimo Russo - Anti-piracy Manager Control Cine Service Italia

- Ted Shapiro – General Counsel & SVP MPA

- Luca Vespignani - Secretary-General FPM

 

11:45 am-1:00 pm

Fighting piracy in the European Union perspective - part two

Fighting piracy as a basis for cultural and economic development of a healthy industry.

- Mumith Alì - Internet Anti-piracy Manager

- Arnaldo Borsa - Anti-piracy manager BSA

- Francisco Javier Cabrera Blàzquez - Department for Legal Information European Audiovisual Observatory

- Jacopo Capanna – Delegato Generale Eagle Pictures

- Giuseppe Giacchi – Direttore generale APT

- Thalita Malagò - Secretary-general AESVI

- David Moscato - General Manager Universal Pictures Italia

 

1:00 – 1:15 pm

Keynote Speech and Thanks: Francesco Gesualdi - Secretary-General Lazio Region and Presidente della Fondazione Lazio per lo Sviluppo dell'Audiovisivo