Television and Film Production: Europe fights back is the theme for the 13th European Television and Film Forum, to be held in Dublin next weekend (8-10 November).
Programme
Thursday, 8 November 2001
09.00-09.45 - Opening
Dr.Francisco Pinto Balsemão - President of the European Television and Film Forum and Chairman of SIC Television (Portugal)
Prof. Dr.Jo Groebel - Director General, European Institute for the Media (Germany)
Síle de Valera Minister of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands (Ireland)
Keynote
Bob Collins, Director General, RTE (Ireland)
Eli Noam, Director, Columbia Inst. for Tele-Information (USA)
Presentation
Big Brother - A European format for the world?
Gary Carter, Endemol Entertainment Holding (Netherlands)
Session 1
11.30-13.00
Is there a European market?
Chairman: Joan Majó I Cruzate, President of the European Institute for the Media and Chairman of the Institut Catala de Tecnologia (Spain)
Presentation André Lange, European Audiovisual Observatory
Panel Klaus Hansen, European Coordination of Independent Producer (Denmark)
René Bonnell, France Télévision (France)
Boris Bergant, RTV Slovenia/CIRCOM Regional (Slovenia)
13.00 Lunch (Shelbourne Hotel)
Session 2
15.00-17.00
A new production environment for news
Presentation Stig Hjarvard, University of Copenhagen
Panel Bronwyn Curtis, Bloomberg Television (United Kingdom)
Prof. Gianpiero Gamaleri, RAI (Italy)
Dr. Ingrid Hamm, Bertelsmann Stiftung (Germany)
Presentation: Eudald Domenech (Spain),
Dr. Norbert Schneider, LfR (Germany),
Prof. Dr. Bernd-Peter Lange, Univ. of Osnabrück (Germany),
André Jean-Marc Loechel (France)
21.00 Dinner at the invitation of at the Guinness Storehouse
Friday, 9 November 2001
Session 3
9.30-13.00
Working Group Meetings
A. Regulation and legal aspects of the audiovisual media
Chairman: Andrea Millwood Hargrave, Head of Research, Broadcasting Standards Commission (United Kingdom)
Secretary: Emmanuelle Machet, EIM, (France)
Panel: Damian Tambini, Intitute for Public Policy Research (United Kingdom), Klaus Hansen, European Coordination of Independent Producer (Denmark), Michael O´Keeffe, BCI (Ireland), Cecil Ameil, SES Astra (Luxembourg)
B. Market developments and new communication technologies
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Bernd-Peter Lange, University of Osnabrück (Germany)
Secretary: Dr. Bertram Konert, EIM, (Germany)
Panel: Harald Melzer, SES Astra, Luxembourg, Dr. Klaus Goldhammer, GoldMedia Consulting & Research (Germany), Mr. David McGowan, NTL (UK)
C. Consumer and viewer interests
Chairman: Theo Wolsing, Head of Press, Media and Education, Consumers Association Northrhine-Westphalia (Germany)
Secretary: Andrea Koenen, EIM, (Germany)
Panel: Jesus Solana, Fresh IT (Spain)
D. The film industry in Europe
Chairman: John Hill, Professor, University of Ulster (United Kingdom)
Secretary: Dr. Gillian McCormack, EIM, (United Kingdom)
Panel: Nils Klevjer Aas, Norwegian Film Fund (Norway), Rod Stoneman, Chief Executive of the Irish
Film Board (Ireland)
E. Content of television
Chairman: Tapio Varis, Professor, University of Tampere (Finland)
Secretary: Deirdre Kevin, EIM, (Ireland)
Panel: Dr Alison Preston, Research Centre for TV and Interactivity, (United Kingdom), Colin Luke, Mosaic Prod. (UK)
F. Current trends in journalism
Journalism and the powers that be - freedom of journalism in Eastern and Western Europe
Chairman: Duan Relji, Journalist and Senior Researcher, EIM (Yugoslavia)
Panel:Prof. Fabrizio Tonello, University of Bologna (Italy),
Svetlana Seluytina, EIM Kiev (Ukraine), Liz Fawcett, Univ. of Ulster (Ireland),Muiris Mc Conghail, School of Media, Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland)
13.00 Lunch (Shelbourne Hotel)
15.00-16.00 Working Group Meetings (continuation)
16.30-18.30 Session 4
Film and Television formats: European production formats and co-operation
Chairman: Joop Daalmeijer, Channel Director, NOS (Netherlands)
Presentation Colin Luke, Mosaic Prod.(UK)
Panel Georgia Tornow, Film20 (Germany)
Wim Odé, EBU/NOS (Netherlands)
Saturday, 10 November 2001
Session 5
9:30-11:00
European regulation of production
Europe versus the USA
A new European regulatory framework for film and television production?
Chairman Prof. Dr. Jo Groebel, Director-General, European Institute for the Media (Germany)
Presentation Carole Tongue, Citigate, (UK)
Panel Jean-Pierre Teyssier, BVP (France),
Carole Tongue, Citigate, (UK),
Lennart van der Meulen, Commisariat voor de Media (Netherlands),
Philippe Belingard, France Television (France),
Bernhard Stampfer, Center of Competence Film Video TV (Germany),
M. Vincent Jamois, European Commission
Coffee Break
11.30- 12.00 Mandala Award
12.00-13.00 Closing session
General report of the Forum
Rapporteur général: Claude Contamine (France)
Dr. Francisco Pinto Balsemão ,President of the European Television and Film Forum and Chairman of SIC Television (Portugal)
Prof. Dr. Jo Groebel, Director-General, European Institute for the Media (Germany)
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