Sundance 2014: Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley at Sundance 2014

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Now in its fourth edition, Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley will bring together the brightest minds in entertainment and technology for a one day event in the heart of the Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, starting today, Friday January 17, 2014.

Hermione Way started Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley Conference in 2011 and it is produced by Marcus Lovingood who is the founder and CEO of Futureleap Media. The conference aims to foster connections between leaders of the digital revolution and those driving innovation and change in Hollywood.

Lovingood is renowned for activating, cultivating and converting large online audiences into buying fans using social media and digital distribution. 

Seasoned digital media executive Louise Hart, Founder and CEO of STEADY ON, (Sony Pictures, BBC) is co-producing the event and moderating the “Audience Building” panel, highlighting ways independent filmmakers are using technology to identify and distribute directly to their audience. One of Variety’s Top 10 Directors to watch, Justin Simien will be on the panel, talking about how he used NationBuilder to grow a community around his film DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, tipped by Entertainment Weekly to be one of the top films to see at this year’s festival.

Sponsored by Technicolor and their new filmmaker network Creative District, Big Air Studios, STEADY ON, Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard and SavvyCity. Confirmed speakers include: Chris Kelly Founder of Fandor, Justin Simien Director of DEAR WHITE PEOPLE and the film’s producer Ann Le, Michael Arrieta, CEO Big Air Studios, Micki Krimmel from Creative District, Jason Taylor, President of Bryan Singer’s Bad Hat Harry Productions, Steve Masur, Partner CDAS, Jeremy Boxer, Creative Director at Vimeo, Josh Gray-Emmer from NationBuilder, Emily Best Founder Seed&Spark, Marc Hoffstatter of Indiegogo Film, Ann Greenberg Co-Founder of Gracenote, Hooman Khalili, Director OLIVE, Ben Nemtin for MTV’s The Buried Life (who appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show).

The event will take place at the Music Lodge, a prime Sundance hot-spot on Park City’s Main Street and will be live-streamed via Ustream on HWMSV.com to over 100,000 film and technology industry professionals with an estimated reach of 2.5MM impressions across the globe.

The conference schedule is as follows:
KEYNOTES AND INTRODUCTIONS – 10:00AM – 10:55AM

PANEL 1 – DEAL-MAKING IN THE NEW DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM – 11:00AM Moderator – Steven Masur, Partner, CDAS
Marc Simon, Entertainment Attorney, The Kids Are All Right, Winter’s Bone
More speakers to be announced

PANEL 2 – CONTENT IS KING – 1:00PM
Moderator – Hermione Way – Founder Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley
Michael Arrieta, CEO, Big Air Studios (Former EVP Sony Pictures Digital)
Elsie Choi, Founder Busby (Former development exec for Bruce Willis)
Chris Kelly, Founder Fandor/ Investor (Former Chief Privacy Officer Facebook)
Ann Le – Producer DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, COO The Hub LA

PANEL 3 – DISTRIBUTION IN THE DIGITAL AGE – 2:00PM
Moderator – Marcus Lovingood (CEO, Futureleap Media)
Jason Taylor, President, Bad Hat Harry Productions (Bryan Singer, X-Men, H+)
Jacob Medjuck, President, Filmraiser (Former. Dreamworks Animation)
Adam Scourgie, Director/Producer – The Culture High
Ben Nemtin, MTV’S Buried Life
Carla Hendra, Global Chairman, OgilvyRED

PANEL 4 – INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR THE INDIE FILMMAKER – 3:00PM Moderator – Ann Greenberg, Co-Founder Gracenote/ Founder and CEO Sceneplay
Jeremy Boxer, Creative Director Film+Video, Vimeo
James Franklin, Founder Assemble, Creative Director BRITDOC
Hooman Khalili Director OLIVE (first full length feature shot 100% on a mobile)
Micki Krimmel, General Manager, Creative District, a Technicolor Venture

PANEL 5 – AUDIENCE BUILDING – 4:00pm
Moderator – Louise Hart (Founder STEADY ON)
Emily Best, Founder Seed&Spark
Peter Gerard, Co-Founder Distrify
Josh Gray-Emmer, Organizer at NationBuilder
Marcus Lovingood, CEO Futureleap Media
Justin Simien, Director DEAR WHITE PEOPLE

 

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