Agenda
Day 1
Day 2
Day 1 / March 06, 2017
08:30 - 09:00
Registration and Morning Refreshments
09:00 - 09:15
Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem
Opening
09:15 - 10:00
Keynote - When Avi Met Dana
Moderator - Avi Nir, CEO, Keshet Media Group
Dana Walden — Chairman & CEO, Fox Television Group
10:00 - 10:30
The Future of Business News for Millennials
Jon Steinberg — CEO, Cheddar (Former president of Buzzfeed)
10:30 - 11:15
Panel - From Beginning to End - The Process of Turning an Idea to a Successful Show
Moderator - Marc Korman, Scripted TV, WME
Craig Erwich — Head of Content, HULU
Bert Salke — President, Fox 21 studio
Orly Adelson — Executive Producer
11:15 - 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 - 12:15
Keynote - One on One With Mr. Li Ruigang, Chairman of China Media Capital (CMC) Holdings
Moderator: Janine Stein, Editorial Director, ContentAsia's Information Platforms
Li Ruigang — Chairman of China Media Capital (CMC) Holdings
12:15 - 12:45
Panel - How China Accelerates the Worldwide Media Revolution
Moderator : Jonathan Benartzi, Managing partner, Firstime VC
Erik Hodge — Managing Director, Raine group
Chris Rice — Partner, WME
Maggie Zhou — Co-President, CMC Holdings
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:15
The Role of the Showrunner and Writers Room
Frank Spotnitz — Writer/Producer The X-files, Medici "The Man in the High Castle"
14:15 - 15:00
Panel - The Border-Free Storytelling
Moderator - Sara Johnson, VP Scripted, Europe and Africa Fox
Frank Spotnitz — Writer/Producer The X-files, Medici "The Man in the High Castle"
Ariel Vromen — Film Director
Torleif Hoppe — Writer and Director
15:00 - 15:15
Realities on the Virtual Industry - Projections and Prototypes for the Future
Drew Arnold — CEO, Lit VR
15:15 - 15:45
Panel - Is VR opportunity or just a WOW?
Moderator: Dror Globerman , Founder and Editor-in-Chief, NEXTER Tech Portal
Drew Arnold — CEO, Lit VR
Dana Porter — Co-Founder and CMO, Inception
Noam Levavi — Founder and CEO, Byond
15:45 - 16:15
Channel 4 Turnaround
Moderator - Ran Tellem, Director/Producer/Innovator,
David Abraham — CEO, Channel 4
16:15 - 17:00
Changing the World One Joke at a Time
Moderator - omri marcus, CEO, The Comic Genome Project LLC
Max Pross — Writer, The Simpsons / Seinfeld
Tami Sagher — Television writer and producer
Adir Miller — Actor, Screen Writer and Comedian
Day 2 / March 07, 2017
08:30 - 09:00
Morning Refreshments
09:00
M.K. Gilad Erdan - Minister of Public security and Minister of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy
09:00 - 09:45
Keynote - The War on Truth, In Conversation with Jeff Zucker, President of CNN Worldwide
Moderator - Yonit Levi, Anchor, Evening News, Channel 2
Jeff Zucker — President of CNN Worldwide
09:45 - 10:15
Panel - Should We Trust the Media - Does Biased Journalism Exist?
Moderator - dana weiss
David Abraham — CEO, Channel 4
Miri Eisin — Faculty Member, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)
Ilana Dayan — Investigative Reporter, Anchorperson, “Uvda”, Keshet Broadcasting
Aron Heller — Jerusalem Correspondent, The Associated Press
10:15 - 11:00
Keynote - Advertising Threats in a Digital Era
Moderator - Eytan Avriel
Harris Diamond — Chairman & CEO, McCann Worldgroup
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00
In Conversation with Jennifer Salke
Moderator: Rick Rosen, Head of Television, WME
Jennifer Salke — President, NBC Entertainment
12:00 - 12:45
The Scripted Content Hype is On
Moderator: Danna Stern
Kary Antholis — President Miniseries & Cinemax Programming, HBO
Howard Gordon — Writer and producer, Homeland / 24
12:45 - 13:15
Panel - Reality and Entertainment - Going for the Throne in the "Golden Age of Television"
Moderator: David Williams, Keshet UK
Peter Davey — Head of Comedy, ITV
Kate Phillips — Controller, BBC Entertainment
13:15 - 14:30
Lunch Break
14:30 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:30
Generation Z Through the Magnifying Glass of Social Media and Tech
Moderator: Gigi Levy Weiss, Founding Partner, NFX Guild
Adi Soffer Teeni — General Manager, Facebook
Scott Reich — Senior Vice President, Programming for Fullscreen
15:30 - 16:00
Is Documentary the New Reality?
Moderator: Liran Atzmor, Head of Atzmor Productions
Joe Berlinger — Documentary Film Maker
Nadav Schirman — Writer / Director
16:00 - 17:00
The Night Manager
Moderator: Nancy Tartaglione, International Editor, Deadline,
Hugh Laurie — Actor, Producer, Writer, Musician and Composer
Susanne Bier — Writer and Director
Stephen Garrett — Executive Chairman, Character Seven
