Agenda
Day 1 – March 12th
08:30
Registration and Morning Refreshments
09:15
Opening – Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem
09:30 – 10:15
Keynote – When Avi met David
David Nevins, CEO Showtime
Moderator: Avi Nir, CEO Keshet Media Group
10:15 – 10:45
SNAP – Conversation with Sean Mills: How Snapchat is Changing the future of Premium Content.
Sean Mills, Head of Original Content, Snap
Moderator: Guy Pines, Producer and Host of Israel’s Leading Daily Entertainment News Show
10:45 – 11:30
Panel – The Babylon Effect
The Future of International Co-Productions
Eleonora Andreatta, Director of Rai Fiction, Member of the Board of Rai Com
Kristin Jones, Senior Vice President, International Programming
AMC Networks
Francesca Orsi, EVP, Co-Head of Drama, HBO
Christian Wikander, Co-Production Director, Twelve Town
Moderator: Ran Telem,Head of International Development, Mediapro
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:30
Fireside chat –The Turner Turnaround”
Kevin Reilly, President of TBS & TNT, CCO Turner
Moderator: Rick Rosen, Head of TV, WME
12:30 – 12:40
Presentation- Online Fake News - Digital Mind Manipulation by Terror Organizations, and States
Tal Pavel PhD.
Editor in Chief and founder of MIDDLEEASTERNET
Head of Cyber Security Studies, The Academic College Tel Aviv - Yaffo
12:40 – 13:15
2018 – Women Wonder What’s Next for Them?
Sigal Avin, American, Israeli Writer and Director
Creative Director of Left Bank Pictures and Executive Producer, "The Crown"
Jeanne Newman, Partner, Hansen, Jacobson et al.
Sandra Stern, President of the Lionsgate Television Group
Moderator: Orly Adelson, President of Orly Adelson Productions
13:15 – 14:30
Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:15
The Brave New Independent World: Darren Throop & Mark
Gordon
Darren Throop , President and CEO eOne
Mark Gordon, President and CCO, Film,
Television and Digital, eOne
Moderator: Debra Birnbaum, Executive Editor TV, Variety
15:15 – 15:45
From the people who brought us the 15 billion Dollar exit:
“How Artificial Vision Can Improve the Lives of Billions”
Ziv Aviram, Co-Founder, Presidnet and CEO, OrCam
15:45– 16:30
Will Reality Still Rull in the Age of Scripted TV
David Eilenberg, Chief Creative Officer, ITV America, ITV
Assaf Gil, CEO Gil Formats
David Elienberg, Chief Creative Officer, ITV America
Karen Smith, CEO Tuesday's Child
Moderator: David Williams, Head of non-scripted Keshet UK
16:30 – 17:15
The Ultimate Power Panel– Six Hollywood Chiefs on One
Stage
Casey Bloys, President, HBO Programming
David Nevins, CEO, Show time
Gary Newman, Chairman & CEO, Fox Television Group
Kevin Reilly, President of TBS & TNT, CCO Turner
Joel Stillerman, CCO, Hulu
Moderator: Rick Rosen, Head of TV, WME
Cocktail Party – Sponsored by eOne
Day 2 – March 13th
08:30 – 09:15
Morning Refreshments
09:15 – 09:45
Leading CBS News & 60 Minutes in the Fake News Era.
Keynote –David Rhodes, President CBS News
Moderator: Yonit Levi, Anchor of Israel’s top primetime news
program on Channel 2
09:45 – 10:30
The Best of HBO
Casey Bloys, President, HBO Programming
David Levine, EVP, Co-Head of Drama, HBO
Francesca Orsi, EVP, Co-Head of Drama, Partner, WME
Moderator: Marc Korman, WME
10:30 – 11:00
“SKAM” –
How a Norwegian Low-Budget Web Series Became a Huge Hit
Hakon Moslet, Head of TV at NRKs Youth Department
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00
Fireside Chat: Fox-Fast Forward
Gary Newman, Chairman & CEO, Fox Television Group
Moderator: Danna Stern, Managing Director, Yes Studios
12:00 – 12:30
How to Max Out Live TV Events on Social Platforms
Ariel Elazar, EVP Brand, Marketing and Digital, Dick Clark Productions
12:30 – 12:50
Presentation – Made in Italy – Italian Drama Takes Center
Stage
Eleonora Andreatta, Director of Rai Fiction
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:40
Sneak Peek 2018 – Israel’s Drama Creators Show and Tell
Omri Givon, When Heroes Fly
Ori Elon, Autonomies
Yehonatan Indursky, Autonomies
Keren Margalit, Sleeping Bears
Adir Miller, Miller’s Crossing
Moderator: Karni Ziv, Head of Drama Keshet
14:40 – 15:00
Turning Compelling Stories Into Unusual Formats
Elaine Hackett, Creative Director Crackit Productions
Moderator: Assaf Blecher, SVP Development and Content,
Keshet
15:00 – 15:40
Disruption in Film
Liza Chasin, Producer and Founder of 3dot Productions
David Fenkel, Co Founder, A24
Graham Taylor, Endeavor Content, Co-President, WME
Mandy Tagger Brockey, Co-Head, Keshet Films
Moderator: Craig Emanuel, Vice Chair, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chair
of Talent Practice
15:40 – 16:20
Dark Future Drama – What’s Next for the End of The World
David Levine, EVP, Co-Head of Drama, HBO
Yoram Mokady, VP Content, HOT
Joel Stillerman, CCO, Hulu
Moderator: Peter Traugott, President of Scripted Keshet, US
16:20 – 17:00
The Crown – Behind the Scenes of the Royals
Andy Harries, CEO of Left Bank Pictures and Executive Producer, "The Crown"
Creative Director of Left Bank Pictures and Executive Producer, "The Crown"
Moderator: Peter White, Co-International Editor, Deadline