Doc Summit
Hot Docs is pleased to announce that it will once again gather together key industry stakeholders for the Doc Summit, the annual half-day town hall forum intended to address current obstacles in the documentary industry. The 2012 Doc Summit will take place Friday, May 4, during this year’s Hot Docs festival, conference and market, April 26 to May 6.
Doc Summit is open to all Hot Docs Industry pass holders. For a taste of last year’s event, view the 2011 Doc Summit on the Doc Library.
Doc Summit
Presented in partnership with DOC
Moderated by Rudy Buttignol, President and CEO, Knowledge Network
9:00 am Introduction and Opening Remarks
Sustaining Our Success In An Online World
As unregulated digital content providers proliferate in Canada, how can their popularity subsidize the production of Canadian content?
Presented by:
Ed Peill, Producer, Telltale Inc.
Paul Kemp, President and Executive Producer, Stornoway Productions
Transforming the Business
Learn about how new partnerships with corporations, NGOs and charities are impacting documentary form and business.
Moderated by Andrea Nemtin, President and CEO, S-VOX Foundation
Panelists:
Chris Kang, Co-Founder, Schools Without Borders
Andrew Nisker, Founder, Take Action Films
Laura Severinac, Campaigns Organizer, Greenpeace Canada
10:20–10:30 am Break
Telefilm Canada: Feature Financing in Canada
Telefilm Canada briefs the industry about documentary funding for features, and its new initiatives for film financing.
Presenter by:
Dave Forget, Business Affairs and Certification, Telefilm
Best Practices in Canadian Crowd-Funding
Join a conversation about Crowd-funding in Canada.
Presented by:
Cameron McMaster, Policy and Research Analyst, Documentary Organization of Canada
Richard Hanet, Partner, Lewis Birnberg Hanet LLP
Measuring Documentary Success Beyond Eyeballs: What Alternative Performance Indicators Can We Imagine?
Four industry stakeholders discuss how they measure the success of documentaries outside of counting viewers.
Moderated by Rudy Buttignol, President and CEO, Knowledge Network
Panelists:
Lisa Clarkson, Executive Director, Business & Rights, CBC
Mark Le Blanc, Director, Legal Services & Business Affairs, TVO
Robin Mirsky-Daniels, Executive Director of Rogers Group of Funds, Rogers Communications
