TheGrill features two full days packed with hard-hitting conversations, high level networking & industry icons discussing the EDGE of content and tech. With more than 20 panels, product presentations, tech demos and spotlight conversations, TheGrill features the producers, marketers and leaders of content companies defining the contours of the ever-shifting media landscape. *Schedule is subject to change.
Stanley Rosen, Professor of Political Science, USC Chris Fenton, President, DMG Entertainment David Grinberg, Partner, Sidley Austin Cindy Lin, CEO, Infotainment China Sky Moore, Partner, Greenberg Glusker Colin Brady, Corporate Development Executive, CAA Catherine Zhang, Director of International Content Cooperation, Youku Tudou Inc. Boxed Lunch, Networking, Office Check-In Vicki Beck, Executive in Charge, ILMxLAB Jan Pinkava, Creative Director, Google Spotlight Stories Peter Akemann, President, Skydance Interactive Ted Schilowitz, Futurist, Paramount Pictures Sharon Waxman, CEO, TheWrap Jason Hirschhorn, CEO & Chief Curator, REDEF Michael Bloom, President, First Look Media Robert Goldberg, Founder & CEO, Fresno Inc. Kathleen Grace, CEO, New Form Alec Shankman, SVP Alternative Programming, Digital Media, Licensing & Branding, Abrams Artists Agency Chris M. Williams, CEO & Founder, Pocket.Watch Dana Walden & Gary Newman, Co-Chairman & CEOs, Fox Television Group Jeff Weber, CEO, Zone TV Andy Wood, Chairman, Cubic Motion John Singleton, Writer-Director-Producer, “Boyz N the Hood” & “Snowfall” Sharon Waxman, CEO, TheWrap Rich Greenfield, Managing Director, Media & Technology Analyst, BTIG Dave Shull, CEO, The Weather Channel Television Network Megan Colligan, President, Worldwide Distribution & Marketing, Paramount Pictures Thai Randolph, SVP, Marketing & Monetization, Laugh Out Loud, a LIONSGATE Company “Data Analytics for Smarter Decisions in Hollywood” featuring Tobias Queisser, Cinelytic “Crypto Decentralized Content Platform: Props” featuring Adi Sideman, Founder & CEO, eOne Presented by eOne Nina Jacobson, Executive Producer, Color Force Darren Throop, President & CEO, eOne “OTT Video and the Distribution of the Bundle” with Rich Greenfield, BTIG “Data Analytics in the Entertainment Industry: Empowering the Greenlighting Process” with Tobias Queisser, Cinelytic “When Will Mixed Reality and Digital Humans Hit the Masses?” with Andy Wood, Cubic Motion “A Deep Dive into the Virtual Economy” with Adi Sideman, YouNow Ross Geber, President & CEO, Gerber Kawasaki Rich Greenfield, Managing Director, Media & Technology Analyst, BTIG Chris Silbermann, Managing Director, ICM Partners Susan Williams, Deputy Chair, Entertainment, Loeb & Loeb LLP Moderator: Mike Slade, CEO, Second Ave Partners Presented by Lionsgate Women Empowerment Group Beatriz Acevedo, Founding Partner & President, mitú Franklin Leonard, Founder, The Black List Sandra Stern, President, Lionsgate Television Group VR/AR Demo Room Open with Skydance Interactive, MacInnes Scott and Cubic Motion Silicon Beach Roundtable Leading digital media entrepreneurs, financiers, and big media executives exchange ideas and solve problems. Facilitators: Robert Goldberg, Fresno Inc. and Sandy Grushow, Phase 2 Media Producers Roundtable Leading producers tackle the challenges facing independent producers across the spectrum of content. Facilitators: Pancho Mansfield, eOne and Adam Pincus, First Look Media Moderator: Grace Helbig, Comedian, Actress, Vlogger Innovators: Dan Altmann, CEO & Founder, WeBuyGold James Cordon, TV Host, “Carpool Karaoke” & “The Late Late Show With James Cordon Luis Balaguer, Sofia Vergara & Emiliano Calemzuk, Co-Founders, Raze Mitch Lowe, CEO, MoviePass Rick Famuyiwa, Billy Parks & Karyn Spencer, AT&T Hello Lab Lena Waithe, Writer, “Master of None” Noel Maxam, Co-Founder & CEO, Emagispace Farhad Massoudi, CEO, Tubi TV The Try Guys, YouTube Creators David Fenkel, Jon Hodges & Daniel Katz, Co-Founders, A24
theLeaders.theDeciders.theDisrupters.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Tuesday, October 3, 2017