Johanna's blog from Realscreen: Tuesday 2 February

by jbolhoven on 03-Feb-10 16:24

Tuesday 2 February
The Summit has kicked off to a great start and the 12th edition looks set to be the biggest in its history, with more speakers and registered delegates than ever before.

The  had a steady flow of traffic throughout the day as companies dipped in and out between workshop sessions (the most useful being reported as ‘Speed Pitching’ and ’30 minutes with....’) and their own one-to-one meetings.  Among those visiting the delegation on Monday were Animal Planet, National Geographic and Discovery, to name but a few.

As with previous summits, activity takes place in the ‘conference centre’ basement of the Renaissance Washington Hotel, although many one-to-one meeting s are conducted in the hotel lobby/bar/starbucks. The hosted meeting rooms (including ours) can be found on the first floor and on the ground is the delegate lounge, conference halls and exhibitors corridor. Companies enjoyed a further networking opportunity at the Opening Party and this sci-fi geek was delighted to spot Joe Pantoliano, aka Cypher in The Matrix, in the crowd.



Tuesday starts with a Keynote Interview with Abbie Raven, President & CEO of A&E Television Networks followed by more ‘speed pitching’ sessions, ‘Ethics in Non-Fiction Filmmaking’, ‘Producing Programming for the Global Market’, ‘Bringing in the Brands’, ‘3DTV’ and of course the UK networking event.  RSVP’s stand at 95 and include representatives from Nat Geo, Silverdocs, Cineflix, ITV Studios Global Entertainment, Science Channel, TVF International and Discovery.

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