FOYER AND QUAYS BAR
09:00
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
QUAYS THEATRE
10:00
A taste of television from the Nations & Regions
2007 Showreel
10.10
WELCOME Conference Chair Steve Hewlett introduces Vanda Murray, Board Member of the North West Development Agency, who gives the FORMAL WELCOME
Results of Pact Survey of Regional Production with Steve Hewlett
10.20
KEYNOTE OPENING ADDRESS
Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC
11.00
MEDIA CITIES - new places to work in new ways
Brian Greasley: MD mediacity:uk
Matt Locke: Commissioning Editor for Education and New Media, Channel 4
Hugh Mason: Partner, Pembridge Partners
Mike Ryan: MD, Idaho Technology
QUAYS BAR
12.00
TEA AND COFEE
QUAYS THEATRE
12.15
SALMOND’S “D” WORD - what the SNP plans for the devolution of Scotland’s television could mean for you.
David Cairns MP: Minister of State, Scotland Office
Peter Wishart MP: SNP spokesperson for Culture and Media
Separately, Blair Jenkins, Chair of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission, will respond to questions about the work and progress of the Commission.
QUAYS BAR
13.00
LUNCH
CIRCLE BAR: LUNCHTIME SESSION
13.15
SPEED DATE THE COMMISSIONERS
(fixed 5 minute slots)
Sarah Brandist: Commissioning Editor Independent Drama, BBC
Dorothy Byrne: Head of Current Affairs, Channel 4
Steve Gowans: Head of Factual Entertainment and Multi Platform Commissioning, Five
Diana Howie: Commissioning Editor Features, ITV
Sophie Morgan: Commissioner, Living TV
COMPASS ROOM: LUNCHTIME SESSION
13.30
HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT PITCH
Annette Kurer: Ark Consultants
Stuart Cosgrove: Director of Nations and Regions, Channel 4
QUAYS THEATRE
14.30
TRIBUTE TO TONY WILSON
A short film made for the RTS by Ged Clarke, Granada
14.35
THE NEW REVIEW OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING Ofcom’s plans for the future of PSB
Ian Hargreaves: Senior Partner, Ofcom
QUAYS THEATRE: MASTERCLASS
15.10
OFF YOUR SOAP BOX In the Soap World, the real drama is off screen. Ed Pugh chairs a panel of writers, producers and creative heads and asks how do you keep Soaps at the top of the ratings? Is there a secret formula behind a winning soap and can a flagging one ever be saved?
Chair, Ed Pugh: Talent Base Manager, Northwest Vision & Media
Morag Bain: Producer, River City
John Fay: Writer
Keith Richardson: Controller of Drama, ITV Yorkshire
Will Trotter: Executive Producer, Doctors
COMPASS ROOM: MASTERCLASS
15.10
I LEFT, I STAYED, I CAME BACK Can you survive in the regions? What skills do you need? Ruth Pitt Chairs a panel of highly successful people whose experience has been widely different.
Chair, Ruth Pitt: Broadcast Consultant
Tom Gutteridge: MD, Standing Stone Productions
Martin Head: MD, Big Umbrella Media
Andrew Jackson: Editor, Features, Channel 4
Stuart Murphy: Creative Director, Twofour
Nick Patten: Head of Studio BBC Birmingham
Carolyn Reynolds: MD, Limepictures
Andy Sumner: MD, Sumners
QUAYS BAR
16.00
TEA AND COFFEE
QUAYS THEATRE
16.20
SURVIVAL STRATEGIES What the big Commercial TV Companies plan for the multi platform age.
Stuart Cosgrove: Director of Nations & Regions Channel 4
Lindsay Charlton: Project Director, ITV local
Chris Shaw: Senior Programme Controller, Five
Rob Woodward: Chief Executive, SMG
17.20
COMMISSIONS FROM THE NATIONS & REGIONS
John McVay, Chief Executive, Pact and Steve Hewlett discuss issues arising at the Conference and how they relate to the new Pact survey.
17.55
CLOSING REMARKS STEVE HEWLETT
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