TORONTO – The 2nd annual Insight Entertainment Industries Summit will run October 22-23 at St. Andrew’s Club and Conference Centre in Toronto.
The event is aimed at senior executives and counsels from the film, television, new media, gaming, music and print media industries who are involved in content creation, development or distribution.
The keynote luncheon address will be given by Namir Anani, executive director of Policy Development and Research at the CRTC.
The conference program co-chairs are Alan Sawyer, principal consultant, Two Solitudes Consulting, and Susan Abramovitch, partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson, LLP.
Topics include issues facing each content genre, the potential impact of recent and upcoming CRTC hearings, implications of the recently introduced copyright legislation, the role of the ISP (dumb pipe or active participant in content distribution), the latest developments in advertising and marketing, innovations in book publishing and pricing in the new media marketplace.
So far, members of the Canadian Artists and Producers Relations Tribunal, CFTPA, Corus Entertainment, CRTC, CW Television Inc, Film and Video Policy Programs, Insight Sport, the National Film Board, Quebecor Media Inc, Canadian Heritage, CBC, S-VOX (Vision) TV, and Universal Studios have confirmed their attendance.
Conference registration is $1,695. A fourth person from the same company gets a free registration. To register, call 416-642-6133 or toll free at 1-866-456-2020 ext. 6133.
