2008 World Congress of Science & Factual Producers : Florence, Italy December 1-4

Network

The premiere event for science and history broadcast executives and producers, the WCSFP connects you with people who are informed and passionate about the craft and business of factual television. And, you can conduct business in a remarkable 2-to-1 producer-to-broadcaster environment: face-to-face meetings are easy, plentiful and productive. It's no wonder things are relaxed: the event is run by an involved member-run community for factual professionals.

Share & Learn

Leading international producers and broadcasters work collaboratively to develop a full-slate of member-produced panels and talks. This "by-the-industry and for-the-industry" model celebrates the best of the genre and explores contemporary issues without holding back nitty-gritty details (yes, panelists talk about what didn’t work as well as what did). You'll find extraordinary analysis and insight through case-studies of complex programs, feisty intellectual debates, and on-stage interviews that feature production visionaries and top network decision-makers.

Explore

For 16 years the Congress has travelled the world, visiting new cities and always welcoming new professionals into the community. Like recent editions in New York, Manchester and Tokyo, the Florence WCSFP will allow delegates a chance to explore the region's great wealth of history and culture. And, when the business day is over, grab drinks with your colleagues and have some real fun too at our lively evening events -what a concept for a television conference!

Sonya Pemberton, Executive Producer/Managing Director, Pemberton Films (Australia)

Sonya Pemberton is one of Australia's leading science writers, directors and executive producers. From 2004 to 2006 she was Head of Specialist Factual at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), leading the Science, Natural History, Religion and Ethics, Education and Indigenous Units. She managed four weekly primetime shows and a slate of 150 hours of programming per year, whilst executive producing key science documentary projects (including the multi award winning Crude, The Winners Guide to the Nobel Prize and Battle of the Brains). In 2007 Sonya resumed directing and executive producing science films and interactive projects for an international audience. In 2008 her film Angels & Demons won a string of awards after winning its time slot with a remarkable 29% audience share. Previously Sonya directed over 40 hours of television documentary. Her films have won over 30 awards and she has been three times honoured with the Eureka Prize for Science Journalism (2003, 2004 and 2008).

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