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!

Stuart Scowcroft, Executive Producer, Intomedia Limited (Australia)

Stuart is a former General Manager of the public Australian film and television production and distribution company, Becker Group Limited, and was, for seven years, Head of Features for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He has extensive experience in international relations, co-production and business and brings to clients a global network of contacts coupled with a long history of marketing and executive management.

He was General Manager of Dendy Films and Dendy Cinemas in the mid 1990s after the group was taken over by Becker Group Limited.

His production credits, until now, have been in television with some of the most prestigious productions in Australia including Journeys to the Ends of the Earth, one of the most expensive documentary series made in Australia; the long running Outback Adventures and Quantum, the top-rating drama-doc co production Indelible Evidence and many others.

He is a writer and director in his own right and is, therefore, able to connect on a grass roots level with directors, producers and other creative personnel.

He established his own consultancy in 2002 to focus on film and television and now provides GEM’s clients with executive production, marketing, planning and creative services. He is one of the founding members of Waterloo Finance Pty Ltd, a newly established entity in Australia aimed at providing funding for productions both within Australia and in the international marketplace.

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