Who We Are
The World Congress of Science and Factual Producers is a member-run organization that represents science and other factual producers and broadcasters around the world. Administered by an elected steering committee and board of directors, the primary function of the WCSFP is the management of the annual conference. Delegates are able to nominate and vote for steering committee members in elections that take place each year during the Congress.
STEERING COMMITTEE
The primary role of the committee is the co-ordination and management of the annual Congress conference. To achieve this, the committee has sign-off powers on conference content and endorsement of the selection of the Board of Directors.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
As designated by the steering committee, the board of directors administers the affairs of the company including, but not limited to, the efficient expenditure of members’ funds, budgets and annual conference fees.
2008 STEERING COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEMBERS
- André Barro, Producer, Factual & Co-production, Cirrus (Canada)
- Ann Julienne, Head of Acquisitions and International Co-productions, France 5 (France)*
- Daryl Karp, CEO, Film Australia (Australia)*
- Ralph Lee, Head of Specialist Factual, Channel Four (UK)
- Jared Lipworth, Director of Science Programs, Thirteen/WNET New York (USA)
- Wally Longul, President JKJ-TV International (Canada)*
- John Lynch, Head of Science, BBC Vision Productions (UK)*
- Stuart Mullin, Finance Director, Wall To Wall Television (UK)*
- Sonya Pemberton, Executive Producer and Managing Director, Pemberton Films (Australia)
- Lorenzo Pinna, Broadcaster, RAI (Italy)
- Marco Visalberghi, Managing Director, DocLab Srl (Italy)
- Thomas von Hennet, Head of Documentaries and International Co-Productions, ProSieben Television*
- Susan Werbe, Vice President, Historical Programming. The History Channel (USA)
- Bridget Whalen, Executive Director of Development, National Geographic Channel (USA)
- Ellen Windemuth, Managing Director, Off The Fence (Netherlands)
*Board member
The vacancies for the 2009 Steering Committee will be posted in this space in the fall of 2008.
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Alison Leigh, independent producer, Leigh Brown Productions, Australia is the Editorial Director for the WCSFP.
EVENT MANAGEMENT TEAM
The Congress is managed by Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival under the leadership of Executive Director Chris McDonald and Managing Director Brett Hendrie. The Event Manager is Nancy MacDougall.








