2010 World Congress of Science & Factual Producers : Melbourne, Australia December 1-4

Schedule

Below is a schedule of events for the upcoming Congress in Dresden. Events and session participants are subject to change without notice.

Useful documents such as a venue map and schedule-at-a-glance are available for download below. These documents are up-to-date as of early November. Below this documents is the most up-to-date schedule, which has been updated as of Tuesday, November 30.

Schedule-at-a-Glance:

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Tuesday, Nov. 30
02:30 pm - Steering Committee Nominations Open Onsite
02:30 pm - 03:00 am Registration and Information Desk Open
04:30 pm - 06:30 pm Meet the German Producers
06:30 pm - 07:30 pm European Commission Micro Meeting
07:30 pm - 03:00 am WCSFP Member Lounge and Videotheque Open
08:30 pm - 09:15 pm International Broadcasting Landscape Overview: Asia
08:30 pm - 09:15 pm International Broadcasting Landscape Overview: National Geographic
09:29 pm - 10:14 pm International Broadcasting Landscape Overview: Europe
09:30 pm - 10:15 pm International Broadcasting Landscape Overview: USA
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm Who is Who and What is What in the German Broadcasting Landscape
01:30 am - 03:30 am Willkommen Cocktail
Wednesday, Dec. 1
02:30 pm - 12:30 am Registration and Information Desk Open
02:30 pm - 12:30 am WCSFP Member Lounge and Videotheque Open
03:15 pm - 05:00 pm Welcome to Germany and What’s the Buzz?
04:00 pm - Steering Committee Nominations Close
05:00 pm - Steering Committee Voting Opens
05:00 pm - 05:30 pm Coffee Break
05:30 pm - 07:00 pm Don’t Mention the War
05:30 pm - 07:00 pm From “Out There” to Right Here - What You Need to Know About Transmedia
06:00 pm - 06:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Karin Leske (MDM)
06:30 pm - 07:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Charles Schuerhoff (PBS)
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm Lunch
07:00 pm - 07:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Caroline Behar (France 5)
07:00 pm - 07:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Janet Han Vissering (National Geographic)
07:30 pm - 08:15 pm Lunchtime Screening: 50 Years of The Nature of Things
07:30 pm - 08:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: David Glover (Channel 4)
08:00 pm - 08:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Debbie Myers (Science Channel)
08:00 pm - 08:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Linde Dehner and Ann-Christin Hornberger (ZDF/ARTE)
08:29 pm - 09:59 pm Brilliant Beginnings - The First Five Minutes
08:30 pm - 09:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Riitta Jalonen and Nina Tuominen (YLE)
08:30 pm - 10:00 pm Hard Science
09:00 pm - 09:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Alexander Hesse and Jens Monath (ZDF)
09:30 pm - 10:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: David Hooper (Espresso TV)
10:00 pm - 10:30 pm Tea
10:30 pm - 11:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Ralf Blasius and Georgina Eyre (Off The Fence)
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm Is Factual F****d?
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm Window on Eastern Europe
11:30 pm - 12:30 am Speed Dating 1
11:30 pm - 12:00 am International Broadcasting Landscape Overview: UK
01:30 am - 05:59 am Ball and Brauhaus
Thursday, Dec. 2
02:30 pm - 12:30 am Registration and Information Desk Open
02:30 pm - 12:30 am WCSFP Member Lounge and Videotheque Open
02:45 pm - 03:15 pm International Broadcasting Landscape Overview: Discovery
03:00 pm - 03:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Dirk Neuhoff (NDR Television)
03:30 pm - 05:00 pm Films I Wish I Had Commissioned…. and Some That I Did!
03:30 pm - 05:00 pm The Fundamentals of 3D Documentary Production
04:00 pm - 04:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Whit Higgins (Fox International Channels)
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: John Godfrey, Peter Newman and Ben Nguyen (SBS)
05:00 pm - 05:30 pm Coffee Break
05:30 pm - 07:00 pm Cracking the Co-Pro Market
05:30 pm - 07:00 pm 3D On Trial - The Truth Behind the Hype
05:30 pm - 06:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Claudia Schreiner (MDR/ARD)
06:00 pm - 06:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Chris Hoelzl (Smithsonian Networks)
06:30 pm - 07:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Yvonne Body (Beyond Distribution)
07:00 pm - 11:30 pm The Art of Telling Science and History Stories - A Workshop for Scientists and Historians
07:00 pm - 07:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Ralph Lee (Channel 4)
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm Lunch
07:00 pm - 07:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Stéphane Millière (Gedeon Programmes)
07:15 pm - 08:15 pm Lunchtime In 3D
07:30 pm - 08:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Melanie Wallace (NOVA)
08:00 pm - 08:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Hélène Coldefy (ARTE France)
08:00 pm - 08:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Bob Culbert and Sue Dando (CBC)
08:30 pm - 09:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Leila Monks (TVF International)
08:30 pm - 10:00 pm How to Tell a Nation’s Story - One Size Fits All or Made to Measure?
08:30 pm - 10:00 pm The DNA of Fact Ent - How the Tried and Tested Ingredients and Skills of the Factual Entertainment Master Chefs Make Successful Recipes for Science and History TV
09:00 pm - 09:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Paul Heaney (Cineflix)
09:30 pm - 10:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Elvira Lind (Spiegel TV)
10:00 pm - 10:30 pm Tea
10:30 pm - 11:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Lindsay Cowan Dotchison (Discovery Canada)
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm Who Do THEY Think THEY Are?
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm Blue Chip Meets Silicon Chip
11:00 pm - 11:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Emily Flood (Discovery)
11:30 pm - 12:30 am Speed Dating 2
11:30 pm - 12:30 am The Pitch
12:30 am - 01:30 am Dresden Reborn: A Private Tour of the Frauenkirche
03:30 am - 05:59 am After Dark
Friday, Dec. 3
02:30 pm - 08:00 pm Registration and Information Desk Open
02:30 pm - 08:00 pm WCSFP Member Lounge and Videotheque Open
03:30 pm - 05:00 pm Is It Game Over for Public Broadcasters?
03:30 pm - 05:00 pm Pick of the Year: Science TV in Germany
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Kristina Hollstein (ZDF Enterprises)
04:00 pm - Voting for Steering Committee Closes
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Victoria Fitzpatrick (Zodiak Rights)
05:00 pm - 05:30 pm Coffee Break
05:30 pm - 06:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Jennifer Collins (ABC Television)
05:30 pm - 07:00 pm Confessions of a TV Host
05:30 pm - 07:00 pm Paper Trials - Reading A Scientific Paper
06:00 pm - 06:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Thomas von Hennet (ProSieben)
06:30 pm - 07:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Christiane Hinz (WDR)
07:00 pm - 07:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Sara Cropley and Kirsty Jones (The Wellcome Trust)
07:00 pm - 09:00 pm Members Luncheon and Plenary
08:45 pm - 11:00 pm Stollen Christmas Boat Tour

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