2011 World Congress of Science & Factual Producers : Melbourne, Australia December 1-4

Schedule

Below is a schedule of sessions, market events, social events, and member services for the upcoming Congress in Paris. Schedule updates will be made on an ongoing basis leading up to this year’s event. Sessions, events, and session participants are subject to change without notice.

Sessions appear in gold below.

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.

Schedule-at-a-Glance:

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Tuesday, Nov. 29
12:00 pm - 09:00 pm Registration and Information Desk Open
12:00 pm - 09:00 pm WCSFP Member Lounge Open
12:00 pm - Steering Committee Nominations Open On Site
03:30 pm - 05:30 pm Meet the French Producers
04:30 pm - 05:30 pm Micro Meeting: Wellcome Trust
05:30 pm - 06:30 pm First Timers Meet and Greet
06:30 pm - 09:00 pm Welcome Cocktails
Wednesday, Nov. 30
08:30 am - 06:30 pm WCSFP Member Lounge Open
08:30 am - 06:30 pm Registration and Information Desk Open
09:15 am - 11:00 am Welcome and What’s The Buzz
11:00 am - 11:30 am Coffee Break
11:30 am - 01:00 pm TV Science: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Yvonne Body (Beyond TV)
12:30 pm - 01:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Linde Dehner and Ann-Christin Hornberger (ZDF/ARTE)
01:00 pm - 02:30 pm Lunch
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Georg Graffe (ZDF)
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Caroline Behar (France 5)
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm Micro Meeting: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Brad Kohlenstein and Michael Sorensen (Discovery Channel)
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Cassian Harrison and Kim Shillinglaw (BBC)
02:30 pm - 04:00 pm The Best of Pariscience - A Show and Tell
02:30 pm - 03:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Andrew Solomon (ORF)
02:30 pm - 04:00 pm New Ways of Telling Old Stories
02:45 pm - 03:15 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Tom Ziessen (Wellcome Trust)
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Sabine Holzer (Terra Mater Factual Studios)
04:00 pm - 04:30 pm Tea
04:30 pm - 05:30 pm Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Distributor’s World
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Bob Culbert and Frances-Mary Morrison (CBC)
04:30 pm - 05:30 pm Who Do You Think WE Are: Inside French TV
04:45 pm - 05:15 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Paul Lewis and Ken MacDonald (Discovery Channel Canada)
05:30 pm - 06:30 pm Speed Dating
05:30 pm - 06:30 pm Encounters with China: CCTV9 and CICC
05:30 pm - 06:30 pm The Story Behind Brain Games (Or How to Mess with Your Audience's Mind)
06:30 pm - Steering Committee Nominations Close
07:00 pm - 09:00 pm AST and SSD Boat Cocktail Party
09:30 pm - 01:00 am Karaoke Night
Thursday, Dec. 1
08:00 am - 09:00 am Breakfast with Discovery Channel/EPI
08:30 am - 06:30 pm WCSFP Member Lounge Open
08:30 am - Steering Committee Voting Opens
08:30 am - 06:30 pm Registration and Information Desk Open
09:00 am - 10:30 am Visions of the Future
09:00 am - 12:30 pm Collaborate to Innovate
09:00 am - 09:30 am Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Jennifer Collins (ABC)
09:15 am - 09:45 am Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: David Hooper (Espresso TV)
10:00 am - 10:30 am Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Clémence Coppey (France 3)
10:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Tales from the Casting Couch
11:00 am - 11:30 am Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Chris Hoelzl (Smithsonian Networks)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Respect for Old Geezers (les vieux schnocks)
11:15 am - 11:45 am Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Shin Yasuda (NHK)
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Thomas Von Hennet (ProSiebenSat.1 TV)
12:30 pm - 02:00 pm Lunch
12:45 pm - 01:45 pm Micro Meeting: BBC Worldwide - Co-Producing for Prime Time
01:00 pm - 01:45 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Paula Apsell, Evan Hadingham, Melanie Wallace (NOVA)
01:00 pm - 01:45 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Allan Butler, Stephen Hunter and Pamela Caragol Wells (National Geographic)
01:00 pm - 01:45 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Fabrice Puchault (France 2)
01:00 pm - 01:45 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Hélène Coldefy (ARTE France)
01:00 pm - 01:45 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: David Glover and Ralph Lee (Channel 4)
02:00 pm - 02:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Beth Hoppe (PBS)
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm From the Horse’s Mouth
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm Tsunami Docs - Is First Best?
02:15 pm - 02:45 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Valentine Kass (National Science Foundation)
03:00 pm - 03:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Riitta Jalonen and Nina Tuominen (YLE)
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm Tea
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm The XX Factor - The Pitch
04:00 pm - 04:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Nicola Andrews and Paul Heaney (Cineflix Rights)
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm Reasons to be Cheerful
04:15 pm - 04:45 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Diarmuid Jeffreys (Al Jazeera)
05:00 pm - 05:30 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Charles Schuerhoff (PBS)
05:15 pm - 06:15 pm Preview Hour: Interactive
05:15 pm - 06:15 pm Preview Hour: The Fabric of the Cosmos
05:30 pm - 06:30 pm Speed Dating
09:30 pm - Soirée Dansante
Friday, Dec. 2
08:30 am - 09:30 am Breakfast with NHK
08:30 am - 03:00 pm WCSFP Member Lounge Open
08:30 am - 02:00 pm Registration and Information Desk Open
09:30 am - 11:00 am Tech on the Run
09:30 am - 11:00 am The Arab Spring - Breaking the Mould or a Flash in the Pan?
09:45 am - 10:15 am Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Dr. Kristina Hollstein (ZDF Enterprises)
10:00 am - Voting for Steering Committee Closes
10:30 am - 11:00 am Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: David Elisco (HHMI)
11:00 am - 11:30 am Coffee Break
11:30 am - 01:00 pm Extreme TV - Is That What It Takes?
11:30 am - 01:00 pm Champagne on a Beer Budget
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: John Godfrey and Ben Nguyen (SBS)
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm Members Luncheon and Plenary

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