Conference VI Program

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Thursday, March 03, 2005
6:00PM – 9:00PM
Registration
7:00PM – 10:00PM
Opening Reception
Host: HBO & Time Warner


Friday, March 04, 2005
7:30AM – 6:00PM
Time Warner Internet Cafe
8:00AM – 9:15AM
“30 Minutes w/….Experts & Execs”
Sign Up in advance online to meet with Executives and ask questions.
8:00AM – 9:00AM
Buffet Breakfast; Keynote Address: Robert J. Dowling
Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, The Hollywood Reporter
8:00AM – 6:00PM
Registration/Conference Office
9:00AM – 6:00PM
Press Room located at SURF HERO
9:15AM – 10:30AM
"What Happened to the Wave?"
State of Latinos in Media Industry: Opening Plenary discussion and Year-in-Review Reel
10:30AM – 6:00PM
Digital Expo
10:30AM – 6:00PM
Tabletop Exhibits
10:45AM – 12:15PM
Breakout Session A
  • Foreign Finance for Documentary Funding
  • The Art of the Pitch: What Works? What Doesn't - WGAe
  • Going in the Backdoor: Careers in Hollywood
  • Pitch "Nick": Creating Kid-Friendly Programming
12:30PM – 2:00PM
Keynote Lunch Address
Introduction: Chris Albrecht, CEO Chairman & President, HBO Speaker: Mark Gill, President of Warner Independent Pictures
2:15PM – 3:45PM

Breakout Session B

  • Documentary Clearances: rights, footage, music, photos
  • Conversations with...Jeff Valdez, Chairman, SiTV
  • Hip Hop to Hollywood: Breaking into a Music Video Career
  • Inside HBO Films, Family & documentaries
  • Sound Practicum - Media Lab
  • Effective Negotiation
4:15PM – 5:45PM
Breakout Session C
  • PR in Production: Building an issue-based EPK/outreach campaign
  • Guerilla Filmmaking: Getting the Money to Make Your Movie & Making the Money Back
  • Who Represents Us: Attorney-Agent-Manager-Producers Rep Relationships
  • High Def for Indies: Champagne Footage on Soda Pop Prices
  • NALIPsters on View: Scheduled Screenings of Latino Shorts, Works-in-Progress and Experimental Work.
    (This program is now full)
8:00PM
Membership Open Dinner
9:30PM - 11:00PM
NALIPsters on View: Scheduled Screenings of Latino Shorts, Works-in-Progress and Experimental Work.
(This program is now full)


Saturday, March 05, 2005
7:30AM – 6:00PM
Time Warner Internet Cafe
8:00AM – 9:15AM
“30 Minutes w/….Experts & Execs”
Sign Up in advance online to meet with Executives and ask questions.
8:00AM – 9:00AM
Buffet Breakfast
8:00AM – 6:00PM
Registration/Conference Office - Audubon Boardroom
9:15AM – 10:45AM
Plenary/Breakout Session D
  • Stories that Broke the Rules: Social Change Doc & Feature Successes
  • Direct-to-Home Entertainment: Jump into this Business
  • Get Ready to Raise Money: Writing a Business Plan, Setting up a Production Company
  • Producing for Spanish Language T.V.
  • Technologies Enabling the Transformation of Entertainment
  • Negotiating for Success
10:45AM – 11:00AM
Break
10:30AM – 6:00PM
Digital Expo
10:30AM – 6:00PM
Tabletop Exhibits
11:00AM – 12:30PM
Breakout Session E
  • Pieces of the Doc Pie: Broadcasters, PBS, Foundations & Beyond
  • Develop & Package: options, writers, relationships...
  • Film Festival Strategies: Different Festivals fulfill Different Needs
  • Graphics, After Effects, Motion Practicum
  • International Co-Productions
  • NALIPsters on View: Scheduled Screenings of Latino Shorts, Works-in-Progress and Experimental Work
    (This program is now full)
12:45PM – 2:15PM
Keynote Luncheon Address: Michael Eric Dyson
2:30PM – 4:00PM
Breakout Session F
  • Documentary Sample Tapes: Professional Evaluations
  • Theatrical Distribution: First Features, Feature Docs
  • Director Reels: Show your Stuff to the Companies that Hire
  • Inside Time Warner
  • Basic Budgeting & Scheduling
  • Conversations with...Lourdes Portillo
4:30PM – 6:00PM
Town Hall Meeting
7:00PM
Gala Reception
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8:00PM – 11:00PM
Gala Dinner & Awards
Hosted by Wanda de Jesus and Joey Medina.
Awards presented to Jeff Valdez, Lourdes Portillo and Raul Yzaguirre
10:00PM – 1:00AM
Video Slam
If you don't get a chance to show your stuff at the NALIPsters On View program, then bring over your tape and pop it in. First Come, First Serve.


Sunday, March 06, 2005
9:00AM – 11:00AM
NALIP Plenary & Final Resolutions

"Sign Up" in advance. Based on a first come, first serve. Subject to availability. Registration to conference required.

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