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The Globalization of the Entertainment Industry:\u00a0<\/strong>A Double-Edged Sword?
\n<\/strong>Friday, November 16, 2012
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PANEL #1 – Cross-Border Collaboration: Joint Ventures in Emerging Economies
\n<\/strong>Emerging economies are opening their arms to Hollywood, making it an exciting time of growth and expansion for the global entertainment industry. What makes for an effective and successful partnership with these fast-growing markets? Studio executives, finance and legal leaders from around the globe discuss the opportunities and risks accompanying Hollywood\u2019s expansion into the emerging markets of China, Russia, Latin America, India and South Africa, with an eye on the cutting-edge business, finance, and legal trends in the international entertainment industry.<\/p>\n

Stephen Saltzman<\/strong> (moderator),<\/strong> Partner, Loeb & Loeb Los Angeles
\nJason Goldberg, <\/strong>Of Counsel, Covington & Burling Beijing
\nBill Yuan,<\/strong> Chairman, Fortress Holdings Group
\nElizabeth Powell,<\/strong> VP of Business & Legal Affairs, IM Global
\nDan Steinman,<\/strong> Agent, Film Finance Group, Creative Artists Agency
\nChristopher Spicer,<\/strong> Counsel, Akin Gump Century City<\/p>\n

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PANEL #2 – Censorship: Controlling Content Across Borders Platforms
\n<\/strong>Business executives, policy experts, and industry leaders will discuss the business, technological, and legal issues that arise when creative content, from online to traditional media, is controlled indirectly and directly as it crosses borders and platforms around the world.<\/p>\n

Jeff Hermes<\/strong> (moderator), Director, Digital Media Law Project, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
\nRyan Budish,<\/strong> Director, Herdict Project, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
\nBen Sheffner,<\/strong> VP of Legal Affairs, Motion Picture Association of America
\nLaura Cook,<\/strong> Consultant to Twentieth Century Fox, formerly EVP of Woldwide Legal & Business Affairs
\nAndrew McDiarmid,<\/strong> Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Democracy & Technology<\/p>\n

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PANEL #3 – New Media: Entertainment’s Digital Future
\n<\/strong>As the entertainment industry expands its distribution of films, TV, music, and digital media across mobile and Web platforms, this panel examines the cutting-edge legal and business challenges that face creators and distributors of this new media in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n

Jerrold G. Neeff<\/strong> (moderator), Principal, The Bostonian Law Group, and Lecturer of Law in Entertainment Law at Boston University School of Law
\nRobin Lee Russell,<\/strong> 2012 Harvard University Advanced Leadership Fellow and Entertainment Media Consultant, Former Senior Executive Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment
\nMontrel McKay,<\/strong> Digital Media Manager, Electus Entertainment
\nJason Spivak,<\/strong> Executive VP of Worldwide Digital Distribution, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment<\/p>\n

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KEYNOTE SPEECH – Wayne Levin: The Emergence of Lionsgate in an Increasingly Complex Global Environment
\n<\/strong>Wayne Levin is General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Corporate Operations for Lionsgate (Hunger Games, Twilight). He is the Company\u2019s senior legal and business affairs executive and is a member of Lionsgate\u2019s senior decision-making team. Mr. Levin has played a key role in Lionsgate\u2019s growth strategy, negotiation and overseeing the acquisitions and subsequent integration of such companies as Artisan Entertainment, Redbus Holdings (subsequently renamed Lionsgate U.K.), Debmar-Mercury and Mandate Pictures as well as Lionsgate\u2019s equity investments in Roadside Attractions and Break.com.<\/p>\n

Mr. Levin spoke\u00a0about the uptick in studio filmmaking and distribution in emerging markets such as China and Russia, as well as Lionsgate\u2019s new place among the major studios following its merger with Summit in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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