SPONSORED BY:






Summit Co-Leaders:

    Philip Alberstat, CEO, 44 Media Group, Los Angeles
    Jeff Sanders, Partner, Roberts & Ritholz LLP, New York
    David Steinberg, Partner, Heenan Blaikie, Toronto

DAY ONE - MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008

Workshop on Legal agreements and issues in the film industry:  Acquisition, production, distribution and financing        

7:30 am    Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am   Acquisition and Development

    •        Option Agreements
    •        Writer Agreements
    •        Life Story Rights
    •        Copyright, Title and Script Searches

10:30 am  Refreshment Break

10:45 am   Production

    •        Dealing with the Guilds
    •        Performer, Director and other Key Personnel Agreements
    •        The Role of Attorneys and Business Advisors
    •        Music Agreements
    •        E&O and other insurance
    •        Co-Production Agreements

12:15 pm   Networking Luncheon

1:30 pm     Distribution

    •        Distribution & Sales Agency Agreements
    •        Broadcast Agreements

2:30 pm   Financing

    •        Interim Financing and Dealing with Banks
    •        Interparty Agreements and Assignments
    •        Collection Agreements
    •        Completion Guarantees
    •        The Challenge of Closing
    •        Repayment

3:30 pm   Refreshment Break

3:45 pm   After the Release…
    •        Where is the Money made?
    •        The Financial Effect of Completed Agreements
    •        The Audit
    •        Disputes and Arbitration

    4:30 pm   Interactive Discussion and Mock Negotiation

    •        Open forum with audience participation
    •        Q & A

5:15 pm  Conference Concludes


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