8:00 AM REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:45 AM WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

9:00 AM BASIC MECHANICS OF FILM FINANCE
Representatives from various perspectives in a film financing transaction will take you through a sample financing transaction. 

• Structure of a Motion Picture Financing Transaction
• Components of Financing:  Equity, Debt & Soft Money
• Distribution and Sales Agency Agreements
• Completion Guarantees
• Producers, Bankers, Lawyers & Accountants and their roles in a deal

10:30 AM REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:45 AM ACCESSING CAPITAL MARKETS & FINANCING SOURCES

This panel will cover the primary sources of financing content in the economic credit crunch for television and film -- debt, equity, presale and soft money.  We will explore the roll debt lenders and the conditions a producer and filmmaker need to satisfy to secure funding from commercial banks, private equity and other sources of financing for content. 

12:00 PM NETWORKING LUNCHEON

1:00 PM  UPDATE ON U.S. & CANADIAN TAX INCENTIVES

This panel will discuss U.S. State and Canadian tax incentives, credits and rebates, including how such incentives are typically administered and financed.

2:00 PM CHAIN OF TITLE, OPTION AGREEMENTS, CAST AGREEMENTS AND OTHER KEY PRODUCTION AGREEMENTS, GUILDS AND UNIONS

This panel will discuss the principal agreements required for a typical film. Many issues associated with production agreements are often misunderstood. The panel will attempt to de-mystify some of the agreements and explain common pitfalls and traps.

3:00 PM REFRESHMENT BREAK

3:15 pm MUSIC IN FILM

This panel will review the relationship between music and film. There will be a review of the way in which music is licensed and commissioned for films. The panel will review composer agreements, master use and synchronization license agreements and explain the role of record companies and music publishers and their relationship to the film business.

4:15 PM FILM DISTRIBUTION

While accessible technologies facilitate the distribution of films, television programs and other works to any device, anywhere, anytime, significant questions loom.  How will content creators be paid?  Who will own content?  How do different technologies affect the user experience?  Will television as we know it be supplanted by an always on demand environment?  What are the right deals to cut for digital distribution? 

5:15 PM SUMMIT CONCLUDES