Agenda 2019
9:30am - 9:45am



9:45am - 10:45am





10:45am - 11:45am



11:45am - 12:45am









12:45pm - 1:15pm


1:15pm - 2:00pm


2:00pm - 2:30pm



2:30pm - 3:30pm






3:30pm - 3:45pm

3:45pm - 5:00pm

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Welcome Remarks
Teri Schwartz, Dean, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Kathy Eldon, Co-founder, Creative Visions
Peter Bisanz, Executive Director, The Skoll Center for SIE
The State of Social Impact Entertainment
Moderated by Peter Bisanz, Executive Director, The Skoll Center for SIE
Neal Baer, Executive Producer, Showrunner, E.R., Law & Order: SVU, Designated Survivor
Johanna Blakley, Managing Director, The Norman Lear Center
Elise Pearlstein, SVP, Documentary Film and Television, Participant Media
James Redford, Co-founder, KPJR Films and Chair of The Redford Center
A Case Study on Impact Campaigns
Melody Mohebi, Manager, Social Impact, Participant Media
Meredith Goldberg-Morse, Social Impact Campaign Manager, Participant Media
Lesedi Shubane, Coordinator, Social Impact, Participant Media
Networking & Lunch Breakout Sessions
Next Generation Technology in Social Impact Entertainment 
Ted Schilowitz, Futurist, Paramount
Location: Theater Lab 
Documentary Meetup
Mix and mingle with fellow attendees interested and working in the documentary field.
Location: Back Patio 
Networking for Impact
Continue the conversation and join fellow attendees for networking on the main patio.
Location: Main Patio & Lobby
Behind the Scenes: Period. End of Sentence.
Moderated by Laura Herb, Program Manager, The Skoll Center for SIE
Sam Davis, Co-producer, cinematographer and editor, Period. End of Sentence.
Spreading Joy + Mobilizing Audiences Online
Shabnam Mogharabi, Managing Director, SoulPancake
Rainn Wilson, Co-founder of SoulPancake
The Other Side of Silence: Reflections on the Craft and Impact of Documentary Narrative
Amy Ziering, Emmy Award-Winning Producer, The Bleeding Edge, The Hunting Ground, The Invisible War
Making an Impact in Mainstream Entertainment
Moderated by Bonnie Abaunza, Founder, The Abaunza Group
Tracey Bing, Producer, Nappily Ever After, Southside with You
William Goldenberg, Oscar-winning editor, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Unbroken, Detroit
Erin Siminoff, EVP Production, Fox 2000
Chris Weitz, Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Operation Finale, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, A Better Life, About a Boy
Closing Remarks
Peter Bisanz, Executive Director, The Skoll Center for SIE
Reception
Please join us for appetizers on the Main Patio
Screening: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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