Friday, April 6, 2018
9:30-9:35 Conference Welcome
Dean David Meyer, Tulane Law School
9:35-11:00 Distribution Disruptors: Our World Today
- Jeff Frost, President, Sony Pictures Television Studios, Moderator
- Dan Scharf, Head, Television Business Affairs, Amazon Studios
- Philip Pailey, Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, Showtime Networks
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:30 User-Generated Disrupters and Transformative Uses
- Prof. Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Tulane Law School, Moderator
- Prof. Betsy Rosenblatt, Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law, Whittier Law School, and Legal Advisor, Archive of Our Own.
- Matt Skelton, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Corporation & Xbox
- Kevin Reilly, Senior Corporate Counsel, Sony PlayStation
12:30-1:45 Lunch
An informal conversation on the role of talent with Kevin Yorn, Founding Partner, Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman, and David Boyle, Special Advisor, Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, California.
1:45-2:00 10th Anniversary of Durationator
2:00-2:30 The Role of Preservation in the Creative Ecosystem: A Conversation
- Prof. Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Tulane Law School, Moderator
- Hope O'Keeffe, Associate General Counsel, Copyright, Library of Congress
- Eric Schwartz, Partner, Mitchell Silberg & Knupp, Washington D.C.
- Tim Francis, Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, New Orleans
2:30-3:45 Sports & Entertainment as Creative Disruption
- Prof. Gabe Feldman, Director, Tulane Sports Law Program, Moderator
- Lee Goldsmith, Senior Vice President & Media Counsel, National Football League
- Lisa Richardson, Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Fox Networks Group
- Sal Siino, Senior Vice President of Global Content Distribution & Business Development, WWE
3:45-4:00 Break
4:00-5:00 Keynote Dialogue with Sanford Panitch, President, Columbia Pictures
A candid conversation about the future of Film & Television with Sanford Panitch, President, Columbia Pictures and Jeff Frost, President, Sony Pictures Television Studios
5:00-5:45 Post-Conference Reception, Tulane Law School
This program is pending MCLE approval in Louisiana and will be eligible for 4.2 CLE credit hours (60-minute states)/ 5.0 CLE credit hours (50-minute states).
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