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

1:45-2:00    10^th 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

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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