DigiTraining Plus 2009: European Cinemas Experiencing New Technologies
Course programme
and speakers’ presentations
Wednesday, 25 February
Thursday, 26 February Friday, 27 February Saturday, 28 February Sunday, 1st March

 

Breakfast at Barkston Gardens Hotel

Breakfast at Barkston Gardens Hotel

Breakfast at Express by Holiday Inn, Hull

Breakfast at Barkston Gardens Hotel

 

 

At Empire Leicester Square Cinema, London
Transfer by metro (Leicester Square), departing from hotel no later than 8.30 am

9.00 am
Presentation of the cinema with a special focus on digital projection (management and programming issues) by Derek Cownty, Director of Film Buying and Dave Norris, Dual Projection Manager at Empire

Demo of digital content and focus on European titles digitally released, in collaboration with XDC:
- European movies: Entre Le Murs, Le Silence de Lorna (among others)
- European Alternative Content : Opera

10.00 am coffee break & visit to the projection booth

10.30 am
The digital scenario in the US. Presentation by Michael Karagosian, Digital Consultant of NATO

Q&A session

11.40 am
Business model (part 1)
Presentation of Arts Alliance Media and its activity in Europe by Gwendal Auffret, Managing Director for Southern European digital cinema operation (AAM)

Q&A session

Transfer on foot to the Soho House

At Hotel
 
9.00 am
The European Experience
- R. Gjestland, Adviser in cinema design and technology for Film&Kino, Norway
- Harri Ahokas, Head of Domestic Distribution at the Finnish Film Foundation and Tero Koistinen, Executive Director at the Finnish Cinema Exhibitors’ Association, Finland
- Marieke Jonker, Head of Sales at Amstelfilm, The Netherlands

Q&A session

10.45 am coffee break


11.15 am
The activity of EDCF. Focus on its “Guide to Alternative Content” by John Graham, General Secretary (EDCF)

11.40 am
Session on digital contents – alternative contents, with Giovanni Cozzi, Vice Chairman (Emerging Pictures)

Q&A session

At Vue Princes Quay Cinema, Hull
Transfer on foot no later than 8.30 am

9.00 am
Presentation of the cinema
by Paul Denny, General Manager Vue Princes Quay Cinema.

The world of 3D (demo)

Q&A session

9.45 am coffee break

10.00 am
How to programme a “purely digital multiplex” by Mark Buck, Technical Manager of Vue Princes Quay Cinema

Q&A session

10.30 am
Tour of the cinema and of projection room

 

At hotel
 
 
9.15 am
Course evaluation
 
11.15 am
Course closure

Participants are free for lunch

 

At Soho House
21 Old Compton Street

1.00 pm
Lunch

1.30 pm
Session on digital contents - film distribution with the participation of Nick Varley, Managing Director (Park Circus) and Mark Batey, Chief Executive Officer (FDA)

12.30 pm
Participants are free for lunch

 

11.45 am
Lunch at the Express by Holiday Inn Hotel

12.35 pm
Transfer on foot to the train station

 

 

At Barkston Gardens Hotel
Nearest metro station: Earl’s Court

2.00 pm
Check in at the Hotel and registration with MEDIA Salles

3.00 pm
Welcome speech and presentation of the course structure by Jens Rykaer - President of MEDIA Salles and Moderator of the course

3.30 pm
Panel: “Why has the UK become the main market for digital cinema in Europe? Key players give their answers”:

- Phil Clapp – Chief Executive at CEA

- Peter Buckingham – Head of Distribution and Exhibition at the UK Film Council

Q&A session

4.30 pm
Welcome speech by Hatice Ozdemirciler, MEDIA Desk UK

4.40 pm coffee break

5.00 pm
What do we talk about when we talk about digital cinema?
by Michael Karagosian – Digital Consultant of NATO
 
Q&A session
 
6.30 pm

Presentation of the course structure, by Jens Rykaer, Moderator of the course

7.00 pm
Who’s who at the Course

3.00 pm
At Sony private screening room, Sony Pictures Europe, 25 Golden Square
Transfer on foot
 
CineAlta 4K demo projection and presentation by Oliver Pasch Head of Digital Cinema Europe and Mark Clowes, European Marketing Manager, Digital Cinema- Sony Professional

5.00 pm
End of session

1.45 pm
Digital screens: how many and where?
by Elisabetta Brunella, Secretary General of MEDIA Salles

3.00 pm
Departure from Barkston Gardens Hotel and transfer by underground to King’s Cross Station
 
4.05 pm Train to Hull Hull from London King’s Cross Station
 
6.40 pm Arrival in Hull
 
Transfer on foot to the Express by Holiday Inn Hotel

 

1.05 pm Train to London
 
3.50 pm Arrival in London

Transfer by underground to the Barkston Gardens Hotel
Nearest metro station: Earl’s Court

At Barkston Gardens Hotel

4.45 pm
Business model (part 2)
Fabrice Testa, VP Sales & Business Development and Judith Michel, Content Services Sales Manager – XDC
 
5.45 pm

Group work

6.45 pm
Final statements

 

 

 
8.00 pm
Transfer on foot

Opening dinner at
The Pembroke
261 Old Brompton Road, SW5 9JA London


Participants are free for dinner

7.15 pm
Dinner at the Express by Holiday Inn Hotel

8.30 pm
Transfer on foot to Vue Princes Quay Cinema

9.00 pm
Screening of Alternative Content at Vue Hull:
Queen+Paul Rodgers Live in Kiev 2008

8.00 pm
Transfer on foot

Closing dinner at the 15/25 Restaurant - Enterprise Hotel, 15-25 Hogarth Road, SW5 0QJ London

 

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