Market Events : World Congress of Science and Factual Producers

Market Events

As always, the WCSFP will feature a number of invaluable networking opportunities and networking events.

The popular Close Encounters of the Funding Kind has evolved to include updates from distributors and investors as well as CEs. WCSFP 2010 will offer between 30 and 40 small group meetings with individual commissioning editors, distributors and investors, all of whom either commission science and history programs from independent producers outside their own territories or who provide significant funding or support. Designed to be intimate and interactive, the numbers will be strictly limited and will run on a first come first served basis.

Also in 2010, Speed Dating pitch meetings will see producers with projects in development team up with interested CEs and funders.

SPEED DATING REGISTRATION

Registration for Speed Dating is now closed. Below is a list of Commissioning Editors confirmed to date:

Annette Tewes, ZDF
Beate Schlanstein, WDR
Ben Nguyen, SBS Corporation
Carina Teutenberg, ProSiebenSat1 TV Deutschland
Caroline Behar, France 5
Christina Reisen, ARTEFrance
Claudia Schreiner, ARD - Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Debbie Myers, Science Channel
Dirk Neuhoff, NDR Television
Doug Bailey, Discovery Channel
Edwina Thring, National Geographic
Evan Hadingham, WGBH/NOVA
Hélène Coldefy, ARTE France
Howard Swartz, WGBH/NOVA
Jane Mote, UKTV
Janet Han Vissering, National Geographic Channels
John Godfrey, SBS Corporation
Kathryn Bonnici, Java Films
Lindsay Cowan Dotchison, Discovery Channel
Natalie Mueller-Elmau, ZDF
Natalie Verdier, ARTE
Nina Tuominen, YLE
Peter Newman, SBS Corporation
Susan Werbe, History
Ulrike Grunewald, ZDF
Victoria Fitzpatrick, RDF Rights
Yvonne Body, Beyond Distribution

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Testimonials

The best television market for an intriguing mixture of business, development and pleasure.
— Michael Hoff, President & Executive Producer, Hoff Productions
There is nothing quite like WCSFP. There is nowhere better to meet up with your major international coproducers in one hit.
— Kim Shillinglaw, Commissioning Editor, Science and Natural History, BBC
Being given the opportunity to meet all of your potential co-production partners in one spot is an opportunity nobody should miss.
— Alexander Hesse, Head of Department, History and Society , ZDF
Of all the television conferences there is one that is not only more enjoyable, but more useful than all the others - the WCSFP.
— David Glover, Commissioning Editor, Science, Channel 4 Television
While so many conferences these days are dominated by things beginning with M (money, marketing, etc) the WCSFP is still determinedly, gloriously passionate about things beginning with C (content, creativity, etc). Long may it prosper.
— Alex Graham, Chief Executive, Wall to Wall
WCSFP is a fantastic event which always pulls in the biggest names from within the science/factual TV arena… well-organized, easy to navigate and an essential on the calendar of anyone who is working in the science/factual TV space.
— Leila Monks, Director, TVF International
The WCSFP is the greatest opportunity for independent producers to establish a worldwide network for their ideas whether they might be scientific, historical or factual.
— Werner Vennewald, Head of Development and Non-Fiction, Vincent TV

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2010 World Congress of Science & Factual Producers : Dresden, Germany November 30 — December 3