You are invited to the IVY Entertainment Summit and Awards, an exclusive experience at the HBO Pavilion and Mark Goodson Screening Room at AFI. The event will feature insider tools and strategies to stay viable in a disrupted industry, how to leverage diversity and digital distribution in ways that are good for your pocketbook, and exclusive mentoring roundtables. This annual elite event is quickly becoming the pre-emmys and pre-oscars taste-making industry event of the year. The full day event will culminate with a power networking reception FREE for All Access Pass Holders.

AGENDA *
09:30AM - 10:00AM - Arrivals & Networking
10:00AM - 11:00AM - Diversity, Disruption, & Digital Distribution
11:00AM - 12:00PM - A Creative Person's Secrets to Success
12:00PM - 01:00PM - Screenplay Masterclass
01:00PM - 02:00PM - Strategies to Finance Your Independent Project
02:00PM - 05:00PM - Exclusive Networking Reception

MENTORING ROUNDTABLES AT THE HBO PAVILION *
10:00AM - 10:45AM - James Levine (Emerson, Casting Director)
10:00AM - 11:00AM - Jonathan Skurnik (Dartmouth, Funding A Socially Conscious Film)
11:00AM - 12:00PM - John Kim (Digital Distribution, Paramount / Disney / Digital - Netflix, iTunes, Amazon)
11:00AM - 12:00PM - Nina Ameri (Entertainment Attorney / Partner, One LLP)
12:00PM - 01:00PM - Pen Densham (Producer, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, BACKDRAFT)
12:00PM - 12:30PM - Harris Tulchin (Cornell, Attorney)
01:00PM - 02:00PM - Jim Hart (Columbia, HOOK, CONTACT, DRACULA)

Click the Register button for a full description on each session.