Screen Producers Australia will host a presentation of ABC’s flagship program Q&A at this year's Screen Forever conference in Melbourne.
In a keynote opener for the conference, Q&A host Tom Ballard will lead a specialist panel into the future of media content and the rapidly changing landscape facing Australian and international producers, featuring questions from Australia’s top producers.
The session will be helmed by Q&A executive producer, Peter McEvoy, and will include audience interaction and a real time Twitter feed.
It is designed for the Screen Forever audience of producers, distributors, financiers and media executives, as well as international guests.
The panel will give their views and opinions in response to selected questions from the audience, made up exclusively of Screen Forever delegates.
Confirmed panelists for Q&A include: Dana Brunetti, president, Trigger Street Productions: Fiona Cameron, chief operating officer, Screen Australia; Holly Hines, senior vice president, content, dynamic television; Russel Howcroft, executive general manager, Network Ten; Jenni Tosi, chief executive officer, Film Victoria and Sarah Snook, stage, television and film actress.
Screen Producers Australia chief executive, Matthew Deaner, said it was a terrific coup for Screen Producers Australia to have one of Australia’s top programs opening the conference.
"Media is an alive topic at the moment and Q&A is the perfect forum to debate some of the most important topics affecting our industry” he said.
"As always, this Q&A will be unpredictable, but we expect it to range from the future of media content, regulation and piracy, online vs broadcast, global trends, next generation media influence and the global marketplace.”
Q&A will open the Screen Forever conference at Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne on Tuesday November 17 at 2.00pm.
Delegates are invited to submit their questions for consideration by the producers of Q&A, care of Barbara.cooper@screenproducers.org.au, by 5pm AEST on Wednesday November 11.