Nollywood Foundation, Inc.

Presents

Nollywood Foundation Convention ’07

“Nollywood: Emerging Talents and Technologies”

Omni Los Angeles Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA,

June 15 - 17, 2007.

AGENDA - Workshops and Panels

Friday, June 15, 2007

 
WORKSHOPS

9.00 a.m. -11.00 a.m. Cinematography In The Digital Age - Cameras, Aesthetics, and Lighting - Organized by James Mathers (President and Co-Founder of the Digital Camera Society)

11.00 a.m. - 12. 30 p.m. Screenwriting ------- Organized by Michael Ajakwe, writer/producer/director

12.30p.m. – 1.30 p.m. : LUNCH

1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. Sound ---------Organized by Alfred Bunmi George (African Academy of Motion Pictures), Director/Writer/Producer

2.30 p.m.- 4.00 p.m. Post-Production Editing--------------- Organized by John Corser, Producer & Academy Award Nominee

4.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Fashion and Beauty -------- Organized by Ms. Uduak Oduok, Fashion Model/Journalist/Attorney. Presented by Ms. Nana Danquaah Osafo, Image Consultant & Attorney; Edie Lokoto, Hair Stylist; Andrea Kobu, Makeup Artist; and Toni Payne, CEO, Hotntrendy, Toni Payne Cosmetics and Apparel and Publisher of Nigerian Entertainment Magazine.

7.00 p.m. VIP Reception

@

Grand Café, Omni Los Angeles Hotel - 251 S Olive Street.

 
Hosted by the Nigerian National Film and Video Censors Board

Address by: Mr. Emeka Mba, Director-General, Nigerian National Film & Video Censors Board

Remarks by: Hon. Senator Iyabo Obasanjo

Saturday June 16, 2007

PANELS

9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.: Leveraging Technology to Improve Product Quality

Panelists

Lancelot Imasuen, Nollywood Director

Said Dibinga, Director

Cricket Peters, Director of Photography

Fidelis Duker, President Directors Guild, Nollywood

      Moderator – Sylvester Ogbechie

10.00 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.: Improving product quality - Screen Writing, Acting and      Imaging

Panelists

Ms Uduak Oduok , Fashion Model/Journalist/Attorney

Amabel “Belle” Niba, CEO of African Vibes Communications, Founder and Editorial Director, African Vibes Magazine

Hakeem Kae Kazim, Actor (“Hotel Rwanda”, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”)

Ose Schalz, Writer/Director

Malcolm Fabiyi, Award Winning Writer

      Moderator - Michael Ajakwe

 
11.15 a.m. – 12.10 p.m.: Nollywood, African Cinema and the Challenge of Technology 

Panelists

Nam Mokwunye, Stanford University

Derrick Ashong, Musician/Entrepreneur

Gbemisola Olujobi, University of Southern California

Segun Oyekunle, President and CEO, Arufa Productions

Tunde Adekola, Executive Director African Languages Technology Initiative

Moderator - Seguin Oyekunle

12.10 p.m. – 1.00 p.m.: Negotiating and Protecting the Rights of Talent

Panelists

Efere Ozako, Partner Ozako

Sandra Oyewole, Partner Olajide Oyewole and Co, 

Steven Monas, Principal, Business Affairs Inc.

Donray Von, Manager/Writer/Producer

      Moderator: Lisa Poole

LUNCH: 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.

Parminder Vir, OBE

Madu Chikwendu, President, Producers’ Guild, Nollywood

Fidelis Duker, President, Directors’ Guild, Nollywood

2.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.: Innovation in Distribution – Widening Nollywood’s Reach

Panelists

Emeka Mba, Director-General, Film and Video Censors Board

Harold Brown, Producer/Director/Editor

James Makawa, CEO/Founder, The Africa Channel

Bruce Eisen, President, Cinemanow.Com

Madu Chikwendu, President Producers Guild, Nollywood 

Eric B. Stein, Director Content Acquistion and Business Development, HP Digital Entertainment Services

      Moderator – Rob Aft

 
3.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. Financing Innovations in Nollywood and African Cinema

Panelists

Parminder Vir, OBE, Media and Arts Consultant, Executive Producer

Ego Boyo – Producer

Peter Igho, Executive Director - Programmes, Nigerian Television Authority

Lola Odedina, Assistant General Manager, Guarantee Trust Bank

      Moderator: Egbe Dawodu

4.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. Africa - Nollywood the Next Film Location?

Panelists

Makin Soyinka, Director, Lagos Film Office

Rob Aft, Principal, Compliance Consulting

Kenneth Schwenker, Producer

Lancelot Imasuen, Nollywood Director

      Moderator Dapo Otunla, Esq.

Saturday, June 16, 2007: NF Buffet Reception (7.00 p.m. (PROMPT) - 11.00 p.m.)

Omni Los Angeles Hotel - 251 S. Olive Street.

7.15 – 7.25 pm: Opening Address--Danny Glover, Hollywood & Film Icon

7.25 - 7.50 pm: Emeka Mba Welcome remarks

7.50 - 8.15 pm: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

8.15 - 8.35 pm: Parminder Vir

8.35 – 8.45 pm: Madu Chikwendu

8.45 – 8.55 pm: Fidelis Duker

8.55 – 9.05 pm: Egbe Osifo-Dawodu, NF President: Closing Remarks

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Breakfast meeting between Nollywood delegation and Film Professionals from the Diaspora