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Schedule

Thursday, May 15

Registration/Information, 2nd Floor Rotunda
Pick up your Summit badge and schedule early. Find out about some of the places you can visit and the best restaurants in town. Area open from noon until 6:00PM.

Original Fish Market Bar Get-together
Come to the bar in the Original Fish Market to meet the WIFTI Board of Directors, and Women In Film chapter representatives for a casual gathering before the opening of the Summit. Get-together should run from 6:00PM-7:30PM


Friday, May 16

Registration/Information, 2nd Floor Rotunda
Pick up your Summit badge and schedule. Find out about some of the places you can visit and the best restaurants in town. Area open from 7:30AM until 5:00PM.

Time Butler Cambria Westmoreland

8:00AM

Plenary Breakfast

Faith Dickinson (M), Kalpana Biswas, Vanessa German, Rich Fitzgerald, Bill Peduto

9:30AM

Plenary Speech

Chelsa Wagner, Kim Moses

10:30AM

WIFTI Chapter Development

WIFTI Board

Entertainment Law

Stephanie Dangel

Women in Technology

Loren Smith, Kathy Dziubek, Carol Lee Espy (M)

Noon

Lunch Break

1:30PM

Understanding Profit Participation in the Motion Picture Industry

Michele Gentille, Kevin McQuillan, Krista M. Salera, Laura Boyd (M)

Film Preservation

Diana Little, Kara Van Malssen, Susan Lazarus

Creating Unforgettable Scenes

Steve Cuden

3:15PM

Grant Writing

Teresa A. Gregory

Creative Disruption/Traditional Distribution

Elise D'Haene, Molly Rice

Creative Direction

Carol Lee Espy (M), Rosemary M. Tarquinio, Kim Moses

5:00PM

Meet in the 2nd Floor Rotunda to walk to Point Park University, GRW Theater, 414 Wood St. for the screening of Gideon's Army Gideons Army

5:30PM

[Point Park University]

Reception, Screening, Q&A:

Following the screening, a group of civil rights lawyers and activists will field questions from the audience.
Kalpana Biswas (M), Anna Ahronheim, Bret Grote, Jasmine Gonzales Rose

Saturday, May 17

Registration/Information, 2nd Floor Rotunda
Pick up your Summit badge and schedule. Find out about some of the places you can visit and the best restaurants in town. Area open from 8:00AM until 4:00PM, and again from 6:30PM until 8:00PM for Opal Award Reception attendees.

Pittsburgh Flicks is sponsoring WIFI in Westmoreland on Saturday.

Time Butler Cambria Westmoreland

8:30AM

Gender Disparity in the Media

Carol Lee Espy (M), Meenakshi Gigi Durham

Documentary and Unscripted Networks

Peter Hamilton

Building Trust and Buzz in the Digital Era

Sarah Mayer

10:15AM

Pittsburgh Shorts Screening

Continues until 1:15PM

WIFTI Chapter Development

Melissa Houghton, Terry Lawler, Gayle Nachlis

10:30AM

Meet in the 2nd Floor Rotunda to walk to Point Park University, GRW Theater, 414 Wood St. for the Steeltown Film Factory "And the Winner Is" event.

11:00AM

[Point Park University]

Steeltown Film Factory "And the Winner Is" Event

Continues until 12:30PM
Lisa Smith-Reed
Steeltown

[Westmoreland East]

Pop-up PR

Continues until 1:00PM
Sign up at http://www.wiftisummit.org/popuppr.html
Sarah Mayer, Eric Sloss

11:30AM

Lunch Break
Free lunch (with your badge) in blue tent in parking lot at Waterfront and 11th. Sandwiches, salads, cookies.

Noon

WIFTI Nuts and Bolts Roundtables

Carol Bidault, Eileen Hoeter, Kimberly Skyrme, Meighan McGuire

1:30PM

How to Negotiate For Anything You Want

Ayana Ledford

War Reporting

Continues until 4:00PM
Martin Savidge (M), Lynn Johnson, JulieHera DeStefano, Kalpana Biswas


3:00PM

[2nd Floor Rotunda]
Soda/Juice Break

3:15PM

SAG-AFTRA: After the Merger

Gabrielle Carteris, Chelsea Danley, Brian Lysell

Steeltown Presents: Trends in Distribution

Daniel Hoyos, Lauren Elmer, Kristen Bell

5:00PM

Dinner Break

7:00PM

Opal Awards Dessert Reception

Carol Lee Espy, MC, Deborah L. Acklin, Catherine Hardwicke, Dawn Keezer, Eleanor Schano
This is a separately-ticketed event; buy ticket here.

Sunday, May 18

Registration/Information, 2nd Floor Rotunda
Pick up your Summit badge and schedule. Find out about some of the places you can visit and the best restaurants in town. Area open from 8:00AM until 2:30PM.

Time Butler Cambria Westmoreland

8:30AM

Women in the Director's Chair

Paula Gregg (M), Catherine Hardwicke, Melissa Martin

10:15AM

Worldwide Tax Incentives

Maryann McBride, Marco Cordova

Visual and Special Effects

Jerry Gergely, Russ Streiner, Loren Smith, Tom Savini, Laura Boyd (M)

Women Who Make Pittsburgh News

Eleanor Schano, Sally Wiggin (M), Sheila Hyland, Susan Koeppen, Bufta Yiman, Amy Marcinkiewicz

Noon

Keynote Lunch Leadership - Forget the Glass Ceiling

Carol Lee Espy (M), Christy Uffelman

2:00PM

Successfully Funding Your Independent Film

Lisa Smith-Reed (M), Danny Yourd, Steve Hoover, Julie Sokolow

Observe a Casting Session in Action

Kimberly Skyrme

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