8:30

Doors Open, morning coffee & tea

9:00

Conference Kickoff

Katrine Vogelsang, CEO_Nordisk Film Production
Sten-Kristian Saluveer, Curator & Moderator, Head of Cannes NEXT – Marché du Film, Festival de Cannes, CEO at Storytek Innovation & Venture Studio

9:05

A message from our partners: Vizarts

9:10

Opening Keynote: Narratives Reimagined: Exploring the Intersection of History, Technology, and Multi-Platform Storytelling

Amy Jupiter, Creative Producer, VFX Supervisor & Experience Designer

09:45

From Algorithms to Artistry: AI as the Next Frontier of Filmmaking

Peter Hirshberg, Creative & Technology Luminary, Founder of Re:imagine/ Gray Area
Caleb Ward & Shelby Ward, Founders of Curious Refuge
Nick Laurant, Director and Showrunner at Corridor Digital

10:45

There is an AI lurking behind the scenes

Mads Damsbo, Creative Producer & Director, CEO at Kaspar AI

11:00

Coffee & Tea, Networking Break

11:30-13:00

Breakout Sessions

Session 1: Making Generative AI tools work for independent production from writing, production and post

Peter Hirshberg and Caleb & Shelby Ward

Session 2: Mastering Virtual Production and real-time filmmaking for independent producers

Stacia Pfeiffer, Co-Founder of Chaos Inc

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Reinventing Film Financing: Journey from Tokenized Funds to Achieving Success Through Transparency

Miguel Faus, Film Director and Producer
Maria Tanjala, Co-Founder, FilmChain

14:45

From Feature films to Virtual Production and Immersive Storytelling: The journey of creating an interactive documentary, MURALS

Maciej Zemojcin, Virtual Production Producer at PixelRace
Radoslawa Bardes, Producer at ATM Virtual
Alex Topaller and Dan Shapiro, Directors at Agressive

15:15

Coffee & Tea, Networking Break

15:45

Case Studies of (Independent) Productions using Virtual Production and Innovative Tools and Pipelines

Nick Laurant, Director & Showrunner at Corridor Digital
Jennifer McSpadden, Virtual Production Producer at Nant Studios
Ian Bach, VFX Supervisor at Hitch
Morten BH, Film Director, “Valdes Jul”

Moderated by Mikael Windelin, VFX supervisor

17:00

Conference wrap

17:00 - 18:30

Networking Drinks & Meet the Speakers