Wednesday 20th February

11:30am

Registration Open

1:00-1:15pm

Opening and Welcome

1:15-2:15pm

A Man of Character: In Conversation with Paul Abbott

Paul Abbott Mac Gudgeon

2:15

Hotel Check In Opens

2:45-4:00pm

The Sapphires: Case Study

Kelly Lefever (Chair) Tony Briggs Keith Thompson

COMEDY PANEL WRITING PANEL (PANEL!)

Warwick Holt (Chair) Gerard McCulloch Mark O’Toole Ian Simmons

Interactive Storytelling

Mike Jones (Chair) Nathan Anderson Dan Fill Frank Verheggen

4:00-4:30pm

Afternoon Tea

4:30-5:45pm

Frauds, Deserts, Virtues and a Few Best Men: In Conversation with Stephan Elliott

Jon Stephens (Chair) Stephan Elliott

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

John Collee (Chair) Debra Oswald Craig Pearce Jacquelin Perske

6:00-8:00pm

Shameless Summer Soiree BBQ and Drinks

8:00-9:00pm

Trivia

9:00pm

Music & Conversation at the Bar

Thursday 21st February

8:00am

Registration Open

8:00-9:15am

Networking Breakfast

9:30-10:30am

MONEYBALL: THE HIGH STAKES GAME OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET

Jan Sardi (Chair) Penny Chapman Seph McKenna Emile Sherman

The Writers’ Room

Rick Kalowski (Chair) Paul Abbott Greg Haddrick Ian Simmons Roslyn Walker

10:30-11:00am

Morning Tea

11:00am-12:15pm

CONSPIRACY 365:  PICK IT, TELL IT, SELL IT – A HOW TO OF HIGH END KIDS’ TV

Michael Brindley (Chair) Shanti Gudgeon Linda Klejus Mark Shirrefs

WARP FACTOR NONE: WRITING SCI-FI FILM & TV IN AUSTRALIA

Shayne Armstrong (Chair) Shane Krause (Chair) Naomi Janzen Vicki Madden

DIGITAL NARRATIVES: Love, Games and Fear of the Machine

Mike Cowap(Chair) Sam Doust Paul Callaghan

12:15-1:15pm

Lunch

1:15-2:30pm

…BUT SERIOUSLY: THE RISE OF COMEDIC DRAMA IN TV

Naomi Janzen (Chair) Andrew Knight Debra Oswald

Sum of the Parts

Kelly Lefever (Chair) And Special Guests

DOCUMENTARY: UNDER CONSTRUCTION…

David Tiley (Chair) Michael Cordell Tarni James

2:30-3:00pm

Afternoon Tea

3:00-4:10pm

ONCE UPON A CRIME: WRITING CRIME FOR THE SCREEN

Vicki Madden (Chair) Mac Gudgeon Kris Wyld

ANIMATION: WHERE THE ACTION IS!

Brendan Luno (Chair) John Collee Chris Rose Mark Shirrefs

THE HORROR, THE HORROR….

Shane Krause (Chair) Shayne Armstrong (Chair) Antony I. Ginnane

4:15-5:30pm

THE ECLECTIC WRITER: PLEASURES AND PAINS OF WORKING IN MULTIPLE GENRES

Rick Kalowski (Chair) Tom Schulman Andrew Knight Jacquelin Perske Keith Thompson

UNDERGROUND – THE JULIAN ASSANGE STORY: CASE STUDY

Karin Altmann (Chair) Robert Connolly

7:00pm

‘Twilight Delights’ Gala Event

Port Phillip Estate Winery

Friday 22nd February

8:00-9:00am

CREATING CHARACTERS WHO CREATE STORY

Coral Drouyn (Chair) Jaelea Skehan Marc Bryant

HOW NOT TO WRITE A SITCOM: CRAFT LESSONS LEARNED THE HARD WAY

Rick Kalowski

Documentary workshop and breakfast club

Karin Altmann

TRICKS, TIPS & TOOLS: THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE OF THE TRADE

Angela Keefe Naomi Janzen Jan Sardi

8:00-9:30am

Breakfast

9:30-10:30am

Changing the world, one word at a time: In Conversation with Tom Schulman

Kelly Lefever (Chair) Tom Schulman

10:30-11:00am

Morning Tea

11:00am-12:15pm

The ‘real’ thing: adapting fact into fiction

Michael Brindley (Chair) Keith Thompson Kris Wylde

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: THE INGREDIENTS OF A SMASH HIT COMEDY FEATURE

Peter Moon (Chair) Stephan Elliott Clayton Jacobson David Parker

12:15-1:15pm

Lunch

1:15-2:45pm

The Red Carpet: International Guest Plenary

Jan Sardi (Chair) Paul Abbott Tom Schulman John Collee Stephan Elliott

2:45-3:00pm

Wrap Up

3:15-3:30pm

Afternoon tea

3:45-5:15pm

MASTERCLASS

Paul Abbott

MASTERCLASS

Tom Schulman

* subject to availability