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The final ‘Manimation’ events take place on 12th Dec.

Jocelyn Stevenson, Head of Film and Television at Moshi Monsters creators Mind Candy will open the daytime business development event with news of the Moshi  movie and thoughts on the future of animation funding and distribution.

Venue: The Sharp Project, Thorp Road, Manchester M40 5BJ
Times: 11 am until 5 pm, followed by drinks.

Other speakers include:
John Lomas Bullivant (Writer-Developer, Transmedia Consultant and Showrunner)
Jesse Cleverly (Wildseed Studios)
Anttu Harlin (Gigglebug Entertainment – Helsinki)
James Huggins (MadeinMe)
Sharna Jackson (Hopster)
Sarah Muller (CBBC)
Julia Posen (Walker)

For more information and to register:
New Players, New Perspectives - Thurs 12 December 

CMC Manimation events  are supported by MIDAS, the Manchester Investment Development Agency to provide new business insights for companies and freelancers dealing with  the children’s and animation audience.

As an added bonus there is also a creative and social evening event on the same day… 
Manimation Inspiration – 12 December 
…including contributions from animation legends Brian Cosgrove and Jean Flynn
(and pre-Christmas drinks!)

It’s the classic CMC mix – creative and business development, great networking, and the chance to meet key players one-to-one.

CMC with the support of UKTI are organising the UK official delegation to the Kidscreen Summit (9 -12 February 2014, in New York)

There’s a great discount on Kidscreen registration (PLUS this year – discounted registration for the associated iKids Conference (13th Feb).

And a range of delegation benefits including:

• Branded area in the Kidscreen Lounge
• Dedicated UK@Kidscreen meeting tables
• Smart reception with key kids market players invited
• Breakfast briefing on the US  kids’ media scene
• The delegation brochure with all your details packaged into the Kidscreen delegate bag
• Access to a £500 UKTI grant for market attendance
• and more…  see our UK@Kidscreen page for full details

OR  Register here for UK@Kidscreen

With over 900 delegates, CMC 2013 was the biggest ever.

A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped out at CMC.
Photo: jennifermargaretbooth@gmail.com

• 190 speakers, experts and contributors
• 50 Conference sessions
• 4 Workshops
• 40 sponsors
• 40 buyers, co-producers and investors and 250+ meetings at the new CMC International Exchange

Reports of every session are available in the CMC Blog.

And we’ll be making presentations and videos from key sessions available so that you can catch up with what you missed.   The full list is here…

Frank Cottrell Boyce author, screenwriter and collaborator on the Olympic Opening Ceremony opened CMC  as the Keynote speaker on  3 July in Sheffield’s iconic Crucible Theatre. Delegates were entranced by his relaxed exploration of the hugely inspiring theme “we are the story”.

Jeff  ”Swampy” Marsh took to the stage for the Thursday Creative Keynote, taking delegates on a tour of the development and production of his hit series Phineas and Ferb with some invaluable tips on dealing with “network notes” along the way.

A huge thanks from CMC to both of them and to everyone who spoke this year.

News of video of sessions and presentations available to download. Check out the session blogs for more downloads

Research Revisited

Research 4. Contented Content Consumers?
Martina Chapman, Senior Research Manager, Ofcom.
How children interact with TV, what’s important to them in a rapidly changing landscape, with some surprising results.

Research 7. The Next Generation Doesn’t Think the Way we do
Renuka Gupta,  Research Consultant Discovery Research & Alan Hathaway, MD Discovery Research
“Without the internet I would die, it would be so unfair I would find a hole and live in it.”

Research 9. A Better Internet for Children
Hannah Broadbent, Policy and Research Officer, Childnet International
Some of the findings of the UK’s largest ever survey of young people’s attitudes toward online rights and responsibilities.

Presenting the Presentations

Top Ten Predictions for the Future of Children’s Media
David Kleeman, Playvangelist at Play Science

Ten Game Design Principles for the Next Ten Years
Dr Carla Fisher actually outlines 11 –  she’s a rule-breaker! 

Video Views

Delegates who experienced the thoroughly entertaining final session of the Conference were buzzing about the issues it raised as they made their way home.  You can relive the Catherine Bennett story in this full video of what happened…

Catherine Bennett closes CMC 2013 from Children’s Media Conference on Vimeo.