CMC 2012 : Sessions
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3DTV - Fact Or Fiction?
Friday 06 July 2012 9:30am-10:30am @ Showroom Cinema 2The future of 3D on TV. Will programmes ever be simulcast in 2D and 3D, or will 3D be relegated to only sports, ‘special events’ and niche documentary.
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Are We Safe Yet?
Thursday 05 July 2012 3:40pm-4:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 3Twelve months after the recommendations of the Bailey report, what progress has been made in the online industry on internet safety for children?
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BAFTA Presents: The Amazing World of Gumball
Thursday 05 July 2012 2:00pm-3:00pm @ Showroom Cinema 4A “making of” session with the creative team behind ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’, plus a sneak peek at a brand new episode from the upcoming second series.
Breakfast with the CMF
Friday 06 July 2012 8:00am-9:20am @ HUBS BJoin Anna Home and supporters of the new Children’s Media Foundation to hear the action plan and learn how you can support.
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CMC Wrap
Friday 06 July 2012 3:35pm-4:00pm @ Showroom Cinema 4A final review of the top ten takeaways of CMC 2012
Commissioned By The Crowd
Friday 06 July 2012 9:40am-10:40am @ Showroom Cinema 3Got a great idea but don't know how to fund it? Use crowdfunding to finance a prototype, pilot or even a whole project. Top tips from those who've done it!
Cotton-Wool Kids
Friday 06 July 2012 2:15pm-3:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 2Are we over-protecting our pre-schoolers? There's a growing concern that children are not getting the life experiences they need to develop physically, mentally and emotionally. In a risk-averse world, can we break the imitative behaviour barrier and help reverse the trend that prevents children from playing outside?
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Enabling Kids, Connecting Communities
Thursday 05 July 2012 11:00am-12:30pm @ HUBS CApplying social media, digital and gaming technologies to real world problems. Insights from successful projects that empower children and their communities.
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Fighting Fantasy - Making Games
Thursday 05 July 2012 5:00pm-5:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 4Celebrating 30 years of interactive entertainment with Ian Livingston OBE
Focus on China
Thursday 05 July 2012 2:10pm-3:10pmA chance to get the lowdown on working in China from UK and China based experts and local producer/broadcasters.
Focus on Malaysia
Friday 06 July 2012 9:30am-10:30am @ HUBS CThe lowdown on working with Malaysia including members of the International Exchange delegation.
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Know me, Like me, Follow me…
Friday 06 July 2012 1:00pm-1:45pm @ Showroom Cinema 2The growth of social media has changed the way audiences interact with content and brands. Hear about the do’s, don’ts and the best routes to audience engagement for your ideas and brands.
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Let's Get Physical
Thursday 05 July 2012 3:30pm-4:30pm @ HUBS CExploring the possibilities and pitfalls of stimulating action and activity in the real world using media stimuli – in games, apps and on TV.
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Meet The Commissioners: Commercial
Friday 06 July 2012 11:00am-12:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 4The channel shapers at the UK's major commercial broadcasters share their programming overviews and outline their commissioning priorities.
Meet the Commissioners: Mind Candy
Thursday 05 July 2012 12:45pm-1:30pm @ HUBS CMind Candy is expanding beyond Moshi Monsters and commissioning and investing in new digital IP. Come along and learn about their plans
Meet The Commissioners: Public Service
Thursday 05 July 2012 11:00am-12:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 4The Commissioners that count are at the PSBs. And they need you as much as you need them. S4C, BBC and C4’s decision-makers quizzed on their needs and plans.
Meet The Commissioners: Publishing
Friday 06 July 2012 9:30am-10:30am @ Showroom Cinema 4What are publishers looking for? Discover what is exciting the commissioners from both established and start-up publishers.
Mind The Gap
Thursday 05 July 2012 12:30pm-1:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 2Sources of funding assistance for producers, including the EU MEDIA fund, soon to be Creative Europe, and EIS investment funds. Plus an update from the UK Animation campaign.
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Never Ending Story
Thursday 05 July 2012 11:10am-12:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 3How will storytelling have to change to fit in with children's media consumption? Will stories cease to have a beginning, a middle and an end?
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OMG£££ - Magnetising and Monetising Apps
Friday 06 July 2012 2:00pm-3:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 3Models, money and morals in the Wild West of the new App Stores.
Opening Keynote - Lane Merrifield
Wednesday 04 July 2012 6:00pm-7:15pm @ Crucible TheatreCMC 2012 begins with inspiration, innovation and challenge in "Ahead of the Game", our opening address. Conference Chair, Anna Home, introduces the keynote speaker , Lane Merrifield, co-founder of 'Club Penguin' the world’s largest online playground for children, and currently Executive Vice President of Disney Online Studios, responsible for all Disney’s virtual worlds.
Opening Quiz: Answers on a Postcard!
Thursday 05 July 2012 9:30am-10:30am @ Showroom Cinemas 4 & 3Back by popular demand, it’s the quiz that kicks off the conference with rib-tickling hilarity. Hosted by CBBC’s Friday Download presenter and actor, Caellach Spellman.
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Parent Power
Thursday 05 July 2012 2:00pm-3:00pm @ HUBS CThanks to Twitter and Facebook, parents have more access to broadcasters and content makers than ever before but what have they got to say? And are we listening?
Pizza Express Supper
Thursday 05 July 2012 8:00pm-10:30pm @ Pizza Express 124 Devonshire St SheffieldThe world-famous CMC Pizza experience. It’s crowded, noisy and like the proverbial bear garden… Not to be missed! Pizza express tickets sell out so book early to avoid missing out.
PJ Playlist
Thursday 05 July 2012 5:10pm-6:00pm @ Showroom Cinema 3Children’s personalities share their most inspirational or intriguing shows from this year’s Prix Jeunesse Festival
Prix Jeunesse 2012: Medalists and Also-Rans
Friday 06 July 2012 11:10am-12:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 3Fresh from the 2012 PRIX JEUNESSE, a selection of outstanding, innovative and intriguing children’s TV from around the world.
Protecting Sally The Seahorse
Friday 06 July 2012 12:45pm-1:45pm @ HUBS CAre you the creator of the next big character? Take our voyage of discovery and explore brand development, the costs, risks and profits and protect your precious treasure from pirates!
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Thursday 05 July 2012 3:30pm-4:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 4Everybody’s looking for the next big thing. Could you identify a big commercial hit? Industry hot shots from TV and New Media attempt to do just that, as "Dragons Den Style" they back their instincts with hard cash.
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Reading Between The Panels
Thursday 05 July 2012 5:00pm-6:00pm @ HUBS CLearn from cartoonists and educators how comics may be an effective tool to encourage reading, as well verbal and critical literacy, in young people.
Reception
Wednesday 04 July 2012 7:15pm-8:45pm @ Millennium GalleryTo follow the Opening Keynote – the CMC Reception in the Millennium Gallery.
Research: Appyfamilies – Apps for Big and Little Fingers
Thursday 05 July 2012 11:10am-12:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 1If you’re thinking about creating an app for kids, then this presentation will give you a great insight into your audience and the challenges before you start!
Research: Appyfamilies – Apps for Big and Little Fingers (rpt)
Friday 06 July 2012 11:10am-12:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 1If you’re thinking about creating an app for kids, then this presentation will give you a great insight into your audience and the challenges before you start!
Research: Children, Tablets, and the Future
Thursday 05 July 2012 2:10pm-3:10pm @ Showroom Cinema 1How Tablets are opening up new opportunities for children’s creativity, motivation to learn, and social skills.
Research: Children, Tablets, and the Future (rpt)
Friday 06 July 2012 9:40am-10:40am @ Showroom Cinema 1How Tablets are opening up new opportunities for children’s creativity, motivation to learn, and social skills.
Research: Connected Devices and Children’s Media Consumption
Thursday 05 July 2012 3:40pm-4:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 1An exploration of children’s behaviour as they are exposed to new technology, based on ACB’s observation recorded in their own homes.
Research: Connected Devices and Children’s Media Consumption (rpt)
Friday 06 July 2012 2:00pm-3:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 1Session Blog ACB is an industry neutral longitudinal research lab that studies how people use technology in their own homes, through a combination of video capture, screenshots from mobile devices and interviews with the participants. In the latest phase of...
Research: Getting To Grips With Young Children's Learning
Thursday 05 July 2012 11:10am-12:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 1Find out how to match the learning potential of interactive products with what’s appropriate for children under five.
Research: Getting To Grips With Young Children's Learning (rpt)
Friday 06 July 2012 11:10am-12:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 1Find out how to match the learning potential of interactive products with what’s appropriate for children under five.
Research: Kids and Co-viewing. Is it a screen thing?
Thursday 05 July 2012 5:10pm-5:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 1An up to date, real life portrayal of what ‘co-viewing’ means in the context of kids’ lives today and what the implications are for kids’ media content in the future.
Research: Kids and Co-viewing. Is it a screen thing? (rpt)
Friday 06 July 2012 2:00pm-3:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 1Session Blog We’ve conducted a 360 degree investigation into kids’ co-viewing behaviour. This will show, from a kids perspective, their favourite and most common interactions with TV and social media, what they’d like to be able to do more of,...
Research: Tears, Tantrums And Total Involvement In Purchasing Decisions
Thursday 05 July 2012 11:10am-12:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 1300 families told us how they decide what TV to watch, which car to buy and much more. We unravel the most valuable decision making process in the UK.
Research: Tears, Tantrums And Total Involvement In Purchasing Decisions (rpt)
Friday 06 July 2012 11:10am-12:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 1300 families told us how they decide what TV to watch, which car to buy and much more. We unravel the most valuable decision making process in the UK.
Research: TV Presenters - What Children Want
Thursday 05 July 2012 3:40pm-4:40pm @ Showroom Cinema 1Results of the 2012 IZI international audience research on what children want in a TV presenter in terms of ethnicity, gender, age and other characteristics.
Research: TV Presenters – What children Want (rpt)
Friday 06 July 2012 2:00pm-3:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 1Results of the 2012 IZI international audience research on what children want in a TV presenter in terms of ethnicity, gender, age and other characteristics.
Research: Under The Sesame Tree
Thursday 05 July 2012 2:10pm-3:10pm @ Showroom Cinema 1The challenges of creating a post-conflict public service co-production that appeals to and benefits young children.
Research: Under The Sesame Tree (rpt)
Friday 06 July 2012 9:40am-10:40am @ Showroom Cinema 1The challenges of creating a post-conflict public service co-production that appeals to and benefits young children.
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Second Screen
Thursday 05 July 2012 2:00pm-3:00pm @ Showroom Cinema 2Companion apps alongside TV content have made a big impact in mainstream viewing – are they coming to kids’ TV too? Leading producers explore how 2nd screen Children’s TV can work.
Speed Meetings: Commercial Broadcasters
Friday 06 July 2012 12:45pm-1:45pm @ The WorkstationYour chance for a 5 minute advice session with the commissioner of your choice.
Speed Meetings: Mind Candy
Thursday 05 July 2012 2:00pm-3:00pmYour chance for a 5 minute advice session.
Speed Meetings: Public Service Commissioners
Thursday 05 July 2012 12:45pm-1:45pm @ The WorkstationYour chance for a 5 minute advice session with the commissioner of your choice.
Speed Meetings: Publishing
Friday 06 July 2012 11:00am-12:00pm @ The WorkstationYour chance for a 5 minute advice session with the commissioner of your choice.
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Testing, Testing
Thursday 05 July 2012 3:30pm-4:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 2Getting the most from your own user-testing
Thank You for the Music
Thursday 05 July 2012 11:00am-12:00pm @ Showroom Cinema 2The forgotten income! The ins and outs of potentially lucrative music royalty income in film, TV & other media platforms. It's simple when you know how!
The Audio Picture
Thursday 05 July 2012 5:00pm-6:00pm @ Showroom Cinema 2When life's full of cartoons, picture books and colourful TV, it‘s easy to see a child’s world as predominantly visual. But what about the incremental value that audio can create for brands?
The Creative Keynote Interview - Making Monsters
Thursday 05 July 2012 6:15pm-7:30pm @ Showroom Cinemas 4 & 3Double Carnegie medal winner Patrick Ness on monsters, teens & the creative process needed for both.
The Forum Buffet
Thursday 05 July 2012 8:00pm-10:30pmJust across the Road from the Pizza Express The Forum offers a ‘quieter’ chance to meet large numbers of CMC delegates over a barbecue buffet. Forum Buffet Menu 2012
The Future of Family Films
Friday 06 July 2012 2:00pm-3:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 4How can we get more British children’s and family feature films made and more importantly seen? What are the conditions for connecting with the audience and creating success?
The HUBS Party
Thursday 05 July 2012 10:00pm-2:00am @ The HUBSAll are welcome!
The VOD Inquiry
Friday 06 July 2012 11:00am-12:30pm @ Showroom Cinema 2Is the end game for Kids TV 100% On demand?
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Wednesday Workshop: From Screen To Shelf - Ready For Retail?
Wednesday 04 July 2012 1:00pm-5:00pm @ Millennium Gallery - Arundel RoomFor creators, producers and investors with ambitions for their media project to thrive both off screen and on. The insight acquired during this workshop will provide tools to objectively judge and articulate how your IP could translate successfully offscreen: an increasingly essential component of finance for many media projects.
Wednesday Workshop: Shape It, Pitch It
Wednesday 04 July 2012 1:00pm-5:00pm @ HUBS AShape It, Pitch It is a unique opportunity to work on your idea. Whether it’s a game, book, radio or TV show, we give you the opportunity to work with a set of highly experienced experts to shape your idea and then try pitching it to a panel of guest commissioners from TV, games and publishing.
Wednesday Workshop: So Now You've Got An App
Wednesday 04 July 2012 1:00pm-5:00pm @ HUBS BIn order to be successful in today's marketplace, apps need to differentiate and deliver a truly great experience. Join us to explore what this means.
Wednesday Workshop: The Co-Pro Clinic
Wednesday 04 July 2012 1:00pm-5:00pm @ HUBS CSession Blog This four-hour session is aimed at companies with developed projects, which are near-ready for presentation to co-production partners, distributors and broadcasters at the various international markets. Experts from distribution, licensing, business affairs & legal will reveal insights into...
Wednesday Workshop: Writers' Workout
Wednesday 04 July 2012 1:00pm-5:00pm @ Electric WorksAn active session to help you create stronger shows and structure better scripts.
Welcome Drinks
Wednesday 04 July 2012 5:00pm-6:00pm @ Crucible TheatreOnce you’ve registered, join the CMC welcome drinks in the Crucible Theatre Bar.
Working With CBBC
Friday 06 July 2012 11:00am-12:15pm @ HUBS CWorking with CBBC: An insight into how external suppliers, talent and companies can nurture working relationships with CBBC in-house productions.
