Hi Robert,
We are so thrilled to have you as one of our participants at the inaugural FUTURE VISION summit at ACMI in Melbourne.  

With Australia continuing to produce some of the world’s most talented storytellers, we hope that FUTURE VISION provides an opportunity for you all to come together and develop innovative and fresh ways of creating and collaborating in this new global marketplace. 

Please see your panel information below.

You are required at ACMI (using the back Federation Square plaza entry) 30 minutes prior to your session start time. Our FUTURE VISION guest liaison team, led by Emily Smith, will meet you at the door for accreditation and escort you into the Green Room.

Emily can be reached by Phone/WhatApp/SMS on +61 434 940 248.

The best Uber/Cab drop off is Swanson Street, opposite Flinders Street Station. Then head into the plaza, past Chocolate Buddha and towards the tall yellow ACMI sign.

A final note that the stage has low, couch style chairs and you will wear lapel mics for the session itself.

Monday, July 15
11 a.m. 

SOURCING & DEVELOPING COURAGEOUS IDEAS: KNOWING WHEN AN IDEA IS STICKY
 

  • Appetites for risk 

  • Identifying meaty themes and characters that will resonate 

  • Responsibilities to Sources/Inspirations 

  • The role of specificity (of place, voice, character, culture) 

  • The role of high concepts, genre spins/hybrids 

  • Determining the best format for an idea – stand alone, limited, ongoing episodic? 

  • Making IP and Original ideas personal - art of adaptation 

  • Navigating buyers’ preoccupation with IP (why are they so obsessed with it?) 

This is a 1-hour session with 15 minutes for questions. 

The panelists are Lee Sung Jin, Nakkiah Lui, Anchuli Felicia King, Alice Bell and David Levine.
You are the moderator.  

Wednesday, July 17
3.30 p.m. 

TRANSCENDING "GOOD ENOUGH": GETTING TO "GREAT"
 

  •  How to bring an “authored” voice to commercial storytelling 

  •   Setting a project up for success 

  • What makes a show stand out to audiences 

  • How to establish a strong voice/vision: who's in charge?

  •  How do you get to "great" on a limited budget and schedule? 

  • Thinking outside the box on developing and producing  

This is a 1-hour session with 15 minutes for questions. 

The other panelists are David Levine, Imogen Banks, Joanna Calo and Asher Keddie.
The moderator is Rebecca Yeldham.

Presenting Partners

Supporting Partner

Industry Partners

Venue Partner

Hotel Partner

Special thanks to

Joanna Calo portait by: Jessie Cowan Photography