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Get Animated Market 24
@ Millennium Point Conference Centre
Birmingham - England
1st and 2nd May 24
Day One - After Hours Party Sponsored by
GET ANIMATED 24 - 'THE GLOBAL BUSINESS OF ANIMATION CONFERENCE'
We had Finance Advice for Producers, Discussion Panels for Senior Execs, Commercial Development advice, Licensing, Toys, Retail,
Future Planning, Tax and IP Law, Pitching to Commissioners at our 'Get Animated Market Place' and a full two days of senior executive content.
Took Place On: 1st & 2nd May 24 - (9am to 5pm)
Where: @ Millennium Point Conference Centre - Birmingham - England
WHO CAME TO GET ANIMATED 24
9am - 5pm
OUR EXHIBITORS
Get Meeting - The UK Market Place
Attendees of Get Animated 24 will be able to meet out VIP companies over the two days of the conference.
Booth 1
Booth 2
Booth 3
DAY ONE - 1st MAY
REGISTRATION
9am - 10am
10am - 10:45am
DAY ONE
Get Making - Studio Owners / MDs Panel
Is owning and running a studio a constant headache or is it like being Willy Wonka and studios are run in a fun environment like his chocolate factory. We hear from studio owners and Managinig Directors on the pitfalls, market conditions and how they adapt to an ever changing world in animation production technology.
MODERATOR
Tim Searle
Tom Box
BlueZoo
Emma Burch
Kong Studios
Sueann Rochester
Wildchild
10:45am - 11:15am
DAY ONE
It's Award Season - Dress code: Posh Frocks
We hear from the brave souls who go on the festival and awards pitching circuit. Does it help in your career, does it increase viewers and how do you even go about pitching yourself to the BAA's, OSCARS or BAFTA? - you better prepare
your acceptance speech for this one - and
don't do a Gwyneth Paltrow please,
or a Will Smith!.
MODERATOR
Helen Brunsdon
Steve Henderson
Skwigly Animation
Magazine
Iain Harvey
Illuminated Films
Producer
Iain Gardner
Animation Garden
Director
11:15am - 12pm
DAY ONE
Get Refreshed - An IP Refresher Clinic
We all need a make-over from time to time, is your brand also going through a mid-life crisis?. Or is your development IP needing a tweak because it has been in development hell for years and your IP pitch reel is still in a commissioners drawer on VHS. Get Refreshed will go through how
producers take a step back
and have a re-think.
MODERATOR
Rob Doherty
Paul Schleicher
Co-Founder
James Stevenson Bretton
Founder
Fiona Robinson
Senior Creative
Executive
DAY TWO - 2nd MAY
TEA & COFFEE
9am - 9:45am
DAY TWO
9:45am - 10:15am
Get Styled - A fresh look at Bibles & Style Guides
Pitching is an art form itself, your bible and style guides for your IP can secure you a deal or leave it hanging. We hear from Power Station Studios who are experts in Film, TV and Gaming at taking fresh looks at major IP's and how they are visually presented and how they can be expanded and re-imagined.
Dave Collins
Co-Founder
DAY TWO
Presentations - 10:15am - 10:45am
Get Gaming - Roblox, Gaming, VR & AR
In our first Get Gaming panel we hear from two different spectrums in gaming and digital. Erick Londre founder of Karta will tell producers and studios how to get their IP on Roblox. Aardman will show us all about AR and VR for their IP's.
Erik Londré
Co-Founder
Lorna Probert
Exec Producer Games & Digital
DAY TWO
10:45am - 11:15am
Get a Role - The Talent behind the Talent
My curriculum vitae looks top notch and as for my online show-reel which has 6 million views I'm the perfect candidate for the job!. We hear from four lovely Talent acquisitions heads about how, who and when do they find staff for productions.
Paulene Hamilton
BlueZoo
Jonny Adamson
DNEG
Joe Duffy
JellyFish Pictures
Adam
Jackson-Nocher Lupus
DAY TWO
11:15am - 12pm
Get Moving - a look at the future of our industry
Neil Hatton CEO of UK Screen Alliance and Tendai Chetse Head of Creative Industries at the Department for Business and Trade will take to the stage and discuss the future of digital production in the UK, new tax incentives, and the hype and hysteria around
GenAI use in animation and VFX.
Tendai Chetse
Head of UK Creative Industries
Neil Hatton
CEO
THE ROUNDTABLE LUNCH - 12pm - 1pm - Sandwiches
1pm - 1:45pm
DAY ONE
Get Financing - Money, Money, Money
On our Get Financing panel we will hear from producers and studio owners / MD's about how they raised start-up funds for their new IP's. Are there any funding options left? and how producers are looking to the VC route for fully financing their productions.
MODERATOR
Andrew Baker
Natalie Llewellyn
MD Originals
Andrew Wright
HETV & Animation
Certification Analyst
Nick Cavander
Creative UK
DAY TWO
1pm - 1:45pm
Get Distributing Internationally - Get Sold!
We learnt about distribution at the Get Animated launch conference but let's move the conversation forward and go into more detail about what distributors look for and where they think they can sell you around the world.
MODERATOR
Helen Howells
Miguel Mestre
Senior Sales
Manager
Carlos Biern
Content & Distribution Director (by Skype)
1:45pm - 2:30pm
DAY ONE
Get Playin' - Toys & Retail
The Toy business leads the way in bringing animation to life - if you have created a NEW IP do you think about the toys?. You should... animated IP is huge business and when the products are made selling to the general public is the last in the chain. We hear from Toys and Retail experts of animated IP.
Andy Gosling
Head of Hard Lines
Karen Hewitt
Co-Owner
Lucy Salisbury
Director - Licensing
EMEA
DAY TWO
1:45pm - 2:30pm
Get Taxed (legally) - Tax & IP Advice Clinic
Death and Taxes are a constant. Except if you are a Monaco tax exile of course. Also make sure you get a good lawyer!, if you have created a genius animation do you know about copyright and trademarks? Come to this seminar to get some free legal advice.
Victor Caddy
Owner (Law)
Danielle Biggins
Co-Founder (finance)
2:30pm - 3:15pm
DAY ONE
Get Digitally Social - Click LIKE Please
Our panel of Animation Digital, Social Media & PR gurus will go through strategies for you on how to get the message out there about your awesome creations. Is it more than just clicking LIKE on instagram?... you bet it is!.
MODERATOR
Sarah Broad
Nicola Webster
Owner
Claire Brossard
Executive Director of Digital Strategy
Kirsty Barr
Owner
DAY TWO
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Get Licensed to Brand - L&M Strategies
We hear from consumer product experts who over the years have expanded IP's into lunchboxes, kids duvets, t-shirts and many more inventive and creative product categories.
MODERATOR
Rob Corney
Clare Piggott
MD
Luca Bonecchi
VP Licensing Europe
Max Arguile
MD
TEA BREAK - 3:15pm - 3:45pm
3:45pm - 4:15pm - KEYNOTE
DAY ONE
Biren Ghose - Technicolor Creative Services
(The United Nations of Animation)
Biren Ghose - (Managing Director Asia Pacific & Excom member) of Technicolor Creative will join us on day one, to talk about the United Nations of Animation, and how as an industry global connections are becoming more important than ever.
Biren Ghose
Managing Director – Asia Pacific & Global ExCom Member
DAY TWO
KEYNOTE - 3:45pm - 4:15pm
Mark Taynton - Adult Swim UK
(Animation is Growing Up)
Mark Taynton - (Head of Adult Swim EMEA) of Warner Bros. Discovery will join us on Day Two and talk about Animation for Grown-ups and show us the global commercial size of the
adult comedy genre.
Mark Taynton
Head of Adult Swim UK & EMEA
4:15pm - 5pm
DAY ONE
Get Commissioning - Kids
Our commissioner keynotes are a perfect way to end the day. We will hear from them on what they are looking for and how they engage with animation studios through development to turnaround or commissioning.
Kate O'Connor
Animation UK
Sarah Muller
Senior Head of
Commissioning 7+
Beth Gardiner
Animation Commissioning Editor
Louise Bucknole
GM Kids & Family
DAY TWO
4:15pm - 5pm
Get Commissioning - Comedy & Film
Our commissioner keynotes are a perfect way to end the day. We will hear from them on what they are looking for and how they engage with animation studios through development to turnaround or commissioning.
Tim Patterson
T1M Consulting
Zia Sands
Lead Acquisitions & co-productions
Darren Nartey
Senior Acquisitions
Film & Kids
PANELLIST TBC
5:30pm - 7pm - DAY ONE - (1st MAY 24)
The Get Animated After-Hours Cartoons & Comedy Q&A Party - DAY ONE
Grab a seat in the main auditorium, grab a couple of drinks, grab the waiter for some canapes all courtesy of Adult Swim...and sit back and enjoy some hilarious cartoons from Blink Industries and Adult Swim. Then put your hand up and ask the questions you always wanted to on how Blink and Adult Swim make such hilarious animated comedies.
SPONSORED BY
Cartoons & Comedy & Nibbles & Drinks - the perfect way to end the day....
Let's have a watch of some Adult Swim and Blink Industries adult comedies - mixed in with some anecdotes from James Stevenson-Bretton founder of Blink Industries and Mark Taynton, Head of Adult Swim EMEA.
James Stevenson Bretton
Founder - Blink Industries
Mark Taynton
Head of Adult Swim EMEA
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