11:00am–12:00pm

Registration & Solution Center (Exhibit Floor) Opens

Visit every booth and be eligible for amazing giveaways. Discover solutions for your festival that you didn’t know existed. Visit our complimentary massage chair and experience instant bliss. Our prize giveaway is scheduled for Tuesday at the Solution Center. Don’t miss out…you must be present to win.

11:00am–12:00pm

Zilker Ballroom 1&2

SAG-AFTRA Opening Reception

Hosted by Tito’s Handmade Vodka and PublicVine

Register, grab a Bloody Mary courtesy of Tito’s Vodka and check out the Solutions Center! Be sure to listen to the soulful voice of singer/songwriter Jade Hendrix on our stage.

12:00pm–12:15pm

Texas Ballroom 4-7

Orientation

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Texas Ballroom 4-7

Anatomy of a Successful Collaboration

In a rapidly expanding festival market, where community members, audiences and sponsors are being pulled in multiple directions and oftentimes spread thin, this panel of experts will provide tools to help you stand out and succeed with your film distributors, sponsors, and community through successful collaborations.

Moderator: Benjamin Oberman, President/CEO, Film Festival Flix

Panelist: Stephanie Northen, Director of Publicity, Roadside Attractions

Panelist: Tim League, Founder & CEO, Alamo Drafthouse (Fantastic Fest)

Panelist: Laura Kincaid, Senior Marketing Coordinator, Texas Film Commission

Panelist: Kari Pearlstein, Account Director, Global Corporate Sales,Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Panelist: Keith Bennie, Manager, Adult Learning, TIFF Bell Lightbox

1:30pm  – 2:30pm

Texas Ballroom 4-7

It’s been a hard day’s night! 2014 Recap-State of the Industry

You spend all year preparing, executing & cleaning up after your festival. Lest you forgot to look up and see where the marketplace is heading, we’ve got you covered. Let us take the guess work out of the year as we review 2014 and hear our industry’s top experts provide the picks & pans of the year’s top trends. Even better? We’l’l take an inside look at what  they forecast for 2015 as you begin to plan your event.

Moderator: Laurie Kirby, President, IFFS-IMFCON

Panelist: Barbara Morgan, Executive Director, Austin Film Festival

Panelist: Bonnie Voland, Head of International Marketing & Publicity, IM GLOBAL

Panelist: Noah Cowan, Executive Director, SFFS

2:30pm–2:45pm

Dedicated Solution Center Networking & Coffee Break

Courtesy of Luna Bar and Boxed Water is Better

2:45pm – 4:00pm

Texas Ballroom 4-7

Unconference

Back by popular demand you’ll have the opportunity to meet with your peers. Attendees will be grouped together so that starting on day one you have the chance to meet new contacts and maximize your conference experience.

You will take part in two 45 minute sessions of interactive discussions and problem solving activities on some of the most pressing issues festivals are currently faced with.

Facilitator: Paul Cohen, Director, FSU College of Motion Picture Arts “Torchlight Program”

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Texas Ballroom 4-7

The Songs in the KEY (of Life) Note 

Richard Glasser, Executive in Charge of Music Film/TV, The Weinstein Company Interviewed by Paula Bernstein of Indiewire 

As we program our festivals, we know that music, sound and soundtracks play a vital role in the feel and emotional tone of the films we select. It manipulates us, and our audiences, in ways we can’t even imagine. What films got it right? Think CRASH, The Illusionist, Silver Linings Playbook, August:Osage County and The Tillman Story. Who got it right? Our keynote, Richard Glasser, who music supervised CRASH & The Illusionist and produced film soundtrack albums for Silver Linings Playbook, August Osage County and The Tillman Story. Hear him tell us how he connects with music and musicians for films and why the paradigm is shifting in the world of film and music.

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Cocktail Reception Hosted by PublicVine

Dedicated Solution Center Networking, Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres on the Exhibit Floor

Join us on the exhibit floor and you can enjoy a cocktail in a space just right for making connections and establishing new partnerships while you learn about the latest solutions for your event.

9:00pm – 12:00am

FireChat After Party

Don’t miss out on drinks, dancing and more at the FireChat After Party with DJ Taz. DJ Taz Rashid brings a high vibration to any event with his gift of mixing beats ranging from world rhythms, devotional mantras, remixes and the best electronic grooves.