The World Congress of History Producers High Patronage Host Broadcaster - Rai Educational

Guest Speakers & Session Producers

Please note, speaker and session producer names and information are continually added to this list as schedule details are confirmed.

Nima Abu-Wardeh
Producer/Presenter
BBC News/M Zone Productions
Joerg Altekruse
Director
Zeitfilm Media GmbH
Piero Angela
Author & Producer
RAI
Massimo Arvat
Vice President
Zenit Arti Audiovisive
Patricia Aufderheide
Director, Center for Social Media
American University School of Communication
Gioia Avvantaggiato
CEO
Documentary Film Production
GA&A Productions
Daniela Bagliani
Programme Acquisitions Manager
Documentary
RTI SpA - Mediaset Group
Barbara Barde
President/Executive Producer
Up Front Entertainment
Ettore Bernabei
Chairman
Lux Vide S.p.A.
Arik Bernstein
Producer
Documentary
Alma Films
Simon Berthon
Chairman & Creative Director
3BM Television Ltd
Luigi Bizzarri
Curatore - Autore "Grande Storia"
RAI - Radio Televisione Italiana RAITRE
Norm Bolen
Executive Vice President, Content
Content
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
Richard Bradley
Managing Director
Lion Television
Andrea Broglia
Head of Documentary Acquisitions
Documentary
RTI SPA
Margie Bryant
Managing Director
Serendipity Productions
Fred Burcksen
Vice President Distribution & Investments
Distribution & Investment
ZDF Enterprises
Carlotta Calori
Producer
Indigo Film
Toby Chance
Executive Producer
Creative Human Systems
Alan Clements
Chairman & Director of Specialist Factual
IWC Media Ltd
Piero A. Corsini
Commissioning Editor
RAI Educational
RAI - Radio Televisione Italiana
David Davis
Vice President, National TV Production
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Kevin Dawson
Commissioning Editor, Factual Programmes
Independent Productions Unit
RTÉ - Radio Telefis Éireann
Louise Dillon
Manager, Coproductions & Acquisitions
The History Channel
Taylor Downing
Managing Director
Flashback Television Limited
Jihan El Tahri
Author / Director
Documentary
Big Sister
John Farren
Editor "Timewatch"
Specialist Factual - History
BBC
Ina Fichman
President/ Producer
Instinct Films
Werner Fitzthum
Editor - Natural History Unit
Education & Science
ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
Gerry Flahive
Producer
National Film Board of Canada
Steve Gamester
Production Executive
Broadcasting, History Television
Alliance Atlantis Communications
Anthony Geffen
Executive Producer
Atlantic Productions
Arnie Gelbart
President and Executive Producer
Galafilm Inc.
Giuseppe Giannotti
Director
John Gill
Sr. V.P., Programming, Dramatic Channels
Programming
Alliance Atlantis Broadcast Group
Carl Hall
Managing Director
Parthenon Entertainment Ltd
Barbro Hard
editor
Knowledge Channel
Swedish Television
Justin Hardy
Director
JH Films
Paul Heaney
Managing Director
Cineflix International
Patrick Hoerl
Country Manager and Vice President
Discovery Communications Deutschland GmbH
Kristina Hollstein
Director
Documentary Coproduction
ZDF Enterprises
Stephen Hunter
VP/Executive Producer
Cineflix Productions Inc.
Nikolas Hülbusch
Project Manager
Co-Production (Documentary)
ZDF Enterprises
Diana Ingraham
Director
U.S. Independents/SILVERDOCS
Christoph Jörg
Commissioning Editor
Specialist Factual
ARTE France
Michael E. Katz
Vice President, Programming & Production
AETN International
The History Channel USA
Elizabeth Klinck
Researcher
E Klinck Research
Tom Koch
Director, WGBH International
WGBH
Michael Kot
Director Original Productions History Television
Programming
Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting Inc.
Bettina Lerner
Executive Producer
History
British Broadcasting Corporation
Charles Maday
Sr. Vice President
Programming, The History Channel
A&E Television Networks
Kenneth Mandel
Executive Producer
Great Projects Film Company, Inc.
Steven Markovitz
Producer
Big World Cinema
John Marshall
Managing Director
Docos Limited
Jerry McIntosh
Director
Independent Documentaries-News
CBC/Radio-Canada
Michael McMahon
Executive Producer
Primitive Entertainment Inc.
Richard Melman
Channel Director
Programming
The History Channel
Sara Melodia
Creative Vice President
Lux Vide
Stuart Menzies
Commissioning Editor
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - ABC
Claudia Moroni
Commissioning Editor
History & Culture
ZDF Enterprises
Shane Murphy
Head of Acquisitions & Development
Acquisitions
Fremantle International Distribution
Alberta Nokes
Director of Independent Production/Commissioning Editor
VISION TV
Christopher O'Hearn
Commercial Director
ITN Archive
Ralf-Peter Piechowiak
Executive Producer
Contemporary History
ZDF Enterprises
Andrea Piersanti
Chairman
Istituto Luce
Ralf Quibeldey
Commissioning Editor
Kulturmagazine
NDR Fernsehen
David Rabinovitch
Executive Producer
Fleetwood Films
Emma Read
Commissioning Editor
SKY ONE
BSKYB
Stefano Rizzelli
Producer
Rai Educational
Anne Roder-Botbol
Senior Sales & European Co-production Executive
C4i
Channel 4 Television
Stephen Rooke
Producer/Director
TILE FILMS
Sherin Salvetti
Head of Factual Programming
National Geographic Channel, The History Channel and A1
Fox International Channels Italy
Mark Samels
Executive Producer
American Experience
WGBH
Giancarlo Scheri
Rete 4 Net Director
Rete 4
RTI SPA
Claudia Schreiner
Head of Programming
Culture & Science
ARD - Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Jody Sheff
Executive Producer
History & Features Programming
Thirteen/WNET
Kostas Spiropoulos
Director General
ERT SA
Edwin Stepp
Director of Development
Vision Media Productions
Brian Stewart
Senior Correspondent
CBC News: The National
CBC/Radio-Canada
Alex Sutherland
Controller of History
Factual
Five Television
Craig Thompson
Director of Development / Executive Producer
World Congress of History Producers
Meg Villarreal
Director General
U.S. Independents Inc.
Alessio Vinci
Correspondent
CNN
Marco Visalberghi
Managing Director
DocLab S.R.L.
Ed Waller
Editor
C21 Media.net
John Wauck
Professor / Priest
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
School of Church Communications
Andreas Weinek
Managing Director
The History Channel Germany GmbH & Co. KG
Alex West
Executive Producer History
Production
Film Australia
Marian Williams
Deputy Head of Content
Discovery Networks Europe
Adrian Wills
Channel Editor
UKTV History
UKTV
Cindy Witten
Vice President, Content, History Television
Dramatic Channels
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
Adrian Wood
Consultant
Inkulla Media
Ronald Wright
Novelist and Historian
"A Short History of Progress"