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Registration/Information, 2nd Floor Rotunda
Pick up your Summit badge and schedule early. Find out about some of
the places you can visit and the best restaurants in town. Area open
from noon until 6:00PM.
Original Fish Market Bar Get-together
Come to the bar in the Original Fish Market to meet the WIFTI Board of Directors,
and Women In Film chapter representatives for a casual gathering before the opening
of the Summit. Get-together should run from 6:00PM-7:30PM
Registration/Information, 2nd Floor Rotunda
Pick up your Summit badge and schedule. Find out about some of
the places you can visit and the best restaurants in town. Area open
from 7:30AM until 5:00PM.
Registration/Information, 2nd Floor Rotunda
Pick up your Summit badge and schedule. Find out about some of
the places you can visit and the best restaurants in town. Area open
from 8:00AM until 4:00PM, and again from 6:30PM until 8:00PM for Opal Award
Reception attendees.
Pittsburgh Flicks is sponsoring WIFI in Westmoreland on Saturday.
Time | Butler | Cambria | Westmoreland |
8:30AM |
Gender Disparity in the MediaCarol Lee Espy (M), Meenakshi Gigi Durham |
Documentary and Unscripted NetworksPeter Hamilton |
Building Trust and Buzz in the Digital EraSarah Mayer |
10:15AM |
Pittsburgh Shorts ScreeningContinues until 1:15PM |
WIFTI Chapter DevelopmentMelissa Houghton, Terry Lawler, Gayle Nachlis |
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10:30AM |
Meet in the 2nd Floor Rotunda to walk to Point Park University, GRW Theater, 414 Wood St. for the Steeltown Film Factory "And the Winner Is" event. | ||
11:00AM |
[Point Park University] Steeltown Film Factory "And the Winner Is" Event Continues until 12:30PM |
[Westmoreland East] Pop-up PRContinues until 1:00PMSign up at http://www.wiftisummit.org/popuppr.html Sarah Mayer, Eric Sloss |
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11:30AM |
Lunch
Break Free lunch (with your badge) in blue tent in parking lot at Waterfront and 11th. Sandwiches, salads, cookies. |
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Noon |
WIFTI Nuts and Bolts RoundtablesCarol Bidault, Eileen Hoeter, Kimberly Skyrme, Meighan McGuire |
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1:30PM |
How to Negotiate For Anything You WantAyana Ledford |
War ReportingContinues until 4:00PMMartin Savidge (M), Lynn Johnson, JulieHera DeStefano, Kalpana Biswas |
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3:00PM |
[2nd Floor Rotunda] |
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3:15PM |
SAG-AFTRA: After the MergerGabrielle Carteris, Chelsea Danley, Brian Lysell |
Steeltown Presents: Trends in DistributionDaniel Hoyos, Lauren Elmer, Kristen Bell |
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5:00PM |
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7:00PM |
Opal Awards Dessert ReceptionCarol Lee Espy, MC, Deborah L. Acklin, Catherine Hardwicke, Dawn Keezer, Eleanor SchanoThis is a separately-ticketed event; buy ticket here. |
Registration/Information, 2nd Floor Rotunda
Pick up your Summit badge and schedule. Find out about some of
the places you can visit and the best restaurants in town. Area open
from 8:00AM until 2:30PM.
Time | Butler | Cambria | Westmoreland |
8:30AM |
Women in the Director's ChairPaula Gregg (M), Catherine Hardwicke, Melissa Martin |
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10:15AM |
Worldwide Tax IncentivesMaryann McBride, Marco Cordova |
Visual and Special EffectsJerry Gergely, Russ Streiner, Loren Smith, Tom Savini, Laura Boyd (M) |
Women Who Make Pittsburgh NewsEleanor Schano, Sally Wiggin (M), Sheila Hyland, Susan Koeppen, Bufta Yiman, Amy Marcinkiewicz |
Noon |
Keynote Lunch Leadership - Forget the Glass CeilingCarol Lee Espy (M), Christy Uffelman |
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2:00PM |
Successfully Funding Your Independent FilmLisa Smith-Reed (M), Danny Yourd, Steve Hoover, Julie Sokolow |
Observe a Casting Session in ActionKimberly Skyrme |
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