Advisory Board
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Cori Abraham
SVP, Development, Documentary & Crime
NBCUniversal Television & Streaming
As Senior Vice President, Entertainment Unscripted Development, Crime and Documentary Development, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, Cori Abraham oversees all unscripted crime and documentary development across NBCU’s broadcast, cable and streaming platforms: NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, SYFY, USA and Peacock. She reports to Rachel Smith, Executive Vice President, Development, Entertainment Unscripted...more
Speaking on: Genre Jams - True Crime
David Collins
Co-Founder & Executive Producer
Scout Productions
David Collins is a six-time Emmy award-winning producer of hundreds of hours of groundbreaking content over the last 25 years. He is the co-creator and Executive Producer of critically acclaimed series like the voguing competition show Legendary (HBO Max), pop culture phenomenon Queer Eye (Netflix), and its predecessor, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Bravo). In...more
Speaking on: Keynote Conversation: Representing with Reality - Scout Productions, HBO Max and Dashaun Wesley
Leslie Farrell
Partner & Executive Producer
Lauren Grace Media
Kate Harrison
President
Cream Productions
Kate Harrison Karman is President of Cream Productions.
Based in Toronto, Cream develops, finances and produces distinctive and award-winning content across a wide range of TV and digital platforms in North America and internationally.
Among the company’s many credits include Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan (Netflix), The Story of Late Night (CNN), Fear Thy Neighbor (ID), BTK: A Killer Among Us (ID), Wild Things with...more
Speaking on: Cancel Culture or Course Correction?
Mioshi Hill
President
Sirens Media
Mioshi Hill is president of Sirens Media, the award-winning ITV America company behind unscripted hits including Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey and Snapchat favorite Nikita Unfiltered, among many others. Hill leads all creative development and production for the Los Angeles-based label, overseeing a roster of content that encompasses a variety of...more
Speaking on: Formagination
Rachel Job
SVP, Unscripted Content
All3Media International
Rachel Job is SVP Non-Scripted Content at All3Media International and works with both All3Media group companies and third party independent producers to identify and acquire content for international distribution and co-production.
Previously, Rachel was Director of Programming at A+E Networks for HISTORY and H2 channels in the UK and EMEA. She...more
Speaking on: Meet an Expert - Distributors,Coproduction - Strength in Numbers
Samuel Kissous
President
Pernel Media
Samuel Kissous is the founder and president of Pernel Media, a creative and diverse independent TV production company listed as a “Realscreen Global 100” company in 2019 and 2020. Headquartered in Paris and with offices in London, the company produces a wide range of original factual programs as well as adaptations...more
Speaking on: Trendwatch: What’s Next in M&A
Jane Latman
President
HGTV
Jane Latman serves as president of HGTV for Discovery, Inc. where she oversees all programming, development, and overall strategy and operations for the network. HGTV currently ranks as the #1 cable network for W25-54 in total day and the #4 non-news network for P25-54 in total day. It also is...more
Madison Merritt
EVP, Unscripted Content & Alternative Programming
Jesse Collins Entertainment
Based in Los Angeles, Merritt spearheads the creation, development and sales of non-scripted series and content as she leads the development team in business growth. Madison has sold shows to Amazon, D+, Peacock, Facebook, Lifetime, VH1, TLC, and HGTV among others. Prior to joining eOne, Merritt was the Founder of...more
Brian Tannenbaum
Head of Originals
Roku
Brian Tannenbaum is Head of Alternative Originals for Roku, where he leads all aspects of original, alternative content for The Roku Channel. A key member of the team behind the launch of Roku Originals, he manages Roku’s alternative content strategy across all series commissions and development, including unscripted, format, and...more
Speaking on: Streaming and Unscripted: Where to Grow from Here?,30 Minutes With: Brian Tannenbaum, Roku
Ellen Windemuth
CEO
WaterBear Network
Ellen is the CEO of WaterBear Network, overseeing the strategy and direction of the new interactive video-on-demand platform dedicated to storytelling around the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
WaterBear is already partnered with nearly 100 global NGO's and is currently available in 10 countries. Prior to founding WaterBear, Ellen was and still...more
CJ Yu
Founder
Amazon Studios
Since joining Amazon Studios in 2017, CJ Yu has spearheaded some of the first unscripted originals in Amazon’s international territories, building from the ground up a slate of local original content across Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. Many of Yu’s projects involve unprecedented partnerships with top celebrity talent, athletes,...more
Andrew Zimmern
Chairman
Intuitive Content
An Emmy and James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, author, teacher, and social activist, Andrew Zimmern is regarded as one of the most knowledgeable personalities in the food world. As the creator, Executive Producer and Host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods franchise, Andrew Zimmern’s Driven by Food and the Emmy...more
Speaking on: VIRTUAL: Keynote Conversation: Jennifer Salke, Amazon Studios
