BAFTA

"The biggest thing is to find a story that you want to tell, have another one in your back pocket, and make sure you're gonna 'wow' them. At the end of it they're gonna think, 'I want to know how that ends!'" Get top tips on how to make your pitch stand out from people who've done it successfully.

Hosts:

Tom Davis – (MD of Shiny Button, Writer and performer)

James DeFrond – (MD of Shiny Button, Writer and Director)

Panelists include:

Lara Singer, Development Producer, Big Talk Productions

Mary Burke, Senior Production and Development Executive, BFI Film Fund

Andy Brereton – (MD of Shiny Button and Exec producer)

"The biggest thing is to find a story that you want to tell, have another one in your back pocket, and make sure you're gonna 'wow' them. At the end of it they're gonna think, 'I want to know how that ends!'" Get top tips on how to make your pitch stand out from people who've done it successfully.

Hosts:

Tom Davis – (MD of Shiny Button, Writer and performer)

James DeFrond – (MD of Shiny Button, Writer and Director)

Panelists include:

Lara Singer, Development Producer, Big Talk Productions

Mary Burke, Senior Production and Development Executive, BFI Film Fund

Andy Brereton – (MD of Shiny Button and Exec producer)

"Freelancers too often are blown by the winds of fate. Strategise and have some control. Make choices." Tips and tricks for freelancers from repping yourself successfully to making your CV shine.

With Sarah Putt Associates.

"Freelancers too often are blown by the winds of fate. Strategise and have some control. Make choices." Tips and tricks for freelancers from repping yourself successfully to making your CV shine.

With Sarah Putt Associates.

"People don't have much time. I just did one page for my game, sent it through, and asked, 'are you doing anything like this?'" Experts teach you how to nail that all-important pitch.

Panellists include:

Mike Bithell (Game Designer and Developer)

Noirin Carmody (Founder and COO, Revolution Software)

Simon Smith (Managing Director, Thumbfood)

Des Gayle (Founder, Altered Gene)

Korina Abbott (Video Game Marketing Consultant)

Hosted by Video Game Journalist Will Freeman

"People don't have much time. I just did one page for my game, sent it through, and asked, 'are you doing anything like this?'" Experts teach you how to nail that all-important pitch.

Panellists include:

Mike Bithell (Game Designer and Developer)

Noirin Carmody (Founder and COO, Revolution Software)

Simon Smith (Managing Director, Thumbfood)

Des Gayle (Founder, Altered Gene)

Korina Abbott (Video Game Marketing Consultant)

Hosted by Video Game Journalist Will Freeman

"Ultimately the see-through wearable that delivers your content but is still physically based—I can still get input stimuli from the real world—is the answer." Discuss the future of gaming and the immersive storytelling of VR.

Panellists include:

Gary Napper (Supermassive)

Ben Maltz-Jones (Rewind)

Mark Gerhard (Playfusion)

"Ultimately the see-through wearable that delivers your content but is still physically based—I can still get input stimuli from the real world—is the answer." Discuss the future of gaming and the immersive storytelling of VR.

Panellists include:

Gary Napper (Supermassive)

Ben Maltz-Jones (Rewind)

Mark Gerhard (Playfusion)

"What you're selling when you're selling an idea is not just a concept which is this ephemeral, abstract thing; you're selling the fact that you are going to make it into TV." Discuss coming up with a non-scripted idea, developing it and getting it in front of the right people.

Panelists include:

Chitsi Kurangwa, Development Producer, Outline Productions (The Undateables, Word of the Year)

Helen Veale, Creative Director, Outline Productions (No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free, Million Dollar Intern, Health Freaks)

Rhe-an Archibald, Expectation Entertainment (The Big Narstie Show)

Guy Davies, Factual Commissioner, Channel 5

Hosted by Joff Powell, Executive Producer, Second Star Productions (Million Dollar Car Hunters, Katie Piper’s Extraordinary Births, World Series of Dating)

"What you're selling when you're selling an idea is not just a concept which is this ephemeral, abstract thing; you're selling the fact that you are going to make it into TV." Discuss coming up with a non-scripted idea, developing it and getting it in front of the right people.

Panelists include:

Chitsi Kurangwa, Development Producer, Outline Productions (The Undateables, Word of the Year)

Helen Veale, Creative Director, Outline Productions (No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free, Million Dollar Intern, Health Freaks)

Rhe-an Archibald, Expectation Entertainment (The Big Narstie Show)

Guy Davies, Factual Commissioner, Channel 5

Hosted by Joff Powell, Executive Producer, Second Star Productions (Million Dollar Car Hunters, Katie Piper’s Extraordinary Births, World Series of Dating)