Mariola C. Kalinska (Senior Director, Commercial Rights and Talent Licensing at Greenlight):  Mariola’s career began at Wall Street’s international entertainment content law firm dealing with intellectual property and international media matters. Thereafter, she worked for Zomba Music and Sony BMG, negotiating placing music and artists in film, television, advertising, and  games. Mariola  has been with Greenlight for 12 years,  leading the advertising rights team in North America,  focusing on securing all necessary rights to content, film, and talent for brands and advertising agencies, helping them  with selecting inspiring and iconic content rights.

200 Varick St,. Suite 500
New York, NY 10014
e: Mariola.kalinska@bengroup.com
t: 212.375.7218

Cristina Lombardo (LL.M.) is a leading rights and licensing consultant. She has worked with broadcasters, museums, publishers and service providers to streamline copyright licensing processes in the creative sector. At Vice Media, Cristina heads up Rights and Clearances for EMEA APAC, and routinely trains teams on licensing, copyright and related rights in eleven European Countries, Australia, New Zealand and Sub-Saharan Africa. 

Contact info:
+44 7553 795969
cristina.lombardo@vice.com 

Pete Stower talks about YouTube from the inside out – What makes him passionate about the use and unique role of YouTube. How to get the best out of YouTube as a visual content buyer. Checking copyright/licensing quickly, efficiently and safely. The thinking behind the YouTube studios, their creation, developing and making content valuable. What future plans do YouTube have in the pipeline?

Starting her career in the Photo Traffic department at Entertainment Weekly Magazine twenty years ago, Erin is now Senior Photo Editor for Scholastic Library Book Publishing, where she is responsible for the cover and interior photography of 100+ non-fiction children’s books per year.  Erin has experience with both sides of the aisle in the photo industry, working 14 years as a Senior Photo Researcher with Corbis Images.

t: 212- 965-7331

e:epaxinos@scholastic.com

Nominated FOCAL international Footage Researcher of the Year 2016

Colleen Cavanaugh Anthony produced commercial shoots all over the world before co-founding Miss Information in 2005 as a creative research company for entertainment clients like Madonna and Lana Del Rey.

Since 2010, Colleen has been Executive Producer at STALKR in Los Angeles and will share strategies to tackle the most challenging and overlooked aspect of footage research, highlighting ways that make research more effective.

MD of the award winning creative research company The Director Studio. Working extensively with ad agencies and commercial production companies worldwide and specialising in sourcing and clearing content for commercials. The company also works on agency mood films, directors’ treatments and story and casting research - finding real people and real stories for ads and branded content. Started career with Getty Images working his way up to Head of Central European Sales for Creative Stills before running Framepool’s office in the UK for almost 5 years.

Jody Winterbottom
The Director Studio
+44 (0)7904 218 501
jody@thedirectorstudio.tv
www.thedirectorstudio.tv

Belinda has covered pretty much every aspect of the archive research and clearance. Starting with researching and clearing stills, footage and image rights for advertising then moving on to the BBC where she worked across features, entertainment and youth programmes as well as news and current affairs. She managed all the archive output of Shine for 4 years as Head of Archive. Belinda is currently Director of All Rights Clearance Ltd and co-owner of Viral Video UK a UGC management company.

All Rights Clearance Ltd
0208 293 1130
belinda@allrightsclearance.co.uk
www.allrightsclearance.co.uk

Jessica Kane is Associate Digital Photo Editor at The Knot Worldwide. The Knot is the nation’s leading wedding planning and registry resource, reaching a majority of engaged couples in the US through the #1 wedding planning website TheKnot.com and #1 mobile app The Knot Wedding Planner, The Knot magazines, and The Knot books.

e: jkane@theknotww.com

A lifelong New Yorker but fluent in German, Barbette entered the world of print journalism at Burda Media after graduating from NYU. In 1987, she founded Barbette Media Services, one of the first New York-based freelance satellite news offices for German-language publications. Barbette takes pride in being her clients' “eyes and ears” in the U.S. for over thirty years, continuously finding unique images and exclusive content under tight deadlines.

Barbette Media Services
e: bmsinc@barbettemedia.com
t: 212.665.5501
w:www.barbettemedia.com

Alexandra Bisonó is the Art Director at What to Expect. She has 8+ years of design experience in branded content, advertising and integrated marketing. Alexandra has been responsible for leading user experience, brand strategy and visual design for brands like Equinox, Travel + Leisure, InStyle, Food&Wine and Real Simple.

e: abisono@
everydayhealthgroup.com

Starting her career in the Photo Traffic department at Entertainment Weekly Magazine twenty years ago, Erin is now Senior Photo Editor for Scholastic Library Book Publishing, where she is responsible for the cover and interior photography of 100+ non-fiction children’s books per year.  Erin has experience with both sides of the aisle in the photo industry, working 14 years as a Senior Photo Researcher with Corbis Images.

t: 212- 965-7331

e:epaxinos@scholastic.com

Mike is a new Photo Editor at WW Norton with many years of experience in the photo and publishing industries, most recently from John Wiley & Sons, Scholastic Books, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Mike was the Photo Specialist at Wiley, managing and organizing photos and permissions for 120 titles annually, and he was the photo editor on a variety of college projects that included calculus, physics and culinary titles. Most recently, Mike has freelanced for Scholastic as a photo editor and the Gates Foundation, where he edited photo shoots and managed the digital asset management system. Prior to his work in publishing, he worked at Corbis Images as Senior Photo Research Executive and as Contributor Relations Representative.

e: mcullen@wwnorton.com
p:: (212) 372-4963