Screen Scotland is offering support for up to 10 screen sector senior executives to attend the British Screen Forum Conference 2024 in London, followed by specially organised roundtables for the Scottish delegation.
About the British Screen Forum Conference
The British Screen Forum is a members-only organisation which regularly convenes the best informed and most influential people in the UK screen sectors to interrogate issues of importance, and influence policy and the thinking around policy. It invites key players to debate the implications of the evolving screen landscape, and the policy and regulatory environment, and provide unrivalled insight into emerging themes and innovative technologies.
The annual British Screen Forum Conference has been established over many years as a major event in the screen sector calendar and is attended by around 200 specially invited senior industry executives, plus national and trade press. This year the Conference is on 20 November and will take place at RIBA (The Royal Institute of British Architects), Portland Place, London. The agenda at this event ranges widely across the many issues of relevance to screen sector businesses and this year will run under the tag line ‘Paradigm Shift?’, with speakers offering policy, business and creative perspectives.
What is on offer?
Screen Scotland in partnership with the British Screen Forum are providing the following for key company executives:
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Registration for the British Screen Forum Conference, daylong event in London on Wednesday 20 November
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Specially organised roundtable seminars for the Scottish delegation on morning of Thursday 21 November
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Up to £400 towards train travel and 2 nights’ accommodation (will be dispersed through Screen Scotland Market & Festival Attendance Fund)
This is an excellent opportunity to gain access to UK-wide networks of senior screen sector executives, at a members- and invitee-only event. Conference speakers confirmed include Kathleen Kennedy (President, Lucasfilm), Dame Melanie Dawes (CEO, Ofcom), Jane Featherstone (Co-Founder and COO, SISTER), Wendy Smith (COO, Absurd Ventures) and Dr Stacy Smith (Founder, USB Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, presenting groundbreaking research).
The daylong conference on Wednesday will be followed by three Thursday morning roundtables, including a Conference follow-up session from leading sector analyst and BSF consultant Ben Keen and an ‘Influencing Policy as an Industry Group’ presentation and discussion with Kerry Kent, Head of Policy, British Screen Forum.
Who is eligible to apply?
Applications are welcome from key leaders and senior executives of Scotland-based production companies and studios, who engage with matters of policy and regulation that impact the screen sector. We will also consider support for those who wish to build their engagement and understanding of the policy framework of the sector, and/or whose work involves research and innovative technologies.
Only one submission per company will be considered.
What information do we need?
Submissions will comprise of an overview of your company and its recent broadcast/theatrical credits. You must also provide a strategic rationale for support, indicating how you and your company plan to engage more with the policy framework of the screen sector, and what you’d seek to achieve while in London.
If supported, it is expected that you will attend both the daylong BSF Conference on Wednesday 20 November, and the morning roundtables on Thursday 21 November. The latter will take approx. 2 hours in total, as we recognise the importance of also allowing you time to take other key meetings while in London, or following up on opportunities from the Wednesday event.
What happens next and how will my submission be assessed?
Once we receive your submission, we will check for basic completeness and eligibility. Your submission will be assessed on your company’s profile and track record, your reasons for attending the Conference, including desired outcomes, and an understanding of the benefits to your company and the Scottish sector.
If you are successful, we will confirm your details for event registration with the BSF team, and advise of next steps for travel and accommodation support.
Key dates
The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Friday 9 November 2024.
Successful applicants will be informed by Monday 12 November 2024.
How to apply
To apply, please complete our online form by the deadline date above.
Complete our online application form.
Application details
Creative Scotland (CS) requires some personal information about you to consider your application. Without this information CS will be unable to provide you with a delegate pass. If you would like to see a breakdown of the personal information CS requires, why it is required, what CS does with that information and how long CS keeps it, please refer to CS’s Privacy Notice.