Wildscreen Industry Summit Reveals Speaker Lineup & Full Program

The speaker lineup for the inaugural Wildscreen Industry Summit, taking place from October 20 to 22, will feature National Geographic’s Tom McDonald and Janet Han Vissering, BBC’s Jack Bootle, Plimsoll Productions’ Grant Mansfield and more.

Additional speakers include Terra Mater Studios’ Walter Köhler, broadcaster and biologist Liz Bonnin, adventure YouTuber and filmmaker Eva zu Beck and filmmaker Abdel Mandili. There will be 15 panels and talks centered around public-service broadcasters anchoring the natural history genre, the impact of AI, brand-supported content and diversifying funding, among other topics.

Other speakers taking part in the Wildscreen Industry Summit are Tanzanian conservationist filmmaker Hans Cosmas Ngoteya, filmmaker and distribution strategist Keith Ochwat, Wildstar Films’ Vanessa Berlowitz, Shutterstock’s Gareth Edwards and AMV Stream’S Victoria Noble.

Delegates of the event will also have access to over 150 exclusively curated 1-1 decision-maker and career development meetings.

Sponsors of the Wildscreen Industry Summit include Warner Chappell Production Music, Doclights, Terra Mater Studios, Films at 59, Wildstar Films, Boomerang Carnets Media, CCK Tech, Leica, Passion Planet, UWE Bristol and Clarity Media and Entertainment.