Der Große Culture Day 2015
In cooperation with WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne.
Though they are often working on shoestring budgets and frequently deal with complex issues, cultural programs hold their own on television against show, series, and sports programming. What are the creators' strategies for the future? What is high-quality and successful content? Do cultural matters in a mass medium always have to be shallow and easy to digest, and is relevant content relegated to a niche? How do digital platforms and social networks provide novel distribution venues for cultural programs, and a gateway to reach new – and especially younger – audiences? The GREAT CULTURE DAY 2015 presented concepts that have succeeded in this arena, discussed strategies, trends, and decisive factors for success in an international and transmedial context, and identified opportunities for producers and broadcasters in Germany to benefit from these latest developments.
Host: Claudia Dichter, Presenter, Cologne
10.00 hrs, Welcome
10.15–10.30 hrs, Keynote Culture in Primetime – What does Television Need Today? Matthias Kremin, Head of Culture and Science Programming, WDR, Cologne
10.30–11.15 hrs, Presentation Primetime Culture – An International Overview Bertrand Villegas, Co-Founder, THE WIT, Genève
11.15–12.00 hrs, Case Study Transmedia Storytelling – SUPERNERDS. A Surveillance Evening on TV, Online, and on Stage Christian Beetz, CEO, gebrueder beetz filmproduktion, Berlin Christian Wesener, Editor, WDR, Cologne
12.00–12.30 hrs, Coffee break
12.30–13.00 hrs, Keynote Artist Biographies – Personality Rights and IP Rights Thomas Kufus, CEO, zero one film, Berlin
13.00–14.00 hrs, Lunch Break
14.00–14.30 hrs, Keynote ARTE Creative – Magazine, Laboratory and Network for Contemporary Culture Alexander Knetig, Editor-in-Chief, ARTE Creative, Strasbourg
14.30–15.00 hrs, Keynote LA CATHEDRALE – An Immersive Journey in 3D Cédric Bonin, Owner & Producer, Seppia, Strasbourg
15.00–15.30 hrs, Keynote Games Culture – The New Medium for Music, Film, Theater, Literature, and Visual Arts? Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth, Director, Cologne Game Lab, Cologne
15.30–16.00 hrs, Keynote Mobile Art and Culture – Going Digital as a Challenge for the Arts and Culture Prof. Dr. Holger Simon, Founder, Pausanio GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne
16.00–16.30 hrs, Coffee Break
16.30–17.30 hrs, Closing Panel Finding Adequate Strategies for Presenting Culture in the Media Today Phil Collins, Visual Artist, Berlin Christiane Hinz, Head of Documentaries/Culture and History, WDR, Cologne Angela Richter, Director, Cologne Malte Sundermann, Actor, Cologne
All participants were invited to the WDR-Kultur Cocktail following the event.
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