Editor

On March 10 and 11, 2005, The Louisiana State Bar Association’s Art Entertainment & Sports Law Section, together with the Motion Picture Association of America, will co-host the one and a half-day Louisiana Entertainment Law Institute Global Film Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the host hotel, the Bourbon Orleans, A Wyndham Historic Hotel.

John Malcolm, MPAA Senior Vice-President and Director of Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations, will give the Keynote Host Presentation in a Plenary Session on Thursday, March 10, 2005. Other panels include “Anti-Piracy: the New Economic War?”, “The New Yellow Brick Road: Where Entertainment Meets Technology,” “World Trade Today: WTO’s Effect on IP Protections,” “Global Film Financing: International Co-Productions, Distribution, Tax Credits and Film Funds,” “The Sky’s the Limit: State Production Incentives”, “The State of the Entertainment Industry in China” and “Bollywood in Hollywood South: The Cinema of India Today.” The Luncheon Keynote Speaker on Thursday, March 10, will present a cutting edge topic in the entertainment field on the new federal Jobs Creation Act, providing tax incentives to U.S. investors in film productions.

Head of the Speakers Committee is Louisiana State University Dale E. Bennett Professor of Law, John S. Baker, Vice Chair of the Louisiana State Bar Entertainment Law Section. Professor Baker anticipates speakers and moderators from studios and production and distribution companies, as well as from media, government and ancillary services markets, including financial, electronics and mobile communications. Current speakers confirmations are from Germany, China, Turkey, India and the USA.

As they say in Louisiana, “laissez les bon temps rouler” – let the good times roll – while imparting and exchanging valuable information as well as networking with counterparts from across the globe.

The Conference Program Agenda and Schedule of Activities is attached.




Conference Program Agenda and Schedule of Activities

DAY ONE: THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2005 (7.5 CLE credits)
8:00 – 8:30 AM. – Registration; Opening Remarks, Introductions, Welcome

8:30 – 9:00 AM. – Host Keynote Address: “Global Cooperation Against Film Piracy”
Host Keynote Speaker: John Malcolm, MPAA Senior Vice-President and Director of Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations

9:00 – 10:30 AM. - “Anti-Piracy: the New Economic War?”

10:30– 10:45 – Morning Break

10:45– 12:00 Noon - “The New Yellow Brick Road: Where Entertainment Meets Technology”

12:00 – 12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 PM Keynote Speaker –Topic: The new federal Jobs Creation Act providing tax incentives to U.S. film investors

1:30 – 2:45 PM “The Sky is the Limit: State Production Incentives”

2:45 – 3:00 PM Afternoon Break

3:00 – 4:00 PM. - “World Trade Today: WTO’s Effect on IP Protections”

4:00 – 5:00 PM “Global Film Financing; International Co-Productions, Distribution, Tax Credits and Film Funds”

5:00 PM – Networking Reception

7:00 PM – VIP Dinner for Speakers and Special Invited Guests

DAY TWO: FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2005 (5.0 CLE credits)
9:00 – 10:00 AM – Presentation by industry executive on international entertainment topic.

10:00 – 11:00 AM - “The State of the Entertainment Industry in China”

11:00 – 11:15 AM – Morning Break

11:15 – 12:15 PM - “Bollywood in Hollywood South: The Cinema of India Today”

12:15 – 12:30 PM Closing Remarks; Conference ends; followed by Professionalism and Ethics CLE hours; Afternoon Break

12:30 – 1:30 PM Ethics Hour

1:30 – 2:30 PM Professionalism Hour

TOTAL: 12.5 CLE credit hours (60 minute credit hours)