Valérie BOURGOIN (CNC)

Valérie Bourgoin joined the CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée) as Head of New Technologies. She then looked after the animation sector as part of the audiovisual directorship. In 2006, she moved into video games, digital creation and new media, and her department is currently attached to the audiovisual and digital creation directorship. She has also been a regular jury member and taken part in conferences at animation events.

Philippe REYNAERT (Wallimage)

Philippe Reynaert has a passion for the 7^th Art and has been Director of Wallimage, the regional audiovisual investment fund, created by the Walloon region since 2001. Presenter of film programmes on the RTBF in the 80s, this “Man with the White Glasses” is now part of the Director's board of the Belgian public channel and is also President of Cine-Regio, the European audiovisual investment fund.

Olivier HENRIOT (Ubisoft)

Olivier Henriot started out at Ubisoft as a script writer in January 2002, working on all the narrative-driven projects there. He is currently their Scriptwriting Expert, and looks after all the narrative aspects in Ubisoft's games and transmedia products from pitch to dialogue continuity, voice recording and creating strong characters.
He is a member of the piloting committee of the SNAC-BD, and is a published graphic novel writer under the pen name of Henscher (published by Casterman and Le Lombard).

Guillaume HELLOUIN (TeamTO)

Guillaume Hellouin is a 3D pioneer and started the digital FX department in a video post-production company in Paris in 1990. He then became Head of Productions at Medialab (Canal+ group). He created the animation and visual effects studio Sparx* in 1994, and founded TeamTO with four other associates in 2005.

Alaw ROBERTS (Studio Little Lamb Media)

Alaw Roberts is one of the founders of Little Lamb Media, a creative production company based in Cardiff. The company is currently in development on a variety of children’s animated series as well as a number of music and light entertainment shows.

René BROCA

Independant consultants, René Broca and Christian Jacquemart are in charge of the editorial content of the Forum Blanc 2012 and have been looking after the editorial concept of the Annecy conferences since 2005.

René Broca is a freelance consultant in the fields of animation and digital pictures. He divides his professional activities between preparing and coordinating conferences and professional events and writing studies about the sector.

Térence MOSCA (TM Consulting)

Before founding the consulting company in development strategy for branding and digital distribution, TM Consulting, Térence Mosca was Head of European Marketing at Disney, Licence Manager at Gallimard Jeunesse and Branding Director at Ubisoft. TM Consulting works with Gallimard Jeunesse on e-book development.

Bruno FELIX (Submarine Channel)

Bruno Felix is Executive Director of Submarine, one of the leading transmedia production companies in the Netherlands, that is trying to push the boundaries of visual culture with projects that exploit new forms of storytelling, such as the animated documentary My Second Life or the transmedia experience Collapsus. He has also worked with renowned directors such as Douglas Gayeton, Tommy Pallotta and Peter Greenaway.

Isabelle JAQUEMET (Sulake France)

Since 2009 Isabelle Jaquemet has managed the French-language version of Habbo Hotel, a social game targeting 13 to 17-year-olds worldwide. First started in 2000, this is a unique Finnish model intertwining virtual worlds, social networking and on-line gaming, while 230 million avatars have already been created with it.

Yuelei HU (Versatile Media)

Yuelei Hu started her career at Versatile Media in China by producing a short movie clip about a pressure cooker. She then spent time in Germany working as a radio journalist and online editor for the international radio.
She is currently looking after the promotion of the multi platform cross-media project for children, hezi.com.

Baptiste MANIN (Allokids - Allofamille.fr)

Baptiste Manin created Allokids, specialised in leisure and entertainment for children and the family, in 2009 and launched the website giving information for children's activities, allofamille.fr, in 2010. One year later, allofamille.fr is the 5^th most visited Children's site (Médiamétrie Netrating, children's category – excluding e-commerce). He is also developing the concept of a kid's online holiday camp for 7 to 12 year-olds, Kawi Park. Kawipark.com sera will be launched on open Beta in December 2011 and the series shown on France 3 in early 2012.

Damien BRIATTE (Les Tanukis)

Damien Briatte started out as a web designer before creating the studio, Les Tanukis in 2003. Since then, he has been working on the different projects there for video games, animation and transmedia.

Christophe JANKOVIC (Prima Linea Productions)

Christophe Jankovic created Primea Linea Productions in 1995 with Valérie Schermann. The company has since produced many animation films, commercials and commissioned films.
He has co-produced the following films with Valérie Schermann:

• Loulou et autres loups, 2003, animated feature by Grégoire Solotareff, Serge Elissalde and Fromental,
• McGuire, Caillou, Chalet, Petit-Roulet.
• U, 2006, animated feature by Grégoire Solotareff and Serge Elissalde.
• Fear(s) of the Dark, 2007, a collective animated feature.
• The Man with the Blue Gordini, 2009, animated short by Jean-Christophe Lie.
• Zarafa, to be released in 2012, animated feature by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie.

He is also co-publishing, with Albin Michel, the e-book The Fairy Herbarium by Benjamin Lacombe, 2011.

René BROCA

Independant consultants, René Broca and Christian Jacquemart are in charge of the editorial content of the Forum Blanc 2012 and have been looking after the editorial concept of the Annecy conferences since 2005.

René Broca is a freelance consultant in the fields of animation and digital pictures. He divides his professional activities between preparing and coordinating conferences and professional events and writing studies about the sector.

Lionel FAGES (Cube Creative Computer Company)

Lionel Fages is a pioneer of 3D animation, a medium he has been working in since 1984. He is founder and President of the Cube Creative Computer Company, a studio that concentrates its activities on:

• training: working closely with some of the best French animation schools;
• production: of commercials, short films, music videos, scientific films and films for amusement parks and TV series;
• distribution and promotion: with support from a number of festivals (Paris Courts Devant, Dimension 3, Paris FX…).

This year, Cube has produced 3 new stereoscopic films as well as season 2 of the wacky series for Canal+, Kaeloo.

Yves BISMUTH (Cabinet Bismuth Associés)

Yves Bismuth has been a lawyer since 1971. He created his own Law Firm in 1974, which has now become Bismuth Associés. He specialises in New Technology law and co-founded with some fellow lawyers the Cipa (a Computer Technology club for the legal profession).

He was President of the French Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications Law (Afdit), former President of the International Federation of Computer Law Associations (Ifcla) from 1998 to 2000 and founder of the Intellectual Property Group of the European lawyers network Eurojuris international. He also teaches Law at University.

Patrick EVENO (CITIA)

Patrick Eveno was an actor, director and company manager for 10 years before teaming up with Jacques-Rémy Girerd to create Folimage in 1987.

For the next 16 years he worked with major channels around Europe like France 3, Canal+, Canal J, ZDF, Rai, RTBF, TSR, SVT, YLE, NRK, BBC, ITV etc.

He is a part of the Syndicate of French animation producers (SPFA), a consultant for Cartoon, Procirep and CNC and currently CEO at CITIA.

Dominique RICHARD (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel - CSA)

Dominique Richard is an audiovisual specialist in the world of politics. From 2007 to 2009, he successfully implemented the reform of the Tasca production decrees with David Kessler and has also been involved in other notable reports such as "Télévision publique, l'heure de vérité" in 2006 and "Audiovisuel 2015" about the changes caused by new trends in audiovisual consumption in 2011.

He is currently a CSA mediator for the circulation of works, member of the Cese and commissioner at the Cnil, in charge of audiovisual issues.

Stéphane SINGIER (Cap Digital)

Stéphane Singier is Senior Project Officer at the Cap Digital Business Cluster and one of the pioneers of digital in France. In 1987, he created one of the first 3D content and visual reality studios, Z-A Production, with Maurice Benayoun. For the next 17 years as CEO there, he produced a number of world firsts (directed by Maurice Benayoun): Les Quarxs, first 3D series in HD; The Tunnel under the Atlantic, the first tele-visual installation; the SAScube, the first visual reality theatre using a cluster of PCs.
He helped to create the Cap Digital Paris Region Business Cluster in 2005, and became Head of R&D projects for the cinema, TV, video games, 3D, VFX, VR and AR, when it opened in 2006. In 2010, he was General Commissioner for Futur en Seine 2011, a festival focusing on digital creation.

René BROCA

Independant consultants, René Broca and Christian Jacquemart are in charge of the editorial content of the Forum Blanc 2012 and have been looking after the editorial concept of the Annecy conferences since 2005.

René Broca is a freelance consultant in the fields of animation and digital pictures. He divides his professional activities between preparing and coordinating conferences and professional events and writing studies about the sector.

Frédéric JOSUE (Havas Media France)

Frédéric Josué is an expert in communication strategies for alternative media associating creation and new technologies. He is Marketing Director at Havas Media France and Executive Advisor to the Chairman and CEO, Dominique Delport.
He was also Head of News at Canal+ and created the Emmy award-winning programme about urban culture, C.U.L.T.

René BROCA

Independant consultants, René Broca and Christian Jacquemart are in charge of the editorial content of the Forum Blanc 2012 and have been looking after the editorial concept of the Annecy conferences since 2005.

René Broca is a freelance consultant in the fields of animation and digital pictures. He divides his professional activities between preparing and coordinating conferences and professional events and writing studies about the sector.

Gilbert OUELLETTE (Groupe Évolumédia Inc.)

Recognized as one of the leading experts in the field of interactive media in Quebec (Canada), Gilbert Ouellette has, for more than 20 years now, always kept abreast of the latest industrial development and business trends in the world of communications and media.

His practice over the past years has allowed him to assert his analytical skills and understanding of the issues surrounding evolution, within his own companies as well as other associations and organizations.

René BROCA

Independant consultants, René Broca and Christian Jacquemart are in charge of the editorial content of the Forum Blanc 2012 and have been looking after the editorial concept of the Annecy conferences since 2005.

René Broca is a freelance consultant in the fields of animation and digital pictures. He divides his professional activities between preparing and coordinating conferences and professional events and writing studies about the sector.