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Sam Griffin is an investment manager at Screen Australia who works across the International (IDP) , General (GDP) and Signature Funds. She has worked in film and television for the past 15 years. With a background in print journalism she moved from Sydney to the U.S. in 1996 where she worked as a director/producer for a New York production company. Prior to leaving the U.S. she was the supervising producer for a suite of cable TV lifestyle series. Sam has also produced and directed documentaries and theatre productions, as well as documentary for public radio.

As Executive Producer at Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Emile oversees production of original content that caters especially to the region. Based out of Discovery's Singapore office, he works closely with producers and production houses in the region to conceptualise new content, ensure creative editorial standards are met, and foster new and emerging production talent. Emile joined Discovery in 2011, but comes from an extensive production background in the UK. He formally trained in documentary editing in London, and then following six years as a documentary editor, he moved into directing and producing, most notably gaining several prime-time credits for History Channel and Crime and Investigation Network. Emile is originally from London, and holds an MA from the National Film & Television School in the UK. He has lived and worked in Manila, Ho Chi Minh City and now resides in Singapore.

Elena has worked in a variety of roles within Screen Australia since 2009. Her work has included, as part of the Marketing Department, building audiences and profiling Australian films within Australia and internationally. More recently Elena has joined the State and Industry Partnerships team, working with Senior Manager, Chris Oliver, on the Enterprise Program and on building an increased Australian film and TV presence in Asia and facilitating business opportunities in new Asian markets. These strands converged in 2013 with the staging of the inaugural two- day Australia-China Documentary Forum in Beijing, a part of the Enterprise Asia program. Elena has a broad knowledge of the screen industry in Asian countries and has attended various festivals and markets including Busan International Film Festival, FICCI Frames, Asian Side of the Doc and the Sichuan TV Festival. Elena is interested in talking with you if you want to learn more about the screen industry in Asia.

Jacinta completed a Bachelor of Commerce at The University of Melbourne majoring in Marketing and Management. During this time she undertook a traineeship at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in the Risk Services Department and an internship at DDB Advertising in Hong Kong. It was during her University studies she realised her passion for marketing, advertising and sales and began her media career at ACP Magazines (Bauer Media). Here, Jacinta worked in the Mediabrands agency team as a Sales Coordinator. Within her exciting new role at activeTV, Jacinta is responsible for generating and implementing sponsorships for productions and continually developing business strategies.

Chris Hilton is one of Australia's most prolific and award winning factual producer/directors who has made films across a broad spectrum of subjects for the world's major broadcasters. Chris has executive produced or produced over 200 hours of quality documentary for broadcasters such as PBS, BBC, Channel Four, Discovery, National Geographic and Arte as well as all Australian networks. His programs have won major awards in Australia including Walkley and Logie awards. Recent productions include: Miracle on Everest, The Colony, Policing the Pacific, The Floating Brothel, Ten Pound Poms, The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, Scorched, Solo, Voyage to the Planets, Seduction in the City(Au Bonheur des Dames) The Grammar of Happiness and Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide.

Carol Hirschfeld has worked in the NZ media industry for 28 years. She began in radio, had a brief stint in newspapers and then moved to television, working as a reporter, director, producer and presenter at TVNZ and TV3. For seven years she co-presented the prime time news and subsequently with her former co-host John Campbell, launched the nightly current affairs show, Campbell Live. For the past 4 years she has held a management position at Maori Television where she is currently General Manager Production.

Ryan has worked in the Australian screen industry for 18 years.  His drama producing credits include the feature films BLAME (Melbourne, Toronto and Chicago international film festivals and Cannes Cinephiles) and JUSTICE (Marcus Graham, Kerry Armstrong, Simon Westaway).  He has also produced over 80 advertising campaigns totalling over 170 commercials.  His commercial work has been a finalist and winner at the Campaign Brief Awards (Best TV Advertisement, Best TV Campaign) and Perth Advertising and Design Club Awards (Gold, Silver, Bronze Awards), a finalist at the AWARD Awards and featured on www.bestadsontv.com.

Ryan has previously worked as a Project Officer at ScreenWest (twice managing the agency's Screen Industry Partnership Fund) and was the Western Australian Chapter Head of Screen Producers Australia (SPA) for a three and a half year period between 2008-2011.  Ryan has been in his current role at ScreenWest for 18 months.

Ruifang Hua is Rare Media's representative in Europe, based in Paris. In charge of all aspects of international business development, including acquisitions, coproduction, and distribution.

Mr. Haibo Huang received his education at Communication University of China, Waseda University Japan, Hong Kong University of Science in the field of journalism, film studies and management. He joined Phoenix TV in 2002 after serving China Central Television for several years. With more than 20 years experience in the field of journalism and television industry, he participates in many of the productions; schemes and supervising of feature programs and major documentaries. He himself is also anchoring several current affairs shows and documentary TV columns and sometimes appears at news reporting fronts. Proficient in Chinese, English and Japanese. He is now serving as the Deputy Chief Editor of the Chinese Channel of Phoenix Satellite Television.

Mr. Haibo Huang would like to meet with delegates who have programs that relate to the Phoenix Chinese Channel program sphere.

Tony Jackson has spent more than 25 years making television, earning his first stripes and frequent flyer miles at the BBC before eventually becoming Executive Producer and Head of Production at Lonely Planet Television. After building his reputation and risking his gonads making docos of career criminals in the East End of London, Tony made his first splash in Australia by spending four months deep in a NSW rainforest armed with several kilometres of internet cabling to make 48 episodes of an interactive reality TV show for UK network Channel Four. He went on to secure one of the best jobs in the world, travelling the globe directing and producing much of Lonely Planet's television output for the next decade. He founded Chemical Media in 2011 with his colleagues David Collins and Joany Sze.