Peter Bart, editor-in-chief of Variety, and Peter Guber, chairman of Mandalay Entertainment Group, are headlining the 2006 Institute on Entertainment Law and Business at USC as the event’s keynote speakers.
Sponsored by the USC Gould School of Law and the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the all-day conference, “Missions Possible: Gaming, Animation, Music and Beyond,” will be held Saturday, Sept. 9, at the USC University Park Campus.
The program will include in-depth examinations of the newest trends in existing platforms such as television, films and music, and emerging opportunities in gaming, animation and beyond.
Attended by prominent lawyers, accountants, agents and producers, the Institute on Entertainment Law and Business is the region’s foremost annual conference for the entertainment professional.
The conference will begin with a look at the regulations surrounding lotteries, game shows and online gaming. Anthony N. Cabot of Lewis & Roca and Benjamin R. Mulcahy of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton will lead the session. Other sessions will cover advances in the music business; the ethical fallout of technology; and critical issues in children’s programming and advertising.
Additional speakers include David Agnew, executive vice president of Buena Vista Music Group; Larry Stein, head of Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan’s entertainment and media department; and. Bruce Ramer, Institute Chair, Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown
Andy Heyward, Chairman and CEO, DiC Entertainment Corp.
Also featured are Christopher Meledandri, president, Twenthieth Century Fox Animation;
Patric Verrone, president, Writers Guild of America; Zahavah Levine of YouTube; and Chris Kelly of Facebook.com
Early-bird registration through Aug. 24 is $310; regular price is $340. Continuing education credit is available to attorneys (MCLE) and accountants (CPE).
The conference is free for reporters.
For more information, including a complete schedule and list of speakers, go to http://law.usc.edu/cle/entertainment. To register, visit http://law.usc.edu/cle/entertainment.cfm.
The Institute on Entertainment Law and Business is one of six conferences presented each year by USC Law’s Continuing Legal Education program. For more information on any of these events, visit http://law.usc.edu/cle.
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