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Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT offers you a glimpse into the future of the audiovisual industry. Learn from leading professionals and creatives from around the world, who will share their secrets and tips. Discover the most innovative trends and experiences in production, financing, new formats and other key issues for the international sector.

 

 

JAVIERA BALMACEDA
AMAZON STUDIOS
Head of International Originals LATAM, CA & AU
(USA)

KAI FINKE
SKYSHOWTIME
Chief Content Officer
(Europe)

MARIANO CESAR
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY
SVP of General Entertainment Content and Programming Strategy Latam & US Hispanic.
(Argentina)

PHILLIPE CARRASCO
YOUTUBE
Head Film and TV, Content Partnerships
(Brazil)

MAARTEN MEIJS
TALPA STUDIOS
CEO
(The Netherlands)

MICHÈLE BENZENO
WEBEDIA
General Manager
(France)

MARÍA JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ
AMAZON
Head of Spanish Originals
(Spain)

EDGAR MARTÍN-BLAS
SPATIAL VOYAGERS & VIRTUAL VOYAGERS
CEO
(Spain)

AMAYA MURUZABAL
M CONTENT
CEO & Head of Content
(Spain)

GEORGINA TERÁN
EFD INTERNATIONAL
CEO
(Spain)

SERGIO NAKASONE
WARNER BROS.DISCOVERY
Head of Non Fiction Content Development
(LATAM & USH)

JULIA GROSZEK
Director
(Poland)

CHENOA TOLEDO
ACADEMIA DE OPERACIÓN TRIUNFO
Host
(Spain)

DIEGO DEL POZO
ATRESMEDIA TELEVISIÓN
Fiction Manager
(Spain)

OSCAR PROL
PRIME VIDEO
Head of Spanish Unscripted Originals
(Spain)

JOSÉ EDUARDO MONIZ
TVI
General Manager
(Portugal)

PEDRO DOMINGO LUQUE
NU BUYANA & LUSCO FUSCO ANIMATION
CEO
(Portugal)

AUDREY KAMGA
ARTE
Sales Manager
(France)

MANUEL RAMÍREZ
EL RANCHITO
Director
(Spain)

XIMENA CANTUARIAS
TELEMUNDO STUDIOS
SVP – Scripted Productions
(USA)

JEROME MERLE
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY LATAM
Head of Brazil General Entertainment Local Production
(Brazil)

ALEX MEDEIROS
GRUPO GLOBO
Head of Content – Drama & Documentaries
(Brazil)

JOSÉ FRAGOSO
RTP
Program Director
(Portugal)

PABLO GHIGLIONE
GLOBO
Head of International Coproductions
(Brazil)

MARIANA PEREZ
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY LATIN AMERICA
VP, Head of Development & Production
(Argentina)

JOSÉ PASTOR
RTVE
Film & Fiction Director
(Spain)

LEONARDO ARANGUIBEL
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY LATIN AMERICA
VP, Head of Production Operations & Strategy
(USA)

ISABELLE HEN-WOLLMARKER
G.E.M.A. MEMBER
Marketing media & innovation expert, former head of Red Bull Media World & Immersive Experiences
(Switzerland)

TINET RUBIRA
GESTMUSIC
General Director
(Spain)

DANIEL GILGADO
RAKUTEN TV
Head of Original Content
(Spain)

CARMEN FERREIRO
ATRESMEDIA
Director of Entertainment
(Spain)

JOANA DOMINGUES
CARACOL STUDIOS
Ceo & Executive producer
(Portugal)

FABIANO GULLANE
GULLANE ENTERTAINMENT
Co-Founder & Managing Director
(Brazil)

PEDRO LOPES
SPi & SP TELEVISAO
General Content Director
(Portugal)

ELIANE FERREIRA
TELEIMAGE
CONTENT & BUSINESS DIRECTOR
(Brazil)

GUSTAVO GONTIJO
02 FILMS
Executive Producer for Development
(Brazil)

JOÃO DANIEL TIKHOMIROFF
MIXER FILMS
Founder/Partner/President
(Brasil)

RACHEL DO VALLE
PROJETO PARADISO
Programme Director
(Brazil)

ROSANGELA WICHER
FLORESTA
Business Development
(Brazil)

BETO GAUSS
PRODIGO FILMS
Partner & Co-CEO
(Brazil)

CAROLINA ALCKMIN
GLAZ Entretenimiento & Glax LX
Business Director & Producer
(Portugal)

ENEAS CARLOS PEREIRA
TV CULTURA
Executive VP & Programming Director
(Brazil)

RENATO MARTÍNEZ
ENDEMOL SHINE (BANIJAY)
VP, Content & Acquisitions
(Brazil)

GUSTAVO MELLO
BOUTIQUE FILMES
Partner & Executive Producer
(Brazil)

SUSANA GATO
APIT
Executive President
(Portugal)

PATRICIA MULLER
Writer
(Portugal)

MONICA PIMENTEL
Warner Bros. Discovery
VP of General Entertainment Content
(Brazil)

EDGAR MEDINA
ARQUIPIELAGO FILMES
Founder, Producer & Scriptwriter
(Portugal)

PIETHEIN BAKKER
PLURAL ENTERTAINMENT
Managing Director
(Portugal)

MARIA JOAO MAYER
MARIA & MAYER
Founder & CEO
(Portugal)

FERNANDO VENDRELL
DAVID & GOLIAS
Founder, Director & Producer
(Portugal)

HUGO GURGEL
QUANTA
Managing Director
(Brazil)

PAULA KIRCHNER
Strategic Content Executive
(Spain)

ISABEL ANDRÉS PORTI
ADAE
Partner & Co-Founder
(Spain)

IRENE JIMÉNEZ
AUDIOVISUAL451
Editor
(Spain)

PACO TORRES
BLEND STUDIOS
CEO
(Spain)

ROBERTO D´AVILA
MOONSHOT PICTURES
CEO
(Brazil)

FERNANDO LAUTERJUNG
TELA VIVA NEWS
Editor
(Brazil)

LEONEL VIEIRA
VOLF ENTERTAINMENT
Producer & Director
(Portugal)

JULIANA BAUER
SENTIMENTAL FILME
Executive Producer
(Brazil)

ANA MARQUÉS
PORTUGAL FILM COMISSION
Executive Producer
(Portugal)

PANDORA DA CUNHA TELLES
UKBAR FILMES
Producer & Co-CEO
(Portugal)

BRUNO SANTOS
CORAL EUROPA
Manager director
(Portugal)

JOSÉ MAURICIO FITTIPALDI
CESNIK CQS|FV ADVOGADOS
Partner
(Brazil)

MAURO ALVES GARCÍA
BRAVI – BRASIL AUDIOVISUAL INDEPENDENTE
Executive President
(Brazil)

RICARDO CABORNERO
PRIME VIDEO
Content Director
(Spain & Portugal)

RICHARD IZARRA
PRODU
Editor in Chief
(USA)

RAIMON MASLLORENS
BRUTAL MEDIA
CEO, Co-Founder & Producer
(Spain)

PAULA COSENZA
VENTRE STUDIO
Founding Partner
(Brazil/Portugal)

POLA HEMPOWICZ
CONTENT MONARCHY
CEO
(Poland)

ALBERTO FERNÁNDEZ TORRES
RTVE
Head of RTVE Play
(Spain)

ROGER CASAS-ALATRISTE
EL CAÑONAZO TRANSMEDIA
CEO & Founder
(Spain)

ÁLVARO BENÍTEZ
PLANO A PLANO
Executive Producer & VP Business Development
(Spain)

GONZALO PASTOR
WEBEDIA
Head of Strategy & Creative
(Spain)

SUSANNE FRANK
ZDF STUDIOS
Director of Drama
(Germany)

GLORIA SALÓ
GECA
Director of Production & Content Consulting
(Spain)

RAMÓN LARA
PRODUCCIONES DEL BARRIO
Co-Founder & Executive Producer
(Spain)

RAQUEL NUNES 
SHINE IBERIA
Content Manager
(Portugal)

JULIE ROUE
FREELANCE
Composer
(France)

WOLFGANG FEINDT
ZDF
Commissioning Editor Feature Film and International Co-Productions
(Germany)

FERNANDO CALVIÑO
SEÑAL NEWS
Founder & CEO
(Spain)

PALOMA MORA
TV ON PRODUCCIONES
CEO & Producer
(Spain)

MICHELE ZETTA
RAI FICTION
Commissioning Editor in Charge of International Co-Productions
(Italy)

TERESA CARBONELL
KONGA MUSIC AGENCY & SARAO MUSIC
CEO
(Spain)

NACHO GIL
SPOTIFY STUDIOS
Head of Podcast & Marketing
(LATAM)

SIRA OLIVER
AUREN
Journalist & expert in technology trends
(Spain)

ESTHER AGRASO
PLANO A PLANO
Director of the International Sector
(Spain)

EVA BALTES
TIVU
Editor in Chief
(Spain)

PACO ALMAÑO MUÑOZ
MOVISTAR+
Fiction Original Productions Manager
(Spain)

JAVIER PASCUAL CORUJO
DISNEY+
Director Scripted/Unscripted Originals
(Spain)

JOSÉ MACHADO
GRAY-FILM
Journalist & Editor
(Portugal)

SANTIAGO GÓMEZ AMIGO
ATRESMEDIA TV
Marketing Director
(Spain)

ÁLVARO BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO
IZEN
Head of Corporate & Advertising
(Spain)

PABLO ALEJOS
DLO PRODUCCIONES
General Manager of Production & Executive Producer
(Spain)

NEIL BATEY
C21 MEDIA
Senior Reporter
(UK)

PATRICIA LOURO
ENDEMOL PORTUGAL
Executive Producer
(Portugal)

LUIS ALFONSO ALBORNOZ
UNIVERSITY CARLOS III OF MADRID
Audiovisual Diversity Research Group & Communication Department Professor
(Spain)

CATARINA DUFF BURNAY
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL
Associate Professor
(Portugal)

LAURA OLIVA
FEDERATION STUDIOS
Head of Content & Producer
(Spain)

ALFONSO GARCÍA VALENZUELA
MEDIABRANDS CONTENT STUDIO
CCO, CINO & Director of Brand Entertainment Area
(Spain)

HELENA SUÁREZ
ECIJA
Partner at the Intellectual Property & Audiovisual Law Areas
(Spain)

JAVAT GARCÍA
WARNER MUSIC
Head of the Synchronization Department
(Spain)

NINA HERNÁNDEZ
PORTOCABO
Head of Content
(Spain)

MARÍA RÚA AGUETE
OMDIA
Senior Research Director Media & Entertainment
(UK)

JOSÉ FUERTES
OWO
CEO & Founder
(Spain)

CRISTINA RICO
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
Head of Marketing and Media Networks
(Spain)

LEON FORDE
OLSBERG SPI
Managing Director
(UK)

ADA HERNÁNDEZ
FEDERATION STUDIOS
Creative Executive Producer, Script Coordinator & Series Writer for Disney+
(Spain)

ALEJANDRA AROSTEGUI
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
Development Executive Original Series Disney+ España
(Spain)

MIGUEL GARCÍA
ATRESMEDIA SALES
Director of International Sales
(Spain)

YOUSAF BOKHARI
PALMA PICTURES
Head of Production
(Spain)

MARÍA TRINIDAD GARCÍA LEIVA
UNIVERSITY CARLOS III OF MADRID
Associate Professor
(Spain)

LUIS CUETO
MINISTRY OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & PUBLIC FUNCTION, GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN
Advisory Member & Secretary of State for Telecommunications
(Spain)

GEORGINA GONZÁLEZ
UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL STUDIOS
VP Global Scripted Series
(USA)

LILY FORD
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Reporter
(UK)

TESHA CRAWFORD
UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL STUDIOS
SVP Global Scripted Series
(UK)

SANDRA OUAISS
ELEPHANT INTERNATIONAL
CEO
(France)

JARMO LAMPELA
YLE
Head of Drama
(Finland)

HILARIO ABAD
Filmmaker, Scriptwriter & Post-producer
(Spain)

RICHARD MIDDLETON
Journalist
(UK)

JORDI CONEJERO
UNION AVATARS
CMO
(Spain)

MANUEL CASTILLO HUBER
LA SIERRA PRODUCE
Founder, Producer & Director
(Spain)

SAMANTHA LOPEZ SPERANZA
Director of Internal Affairs
(Spain)

PETER NADERMANN
NADCON FILM
Producer & Managing Director
(Germany)

PILAR SÁNCHEZ-BLEDA
AUREN
Partner-Lawyer
(Spain)