Luncheon Featuring Screen Legend Ruby Dee to Highlight NAMIC Creative Summit West Coast
The NAMIC Creative Summit West Coast is scheduled for Friday, April 29, 2005 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) April 18, 2005 -- "A Conversation with Ruby Dee," a special luncheon
featuring the legendary actor-writer-producer will highlight the NAMIC Creative
Summit West Coast. The announcement was made today by Antoinette Brown-Leon,
president, NAMIC Southern California, Inc. An entertainment industry forum
focused on the creative aspects of the television business, the NAMIC Creative
Summit West Coast is scheduled for Friday, April 29, 2005 at the Beverly Hilton
Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
"We are honored to host Ms. Dee for
this event allowing the conference attendees to experience this entertainment
industry veteran up close and personal in an intimate setting," said Brown-Leon,
regional director, Affiliate Marketing, TV One. A breakfast networking mixer,
Career Expo and cocktail reception are also scheduled for the daylong event.
Launched in 2004, the Creative Summit West Coast serves as the conference
component to the NAMIC Vision Awards, the only industry event recognizing
cable's commitment to producing quality, culturally diverse original programming
content, now in its eleventh year.
"Last year's tenth anniversary of the
Vision Awards was the optimal juncture to broaden NAMIC's reach within the
entertainment community and expand on the decade of success experienced since
the inception of the awards by producing the adjunct conference," said Kyle
Bowser, principal, Res Ipsa Media and Vision Awards founder and executive
producer. "The addition of the seminar component was a strategic response to the
cable industry's increasing desire to gain direct access to talented
professionals of color."
Casting director Chemin Bernard, Chemin Bernard
Casting, Eric Brown, senior vice president, West Coast Operations, Charter
Communications, Brian Dobbins, manager, Principato-Young Management, Ralph
Farquhar, writer-producer, Regan Jon, Inc., Karen Hunte, director, Program
Development, KCET, Steven Kuo, senior vice president, Digital Media and
Technology, FOX Television, Benito Martinez-Creel, president, Acento
Advertising, director Linda Mendoza, Lisa Sorenson, principal, Lisa Sorenson
Public Relations, John Tucker, senior account executive, The DeVeaux Group
Communications, Ron Turner of Radio One's KKBT FM, Carl Washington, president,
Urban Movie Corp. of America, Ken Werner, executive vice president,
Distribution, The WB, Kiko Washington, president, Worldwide Human Resources,
Warner Bros. and talent agent Patty Woo, president, Talent Works are among the
panelists confirmed to date.
Moderators for
breakout sessions covering a myriad of topics related to the television
industry's creative arena include producer Karen Horne, former executive,
Writing Fellowship Programs at Nickelodeon and Disney, Gabriel Reyes, president,
Reyes Entertainment, Michele Rice, vice president, Marketing, TV One and Angel
Rivera, national director, Affirmative Action and Diversity, Screen Actors
Guild.
"Based on the impact and success of our first NAMIC Creative
Summit West Coast, we are expanding our educational program and are pleased to
present the first Annual NAMIC Creative Summit East Coast on May, 9, 2005, said
Beatrice Robbio, director, Marketing and Communications, NAMIC
National.
Comprised of more than 2,000 members
encompassed within seventeen chapters nationally, NAMIC is a non-profit, 501(c)
(6) trade association. Founded in 1980, NAMIC programs such as the Annual NAMIC
Conference, a cornerstone of Cable Diversity Week, the L. Patrick Mellon
Mentorship Program, and its Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) at
the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Business are developed to achieve diversity
in leadership, employment, procurement, programming and
ownership.
TelevisionWeek is the media sponsor for the
NAMIC Creative Summit West Coast. For registration or more information on the
2nd Annual NAMIC Creative Summit West Coast and the 11th Annual NAMIC Vision
Awards call The Baker Group at 310-216-4722. Contact the NAMIC National office
for Information on the NAMIC Creative Summit East Coast. Visit www.namic.com for information on
membership and upcoming NAMIC events.
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