Strategic Research Institute's Film Finance and Distribution Summit will address alternative investment opportunities in today's more corporate entertainment industry. Topics include film hedging, private equity investments, film fund financing and distressed debt opportunities. This year's forum will review these trends and examine investment potentials in a rapidly evolving and very in-demand marketplace.
Sample list of speakers include: * Dan Glickman, chairman/ceo, Motion Pictures Association of America * Greg Kulka, director, alternative investments, New Mexico State Investment Council * Peter J. Dekom, Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman, Grodin and Evall * Mark Hutchison, cpa, Rothstein Kass & Co. * Norman Aladjem, president, Paradigm * Peter Abrams, principal, Tapestry Films * Hal "Corky" Kessler, Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn Ltd. * Jonathan Sanger, Grand Illusions Ent. Llc. * Ed Elbert, Grand Illusions Ent. Llc. * Michel Shane, producer (and UCLA professor), Hand Picked Films * Jim Pasternak, DaDa Films * Richard Marshall, DaDa Films * Ian Schafer, ceo, Deep Focus * Arthur De Vany, professor emeritus