WIA World Summit – Break the Box – Redefining Gender and Leadership (Part 2)

The WIA World Summit at Annecy is a day-long symposium of panels and discussions spotlighting top executives and filmmakers from around the world who will explore this year's theme – Break the Box: Redefining Gender and Leadership.

The program will consist of several sessions addressing the restrictions of gender and what happens when people step out of the expectations and the norms of their gender roles.

2:15 PM – Leading Diverse Creative Teams

Leading creative teams comes with unique rewards and challenges, especially when the stories being told are deeply personal. This panel examines how leaders can reject gendered expectations and harness the creative power of a diverse team.

• Emilie Walmsley, Head of Animation, Eddy TV
• ND Stevenson, Author and Illustrator, Nimona, Netflix
• Noriko Matsumoto, Executive Producer/Brand Director, Dwarf Studios
• Anna Ginsburg, Director, Strange Beast
  
• Moderator: Marge Dean, Head of Studio Skybound Entertainment; WIA President, Board of Directors
  

3:15 PM – Redefining Risk as an Investment

Risk and failure are integral parts of the creative process. This panel explores the inequitable effects of success as well as failure for creative leaders who are historically underrepresented in our industry. What can we learn when things don’t go as planned? How can we reframe risk and failure to create a more equitable industry?

• Nosipho Maketo-van den Bragt, CEO, Chocolate Tribe
• Deepa Joshi, Co-CEO, Incessant Rain
• Vicky Jenson, Director, Spellbound, Skybound
• Lou Bones, Creative Talent Director, Psyop
• Moderator: Julie Ann Crommett, Founder & CEO, Collective Moxie, United States
  

4:15 PM – Fireside Chat: Authentic Leadership

In this fireside chat with Ramsey Naito, President, Paramount Animation and Nora Twomey, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Cartoon Saloon, we examine creative leadership through the lens of gender and explore what is possible when we embrace leadership styles that are authentic. We'll also explore how leaders who break the box can effectively collaborate to make sustainable change in their organization and in our industry.

• Ramsey Naito, President, Paramount Animation
• Nora Twomey, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Cartoon Saloon
  

5:15 PM – Closing Remarks

5:30 PM – Cocktail Hour

All World Summit attendees are invited to attend.