Dated: 22 May 2005
The International Institute for Television Leadership in association with Singapore’s Media Development Authority and Australia’s ScreenWest announced today the creation of the Asia Australia Television Executive Leadership Program. The first course will be held in Western Australia November 17 –22, 2005, immediately prior to the Small Screen, Big Picture Conference (November 23 -25, 2005). The Institute plans for the 2006 program to take place in November in Singapore prior to the Asia Television Forum. In succeeding years, the event would alternate between these two locations.
The International Institute for Television Leadership is presenting The Coming Shake-Out in Television, a one-day conference in Toronto on May 12th, 2005. The Institute will be launching a North American Television Executive Leadership Program in January 2006. Dates for a European Television Executive Leadership Program are being finalized.
The Asia Australia Television Executive Leadership Program (AATELP) is a six-day course that offers a unique blend of disciplined exposure to high-level media industry specific information,
senior-level leadership and management training and personal inventories to better assess individual strengths and weaknesses. The Program provides insights into team building and performance. Specific case studies translate leadership development into applied, real situations in the media.
AATELP is targeted at the next generation of leaders in the world of media and communications: broadcasters, distributors, producers, and senior executives in related service and specialist fields as well as officials in public agencies. The purpose of the Program is to enhance entrepreneurial, strategic leadership and management skills, enable participants to strengthen their organizations and to better meet the challenges of the evolving global marketplace.
Subjects covered in AATELP include strategic thinking and planning, understanding the changing world of television, branding and market positioning, change and innovation management, as well as personal leadership practices.
Mr Lok-Yin SETO, Director, Industry Development of the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore said, "The MDA is very pleased to offer 5 scholarships per year to Singapore media executives to attend the Asia-Australia Television Executive Leadership Program. Supporting this Program is in line with the MDA's continual efforts to groom media talents, a key strategic thrust of the Media 21 blueprint to develop Singapore into a vibrant global media city. We believe that Program participants from the Asia Pacific region will benefit immensely from the experiences of Messrs Pat Ferns, Jim Bryd and Doug Macnamara. The networking and interaction during the Program will help foster more international collaborations and co-productions in the future."
Tania Chambers, Chief Executive of ScreenWest, the Western Australian film and television agency stated: "Film and television industry colleagues rarely have the opportunity to analyse their business skills, styles and strategies, due to daily workloads. This course will stimulate and challenge our leading industry members to extend themselves, to consider and prepare for industry developments in the future and strengthen their companies. This Program will be a great way to extend your network across creative production personnel, commissioning editors and key funding decision makers- one of the keys to success in the television industry. ScreenWest is proud to continue to support leading edge film and television activities to get the distinctive talent and stories from our region to the rest of the world."
The principals who developed and created the acclaimed Alliance Atlantis Banff Television Executive Program (AABTEP) have launched the International Institute for Television Leadership, dedicated to the intelligent exploration of industry challenges, strategies and personal leadership practices. They are consultant Jim Byrd, former vice president English Television at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, independent producer Pat Ferns, past Chairman and former president/CEO of the Banff Television Foundation and leadership expert Doug Macnamara, president of Banff Executive Leadership Inc.
While the original AABTEP was targeted at and marketed to the Canadian industry, several leading international executives discovered it and attest to its usefulness and application to the global industry. (A list of these participants is appended below.) Many of the over 200 graduates of AABTEP now occupy key positions in the Canadian and international television industry.
For further information please consult the AATELP website at http://www.banffexeclead.com/tvinstitute
Jim Byrd
+1-416-988-0291
CByrd39043@aol.com
Pat Ferns
+1-250-721-1887
patferns@shaw.ca
Doug Macnamara
+1-403-762-0762
doug.macnamara@banffexeclead.com
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International Graduates:
Australia: Andrew Lean, Director, Production Resources, ABC.
David Turnedge, Head of Finance, Screentime
Austria: Josef Lusser, Chief of Staff, Office of Director General, ORF
France: Catherine Lamour, Director of Documentaries, Canal+
Germany: Patrick Hoerl, General Manager, Discovery Channel
Ireland: Michael Lally, Head of News, Tg4
Pat O’Gallchoir, Chief Executive, Tg4
Malaysia: Azhar Borhan. General Manager of Entertainment, TV3
Bukhari Che Muda , General Manager, Magazines, TV3
Singapore: Long Jong Chang, CEO, Media Corp Studios
Voon Kwang Khiew, Senior Vice President, Media Corp TV
Alice Tan, CEO TV Mobile Pte Ltd.
U.K: Mary Egan, Senior Director, Sales+CoPro, BBC Worldwide
Huw Eirug, Director of Programming, S4C
Hilary Read, Chief Executive, BBC Canada
Maria Sanchez, Managing Director Europe, AAC
Andre Singer, CEO, Café Productions
U.S.A. Jeff Lynas, VP US Operations +Sales, AAC
Rupert Macnee, Executive Producer, KCTS. Seattle.
John Morayniss, Exec. Vice President, TV Production, AAC
Anne Marie Sulatycky, Vice President, Business Affairs, AAC.
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