The Conversation is a grass-roots gathering, developed by a group of filmmakers, investors, entrepreneurs, journalists, and consultants interested in the new creative and business opportunities — and new ways of connecting with audiences — that new technologies are presenting. Running into each other at film festivals and conferences, we began hatching this idea ... Co-hosts: Scott Kirsner / Editor, CinemaTech & Contrib. Writer, Variety Tiffany Shlain / Filmmaker & Founder, The Webby Awards Lance Weiler / Filmmaker & Editor, The Workbook Project 2010 Advisors: Scilla Andreen / Co-Founder, IndieFlix Peter Broderick / Principal, Paradigm Consulting Ian Calderon / Director of Digital Initiatives, Sundance Institute Ira Deutchman / Managing Partner, Emerging Pictures; Professor of Professional Practice, Graduate Film Division, Columbia University School of the Arts Sandi DuBowski / Founder, Films That Change the World; Outreach Director, The Good Pitch Shayne Gilbert / Founder, Future Forward Events Wendy Levy / Director of Creative Programming, BAVC Scott Macaulay / Editor and Publisher, Filmmaker Magazine Laure Parsons / Founder, x+x films Slava Rubin / Co-founder, IndieGoGo Alyssa Stern / Founder, Future Forward Events Hunter Weeks / Filmmaker, Spinning Blue 2008 Advisors / Advisors Emeritus Woody Benson / Managing Partner, Prism VentureWorks Danae Ringelmann / Co-founder, IndieGoGo M dot Strange / Animator, "We Are the Strange"