SESSION 1 - WHAT IS THE OUTLOOK FOR EUROPEAN EXHIBITION?

• Study of the development of film attendance in Europe
• How do cinemas respond to the enormous number of films on offer?
• DVD, Home Cinema, Mobile Phones, VOD and the Internet – do these represent new competition for cinemas? 
• Economic consequences of piracy on European films
• What conditions must pertain if cinemas are to maintain their role in the first screenings of films?

Conducted by Pascal Rogard (General Director, SACD, France)

- Susan Newman
Analyst, European Audiovisual Observatory
- Paul Callaghan
Senior Advisor, Screen Digest, UK
- Björn Ringdahl
Distributor/Exhibitor, Triangel Films, Sweden
- Enrique Gonzales Macho
Distributor/Exhibitor, Alta Films, Spain
- Lionello Cerri
Producer, Exhibitor, Lumière/Anteo Cinemas, Italy
- Chris Marcich
Director of MPAA Europe
- Johannes Klingsporn
Chief Executive of the German Film Distributors' Association
- Frédéric Delacroix
Chief Executive of the Anti-Piracy Association - ALPA, France