WORKSHOP 1: IN SEARCH OF EQUITABLE ECONOMIC MODELS FOR DIGITAL CINEMA

• Detailed presentation of the RMC Study on Economic Models. Evolution of industry-public sector initiatives.
• What economic choices and what standards for the durable development of digital cinema?
• Investment support schemes: roles of the public and local authorities.
• How to manage the transitional period between analogue and digital?
• Can digital projection attract new audiences?

Led by Anders Geertsen (Director of Distribution, Danish Film Institute, and Head of the Commercial Module of the European Digital Cinema Forum)

Thomas Pintzke and Kim Ludolf Koch (Consultants, Rinke Medien Consult, Germany)
David Hancock (Senior Analyst Film & Cinema, Screen Digest, United Kingdom)
Patrick Vanhoudt (Economist from the Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank, Luxemburg)
Dr. Siegfried Fößel (Project Coordinator, Digital Cinema, Fraunhofer Institut, Germany)
Patrick von Sychowski (Head of Digital Business Development,Deluxe Europe)
Klaus Hansen (Head of Danish Film Producers Association) 
Edward Fletcher (Distributor, Soda Pictures, United Kingdom)
Marcus van der Zwaag (Distributor, Cinemien, The Netherlands)
Age Hoffart (Distributor, Oro Films, Norway)
Chris Koppelmeier (Project Manager German Roll Out)
Christophe Lacroix (Consultant, ex-Head of Distribution Buena Vista France)
Michel Humbert (Exhibitor, Member of AFCAE, France)