The Entertainment IP Summit

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A Virtual Event on January 14th and 15th 2026

Agenda

  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
    Opening Keynote: Eoin Colfer, International Best-selling Author, Artemis Fowl (IRL)
    Topic: WHAT'S THE STORY? - THE ART (AND MISCHIEF) OF IP CREATION

    10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
    Session 1: Nuno Bernardo, Founder, beActive (PT)
    Topic: IP DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE – BUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP

    11:00AM - 11:15 AM: Break

    11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
    Session 2: Triona Campbell, CEO, Roundstone Media (IRL)
    Topic: IP DEVELOPMENT FOR EUROPEAN PRODUCERS

    12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
    Session 3: Suzanne Kelly, Group Head of Children’s and Young Peoples (IRL)
    Topic: THE BROADCASTERS ROLE IN DEVELOPING IP – AN IRISH PERSPECTIVE

    12:45 PM - 2:00 PM: Lunch Break

    2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
    Session 4: Emmet O’Neill, CEO, StoryToys (IRL)
    Topic: IP IN THE MOBILE GAME SPACE

    2.45 PM - 3:30 PM
    Session 5: Alan Swan, Branded Content Partnerships, RTE (IRL)
    Topic: THE A to Z of BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT IP

    3:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Break

    3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
    Session 6: Anthony Geffen, CEO, Atlantic Studios (UK)
    Topic: THE FUTURE OF IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING

    4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
    Gavin Lawler, Innov8 Creative Academy
    Topic: BUILDING IP: BEING THE FIRST, BEST AND ONLY

  • 9.30 AM - 10.15 AM
    Opening Keynote: Henry Jenkins, Scholar, University of Southern California (USA)
    Topic: FANDOM– BUILDING YOUR AUDIENCE IN THE CONNECTED AGE

    10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
    Session 1: Daniel White, Senior Partnerships Manager, Little Dot Studios
    Topic: DEVELOPING IP AND GROWING AUDIENCES ON YOUTUBE

    11:00AM - 11:15AM: Break

    11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
    Session 2: Bethany Thomson, Sea Star Productions
    Topic: MOBILE VERTICAL VIDEO DRAMA - THE RISE OF A NEW FORMAT

    12:00 PM – 13:00 PM
    Session 3: Panel: James Hickey (Moderator), Legal, Tax, IP experts
    Topic: Ireland IS a Hub for Creative IPConfirmed panelists: Maria O'Brien (NUIG), Catherine Keane (Cartoon Saloon), Jamie Macken (Bigger Stage)

    13:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Lunch Break

    2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
    Session 4: HaZ Dulull, Founder & Creative/Game Director, Beyond the Pixels (UK)
    Topic: BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN FILM & GAMES

    2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
    Session 7: Jeff Rivera, Co-Founder, Collective 5 Entertainment (USA)
    Topic: GREENLIGHT YOURSELF

    3:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Break

    4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
    Session 6: Panel Chair - Simon Pulman, Media Entertainment Lawyer, Pryor Cashman (USA)
    Topic: LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS IN IP DEVELOPMENT: Russell Binder (Striker Entertainment), Austin Vaziri (WME)

    4:45 PM – 5:30 PM
    Session 5: Diana Williams, Kintetic Entertainment
    Topic: BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS AROUND IP - THE US PERSPECTIVE

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Meet the Speakers

  • Eoin Colfer

    Writer

    Keynote

  • Anthony Geffen

    Anthony Geffen

    Atlantic Studios

    Immersive Storytelling

  • Diana Williams

    Kinetic Energy Entertainment

    The Business of IP

  • Professor Henry Jenkins

    Professor Henry Jenkins

    Scholar
    University of Southern California

    Transmedia and fandom

  • HaZ Dulull

    HaZ Dulull

    Beyond the Pixels

    Games & Film

  • Suzanne Kelly

    Suzanne Kelly

    RTÉ Kids

    The role of the Broadcaster

  • Jeff Rivera

    Jeff Rivera

    Collective 5 Entertainment

    Greenlight yourself with AI

  • Bethany Thomson

    Bethany Thomson

    Sea Star Productions

    Mobile Vertical Video Drama

  • Simon Pulman

    Simon Pulman

    Media Entertainment Lawyer
    Pryor Cashman (US)

    Negotiating IP 

  • Nuno Bernardo

    Nuno Bernardo

    beActive

    IP development

  • Emmet O’Neill

    Emmet O’Neill

    StoryToys

    Mobile Games 

  • Triona Campbell

    Triona Campbell

    Roundstone Media

    IP Development

  • Alan Swan

    Alan Swan

    RTÉ Commercial 

    Branded Entertainment

  • Gavin Lawler

    Innov8 Creative Academy

    Building IP: Being the First, Best and Only

  • Neil Leyden

    Neil Leyden

    RTÉ

    MC

More speakers to be announced soon…

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