NAMIC West Coast Creative Summit Set for October 5th

NAMIC West Coast Creative Summit Set for October 5th

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), today announced the program details and speaker line-up for the NAMIC West Coast Creative Summit. The third West Coast installment of NAMIC's signature entertainment industry forum focused on the creative aspects of television and film, this year's conference will take place on October 5, 2006 at the Beverly Hilton.

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The daylong program will commence with the dynamic President's Roundtable Breakfast moderated by noted journalist and former CNN air personality, Carlos Watson. Watson will lead a discussion featuring top studio and network executives such as Chris Fager, president, TuTv, Reginald Hudlin, president of Entertainment, BET and Peter Ligouri, president, Fox Entertainment Group.

Scheduled breakout sessions will examine the future of creative development, the influence of digital media, mobile content, multicultural marketing, the synergy of music and other timely topics impacting today's television and film industry. "The creative summit provides attendees the opportunity to engage in focused dialogue with industry professionals representing various areas of entertainment," said Emory Walton, President, NAMIC Southern California and Director, Affiliate Sales & Marketing, A&E. "Information shared and exchanged in this unique forum grants participants access to valuable industry insight."

In addition to the dynamic breakout sessions, the NAMIC Creative Summit West Coast will feature an adjunct Career Expo presented by NAMIC in partnership with VarietyCareers.com. Sponsors include Warner Bros., NBC Universal, A&E Television Networks and TuTv. "In just three years, the Summit has evolved into a key event for companies committed to promoting workforce diversity and inclusion, said Ahikiko "Kiko" F. Washington, Chair, NAMIC Creative Summit West Coast and Senior Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources, Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Additional speakers confirmed to date include:

* Nichol Bradford, Senior Global Brand Manager, Vivendi Universal Games
* John Cheng, Head of Development, Rat Entertainment
* Chris Fager, President, TuTv
* Fritz Friedman, SVP, Worldwide Publicity, Sony Pictures
* Debra Martin Chase, Martin Chase Productions
* Devon Franklin, Director of Development, Sony Pictures
* Lee Gaither, EVP of Production and Development, Simmons Lathan
Entertainment
* Tana Nugent Jamieson, SVP, Drama, A&E Television
* Jason Hall, SVP, Warner Bros.
* Debra Langford, Executive Director of Strategic Sourcing and Talent
Management, Time Warner
* Pancho Mansfield, SVP, Spike TV
* Kel Mitchell, Actor/Producer and President, God Gets the Credit, Inc.
* Viviana Pendrill, VP, Target Marketing, WB Films
* Leonard Richardson, VP of Music, CW
* Janet Rolle, GM, AOL Black Voices & Women's Lifestyles
* Michael Stradford, VP, Sony Digital Content
* Carl Washington, CEO of UCMA, Urban Marketing Corporation of America
* Richard Wayner, CEO of Trace Media & The True Agency
* Andrea Wong, EVP, Alternate Series, Late Night & Specials, ABC

For more information on the NAMIC Creative Summit West Coast or to register online, log onto www.namic.com. Corporate sponsorship inquiries should be directed to Jennifer Kanter, Treasurer, NAMIC - Southern California, 310-998-9306.

About NAMIC

NAMIC is the premier organization focusing on ethnic diversity in the communications industry. Founded in 1980 as a non-profit trade association, today NAMIC is comprised of nearly 2,000 professionals belonging to a network of chapters nationwide. Through initiatives that focus on education, advocacy and empowerment, NAMIC champions equity and inclusion in the workforce, with special attention given to ensuring that the leadership cadres of our nation's communications industry giants reflect the multi-ethnic richness of the populations they serve.

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CONTACT: Charmaine Chapman, BTB Communications, +1-310-242-8407,
char@btbcommunications.com, for NAMIC

Web site: http://www.namic.com/

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