Full Schedule of the Children’s Media Conference
Once again, BUSTER Children’s Film Festival invites you to a conference filled with short, entertaining sessions that alternate between new research, knowledge, and data about children and youth audiences, combined with practical hands-on cases featuring directors, producers, distributors, and marketing teams. This year, we have a special focus on intellectual properties: how they’re formed, how they’re refreshed, and what they can do to attract children and the young audience.
The full-day conference, including breakfast, lunch and beverages, costs 600 DKK (excl. moms). The conference will take place at Bremen Teater in Copenhagen and will be conducted in both Danish and English, with live translation available.
09:00 – Doors open. Breakfast and coffee
10:00 – Welcome by Mariella Harpelunde Jensen, Head of Programme at BUSTER Children’s Film Festival.
10:10 – What Makes Kids Laugh?
With Will Ashurst, director ‘The Brothers Gruff Go to Splashworld’ and Mascha Halb, director ‘ Fox and Hare’
10:30 – When Mumbo Jumbo Became Huge
With animation director Karsten Kiilerich, film producer Anders Mastrup, and publishing editor Lotte Hjortshøj
10:50 – Medierådet Study on Children’s Gaming Habits – Friend or Foe?
With Lawyer and council Miriam Michaelsen
11:10 – Coffee Break
11:30 – Audience, Audience: Sanne Juncker Pedersen Talks About Audience Development at the DFI
With Sanne Juncker Pedersen (Editor of Audience Development, DFI)
11:50 – The BBC: Inside Roblox – Public Broadcasting Ventures into Gaming
With Senior Content Producer for the BBC Mark O’Hanlon
12:10 – Johanna Koljonen Presents the Annual Nojse Report on the Status of Nordic Children’s Film Film Industry
with author of the Göteborg Film Festival’s annual Nostradamus Report, Johanna Koljonen
12:30 – Lunch Break
13:30 – David Brorson Fich – Insights from an IP Lord
With Development producer and innovation editor David Brorson Fich from DR DRAMA
13:50 – Peppa Pig and the Big Brand IP
With Neža Kovačič from Trafalgar’s acquisitions department, who headed the project Peppa’s Cinema Party
14:10 – Stine Liv Johansen Talks SoMe, Representation and Participation of Children With Disabilities
With professor of Children’s Literature and Media at Aarhus University Stine Liv Johansen
14:30 – Brain Break
14:50 – Ronja the Robber’s Daughter – How a 50-Year-Old Book Became the Most Expensive Nordic TV Series Production for Children and Young People Ever
With the screenwriter behind the popular NETFLIX series, Hans Rosenfeldt and Head of Content, Film, TV & Music from the Astrid Lindgren Company, and great-grandson of Astrid Lindgren Johan Palmberg
15:20 – Johanna Koljonen in Conversation With Sanne Juncker Pedersen
15:40 – Closing Remarks
16:00-17.00 – Drinks and mingle in Kolme Bar
19:00 – Conference Networking Dinner (registration required)
Children's Media Conference October 1st
The conference is a unique opportunity to network with like-minded professionals, build meaningful connections, and exchange ideas with leading figures in the children's media industry. You'll gain invaluable knowledge and inspiration to drive the future of children's media forward. A conference ticket costs 600 DKK (ex moms) and 300 DKK (ex moms) for students.
Networking Dinner
After the conference we will host a networking dinner, where you can relax and discuss the day’s events with our inspirational speakers. The dinner is only open for participants at the conference and costs 300 DKK (ex moms).