At the heart of Q are Q Chats, a series of casual conversations with thought provoking personalities, guided by leaders and experts.

Wednesday, October 29 - 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM
A Conversation About What’s Next: Content & Connection
Join Nash Parker and Debra Kaufman in a lively and thought provoking discussion about changes headed towards professional production and post production as an incredible new generation of mobile communications tools and processes change the rules of moving, manipulating and working with our content. From cell phone dailies to high end colour correction, this is a rare chance to meet the experts, ask questions and interact with two cutting-edge experts.

Nash Parker - Director, North American Strategy, Alcatel-Lucent
Nash Parker brings more than 20 years of professional experience to his position as Director Media Strategy for Alcatel - Lucent Americas Region where he is the strategist and primary liaison for media content, advertising, and gaming industry activities.

Debra Kaufman – Journalist, Publisher, mobilzedtv.com
Debra Kaufman is one of the most respected and knowledgeable journalists in entertainment technology, a beat she has covered for over 20 years.

Wednesday, October 29 - 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Bob Fisher and Daryn Okada
Daryn Okada, ASC has recently begun his second term as President of the American Society of Cinematographers, arguably during one of the most exciting times in the entertainment industry and in cinematography. The organization faces challenges and opportunities as the future unfolds, and in a lively and candid conversation, Daryn will address where cinematographers have to go, and how their vision and history will help them see the way. Bob Fisher is one of the most respected experts and journalists writing about Cinematography and cinematographers today.

Daryn Okada, ASC
Daryn Okada, ASC was born and raised in Los Angeles. He began taking black-and-white still photographs when he was 6 years old, and making Super 8 movies just a few years later. After graduating from high school, he found work as a projectionist at East Los Angeles City College. Okada began to volunteer to work on student films. By the late 1970s, he was working as a gaffer, grip and occasionally as a camera operator on ultra-low budget films while photographing commercials. He earned his first credit for Nomad Riders in 1981. Okada has subsequently compiled such narrative credits as Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken, Anna Karenina, Lake Placid, Dr. Dolittle 2, Mean Girls, Paparazzi, Just Like Heaven, Stick It, Sex and Death 101, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, and Baby Mama. His work on the miniseries In A Child’s Name (1991) earned him an ASC Award nomination. He was recently re-elected president of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).

Bob Fisher
Bob Fisher is a native New Yorker, where he began his career at a now defunct newspaper. He migrated to Los Angeles for a six-month project writing about cinematography. The assignment was pure serendipity, and it became his life's work. Fisher has since authored a couple thousand-plus magazine articles about cinematographers and other filmmakers talking about their art form during the past 35-plus years. He has also moderated many panel discussions at film festivals, conferences and Internet chats for both the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG).  In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the ASC.

Thursday, October 30 - 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM
John Nicolard and Kristin Petrovich
John Nicolard led the team that created one of the first box office 3D hits, "Hannah Montana." John will address the ins and outs, lessons and future of post production in 3D. He was recently part of the team that won the 2008 IBC innovation award for the Hannah Montana project.

John Nicolard, Head of Digital Production, FotoKem Digital Film Services, USA
John Nicolard started his career as a feature film timer at Deluxe, working on movies as diverse as The Abyss for James Cameron and Do the Right Thing for Spike Lee. He became an optical effects supervisor for the Howard Anderson Company and director of operations for the Cinema Research Corporation, before joining Sony Pictures as VP of production and post production during the pioneering days of HD acquisition and finishing for feature films.

Returning to the visual effects world he was VP of technical film services for Sony Pictures Imageworks, with screen credits including Spiderman, Cast Away and the Stuart Little features.

He joined Fotokem in 2003 as head of digital production, where he has recently supervised the DI on The Forbidden Kingdom for Rob Minkoff as well as the 3D DI on Hannah Montana for Bruce Hendricks. Currently he is supervising the 3D DI finish on The Jonas Brothers 3D Movie for Walt Disney Pictures.

Past Q chat schedule from November 7-8, 2007:

Saul Orbach, Founder-Chief Operating Officer, Aguru chatting with Dan DiPaola

Michael Bravin, Chief Technology Officer, Band Pro Film & Digital; Ted Schilowitz, Leader of the Rebellion, RED Digital Cinema; and Bob Primes, ASC

Bill Viola chatting with Leon Silverman, LaserPacific

Jim Matlosz, Director of Photography chatting with Bob Primes, ASC

David Straus, CEO-CoFounder, WITHOUT A BOX & Trina Wyatt, COO, WITHOUT A BOX chatting with Jon Silberg, Senior Editor of Videography.

John Galt head of Panavision Advanced Digital Imaging will be talking with Larry Chernoff, CEO of MTI Film will be chatting about tape now or tape later – workflow for the tapeless acquisition future.