2015 Willamette Writers Conference: Full Schedule

12:00pm PDT

Visual Storytelling Lunch Panel

If you are a screenwriter or an author, you do not want to miss this opportunity to hear from the people in the industry who champion the written word to the visual mediums of Film, Television, Web Streaming and Stage.

TWEET your questions to our moderator.

Moderators

Randall Jahnson

Randall Jahnson has been a professional screenwriter for 30 years. He's worked with such diverse filmmaking talent as Steven Spielberg, Penelope Spheeris, Alec Baldwin, Spike Lee, and Jonathan Demme. His credits include The Doors (as “J. Randal Johnson”), Dudes, The Mask of... Read More →

Buyers

Sean Bartemes

CREATIVE EXECUTIVE, HUTCH PARKER ENTERTAINMENT. Prior to joining Hutch Parker last year, Sean was a Development Assistant to Jim Miller, EVP Production & Development at Lionsgate, where he worked on THE HUNGER GAMES and CATCHING FIRE. As an Executive Assistant to David Thwaites, EVP... Read More →

Eddie Gamarra

A former college professor, Eddie Gamarra is a literarymanager/producer at The Gotham Group, a multi-faceted managementand production company representing some of the most creativeand successful screenwriters, directors, animators, authors, illustrators,publishers, and animation... Read More →

Alison Haskovec

Alison Haskovec has over 10 years of feature film and TV industry experience as a development and production executive. Currently working as a Development Consultant at Brookstreet Pictures, a feature film production and finance company, Alison is looking for dramas, thrillers, crime... Read More →

Daniel Inkeles

Daniel Inkeles is a development executive at Sony Pictures Animation where he is involved in the creative supervision of a number of upcoming features for the studio, from inception to script through production. Daniel’s current projects include THE UNTITLED SMURFS MOVIE with producer... Read More →

Shari Smiley

Manager of Literary and Book, The Gotham Group. Prior to joining, Shari spent 19 years at CAA and has operated her own business, The Smiley Group. She is best known for negotiating the studio deal with Fox for Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, which David Fincher directed with Ben Affleck... Read More →

Friday August 7, 2015 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
Lloyd Ballroom

Lunch

Intended Audience - Levels 100 Level
Format Panel
Please Note Additional Fee ($25)
Tags Adaptation, FILM, LITERATURE, Panel, VISUAL STORYTELLING, WEB

12:00pm PDT

New York Times Bestseller Authors Lunch Panel

It's indisputable - Oregon is bursting with talent. Join us to learn more about local authors who hold this prestigious honor.

During this moderated lunch panel, you may TWEET your questions and pick their brains as you plan your future among them.

Moderators

Chip MacGregor

Chip MacGregor is the president of MacGregor LIterary, Inc., a full-service literary agency located on the left coast. He has been working in the publishing industry for three decades, and made his living as a freelance writer and editor for several years. He is the author of numerous... Read More →

Faculty

April Henry

April Henry is the New York Times-bestselling author of over a dozen mysteries and thrillers for teens and adults. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her family. April Henry knows how to kill you in a two-dozen different ways. She makes up for a peaceful childhood in an intact home... Read More →

Jennifer Lauck

Jennifer Lauck is the New York Times Bestselling author of four memoirs, including Blackbird. She is a Senior Fellow at The Attic Institute where she teaches fiction and non-fiction, and also consults on independent projects with novelists and memoir.

Phillip Margolin

New York Times Bestselling Author

Since 1996, I have been writing full-time. All of my novels have been New York Times bestsellers. Heartstone, my first novel, was nominated for an Edgar for best original paperback mystery of 1978 by the Mystery Writers of America. My second novel, The Last Innocent Man, was made... Read More →

Laurie Notaro

New York Times Bestselling Author

Laurie Notaro was born in Brooklyn, New York, then spent the remainder of her formative years in Phoenix, AZ, where she created something of a checkered past. She is the New York Times Best-selling author of the humor memoirs The Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club, Autobiography of... Read More →

Daniel H. Wilson

New York Times Bestselling Author

Daniel H. Wilson is the author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as seven other books, including How to Survive a Robot Uprising, A Boy and His Bot, and Amped. In 2008, he hosted The Works on the History Channel. He earned a PhD in... Read More →

Saturday August 8, 2015 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
Lloyd Ballroom

Lunch

Intended Audience - Levels 100 Level
Format Panel
Please Note Additional Fee ($25)
Tags Fiction, FILM, LITERATURE, Network, NonFiction, Panel

12:00pm PDT

Networking Power Lunch

Another opportunity to network with industry influencers. Relax, Eat and informally Socialize with the distinguished guests of the conference. Editors, Agents, Faculty and Bestselling Authors will be seated throughout the ballroom providing the opportunity to learn more about them, ask questions and gain valuable insight into the current trends from people in the know.

Sunday August 9, 2015 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
Lloyd Ballroom

Lunch

Intended Audience - Levels 100 Level
Format Interactive
Please Note Additional Fee ($25)
Tags FILM, LITERATURE, Network, Panel, VISUAL STORYTELLING, WEB