Home

2-5 September 2024, Taiwan

2-4 Sept 2024: ContentAsia PREMIERES 
@ Eslite Arts House, Taipei

3-4 Sept 2024: ContentAsia Summit
@ the Eslite Performance Hall, Taipei

5 Sept 2024: ContentAsia x GagaOOLala
9am-1pm @ the Eslite Performance Hall, Taipei

5 Sept 2024: ContentAsia Awards
@ CornerMax Taipei 角落文創展演中心

The ContentAsia Summit provides data-driven insights & discussion about regional content trends and production strategies across the region for the next 12 months. Our priority is, as always, knowledge and networks, and creating an environment to share information, stories, expertise and experiences.

Agenda

Monday, 02 September 2024

5.30PM-7:30PM @ Eslite Art House ContentAsia PREMIERES ⭐️ "Fragrance of the First Flower" Season Two, Q&A with Dale Wu (Executive Producer), Jay Lin (Producer), ZaiZai Lin 林辰唏 (Lead Actress)

Tuesday, 03 September 2024

8.30AM Registration Opens @ Eslite Performance Hall
9.10am Welcome Address
9:25AM Content Investment and Engagement Update with Media Parters Asia & ampd
Dhivya T., Lead Analyst, Media Partners Asia/ampd
9:50AM CMGO: A new universe for Chinese movies
Ofanny Choi, CEO, Celestial Tiger Entertainment
10:40AM Networking break with Warner Bros. Discovery
11.15AM Kids juggernaut: Leveraging the CoComelon phenomenon
Richard Hickey, CCO,
Moonbug Entertainment
11.40AM An Insider's Guide to Kadokawa's International
Co-productions
Takeo Kodera, Director, International Co-productions,
Kadokawa Corp (Japan)
12PM NOON Chinese-language Storytelling: Scaling up for Local & Global Audiences
Maya Huang, Head of Chinese Language Content,
Netflix
12:35PM Break for Lunch
1:55PM Taiwan’s audiences unpacked
Liz Huang, Regional Director, Platform & Digital
Greater China, Nielsen Taiwan
2.20PM Production & Storytelling: Warner Bros Discovery & DaMou Entertainment on adapting webtoon "Itaewon Class" as "Fired Up!" for Taiwan
Jayde Lin, CEO, DaMou Entertainment
Zoanne Tan, Lead, Scripted Original Production
– SEA, GC & Taiwan Warner Bros. Discovery
2:45PM Networking Break with Mediacorp Singapore
3:30PM Shaping the Future: Taiwan's TAICCA
Homme Tsai, Chairperson,
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA)
Introduction to... True Stories from Virtual Sets: A show-&-tell series of conversations about real virtual production experiences in Southeast Asia
3:55PM Jourdansky Yong, AVP for Content Project Development, Mediacorp
Jourdansky Yong, AVP, Content Project
Development, Mediacorp
4:15PM A New Note for T-pop: Tech boosts for Thai adaptation of Korean music chart show
Ari Arijitsatien, Co-CEO,
True CJ Creations Co. Ltd
4:35PM Lee Thean-jeen, Managing Director, Weiyu Films
T.J. Lee, Managing Director, Weiyu Films
5PM And then there's...
ContentAsia PREMIERES ⭐️ @ Eslite Art House
5:30PM-7:30PM "Unforgivable" + Q&A with Executive Producer, Doreen Yap
Doreen Yap, Executive Producer, "Unforgivable"

Wednesday, 04 September 2024

9:15AM Domestic drama: The stories & strategies keeping Vidio at the top of Indonesia's streaming charts
Mark Francis, Chief Content
& Strategy Officer, Vidio (Indonesia)
9:45AM Lilybeth Rasonable, SVP Entertainment, GMA Network (Philippines)
Lilybeth Rasonable, SVP Entertainment,
GMA Network
10:15AM Streaming in Taiwan
Gary Tsai, COO – Digital Entertainment,
friDay Video/ Far EasTone Telecom
10:45PM Behind Kantana's LED start: experiences from Southeast Asia's entry into Virtual Production
Ying Chaiviriyachok, CEO, Kantana Holdings
11:10AM Real time with AI, Video Production Case Studies – Idol worship: Creating a New Fan Base
Kyo Kim, CEO, Minari Entertainment (Korea)
Young Ah Nam, Chief Operating Officer,
OVER THE HAND. INC. (South Korea)
Young Hyun Shin, Chief Creative Officer,
OVER THE HAND. INC (South Korea)
11:40AM Real time with AI, Video Production Case Studies – IP + : AI-generated Webtoons for Video IP
Dennis Yang, CEO, Studio76
12:10PM Break for Lunch
1:50PM Formats in Asia: Fight or flight
Janine Stein, Editorial Director, ContentAsia
2:05PM Formats: What's next?
Sabrina Duguet, EVP Asia Pacific,
All3Media International
Jin Woo Hwang, Founder & President,
Executive Producer, Something Special
Mrinalini Jain, Group Chief Development Officer,
Banijay Asia / Endemol Shine India
Linfield Ng, Vice President Format Distribution
and Production, Asia, NBCUniversal Media, LLC
2:45PM Production & Storytelling – A new direction: GagaOOLala on its first-ever Taiwanese-Thai musical BL series, "First Note of Love"
Jay Lin, Founder/CEO,
Portico Media & GagaOOLala
Kok-Siew Yeo, Managing Director,
Warner Music Taiwan
3:15PM Production & Storytelling – A new direction for Taiwan's originals: [BTS] "The World Between Us" returns.
Lin Chun-Yang 林君陽, Director
Jayde Lin 林昱伶, CEO, DaMou Entertainment
Lu Shih-Yuan 呂蒔媛, Scriptwriter
3:55PM Meet & Match: Partnerships, collaboration, co-development & co-production in Asia
Jessica Kam-Engle, EVP and Business Head,
CreAsia Studio
Lo I-Li, Hakka TV Program Dept. Manager
Fotini Paraskakis, Founder, Empire of Arkadia (EOA)
Hank Tseng, Founder, GrX
Cora Yim, Creative Entrepreneur & Founder/Partner,
S11 Partners
4:40PM What would you do if... ?
Lim Beng Teck, Founder & Chairman,
Vision New Media
Indra Suharjono, Co-founder, I.E. Entertainment
5:10PM And then there's…
ContentAsia PREMIERES ⭐️ @ Eslite Art House
5:30PM-7.30PM @ Eslite Arts House "The Legend of Nang Nak", with an introduction by producer Narit Yuvaboon
Narit Yuvaboon, Producer, "The Legend of Nang Nak"
(Minds@Work for Channel 3 Thailand)
7:30PM-9PM "Keeping Mum" 看看你有多愛我 ⭐️ Q&A with Nelson Yeh (Producer/Director), Tammy Lin 林思廷 (Actress) & Li Chung Lin (Actor)
葉天倫 Nelson Yeh, Director
李宗霖 Li Chung Lin
Tammy Lin 林思廷

Thursday, 05 September 2024

9:15AM @ Eslite Performance Hall ContentAsia x GagaOOLala: Opening
9:30AM Overview: LGBTQ+ Programming & Production Trends
Jay Lin, Founder/CEO, Portico Media & GagaOOLala
9:55AM International Co-productions: The new alliances supporting a fresh wave of LGBTQ+ content
Ekachai Uekrongtham, Creative Director,
GMM Studios, Thailand
10:25AM The Rise of Gay Dating Reality Series
Ted Boborol, Director, "Sparks Camp"
Jay Lin, Producer, "Boys Like Boys"
Apiwat “Porsch” Apiwatsayree & Sappanyoo
“Arm” Panatkool, #PorschArmTheWedding“ (online)
Vinci Wong, Producer, "Boyscation", Viu (online)
11AM Entertainment & the Pink Economy
Piyarat (Perry) Kaljareuk, Kantana Group
Fenton Bailey, Co-founder, World of Wonder
11:40AM The BL fan-conomy
Faye Tse, Director, DreamReunion
International Co Ltd
Nutdanai "Best" Wongsathitsathaporn, Thai influencer, host & CEO/Founder, B Studio Production
Tammy Leung, Project Manager
DreamReunion International Co Ltd
12:10PM LGBTQ+ filmmakers talk about their new projects: Avid Liongoren & animated queer superhero film, "Zsazsa Zaturnnah"
Avid Liongoren, Director & Producer,
"Zsazsa Zaturnnah"
12:40PM LGBTQ+ Filmmakers talk about their new projects: Anucha Boonyawatana & "The Sweetest Taboo" (online)
Anucha Boonyawatana,
Filmmaker, "The Sweetest Taboo" (online)
1PM Wrap & Closing

5:45PM till late [By Invitation, limited tickets available] And then there's...
at CornerMax 大角落多功能展演館 ContentAsia Awards: Dinner & Party
Info at www.contentasiaawards.com

Please contact [email protected] for Agenda details and Heather at [email protected] for Awards details.

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact:

Leah Gordon, Ad Sales & Sponsorships, Americas & Europe
Tel/Whatsapp: +1 310 926 6761
Email: [email protected]

Malena Amzah, Ad Sales & Sponsorships, Asia/Middle East
Tel/Whatsapp: +65 9152 8164
Email: [email protected]

CJ Yong, Ad Sales & Sponsorships, China/Taiwan
Tel/Whatsapp: +60 16 766 3901
Email: [email protected]

Speakers

Ari Arijitsatien
Co-CEO, True CJ Creations Co., Ltd.
Fenton Bailey
Director/Producer, Co-founder, World of Wonder
Ted Boborol
Director, "Sparks Camp"
Anucha "Nuchy" Boonyawatana
Director, "The Sweetest Taboo"
Pimlapat "Ying" Chaiviriyachok
CEO, Kantana Holdings
Ofanny Choi
CEO, Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE)
Sabrina Duguet
EVP Asia Pacific, All3media International
Mark Francis
Chief Content and Strategy Officer - Vidio
Richard Hickey
Chief Creative Officer,Moonbug Entertainment
Maya Huang
Head of Chinese Language Content, Netflix
Liz Huang
Regional Director, Platform & Digital Greater China, Nielsen Taiwan
Jin Woo Hwang
Founder & President / Executive Producer, Something Special
Mrinalini Jain
Group Chief Development Officer, Banijay Asia / Endemol Shine India
Jessica Kam-Engle
EVP & Business Head, CreAsia Studio
Kyo Kim
Founder & CEO, MINARI Entertainment, Korea
Takeo Kodera
Director International Co-Productions, Kadokawa Corporation
Piyarat (Perry) Kaljareuk
Kantana Group
Thean-jeen (T.J.) Lee
Managing Director, Weiyu Films
Tammy Leung
Project Manager, DreamReunion International Co Ltd
Li Chung Lin 李宗霖
Actor, "Keeping Mum"
Tammy Lin 林思廷
Actress, "Keeping Mum"
Apiwat "Porsch" Apiwatsayree & Sappanyoo "Arm" Panatkool
Thai LGBTQIA+ Actors / Influencers
Lim Beng Teck
Founder & Chairman, Vision New Media
Lin Chun-Yang 林君陽
Director, "The World Between Us" Season 2
Jay Lin
CEO, Portico Media / Founder, GagaOOLala
Jayde Lin 林昱伶 
CEO, DaMou Entertainment
Avid Liongoren
Producer/Director & Founder, Rocketsheep
LO I-li
Hakka TV Program Dept. Manager
客家電視 節目部 經理 羅亦娌 女士
Lu Shih-Yuan 呂蒔媛
Scriptwriter, "The World Between Us" Season 2 
Young-Ah Nam
Chief Operating Officer, OVER THE HAND. INC. (South Korea)
Linfield Ng
Vice President Format Distribution and Production, Asia, NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Fotini Paraskakis
Founder, Empire of Arkadia
Lilybeth G. Rasonable
SVP Entertainment, GMA Network Philippines
Young-Hyun Shin
Chief Creative Officer, OVER THE HAND. INC (South Korea)
Janine Stein
Editorial Director, ContentAsia
Indra Suharjono
Co-founder, I.E. Entertainment Pte. Ltd
Dhivya T.
Lead Analyst, Head of Content & Platform Insights, Media Partners Asia (MPA) / ampd
Zoanne Tan
Lead, Scripted Original Production –
SEA, GC & Taiwan, Warner Bros. Discovery
Gary Tsai 蔡俊榮
COO – Digital Entertainment, friDay Video/ Far EasTone Telecom
Homme Tsai
Chairperson, Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA)
Faye Tse
Director, DreamReunion International Co Ltd
Hank Tseng
Founder, GrX
Ekachai Uekrongtham
Chief Creative Officer & Managing Director,
GMM Studios International
Nutdanai "Best" Wongsathitsathaporn
CEO/Founder, B Studio Production
Dennis Yang
CEO, Studio76
Doreen Yap
Executive Producer, "Unforgivable"
Nelson Yeh 葉天倫
Director, "Keeping Mum" 看看你有多愛我
Kok-Siew Yeo
Managing Director,
Warner Music Taiwan
Jourdansky Yong
AVP for Content Project Development, Mediacorp
Cora Yim 嚴嘉念
Creative Entrepreneur
創意企業家 & Founder/Partner, S11 Partners

Sponsors


The Summit offers a wide range of advertising, sponsorship and branding activations, with options combining on-the-ground connection opportunities alongside pre-event and post-event visibility, as well as print & digital ad space.

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact:

Leah Gordon, Ad Sales & Sponsorships, Americas & Europe
Tel/Whatsapp: +1 310 926 6761
Email: [email protected]

Malena Amzah, Ad Sales & Sponsorships, Asia/Middle East
Tel/Whatsapp: +65 9152 8164
Email: [email protected]

CJ Yong, Ad Sales & Sponsorships, China/Taiwan
Tel/Whatsapp: +60 16 766 3901
Email: [email protected]

FAQ

The ContentAsia Summit 2024 will be held in Taipei for the first time. The venue is The Eslite Performance Hall and adjoining locations at the Taipei New Horizon Building. The networking sessions open on Monday evening, 2 September 2024, followed by the conference sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday. The event closes on Thursday (5 September) with the 5th annual ContentAsia Awards.

The ContentAsia Summit 2024 is open to everyone interested in the business of premium video content in Asia. All you need to do is register and pay the registration fee of US$325 per person.

Click on the “registration” tab on the menu bar or click here. Registration will stay open until the day before the event. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.

Yes. We have arranged special rates for ContentAsia Summit delegates at the Eslite Hotel, the Grand Hyatt and the United Hotel. For more information on the rates and to access the bookings link, please contact CJ Yong at [email protected]

 

Our focus is on the value that comes from personal interactions, and we’ve decided that this year’s sessions will not be live-streamed. Edited highlights will be available after the event.

The ContentAsia Awards is ticketed separately.  A separate online ticketing option will be available. Contact [email protected] for details.

Information about the ContentAsia Awards is at www.contentasiaawards.com If you need any other information, please contact Awards manager Heather at [email protected]