'The Future of Entertainment: How will we be entertained' forum will explore the changes occurring in the entertainment sector. New technology is giving us a wider choice of content, available at any time, on multiple devices. How does this affect our consumption patterns of entertainment? What is the role of multiple screens? What will happen to the concept of the Electronic Program guide and scheduling? What are the current business models available?

The forum will run as a moderated question and answer session and will be broadcast live using Viocorp’s live stream technology, Viostream. An interactive chat feature will allow viewers to submit questions to the moderator throughout the broadcast. The content will also be available online here at the conclusion of the Forum.

Dan Ilic - Hungry Beast, ABC

Dan Ilic is an Australian comedian, writer, performer, actor, broadcaster, and filmmaker. He is best known for his work on the sketch comedy TV show The Ronnie Johns Half Hour, and writing and performing in Beaconsfield: The Musical. Dan is also a reporter/presenter on the ABC show Hungry Beast.

David Kirk - Chairman, Hoyts Theatre Group

David Kirk is the Chairman of the Hoyts Theatre Group and a director of Forsyth Barr, one of the largest investment banks in New Zealand. His career spans the top level of both business and sport and he was the Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax Holdings Limited, Australia's largest publishing group from 2005 to 2008.

Prior to Fairfax, David Kirk was the CEO and Managing Director of PMP Limited, the largest magazine and commercial printing and media services company in Australia. The company was publicly listed and had revenue of approximately A$1.4 billion and 4,000 employees.

Before joining PMP Limited, David was Regional President, Australasia for Norske Skog the world's largest manufacturer of newsprint and magazine grades of paper. David previously worked for Fletcher Challenge Paper and Fletcher Challenge Energy in senior executive roles in New Zealand and Australia.

Previous to joining Fletcher Challenge, he worked for three years as first Executive Assistant and then Chief Policy Advisor to the Rt. Hon. Jim Bolger, Prime Minister of New Zealand.

In sport, he represented New Zealand in rugby union from 1983-1987. He played for the Otago and Auckland provinces and captained the All Blacks in 1986 and 1987. In 1987, under his leadership the All Blacks won the inaugural Rugby World Cup. In 1987 he was awarded an MBE for services to rugby. In 1987 he took up a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University, studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics. His first degree was in Medicine. He graduated from the University of Otago in New Zealand in 1985.

David is President of the New Zealand Rugby Players Association, an honorary ambassador for the World Food Program and is a Trustee of a number of charities. He is also the author of two books "Black and Blue" and "The Road to Cardiff" (with Graham Hutchins) and has been a regular contributor to newspapers around the world.

He is a polished, passionate and engaging speaker.

Ian Gardiner - Chief Executive Officer, Viocorp

Ian is the co-founder and CEO of Viocorp, one of the world's leading online video companies. Viocorp is a software business in the online video space. Its main product Viostream is a web-based video content management system that allows content owners to manage and deliver their content to end users. Customers include the Australian Government, ARU, the Catholic Church and pretty much anyone who wants to deliver video and audio content to end users using the internet,

Ian co-founded the company in 2002 and has successfully grown it into an established and profitable operation. Viocorp employs over 60 staff from its headquarters in Pyrmont.

Ian has been running technology start-ups for over 12 years. He was the founding employee of newsbase.com, a successful news, analysis and business intelligence service from emerging markets. He also founded and ran lastorders.com, and on-line off-license in the UK.

He is the co-founder and President of the Australian arm of the Oxford Business Alumni. He sits on the Board of Metro Screen, a not-for-profit company providing training and support for filmmakers. He is also a member of the advisory board for Sydney University's Business Information Systems department where he guest lectures on innovation and entrepreneurialism. He is a founder and very active participant in Innovation Bay, a networking group for executives.

In November 2009 he won the NSW Pearcey award for ICT Entrepreneur of the Year.

Ian holds a Master of Engineering from the University of Oxford where he also won two rowing blues in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. In his spare time he is a competitive cyclist, avid computer gamer, husband and father of two boys (not in that order).

Guy Gadney - President, AIMIA and Director, The Project Factory

Guy Gadney is founder and director of The Project Factory, the multiplatform digital entertainment company that produces work for broadcast networks in Australian and the UK.

Guy has over 18 years experience in digital media production for major media companies worldwide including the BBC, FOXTEL, BigPond, Penguin Books, Fox Kids, Channel Nine and ACP Magazines.

As well as producing digital media projects, The Project Factory works with media companies to create strategies for how to build and retain audiences worldwide using multiplatform productions content and technologies

The Project Factory is in production with a number of large-scale multiplatform productions scheduled for release late this year and into 2011.

Guy recently set up the UK office of The Project Factory while delayed in London by the recent volcanic activity.

Patrick McIntyre - General Manager, Sydney Theatre Company

Patrick McIntyre joined Sydney Theatre Company in the role of General Manager in March 2010 with almost twenty years' management experience in the Australian arts sector, particularly within the performing arts.

Most recently, for the past seven years Patrick has worked for The Australian Ballet in the role of the Associate Executive Director. As deputy to the Executive Director/joint-CEO, Patrick worked across the Ballet at a high level, leading business planning, government relations and organisational development work. A key focus was the coordination of all commercial areas of the business - marketing, customer services, ticketing, media relations, merchandising and the Ballet in conjunction with the Australian Film Commission's Regional Digital Screen Network the first ever live by satellite transmission in Australia or a performing arts event. He was also responsible for HR management, leading comprehensive reviews of workplace culture and HR policy.

Patrick's move into general management took place in 2001 with the role of General Manager of Sydney Film Festival, one of Sydney's pre-eminent cultural events and one of the oldest continuously running film festivals in the world.

Prior to this, Patrick worked extensively in marketing, business development and media relations in the arts, including holding the positions of Marketing Manager at the Sydney Dance Company and the Sydney Opera House Trust. He commenced his career in arts management at Sydney Theatre Company in 1993 in the role of Publications Manager after graduating with a BA Communications from the University of Technology Sydney.

Alongside his management roles, Patrick has worked extensively as a freelance music and entertainment writer for a variety of titles and was Music Editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine 1994-97. In 2001 with playwright and director for Mark Kilmurry, he founded independent theatre company Studio Co which has produced successful seasons of works by Kilmurry, Pinter and Shakespeare at the Old Fitzroy Theatre, Downstairs Belvoir Street and Parramatta Riverside Theatres.

He has been invited to speak on arts and management issues by a range of organisations including the Australia Council, Australian Centre for Public Communication, Film Victoria, and conferences presented by the Australia Marketing Institute and International Association of Business Communicators.