Dr Karen Pearlman is the Head of Screen Studies at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School where she focuses her work on making ideas useful for practitioners and practice richer in ideas. She on the editorial board of the AFTRS Journal of Screen Arts and Business, the author of Cutting Rhythms, Shaping the Film Edit (Focal Press, 2009), and currently the President of the Australian Screen Editors Guild (www.screeneditors.com). Karen works in industry as a dramaturge, creative producer and editor with the multi-award winning Physical TV Company which she co-directs with writer/director/choreographer Richard James Allen.

Luke is one of Australia’s most exciting and in-demand young directors and producers, with a number of his short films screened, and awarded prizes, in film festivals around the globe. Luke began his career working as a freelance photographer. His passion for film lead him to make the jump in 1999, when he teamed up with collaborator Nicola Daley to form the production company, More Sauce. Luke was then accepted by the AFTRS to consolidate on his independent success. His time there was spent concentrating on script development and drama production. He has a number of feature films and television series in development both as a producer and a director. He was the recipient of an AFC funded internship with This is That productions in New York City and his film Australian Summer was the winner of Tropfest 2005. He has just completed directing his first television show for SBS called Dave in the Life. Luke grew up in Kemps Creek.

Kris has been involved in the creation and/or script development of a number of award winning and ground breaking television series.
Her creative partnership with Steve Knapman began on the ABC Drama Series Wildside, where she worked with him as a Writer and Script Producer. Kris was nominated for an AFI 'Best Screenplay' for Episode 59 which won the 1999 AFI Award for 'Best Episode in a TV Series'.
The collaboration between Knapman and Wyld continued after the close of Wildside. As Script Producer, Kris presided over the creation of 60 hours of Wildside stories and 45 hours of Heartbreak High for Executive Producers, Ben Gannon and Mike Jenkins.
Prior to this she worked with Sue Masters at Roadshow, Coote and Carroll on the development and creation of the first 200 episodes of the award winning series G.P., mini-series PAPER MAN, and other RCC film, mini-series and television projects.
In 1995, Kris won an AFC Keating Fellowship in Film Scriptwriting and Development and studied with Linda Seger at UCLA and was attached to Parkway Productions (Penny Marshall) at Columbia, Los Angeles and Working Title Films, London. Since her return, Kris has worked on the development of a number of films and telemovies, either as a writer, creator or editor.
From 2001 to 2003 Kris produced the telemovie and series WHITE COLLAR BLUE for Network Ten. The series enjoyed a regular viewing audience in Australia of a million people and continues to sell internationally through its distributor, Granada. In 2004, WHITE COLLAR BLUE was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Television Drama Series.
In 2007 Kris created and produced the miniseries, EAST WEST 101, for SBS Independent, and she also received a TV Week Logie Award for Best Documentary with Peter Butt for producing "Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler".

Veronica is a well-established Australian script developer, writer and script assessor. Her experience includes being a project analyst at Icon Shanahan Films, development executive at the NSW Film and Television Office (FTO), and regular consultant roles for the FTO, Screen Tasmania, Film Victoria and Screen Australia. She has also worked for several high profile independent producers, screenwriters and directors. Most recently Veronica has worked for the Australian Writers’ Guild where she was instrumental in reconfiguring their script assessment principles and practices. Veronica is the recipient of the Rotterdam Film Festival Young Critics Traineeship and an Australia Council award for emerging talent. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from UTS and has also worked as a film reviewer and journalist. Veronica currently works for Screen Australia as a Development Manager for Feature and Professional Development. Veronica is also a produced playwright and published short-story writer.