Archive for the ‘Public Events’ Category
RPL Attorney Attending Real Screen Summit
RPL Attorney Nicole Page will be attending the Real Screen Summit on January 30th and January 31st.
RPL Partner Presents at Women Make Movies Workshop
On Wednesday, November 30, 2011, RPL Partner Nicole Page will be presenting at a workshop for producers hosted by Women Make Movies called Producing- Skill Building for Success. For more information and to register for this great event, please go to http://www.wmm.com/filmmakers/workshops_registration.shtml.
RPL Hosts Women’s Forum Health Care Forum
RPL Hosts Women’s Forum Health Care Forum, “Will Health Care Reform Help or Hurt You?”
Assembled panelists include Pamela Brier, President and CEO, Maimonides Medical Center; Pamela Gallin, MD FACSF, Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center; Joan Leiman, Chief of Staff to the President & CEO, New York-Presbyterian Hospital; Carol Raphael, President and CEO, Visiting Nurse Service of New York; Ilene Wachs, President, Horizon Casualty Services, Inc., Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey; and moderated by Maura Carley, President and CEO, Healthcare Navigation, LLC. For more information on the Women’s Forum, see www.womensforumny.org.
RPL Attorney Attends NAACP Image Awards
RPL attorney Nicole Page had the pleasure of attending the 42nd NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, California, on Friday, March 4, 2011.
For more details regarding the NAACP Image Awards nominees and honorees, please visit the NAACP Image Awards website.
Series Premieres on Discovery Channel
Our firm congratulates our client Engel Entertainment on its new series, Artifact or Fact, airing on Discovery Channel on Tuesdays at 10:00 PM EST, starting Tuesday, February 22 (check your local listings).
In Artifact or Fact, university professors Dr. Jason De León and Dr. Kirk French meet everyday Americans who think they possess items of important historical significance. Jason and Kirk hit the road to investigate unique artifacts and uncover what’s real and what’s just legend.
For more information, please see www.engelentertainment.com and Artifact or Fact.
RPL Client Premieres Work this Sunday
Facing Trauma- Premieres Sunday, February 20th, 10:00 PM on Discovery Fit & Health, produced by RPL client Park Slope Productions.
Join Facing Trauma Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Dr. Andrew Jacono as he helps reconstruct the faces and lives of women who are tragically scarred by domestic violence.
We hope you will help us spread the word about the show. These women are reclaiming their lives and they and Dr. Jacono are an inspiration to victims of domestic violence everywhere.
To W2 or Not to W2
In this February 10, 2011 seminar, moderated by RPL attorney Nicole Page and hosted by New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), employment law practitioners help demystify the field of entertainment. They’ll address such crucial issues as worker classification, employment and independent contractor agreements, termination of employment, separation agreements and more.
RPL’s Helen D. (“Heidi”) Reavis, is also among the panelists for this event. The event will take place at NYWIFT’s office starting at 6:30 PM on February 10, 2011. Open to NYWIFT members ONLY.
View the details of the event and how to register below:
http://www.nywift.org/article.aspx?id=2805
Realscreen Summit
Event Dates: January 31- February 3, 2011
Location: Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
Nicole Page is currently attending the Realscreen Summit in Washington, D.C. The Realscreen Summit is an annual event that is currently in its 13th year and is a highly regarded non-fiction film and television event. The event had over 165 speakers and 630 companies in attendance last year.
For more information on the event, please visit its website, as listed below:
http://summit.realscreen.com/index.php
“Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray” premieres at New York Jewish Film Festival
By: Kate Thuma
RPL client Johnathan Gruber of Black Eye Productions is proud to announce the premiere of his documentary “Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray” on February 18 at the New York Jewish Film Festival. The film sheds light on the little-known Jewish participation in the Civil War on both the Union and Confederate sides, and how this territorial division deeply split the American Jewish community.
Gruber and Black Eye Productions look forward to airing the film on PBS stations in the fall.
Diversity in the Workplace – Panel Overview
Date of Panel: January 13, 2011
Speakers: Manjeev Puri, the Ambassador from India to the United Nations; Dominic Meiklejohn, the British Deputy Consul-General; John Rogers, an American academic specializing in global expansion; and Helen D. (“Heidi”) Reavis or RPL.
Topic: Diversity in the workplace.
Audience: 200 international employees working in New York and many of the Mountbatten Interns and former Interns.
Helen D. (“Heidi”) Reavis recently spoke about diversity in the workplace to an audience of 200 international employees who are currently employed in New York. The panel, sponsored by the Mountbatten Institute, also included the Ambassador from India to the United Nations, the British Deputy Consul-General, and an American academic specializing in global expansion. Drawing from her own professional experiences, Ms. Reavis discussed the importance of swiftly cultivating a reputation for producing high quality work and shared strategies about how individuals who wish to work abroad can identify firms and businesses that prioritize diversity in the workplace.
For more information about the panelists at this event, please view the following:
Diversity in the Workplace Panelists