CULVER CITY, CA - JANUARY 30: Dr. Stacy Smith,Crystal Allene Cook, Amy Pascal, Stephen McPherson,Geena Davis, Tom Lynch,Wallis Annenberg and Brown Johnson arrive to the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media Luncheon on January 30, 2008 in Culver City,California. (Photo by: Michael Caulfield/Wireimage)
CULVER CITY, CA - JANUARY 30: (L-R) Amy Pascal, Stephen McPherson, Brown Johnson and Tom Lynch arrive to the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media Luncheon on January 30, 2008 in Culver City,California. (Photo by: Michael Caulfield/Wireimage)
Jean Picker Firstenberg (AFI) at the Executives & Producers Luncheon
Amy Pascal (Sony) and Founder Geena Davis at the Executives & Producers Luncheon
Amy Pascal (Sony) at the Executives & Producers Luncheon
Nina Tassler (CBS) and Founder Geena Davis at the Executives & Producers Luncheon
CULVER CITY, CA - JANUARY 30: Young Women from Teen Voices and Geena Davis arrive to the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media Luncheon on January 30, 2008 in Culver City,California. (Photo by: Michael Caulfield/Wireimage)
Program Associate Melody Morrell and Director Crystal Allene Cook at the Executives & Producers Luncheon
Wallis Annenberg delivers opening remarks at the Executives & Producers Forum
Geena Davis speaks at the Executives & Producers Luncheon
Dr. Stacy Smith of USC's Annenberg School for Communication speaks at the Executives & Producers Luncheon
Aisha Tyler (actor) moderates the Executives & Producers Luncheon
Stephen McPherson (ABC) at the Executives & Producers Luncheon
Brown Johnson (Nickelodeon) at the Executives & Producers Luncheon
Tom Lynch (Tom Lynch Company) at the Executives & Producers Luncheon
CULVER CITY, CA - JANUARY 30: Dr. Stacy Smith, Wallis Annenberg and Crystal Allene Cook pose during the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media Luncheon on January 30, 2008 in Culver City,California. (Photo by: Michael Caulfield/Wireimage)
Professor Timothy Shary (U of Oklahoma) peruses conference materials at the Open Forum.
Dr. Stacy Smith (USC's Annenberg School) and GDIGM Founder Geena Davis
Dr. Stacy Smith of USC's Annenberg School of Communication presents her groundgreaking research at the Open Forum
Dr.Sofie Van Bauwel (Belgium), Damien Spry (Australia), and Marieke Rodenburg (Belgium) present at the Open Forum
Dr. Kara Chan (Hong Kong) presents at the Open Forum
Dr. Dafna Lemish (Israel) presents at the Open Forum
David Kleeman (American Center for Children and Media), Allison Deegan (WriteGirl), Judy Patrick (Women's Foundation of California), and Gordon Berry (UCLA) discuss how to create a cultural shift at the Open Forum
Doreen Spicer, producer and GDIGM advisor, at the Open Forum
Heather Kenyon (Cartoon Network) speaks about giving female characters goals in media made for kids at the Open Forum
Tara Sorensen (NGKE), Betsy Groban (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Book Group), Cort Lane (Mattel), Dr. Ellen Seiter (USC), and Dean Aimee Dorr (UCLA) discuss the toy-product-marketing-kids' media link at the Open Forum
Kaaren Lee Brown (DiC) on the “Writing Something Other than Romance” panel at the Open Forum
Young Women from Teen Voices and WriteGirl discuss their goals at the Open Forum
Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford (The Jim Henson Company) enjoy the Open Forum.
Ella Taylor (LA Weekly), Jeanne Wolf (Parade), and Brian Lowry (Variety) offer the critics' view at the Open Forum
GDIGM advisor Linda Simensky (PBS) delivers the keynote speech at the Open Forum
GDIGM Founder Geena Davis speaks at the Open Forum
Dr. Maya Goetz (Germany) presents at the Open Forum
Faith (Nigeria) speaks at the International Researchers Roundtable
Dr. Zhang Hongxi (China) at the International Researchers Roundtable
Seham Nasser (Egypt) and Amy Granados (USC's Annenberg School for Communication) at the International Researchers Roundtable
The International Researchers Roundtable Reception
International Researchers Reception
Tina Kim (comedian) gets laughs at the GDIGM Fundraiser in Pasadena
Director Crystal Allene Cook says a few words about GDIGM at the fundraiser at the Ice House in Pasadena on 2-2-08
Tina Kim and Crystal Allene Cook prepare for the comedic fundraiser on 2-2-08