{"id":2177036,"date":"2025-11-25T22:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2177036"},"modified":"2025-11-25T22:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:02:08","slug":"hollywood-chamber-of-commerce-2025-industry-conference-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hollywood-chamber-of-commerce-2025-industry-conference-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Chamber of Commerce: 2025 Industry Conference Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tToday, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/hollywood-chamber-of-commerce\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hollywood-chamber-of-commerce\" data-tag=\"hollywood-chamber-of-commerce\">Hollywood Chamber of Commerce<\/a> announced the programming for its 2025 Entertainment Industry Conference, presented by\u00a0<em>Variety<\/em>, on Dec. 4, including Commitment to California Awards for Drew Goddard, Sarah Esberg and Abe Sylvia.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Goddard and Esberg will receive the Commitment to California Award primarily in recognition of their work on \u201cHigh Potential,\u201d ABC\u2019s record-breaking #1 hit series starring Kaitlin Olson, which shoots in Los Angeles. Goddard created the show and Executive Produces it with Esberg, who is also President of their production company, Goddard Textiles. Other projects under their banner include the upcoming\u00a0Hulu series \u201cPhony\u201d starring Connie Britton and Sam Nivola, a series adaptation of Louis Sachar\u2019s \u201cHoles\u201d for Disney+, and the upcoming feature adaptation of \u201cProject Hail Mary,\u201d which Goddard penned for Amazon MGM and will debut in March of 2026.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Sylvia, the creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the critically acclaimed comedy series \u201cPalm Royale,\u201d will also be honored with a Commitment to California Award. The debut season of \u201cPalm Royale\u201d earned 11 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, and the second season is currently rolling out weekly on\u00a0Apple TV+. Slyvia also created and executive produced Showtime\u2019s hit limited series \u201cGeorge &amp; Tammy,\u201d starring Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon as the legendary country duo. His other credits include \u201cThe Eyes of Tammy Faye,\u201d \u201cNurse Jackie,\u201d \u201cThe Affair\u201d and \u201cDead to Me.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The Commitment to California Award honors individuals or companies that have made significant investments in California and\u00a0demonstrated\u00a0a dedication to the advancement of entertainment and production in the region.\u00a0Previous\u00a0honorees include Ted Sarandos, Steve Levitan, Chuck Lorre, Michael Schur and Eva Longoria.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Additional\u00a0programming at the conference includes the\u00a0FilmLA\u00a0Production Report by Philip Sokoloski, VP of Integrated Communications, Film LA. The event will also feature a\u00a0conversation with daredevil and content creator Michelle Khare moderated by Jenelle Riley,\u00a0<em>Variety<\/em>\u2019s Deputy Awards and Features Editor.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em>Variety<\/em>\u2019s TV Editor Michael Schneider will moderate the\u00a0Looking Ahead: What\u2019s Next for the Entertainment Industry panel. Speakers include\u00a0Jesse Ehrman, President of Development and Production, Warner Bros. Pictures; Melissa\u00a0Aouate, President, Blumhouse Television; Rena Ronson, Partner &amp; Head of UTA Independent Film Group, UTA; Jermaine Johnson, Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment; and Lisa Holme, Head of Content, Roku Media.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Joining the announced talent will be Jerry Neuman, Board Chair, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce; Steve Nissen, President &amp; CEO, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce; and Dea Lawrence, Co-President and Publisher,\u00a0<em>Variety<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced the programming for its 2025 Entertainment Industry Conference, presented by\u00a0Variety, on Dec. 4, including Commitment to California Awards for Drew Goddard, Sarah Esberg and Abe Sylvia.\u00a0\u00a0Goddard and Esberg will receive the Commitment to California Award primarily in recognition of their work on \u201cHigh Potential,\u201d ABC\u2019s record-breaking #1 hit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2177037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[378337,419114],"class_list":["post-2177036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-hollywood-chamber-of-commerce","tag-state-of-the-entertainment-industry-conference"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hollywood-Chamber-of-Commerce-2025-Industry-Conference-Programming.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2177036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2177038,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177036\/revisions\/2177038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2177037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2177036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2177036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2177036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}