The screen industry is changing rapidly. There has never been a bigger boom in production and there has never been a greater appetite for content. Yet there has never been a bigger need for us to stand up and be taken seriously as a group of media production teaching institutions as our students enter a changing production landscape with increasing competition for career opportunities and funding. How can we play a pivotal role in educating students to work creatively and collaboratively in local and global scenarios, while at the same time influencing the policy and innovation that will underline their futures?