Annette Hesswill receive the first-ever Deadline German TV Disruptor Award atSeriencampnext month.

As well as being a creative powerhouse, Hess is an outspoken advocate for change at an industry level.

Seriencamp also confirmed the now almost obligatory coproduction sessions.

Annette Hess, German screenwriter and author

Annette Hess has created numerous standout German drama seriesAnnette Hess

There will also be a future-gazing conference opener with Johanna Koljonen, author of the Nostradamus Report.

Seriencamp runs June 5 through 8.

Drehstart: v.l.: Caterina Schöllack (Claudia Michelsen), Friederike von Boost (Marie Louise Albertine Becker), Helga von Boost (Maria Ehrich), Monika Schöllack (Sonja Gerhardt),  Dorli Schöllack (Carlotta Bähre), Eva Fassbender (Emilia Schüle).