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Monday, June 12
8:00am - 9:00am
ALHAMBRA ROOM

Face To Face Meeting Exchange

Monday, June 12
8:00am - 9:00am
ALHAMBRA ROOM

Face To Face Meeting Exchange

The renowned one-on-one Face to Face Meeting Exchange provides BANFF delegates with the opportunity to meet prospective partners or peers in the form of some of the world’s leading international development executives, producers, distributors, and agents. Specifically designed to be 10 minute exchanges, the program has enabled thousands of one-on-one meetings and has led to many millions of dollars in transactions. In an ecosystem that thrives on connections, great content, and expertise, connect with people, ideas, and events that are of professional interest and maximize efficiencies!

 

*Advanced sign-up is required. A total of ten (10) Face to Face Meeting Exchange spots can be reserved at sign-up time.

General sign up opened on Monday May 15th at 12:00pm ET, on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign-up closes on Friday June 9th at 5:00pm ET.

 

Once onsite: Participants who have successfully secured a Face to Face spot(s) will be required to check in at the session room for processing 15-20 minutes prior to the session’s start time. Showing up late may result in your spot being taken. 

 

For those who did not secure a spot in advance, or would like a chance to secure additional spots, some space may become available onsite due to no-shows. Delegates can arrive at the session room 15-20 minutes before the session’s start time and take advantage of the wait line; the room monitor will process the line on a first-come, first-served basis.  


Featuring:


Table host

Solange Attwood

CEO & Co-Founder

Blue Ant Media

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Erin Brock

Senior Vice President & Executive Producer

Insight Production Company Ltd.

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Sean Buckley

CEO

Buck Productions

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Vanessa Case

SVP Global Head of Unscripted Production, Vice Studios & Pulse Films

Blue Ant Media

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Sarah Fowlie

Head of Production, Original Programming

Bell Media

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Tilusha Ghelani

Commissioning Editor, Comedy

Sky

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Lisa Godfrey

SVP Original Content and Corus Studios

Corus Entertainment

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Robin Johnston

Director, Original Programming, Factual & Reality

Bell Media

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Ellen Lovejoy

Global Content Sales

A+E Television Networks

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Michelle Melanson

President & Executive Producer

Radical Sheep Productions

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Marlo Miazga

President, Executive Producer, Unscripted

Bristow Global Media Inc.

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Tara Montgomery

Head Content Creator

OWN Oprah Winfrey Network

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Nataline Rodrigues

SVP of Development

Rogers Broadcasting Ltd

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Sarah Sharkey Pearce

Executive Producer Showrunner

Entertainment One Television

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Linda Simensky

Head of Animation & Scripted Content

PBS KIDS

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Stephanie Slack

Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions

MarVista Entertainment

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Michael Smith

SVP, Content Sales & Co-Productions

BBC Worldwide Canada Ltd

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Ryan St.Peters

Development Executive

Shaftesbury/Smokebomb

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Drew Worobow

VP Original Programming

IFC

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