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2019 Agenda

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Sunday, June 9

8:00 AM Registration Open 8:00AM - 8:00PM (Curio Foyer)
10:30 AM New to BANFF Tour (10:30am - 11:30am)

Cascade
12:30 PM 30 Minutes With... Patrick Connolly, AMC / SundanceTV Global (12:30pm - 1:00pm)

Ivor Petrak
1:00 PM Deliver the Optimal Pitch (1:00pm - 2:00pm)

Cascade
1:30 PM 30 Minutes With... Netflix (1:30pm - 2:00pm)

Ivor Petrak
2:30 PM Rockies Nominee Meet-up (2:30pm - 3:00pm)

Ivor Petrak
3:15 PM Festival Opening Remarks (3:15pm - 3:45pm)

Cascade
3:45 PM The BANFF DEBATE: Media, Creativity and Technology: Thriving Ecosystem or Future Monoculture? (3:45pm - 5:00pm)

Cascade
5:00 PM SUMMIT SERIES: Jeffrey Katzenberg, Quibi (5:00pm - 6:00pm)

Cascade
6:00 PM CBC/Radio-Canada Opening Reception (6:00pm - 8:00pm)

Monday, June 10

7:30 AM Registration Open 7:30AM - 6:00PM (Curio Foyer)
8:00 AM CBC/ Radio-Canada's Breakfast of Champions (8:00am - 9:00am)

Alberta, New Brunswick

Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required) (8:00am - 9:00am)

Castello
9:00 AM SUMMIT SERIES: Paula Kerger, PBS (9:00am - 10:00am)

Cascade

30 Minutes With... Jeff Hersh, Crave (9:00am - 9:30am)

Ivor Petrak
10:00 AM Master Class: Burden of Truth (10:00am - 11:00am)

Cascade

Navigating the Content Business: Future Forecast (10:00am - 11:00am)

Alberta

30 Minutes With... Athena Georgaklis, Nelvana (10:00am - 10:30am)

Ivor Petrak

Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required) (10:00am - 11:00am)

Alhambra
11:00 AM Networking Break (11:00am - 11:30am) 30 Minutes With... Ben Noot, National Geographic (11:00am - 11:30am)

Ivor Petrak
11:30 AM SUMMIT SERIES: Sarah Barnett, AMC Entertainment Networks (11:30am - 12:30pm)

Cascade
12:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Timothy Kuryak, UPtv (12:00pm - 12:30pm)

Ivor Petrak
12:30 PM Networking Break (12:30pm - 1:30pm) Lunch and Learn: Hidden revenue sources through music (12:30pm - 1:30pm)

Alberta

Marketers Lunch and Learn (sign up required) in Norquay (12:30pm - 1:30pm) Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required) (12:30pm - 1:30pm)

Castello
1:30 PM In Conversation With: Jed Mercurio (Bodyguard, Line of Duty) (1:30pm - 2:30pm)

Cascade

Public Broadcasting: The Promise, The Peril (1:30pm - 2:30pm)

New Brunswick

30 Minutes With... Brenda Bisner, Kidoodle.tv (1:30pm - 2:00pm)

Ivor Petrak
2:00 PM Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required) (2:00pm - 3:00pm)

Alhambra
2:30 PM In Conversation With: Fenton Bailey (Co-Founder, World of Wonder – Executive Producer, RuPaul’s Drag Race) (2:30pm - 3:00pm)

Cascade

30 Minutes With... Christine Maestracci, Quebecor (2:30pm - 3:00pm)

Ivor Petrak
3:00 PM Networking Break (3:00pm - 3:15pm) BANFF / Bell Fund Western Provinces Roundtable *Invite only* (Norquay Room) (3:00pm - 4:30pm)
3:15 PM Distributors and Commissioning: The New Greenlight (3:15pm - 4:15pm)

Alberta

Partner Presentation: Doing Business With Canada: Co-Pro 101 (3:15pm - 4:15pm)

New Brunswick
3:30 PM 30 Minutes With... Anna Gecan, Audible (3:30pm - 4:00pm)

Ivor Petrak
4:30 PM Rockie Awards International Program Competition Ceremony (Van Horne Ballroom) (4:30pm - 5:45pm)
5:45 PM Rockie Awards International Program Competition—Cocktail Celebration (Van Horne Foyer) (5:45pm - 6:45pm)
8:30 PM BANFF 40th Anniversary BBQ Party (8:30 pm to 1:30 am)

Tuesday, June 11

7:30 AM Registration Open 7:30AM-6:00PM (Curio Foyer)
8:00 AM Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required) (8:00am - 9:00am)

Castello
9:30 AM Master Class: Dear White People (9:30am - 10:30am)

Cascade

La place du contenu francophone dans le marché mondial numérique (9:30am - 10:30am)

Alberta

30 Minutes With... Jonathan Sinclair, OWN (9:30am - 10:00am)

Ivor Petrak
10:00 AM Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required) (10:00am - 11:00am)

Alhambra
10:30 AM Networking Break (10:30am - 11:00am) Partner Presentation: CMF Key Trends Report (10:30am - 11:00am)

New Brunswick

30 Minutes With... Alia J. Daniels, Revry (10:30am - 11:00am)

Ivor Petrak
11:00 AM SUMMIT SERIES: Paul Feig, director, producer, screenwriter and activist (11:00am - 12:00pm)

Cascade

Master Class: BBC's Seven Worlds, One Planet (11:00am - 12:00pm)

Alberta
11:30 AM 30 Minutes With... Sam Linton, Blue Ant Media (11:30am - 12:00pm)

Ivor Petrak
12:00 PM Major Drama: TV in the Cultural Conversation (12:00pm - 1:00pm)

Alberta

The New Must-Have TV: Kids Live Action (12:00pm - 1:00pm)

New Brunswick
12:30 PM 30 Minutes With... Trish Williams, CBC (12:30pm - 1:00pm)

Ivor Petrak

Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required) (12:30pm - 1:30pm)

Castello
1:00 PM Networking Break (1:00pm - 2:00pm)
2:00 PM Showrunner Super Panel (2:00pm - 3:00pm)

Alberta

30 Minutes With... Amy Emmerich, Refinery29 (2:00pm - 2:30pm)

Ivor Petrak

Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required) (2:00pm - 3:00pm)

Alhambra
3:00 PM Networking Break (3:00pm - 3:30pm) 30 Minutes With... Rachel Nelson, Corus Entertainment (3:00pm - 3:30pm)

Ivor Petrak
3:30 PM Master Class: The Explosive Impact of Surviving R. Kelly (3:30pm - 4:30pm)

Cascade

Why, eh? Clicking with YA audiences (3:30pm - 4:30pm)

Alberta
4:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Molly Harrington, CNN (4:00pm - 4:30pm)

Ivor Petrak
4:30 PM Shaw Rocket Fund Kids Entertainment Cocktail (4:30pm - 5:30pm)

Upper Rundle

Master Class: Brick by Brick, How Scott Brothers Global was Built (4:30pm - 5:30pm)

Cascade

Making or Breaking the Modern Coproduction (4:30pm - 5:30pm)

Alberta
5:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Meghan Hooper, A+E Networks (5:00pm - 5:30pm)

Ivor Petrak
5:45 PM Rockie Awards Gala - Cocktail Reception (Van Horne Foyer) (5:45pm - 6:45pm)
7:00 PM Rockie Awards Gala Ceremony (Van Horne Ballroom) (7:00pm - 8:30pm)

Wednesday, June 12

8:00 AM Registration Open 8:00 AM-1:00 PM (Curio Foyer)
9:30 AM Wake Up with The Wit (9:30am - 10:30am)

Cascade
10:30 AM In Conversation With: Bill Hader and HBO EVP of Programming, Amy Gravitt (10:30am - 11:30am)

Cascade
11:30 AM Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Program (11:30am - 1:00pm)

Cascade

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