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  • Tuesday, May 26, 2020
  • Monday, June 8, 2020
  • Friday, June 12, 2020
  • Monday, June 15, 2020
  • Tuesday, June 16, 2020
  • Tuesday, June 23, 2020
  • Wednesday, June 24, 2020
  • Monday, June 29, 2020
  • Tuesday, June 30, 2020
  • Wednesday, July 8, 2020
  • Thursday, July 9, 2020
  • Tuesday, July 14, 2020
  • Friday, July 17, 2020
  • Tuesday, July 21, 2020
  • Thursday, August 6, 2020
  • Tuesday, August 11, 2020
  • Monday, August 17, 2020
  • Thursday, October 1, 2020

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Tuesday, May 26


1:00 PM Master Class: Snowpiercer m

Monday, June 8


9:00 AM Rockie Awards Roundtable: Arts & Entertainment r
Rockie Awards Roundtable: Children & Youth r
Rockie Awards Roundtable: Documentary & Factual r
Rockies Awards Roundtable: Scripted r

Friday, June 12


2:30 PM How to navigate the BANFF Virtual Edition s

Monday, June 15


10:30 AM 30 Minutes With... Nadine Dupont, Groupe Media TFO 3
30 Minutes With... Courtney Thomasma, BBC America 3
11:00 AM 30 Minutes With... Stephanie Betts, WildBrain 3
30 Minutes With... Jeff Hersh, Bell Media 3
Speed Meetings - CNN, Vice Media, eOne s
Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, PBS, Rogers Sports & Media s
Speed Meetings - ZDF, Bell Media, ITV s
Speed Meetings - CBC, APTN s
WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 11:00am - 12:00pm Sessions s
12:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Lisa Hamilton-Daly, Netflix 3
30 Minutes With... Christine Maestracci, Quebecor 3
1:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Stacey Carr & Brittany Cope, Nickelodeon 3
30 Minutes With... Danny Feldheim, CBS All-Access 3
1:30 PM Speed Meetings - Warner Brothers International Television Production, Netflix, CAA s
Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, Bell Media, Radio-Canada s
Speed Meetings - Bell Media, Blue Ant Media, M6 s
Speed Meetings - PBS, TVO, Group Media TFO s
WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 1:30pm - 2:30pm Sessions s
2:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Diane Ikemiyashiro & Kim Berglund, Disney Junior 3
30 Minutes With... Camille Bernier-Green, Facebook 3
2:30 PM 30 Minutes With... Christiane Asselin, Radio-Canada & Gave Lindo, CBC 3
30 Minutes With... Kathryn Tyus-Adair, Starz 3
3:00 PM Rockie Awards International Program Competition r

Tuesday, June 16


10:00 AM In Conversation With: Minister of Canadian Heritage, Steven Guilbeault s
10:30 AM Coffee With... Phil Barnsdall-Thompson, Flame Distribution c
Coffee With... Justina Hemperek, Beyond Distribution c
Coffee With... Erin Finlay, Stohn Hay Cafazzo Dembroski Richmond LLP c
11:00 AM Media Leaders 2020: the path forward s
11:30 AM Coffee With... Maria Ishak, All3Media c
Coffee With... Beth Iley, New Metric Media c
Coffee With... James Farr, Cream Productions c
12:00 PM Trickster: working towards narrative sovereignty m
1:00 PM Un bon départ : modèles pour la reprise des tournages s
2:00 PM Master Class: Canada's Drag Race m
Coffee With... Ludo Dufour, Blue Ant Media c
Coffee With... Roy Ashton, Gersh c
Coffee With... Lisa Fahrenholt, EndemolShine c
3:00 PM Quick Draw: animation industry leaders with lessons for the future s
Coffee With... Jennifer Harkness, Blue Ant Media c
Coffee With... Gregory Pang, RedFrame Law c
Coffee With... Matt Creasey, Endemol Shine International c
3:15 PM Showrunner Superpanel: where do we go from here s
4:00 PM In Conversation With: The team behind The Last Dance s

Tuesday, June 23


1:00 PM Master Class: Quibi's The Stranger m
3:00 PM CMF Partner Presentation: Back to Business; practical examples on moving forward s

Wednesday, June 24


2:00 PM Partner Presentation: Spotlight on Corus – Partnering with Corus to Build Global Franchises s

Monday, June 29


11:00 AM 30 Minutes With... Carlyn Staudt, Love Nature 3
30 Minutes With... Katie Isaacson, CNN 3
Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, Keshet International, UKTV s
Speed Meetings - Blue Ant Media, eOne, OWN s
Speed Meetings - Bell Media, Super Channel, TRVL s
Speed Meetings - BBC, CBC, Viasat World s
WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 11:00am - 12:00pm ET Sessions (opens at 10:00am ET) s
12:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Matt Brodlie & Chris Loveall, Disney+ 3
30 Minutes With... Rachel Nelson, Corus Entertainment 3
1:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Igal Svet, Discovery 3
30 Minutes With... Max Micallef, History 3
1:30 PM Speed Meetings - Bell Media, BET, Topic s
Speed Meetings - Characters Talent Agency, Gersh, MGM Studios s
Speed Meetings - CBC, Corus Entertainment, Jennifer Hollyer Agency s
Speed Meetings - CBC, Nickelodeon, The Alpern Group s
WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 1:30pm - 2:30pm ET Sessions (opens at 12:30pm ET) s
2:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Marie McCann, CBC Kids 3
30 Minutes With... Deborah Osborne, APTN 3
3:00 PM Coffee With... Felicia Litovitz, Cineflix Rights c
Coffee With... James Whitlam, Framestore c
Coffee With... Mary-Anne Taylor, Roku c
Coffee With... Warren Ross, Canadian Media Producers Association c

Tuesday, June 30


1:00 PM Master Class: American Portrait m

Wednesday, July 8


1:00 PM Master Class: Mrs America m

Thursday, July 9


1:00 PM Nelvana Partner Presentation: redefining the new animated partnership model - how Nelvana partners with global broadcasters s

Tuesday, July 14


1:00 PM Master Class: HBO’s Avenue 5 m

Friday, July 17


11:00 AM 30 Minutes With... Bill Margol, PBS 3
30 Minutes With... Philippa Collie-Cousins, UKTV 3
Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, OutTV, WildBrain s
Speed Meetings - Channel 5, Quebecor, TVO s
Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, Meridian Artists, Nutopia s
WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 11:00am - 12:00pm ET Sessions (opens at 10:00am ET) s
Speed Meetings - Beyond Distribution, CBC, PBS s
12:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Andre Beraud, Radio-Canada and Trish Williams, CBC 3
1:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Mioshi Hill, Lifetime 3
30 Minutes With... Sam Linton, Blue Ant Media 3
1:30 PM Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, History, Starz s
WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 1:30pm - 2:30pm ET Sessions (opens at 12:30pm ET) s
Speed Meetings - CNN, Discovery, VICE Media s
Speed Meetings - CuriosityStream, MGM Television, Radio-Canada s
2:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Alex Montalvo, Quibi 3
30 Minutes With... Jason Altman, Ubisoft 3
3:00 PM Coffee With... Tassie Cameron, Cameron Pictures c
Coffee With... Thom Chapman, SpinMaster Entertainment c
Coffee With... Meghan Hooper, ViacomCBS c
Coffee With... Pippa Lambert, Hellcat c

Tuesday, July 21


1:00 PM Showrunner Superpanel: the opportunity zone s

Thursday, August 6


1:00 PM Partner Presentation: YouTube - new digital opportunities for an industry in flux s

Tuesday, August 11


1:30 PM Critical Math: how data is revolutionizing the discovery and experience of content in the 21st century s

Monday, August 17


11:00 AM 30 Minutes With... Jennifer Dettman, CBC 3
30 Minutes With... Jarmo Lampela, YLE 3
Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, eOne, ZDF s
Speed Meetings - BBC Studios, eOne, Jennifer Hollyer Agency s
Speed Meetings - National Geographic s
WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 11:00am - 12:00pm ET Sessions (opens at 10:00am ET) s
12:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Kerry Moraes-Sugiyama, APTN 3
1:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Lauren Celinski, YouTube 3
1:30 PM Speed Meetings - Bell Media, CNN, Warner Bros International Television Production s
Speed Meetings - CBC, History, Ubisoft s
Speed Meetings - APTN, Topic, YLE s
WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 1:30pm - 2:30pm ET Sessions (opens at 12:30pm ET) s
2:00 PM 30 Minutes With... Kelsey Balance, NBCU International Studios 3
3:00 PM Coffee With... Kristofer Updike, Peacock c
Coffee With... Deniese Davis, ColorCreative c
Coffee With... Carrie Mudd, Peacock Alley c
Coffee With... Beth Iley, New Metric Media c

Thursday, October 1


3:30 PM Telling Indigenous Stories and the New Normal - post COVID-19 s