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Tuesday, May 25
| 2:00 PM | Perfecting your Virtual Pitch (2:00pm - 2:45pm) |
Thursday, May 27
| 1:00 PM | Pitch Doctors: PBS, Fresh TV, OWN (1:00pm - 2:30pm) Pitch Doctors: Warner Bros International Television Production, SEVEN24, Cineflix (1:00pm - 2:30pm) Pitch Doctors: A&E, CBC, Guru Studio (1:00pm - 2:30pm) WAIT LINE for Pitch Doctors (opens at 12:15pm ET) |
Friday, June 11
| 9:00 AM | Rockie Awards Roundtable: Children & Youth (9:00am - 10:00am) Rockie Awards Roundtable: Arts & Entertainment (9:00am - 10:00am) Rockie Awards Roundtable: Scripted - Comedy (9:00am - 10:00am) Rockie Awards Roundtable: Scripted - Drama (9:00am - 10:00am) Rockie Awards Roundtable: Documentary & Factual (9:00am - 10:00am) |
Monday, June 14
| 8:00 AM | Delegate Lounge: open daily (8:00am - 11:59pm) |
| 9:00 AM | Speed Networking (9:00am - 10:00am) |
| 10:00 AM | 30 Minutes With: Blue Ant Media (10:00am - 10:30am) 30 Minutes With: CBC Comedy (10:00am - 10:30am) |
| 11:00 AM | In Conversation with: CRTC Chairperson and CEO Ian Scott (11:00am - 11:45am) |
| 12:30 PM | Summit Series: Ted Sarandos, co-CEO and Chief Content Officer, Netflix (12:30pm - 1:15pm) |
| 2:00 PM | Systemic solutions: breaking barriers and rebuilding a better entertainment industry (2:00pm - 2:45pm) |
| 3:00 PM | Speed Networking (3:00pm - 4:00pm) 30 Minutes With: WarnerMedia Kids & Family (3:00pm - 3:30pm) 30 Minutes With: Corus Entertainment (3:00pm - 3:30pm) |
| 4:00 PM | Media leaders 2021: sharing strategies for the future (4:00pm - 4:45pm) |
| 5:00 PM | CBC/Radio-Canada Opening Party (5:00pm - 6:00pm) |
Tuesday, June 15
Wednesday, June 16
Thursday, June 17
Friday, June 18
| 12:00 AM | Delegate Lounge: open daily (12:00am - 6:00pm) |
| 9:30 AM | What it means to run a public broadcaster in 2021 (and beyond) (9:30am - 10:20am) |
| 10:00 AM | Speed Networking: Features, Shorts, Web Series (10:00am - 11:00am) |
| 10:30 AM | In Conversation With: Canadian Media Leaders - Rogers Sports & Media (10:30am - 10:45am) |
| 11:00 AM | Where does the future of Canadian content production lie? (11:00am - 11:45am) |
| 12:30 PM | Summit Series: Channing Dungey, Greg Berlanti and Kaley Cuoco (12:30pm - 1:15pm) |
| 1:30 PM | In Conversation With: Canadian Media Leaders - CBC (1:30pm - 1:45pm) |
| 2:00 PM | Exclusive Q&A: BLINDSPOTTING (2:00pm - 3:00pm) |
| 3:00 PM | State of the Nation: Canadian industry at a crossroads (3:00pm - 3:45pm) |
Monday, June 21
| 1:00 PM | A cultural conversation: the future of Indigenous broadcasting and streaming (1:00pm - 2:00pm) |
| 2:00 PM | Speed Networking: Meet Indigenous creators & producers (2:00pm - 3:00pm) |
| 4:00 PM | Nations to Nations: Canadian Indigenous stories on a global stage (4:00pm - 4:45pm) |
| 5:00 PM | Master Class: Reservation Dogs (5:00pm - 5:45pm) |
Tuesday, June 22
| 10:00 AM | 30 Minutes With: TikTok (10:00am - 10:30am) |
| 11:00 AM | 30 Minutes With: WildBrain (11:00am - 11:30am) 30 Minutes With: RTE Television (11:00am - 11:30am) |
| 1:00 PM | 30 Minutes With: Netflix (1:00pm - 1:30pm) 30 Minutes With: Disney Junior (1:00pm - 1:30pm) |
| 2:00 PM | Director Superpanel: a vision for the future (2:00pm - 2:45pm) |
| 3:00 PM | From the Director's Chair: Clement Virgo, Andrew Cividino, Matt Shakman (3:00pm - 3:45pm) From the Director's Chair: Dawn Wilkinson, Mina Shum, Melanie Orr (3:00pm - 3:45pm) |
| 4:00 PM | Exclusive Q&A: FAMILY LAW (4:00pm - 5:30pm) |
Wednesday, June 23
Thursday, June 24
| 10:00 AM | 30 Minutes With: Disney EMEA (10:00am - 10:30am) 30 Minutes With: Love Nature (10:00am - 10:30am) |
| 11:00 AM | 30 Minutes With: Corus Entertainment (11:00am - 11:30am) |
| 12:00 PM | Master Class: It’s a Sin (12:00pm - 12:45pm) |
| 1:00 PM | Streaming the future forward (1:00pm - 1:45pm) |
| 2:00 PM | 30 Minutes With: Adult Swim (2:00pm - 2:30pm) 30 Minutes With: WarnerMedia (2:00pm - 2:30pm) |
| 4:00 PM | Master Class: David Makes Man (4:00pm - 4:45pm) |
| 5:00 PM | Cocktails With: Starz, MGM Studios (5:00pm - 6:00pm) Cocktails With: REELZ, A&E (5:00pm - 6:00pm) |
Friday, June 25
| 9:30 AM | Coffee With: CNN, TRVL Channel, ZDF (9:30am - 10:00am) Coffee With: PBS, WildBrain, PBS (9:30am - 10:00am) |
| 10:00 AM | 30 Minutes With: Sesame Workshop (10:00am - 10:30am) 30 Minutes With: Super Channel (10:00am - 10:30am) |
| 12:00 PM | Chatroom: Creative Conversations (12:00pm - 1:00pm) |
| 2:30 PM | 30 Minutes With: EPIX (2:30pm - 3:00pm) 30 Minutes With: BET (2:30pm - 3:00pm) |
| 3:00 PM | Expanding your audience through the power of diverse storytelling (panel + mixer) (3:00pm - 4:30pm) |
Monday, June 28
| 11:00 AM | 30 Minutes With: HOT Telecommunications Systems (11:00am - 11:30am) |
| 1:00 PM | 30 Minutes With: Starz (1:00pm - 1:30pm) 30 Minutes With: WarnerMedia Latin America (1:00pm - 1:30pm) |
| 3:00 PM | Showrunner Screen Time: Emily Andras, Frank Spotnitz, Anna Winger, Anthony Farrell, Loren Bouchard (3:00pm - 3:45pm) |
Tuesday, June 29
| 11:00 AM | 30 Minutes With: Bell Media (11:00am - 11:30am) 30 Minutes With: Nickelodeon (11:00am - 11:30am) |
| 12:00 PM | Booming doc market: what’s next for high-end factual features and limited series? (12:00pm - 12:45pm) |
| 1:00 PM | Meet an Expert: Distributors - All3Media, Blue Ant, Endeavor Content (1:00pm - 2:00pm) Meet an Expert: Distributors - 9 Story Media Group, BBC Studios, Spin Master Entertainment (1:00pm - 2:00pm) |
| 1:30 PM | 30 Minutes With: A&E (1:30pm - 2:00pm) 30 Minutes With: AMC (1:30pm - 2:00pm) |
Wednesday, June 30
| 7:15 AM | WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings with Buyers (7:15am - 4:30pm) |
| 8:00 AM | Speed Meetings with Buyers: DeAgostini Editore Spa, Tv2, Globo (8:00am - 9:00am) Speed Meetings with Buyers: YLE, SUPER RTL, M6 Group (8:00am - 9:00am) |
| 9:30 AM | Speed Meetings with Buyers: Bell Media, PBS, Corus Entertainment, CNN (9:30am - 10:30am) |
| 11:00 AM | Speed Meetings with Buyers: Sesame Workshop, iQIYI (11:00am - 12:00pm) Speed Meetings with Buyers: Corus Entertainment, MTV, Radio-Canada (11:00am - 12:00pm) |
| 12:30 PM | Speed Meetings with Buyers: Netflix, Corus Kids, TRVL Channel, APTN (12:30pm - 1:30pm) |
| 2:00 PM | Speed Meetings with Buyers: Netflix, Corus Entertainment (2:00pm - 3:00pm) Speed Meetings with Buyers: iQIYI, OWN, Radio-Canada (2:00pm - 3:00pm) |
| 3:30 PM | Speed Meetings with Buyers: TVO Kids, CNN, CBC Docs & Unscripted (3:30pm - 4:30pm) |
Tuesday, July 6
| 11:00 AM | 30 Minutes With: Rogers Sports & Media (11:00am - 11:30am) |
| 12:00 PM | Master Class: Transplant (12:00pm - 12:45pm) |
| 1:00 PM | Meet an Expert: Agents - Gersh, CAA, The Characters (1:00pm - 2:00pm) Meet an Expert: Agents - CAA, United Talent Agency, Gary Goddard Agency (1:00pm - 2:00pm) |
Wednesday, July 7
| 10:30 AM | ALBERTA: We’ve Arrived (Partner Presentation) (10:30am - 11:15am) |
| 12:00 PM | Business as unusual: the future of co-production and distribution (12:00pm - 12:45pm) |
| 1:00 PM | Chatroom: Commissioning FAQ (1:00pm - 2:00pm) |
| 3:00 PM | From the Director's Chair: Simcha Jacobovici, Tiffany Hsuing (3:00pm - 3:45pm) From the Director's Chair: Latoya Raveneau, Molly McGlynn, McG (3:00pm - 3:45pm) |
Thursday, July 8
| 5:00 PM | Cocktails With: Warner Bros Television Production, TVO Kids, MTV (5:00pm - 6:00pm) Cocktails With: PBS, Amazon Studios, CBC Drama & Comedy (5:00pm - 6:00pm) |
Friday, July 9
| 12:30 PM | Coffee With: RTG Features, APTN, Stage 13 (12:30pm - 1:00pm) Coffee With: Amazon Studios, Nickelodeon, eOne (12:30pm - 1:00pm) |
Monday, July 12
| 3:00 PM | Borderless production: exploring the latest technologies (3:00pm - 3:45pm) |
Tuesday, July 13
| 12:00 PM | AVOD and FAST channels: executives weigh in on opportunities for growth (12:00pm - 12:45pm) |
| 1:00 PM | Meet an Expert: Lawyers - Goodmans, RedFrame Law, Three60Legal (1:00pm - 2:00pm) Meet an Expert: Lawyers - Stohn Hay Cafazzo Dembroski Richmond LLP, Lewis Birnberg Hanet, Dentons (1:00pm - 2:00pm) |
Wednesday, July 14
| 3:00 PM | TV for good: using the power of content to shift humanity (3:00pm - 3:45pm) |
Thursday, July 15
| 12:00 PM | Master Class: Moominvalley (12:00pm - 12:45pm) |
| 5:00 PM | Cocktails With: CNN, Corus Entertainment, Reelz Channel (5:00pm - 6:00pm) Cocktails With: Ubisoft, HISTORY, CBC (5:00pm - 6:00pm) |
Friday, July 16
| 9:30 AM | Coffee With: OUTtv, Blue Ant Media, Roku (9:30am - 10:00am) Coffee With: Endeavor, All3Media (9:30am - 10:00am) |
| 12:00 PM | In Conversation with Emily Mortimer (12:00pm - 1:45pm) |
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