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Tuesday, March 22

8:00 AM Delegate Lounge: open daily (8:00am - 11:59pm)
11:00 AM Speed Networking (11:00am - 11:30am)
12:00 PM Programming trend report (12:00pm - 12:45pm)
1:00 PM Chatroom: Commissioning FAQ (1:00pm - 1:45pm)
3:00 PM Pitching a hit in 2022 (3:00pm - 3:45pm)
4:00 PM Chatroom: Producer Life (4:00pm - 4:45pm)

Thursday, March 31

3:30 PM Mixer: Meet the BANFF Spark Accelerator Participants (3:30pm - 4:30pm)

Monday, June 13

7:15 AM Registration 7:15 am - 6:00 pm (Curio Foyer)
7:30 AM CBC/Radio-Canada Breakfast: The Future of Entertainment (7:30am - 9:00am)

Alberta
9:00 AM An address from The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage (9:00am - 9:15am)

Cascade
9:15 AM In Conversation With: CRTC Chairperson and CEO Ian Scott (9:15am - 9:45am)

Cascade
10:00 AM Master Class: Disney and Fulwell 73’s Among the Stars (10:00am - 10:45am)

Cascade

The FAST/AVOD market is exploding - what’s in it for you? (10:00am - 10:45am)

Alberta

Speed Meetings with Buyers (10:00am - 11:00am)

Alhambra
10:30 AM Meet a Distributor (10:30am - 11:00am)

Garden Terrace
11:00 AM Summit Series: Pearlena Igbokwe,Chairman, Universal Studio Group (11:00am - 11:45am)

Cascade
11:30 AM Meet an Agent (11:30am - 12:00pm)

Garden Terrace
12:00 PM The Future of Indies (12:00pm - 12:45pm)

Cascade
12:30 PM Meet a Decision Maker (12:30pm - 1:00pm)

Garden Terrace
1:00 PM Creator Connections Hour with William F. White Int’l (1:00pm - 1:45pm) Master Class: Rutherford Falls (1:00pm - 1:45pm)

Cascade

Dissecting the ME-TA-VERSE (1:00pm - 1:30pm)

Alberta

30 minutes with... Brent Haynes, Amazon Studios (1:00pm - 1:30pm)

Ivor Petrak
1:30 PM Speed Meetings with Buyers (1:30pm - 2:30pm)

Alhambra
2:00 PM Master Class: BBC Three and HBO Max’s Starstruck (2:00pm - 2:45pm)

Cascade

Globalizing CanCon: The Opportunity for Canadian Creativity (2:00pm - 2:45pm)

Alberta

Spotlight on Blue Ant Media (2:00pm - 2:45pm)

Ivor Petrak

Meet a Funder + Lawyer (2:00pm - 2:30pm)

Garden Terrace
3:00 PM In Conversation With: Entertainment One and the showrunners of Yellowjackets (3:00pm - 3:45pm)

Cascade

Being Counted: Canada's first race-based audience survey signals market opportunities and data collection gaps (3:00pm - 3:45pm)

Alberta

Spotlight on A+E Networks: History Channel and Homemade Nation (3:00pm - 3:45pm)

Ivor Petrak

Meet a Showrunner + Director (3:00pm - 3:30pm)

Garden Terrace
4:30 PM Rockie Awards International Program Competition - cocktails + screening party (Van Horne Ballroom) (4:30pm - 6:30pm)
9:00 PM Mountview BBQ (9:00 pm - 1:00 am)

Tuesday, June 14

7:30 AM Registration 7:30 am - 6:00 pm (Curio Foyer)
8:00 AM Shaw Rocket Presents: Being Seen Breakfast – Creating & commissioning more inclusive children's content (8:00am - 9:00am)

Ivor Petrak
9:00 AM State of the Nation: Canada in focus (9:00am - 9:45am)

Cascade
10:00 AM Spotlight on Roku Originals (10:00am - 10:30am)

Alberta

Production Partners (10:00am - 11:00am)

Alhambra
10:30 AM 30 Minutes With Ed Horasz, Netflix Kids and Family (10:30am - 11:00am)

Ivor Petrak

Meet a Showrunner + Director (10:30am - 11:00am)

Garden Terrace
11:00 AM Summit Series: Bela Bajaria, Head of Global TV, Netflix (11:00am - 11:45am)

Cascade
12:00 PM Selling scripted (12:00pm - 12:45pm)

Cascade

Sustainable production: it pays to go green (12:00pm - 12:45pm)

Alberta

Spotlight on Hallmark Channel (12:00pm - 12:45pm)

Ivor Petrak
12:30 PM Meet a Funder + Lawyer (12:30pm - 1:00pm)

Garden Terrace
1:00 PM Summit Series: David Linde, CEO, Participant (1:00pm - 1:45pm)

Cascade

Creator Connections Hour with William F. White Int’l (1:00pm - 1:45pm)

Garden Terrace
1:30 PM Speed Meetings with Buyers (1:30pm - 2:30pm)

Alhambra
2:00 PM Master Class: The Lake (2:00pm - 2:45pm)

Cascade

Kids’ content commissioners weigh in (2:00pm - 2:45pm)

Alberta

Meet an Agent (2:00pm - 2:30pm)

Garden Terrace
2:30 PM Spotlight on Bell Media (2:30pm - 3:15pm)

Ivor Petrak
3:00 PM Showrunner Superpanel: breaking the script (3:00pm - 3:45pm)

Cascade

What’s hot in docs: trends you need to know (3:00pm - 3:45pm)

Alberta

Meet a Decision Maker (3:00pm - 3:30pm)

Garden Terrace
3:30 PM 30 minutes with... Alec Strum, EPIX (3:30pm - 4:00pm)

Ivor Petrak
4:00 PM Master Class: Snapchat’s Reclaim(ed) (4:00pm - 4:45pm)

Cascade

Content Creation from an Anti-Racist Lens (4:00pm - 4:45pm)

Alberta

Meet a Distributor (4:00pm - 4:30pm)

Garden Terrace
4:15 PM Les contenus francophones sur la scène mondiale (4:15pm - 5:00pm)

Ivor Petrak
5:30 PM Rockies Gala cocktail reception (Van Horne Foyer) (5:30pm - 6:30pm)
6:30 PM Rockie Awards Gala Ceremony (Van Horne Ballroom) (6:30pm - 8:00pm)

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