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- Indigenous Screen Summit
- production partners
- speed meetings with buyers
- pitch doctors - virtual
- meet an agent
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Monday, June 13
| 10:00 AM |
Speed Meetings with Buyers (10:00am - 11:00am)Alhambra Advance sign up is required via lottery, see networking page for more details. There will also be a waitline on site for additional meeting spots. BANFF’s Speed Meetings with Buyers are a fantastic opportunity for content creators and producers to meet one-on-one with leading program buyers and funders. This is your opportunity to connect with partners who can help take your screen-based project to the next stage. Specifically designed to be eight (8)-minute time slots, with a two (2)-minute transition time between meetings, this program has facilitated thousands of partnerships and has led to millions of dollars in new content. Some meeting hosts will require masks to be worn. Notes will be added to the hosts' table cards where this applies so that you may prepare before you sit down. As per the Banff World Media Festival health & safety policy - Subject to change, delegates will also be encouraged to wear a mask in all indoor event spaces. Delegates must supply their own masks. Featuring:
   
Table host
Laurie FerneauSVP, Original Series Programming & Development Crown Media/Hallmark Channel 
Table host
Alison KorogyiDevelopment Executive, Original Programming, Scripted & Unscripted Bell Media 
Table host
Katrina KowalskiSenior Vice President, International Content Programming and Acquisitions for Pluto TV Paramount+ 
Table host
Laura LuckenbaughFormer Director, International Programming and Development, AMC Networks AMC Networks 
Table host
Stefania ScarfoSr Manager, Head of Content Planning & Strategy, Paramount+ Canada Paramount+ 
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| 1:30 PM |
Speed Meetings with Buyers (1:30pm - 2:30pm)Alhambra Advance sign up is required via lottery, see networking page for more details. There will also be a waitline on site for additional meeting spots. BANFF’s Speed Meetings with Buyers are a fantastic opportunity for content creators and producers to meet one-on-one with leading program buyers and funders. This is your opportunity to connect with partners who can help take your screen-based project to the next stage. Specifically designed to be eight (8)-minute time slots, with a two (2)-minute transition time between meetings, this program has facilitated thousands of partnerships and has led to millions of dollars in new content. Some meeting hosts will require masks to be worn. Notes will be added to the hosts' table cards where this applies so that you may prepare before you sit down. As per the Banff World Media Festival health & safety policy - Subject to change, delegates will also be encouraged to wear a mask in all indoor event spaces. Delegates must supply their own masks. Featuring:
Table host
Lisa DucharmeDirector of Online Content & Deliverables APTN Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Inc. 
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Tuesday, June 14
| 1:30 PM |
Speed Meetings with Buyers (1:30pm - 2:30pm)Alhambra Advance sign up is required via lottery, see networking page for more details. There will also be a waitline on site for additional meeting spots. BANFF’s Speed Meetings with Buyers are a fantastic opportunity for content creators and producers to meet one-on-one with leading program buyers and funders. This is your opportunity to connect with partners who can help take your screen-based project to the next stage. Specifically designed to be eight (8)-minute time slots, with a two (2)-minute transition time between meetings, this program has facilitated thousands of partnerships and has led to millions of dollars in new content. Some meeting hosts will require masks to be worn. Notes will be added to the hosts' table cards where this applies so that you may prepare before you sit down. As per the Banff World Media Festival health & safety policy - Subject to change, delegates will also be encouraged to wear a mask in all indoor event spaces. Delegates must supply their own masks. Featuring:
Table host
Alison KorogyiDevelopment Executive, Original Programming, Scripted & Unscripted Bell Media
Table host
Katrina KowalskiSenior Vice President, International Content Programming and Acquisitions for Pluto TV Paramount+ 
Table host
Laura LuckenbaughFormer Director, International Programming and Development, AMC Networks AMC Networks 
Table host
Stefania ScarfoSr Manager, Head of Content Planning & Strategy, Paramount+ Canada Paramount+
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