Session

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Chatroom: Commissioning FAQ

Join our hosts for small group conversations about important topics facing today’s industry and make meaningful industry connections.

Invited guests will be hosting tables to kick off conversations, but all BANFF passholders are welcome to attend.

No sign-up is required for these small group meetings, which are hosted in AirMeet.

To enter the Chatroom, follow these simple steps:

Be on a LAPTOP or a DESKTOP COMPUTER (the lounge platform does not offer all interactive features on a mobile device)
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Click on the Enter button below (this button appears when you are logged into your BANFFXchange profile, and during the posted Chatroom session times)
Allow camera and microphone access on your computer
Provide your credentials/register with the Airmeet lounge platform.
Be sure to use the same email address you used to register for the Banff World Media Festival event, so that the system recognizes you as an approved passholder.

Enter “the venue” (and follow prompts from there)

Table topics and hosts

Selling comedy in 2022
Host: Sarah Quan, Executive in Charge of Development, Comedy, CBC

Trends in drama programming
Host: Esther Springer, Executive Producer, Scripted

Crafting kids content hits
Host: Amanda Vaughan, Production Executive, Corus Kids, Corus Entertainment

What’s next in blue-chip documentaries
Host: Mary Donahue, SVP, Development and Programming, History

What’s next in kids’ content
Host: Catie Asip, Assistant Director of Content, PBS Kids