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Monday, June 13
10:00am - 11:00am
Alhambra

Speed Meetings with Buyers

Monday, June 13
10:00am - 11:00am
Alhambra

Speed Meetings with Buyers

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:


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Yasmine Abbasakoor

Executive in Charge of Development, Unscripted

CBC

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Shaun Alperin

Content Acquisition Manager

Amazon Prime Video

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Catie Asip

Associate Director, Content

PBS

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Peter Bevan

VP Film, Head of Particular Crowd

Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America

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Elaine Chin

Senior Vice President, Scripted TV/Film

Stage 13

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Aubrey Clarke

Commissioning Executive | BBC Children’s 7+

BBC

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Laurie Ferneau

SVP, Original Series Programming & Development

Crown Media/Hallmark Channel

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Athena Georgaklis

Head of Development

Nelvana

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Alison Korogyi

Development Executive, Original Programming, Scripted & Unscripted

Bell Media

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Katrina Kowalski

VP Content, Paramount+ and Pluto TV, Canada

Paramount+

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Falguni Lakhani Adams

Network Executive Producer

VICE TV

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Jarmo Lampela

Head of Drama

YLE

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Laura Luckenbaugh

Former Director, International Programming and Development, AMC Networks

AMC Networks

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Mike McShane

Director, Digital Development, Original Programming

Bell Media

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Mike Omelus

Executive Director Content and Strategy

APTN

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Jackie Pardy

Chief Content Officer

Super Channel

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Stefania Scarfo

Head of Content Planning & Strategy

Paramount+

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Jennifer Shin

Director of Development, Comedy

CBC

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Tara Woodbury

Director, Content-Canada

Netflix

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