Agenda

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Monday, June 12

7:15 AM Registration 7:30 am - 6:00 pm (Curio Foyer)
7:30 AM CBC Breakfast: telling Canada's stories (7:30am - 9:00am)

Mount Stephen Hall

9:00 AM An address from the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage (9:00am - 9:25am)

Cascade

Topic Tables (9:00am - 9:30am)

Alhambra

9:25 AM Keynote speech: Vicky Eatrides, Chairperson and CEO, CRTC (9:25am - 9:45am)

Cascade

10:00 AM Canada: state of the nation (10:00am - 10:45am)

Cascade

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

Presidents Hall

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

Alhambra

11:00 AM Master Class: Club Illico’s Mégantic (11:00am - 11:45am)

Cascade

Maximize the Value of Your IP on YouTube (11:00am - 11:45am)

Mount Stephen Hall

30 minutes with... Samantha Linton, Blue Ant Media (11:00am - 11:30am)

Theatre

12:00 PM Writer Superpanel: strike edition (12:00pm - 12:45pm)

Cascade

YouTube Presents: A Masterclass in Monetization (Ivor Petrak) (12:00pm - 12:45pm) CREATOR CONNECTIONS WITH WILLIAM F. WHITE INT’L (12:00pm - 12:30pm) Virtual Production Demo : Summer Vista (Alberta Film Commission Virtual Production Volume, Conference Centre) (12:00pm - 12:30pm)
12:30 PM Spotlight: Roku (12:30pm - 1:15pm)

Mount Stephen Hall

1:00 PM Moving the dial forward for underrepresented communities in entertainment - successes and continued growth (1:00pm - 1:45pm)

Cascade

1:30 PM Home reno-ssance: what’s hot in property (1:30pm - 2:15pm)

Mount Stephen Hall

Meet a Decision Maker (1:30pm - 2:00pm)

Alhambra

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

Presidents Hall

2:00 PM Summit Series: Jennifer Mullin, CEO, Fremantle (2:00pm - 2:45pm)

Cascade

2:30 PM Spotlight: Blue Ant Media (2:30pm - 3:15pm)

Mount Stephen Hall

Virtual Production Demo: Interior Office (Alberta Film Commission Virtual Production Volume, Conference Centre) (2:30pm - 3:00pm)
3:00 PM Trends in scripted programming (3:00pm - 3:45pm)

Cascade

30 minutes with... Jessica Schmiedchen, CBC Factual Entertainment (3:00pm - 3:30pm)

Theatre

Meet an Agent (3:00pm - 3:30pm)

Alhambra

4:00 PM In Conversation With: Killing It’s Craig Robinson and Claudia O'Doherty (4:00pm - 4:45pm)

Cascade

Global partnerships: we’re all in this together (4:00pm - 4:45pm)

Mount Stephen Hall

30 minutes with... Tom Hastings, Katrina Kowalski and Stefania Scarfo, Paramount+ Canada (4:00pm - 4:30pm)

Theatre

4:30 PM Alberta Film and Television Meet and Greet (Alberta Film Commission Virtual Production Volume, Conference Centre) (4:30pm - 5:00pm)
5:00 PM Rockie Awards International Program Competition cocktails + show (Van Horne Ballroom) (5:00pm - 7:00pm)
9:00 PM Paramount+ Lodge Party (9:00PM - 1:00AM) (Location: Mount View BBQ)

Tuesday, June 13

8:00 AM Registration 8:00 am - 6:00 pm (Curio Foyer)
9:00 AM Master Class: Robyn Hood (9:00am - 9:45am)

Cascade

Topic Tables (9:00am - 9:30am)

Alhambra

Calgary Economic Development announcement (Alberta Film Commission Virtual Production Volume, Conference Centre) (9:00am - 9:30am)
10:00 AM In Conversation With: Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, Co-Founders, World of Wonder (10:00am - 10:45am)

Cascade

30 minutes with... Brent Haynes, Amazon Studios (10:00am - 10:30am)

Theatre

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

Presidents Hall

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

Alhambra

11:00 AM The power of music: in conversation with Nora Felder (11:00am - 11:45am)

Cascade

11:30 AM 30 minutes with... Lea Marin and Greig Dymond, CBC (11:30am - 12:00pm)

Theatre

12:00 PM Get in the sandbox with kids-biz experts (12:00pm - 12:45pm)

Cascade

Partner Presentation: Telefilm - The Climate Cost of Production: Charting the Sustainability Path for the Screen Industry (12:00pm - 12:45pm)

Mount Stephen Hall

CREATOR CONNECTIONS WITH WILLIAM F. WHITE INT'L (12:00pm - 12:30pm) Virtual Production Demo: Winter Exterior (Alberta Film Commission Virtual Production Volume, Conference Centre) (12:00pm - 12:30pm)
1:00 PM Summit Series: George Cheeks, President and CEO, CBS and CCO, News and Sports, Paramount+ (1:00pm - 1:45pm)

Cascade

Spotlight: CBC (1:00pm - 1:45pm)

Mount Stephen Hall

1:30 PM Meet an Agent (1:30pm - 2:00pm)

Alhambra

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

Presidents Hall

2:00 PM Master Class: Star Trek (2:00pm - 2:45pm)

Cascade

Spotlight: Fremantle (2:00pm - 2:45pm)

Mount Stephen Hall

2:30 PM Virtual Production Demo: 3D LED, Step Into the Screen (Alberta Film Commission Virtual Production Volume, Conference Centre) (2:30pm - 3:00pm)
3:00 PM Comedies that travel (3:00pm - 3:45pm)

Cascade

Spotlight: Hallmark Media (3:00pm - 3:45pm)

Mount Stephen Hall

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

Alhambra

4:00 PM An Inside Look at 10 years of Netflix Originals (4:00pm - 4:45pm)

Cascade

Spotlight: Bell Media (4:00pm - 4:45pm)

Mount Stephen Hall

4:30 PM Meet a Distributor (4:30pm - 5:00pm)

Alhambra

5:30 PM Rockies Gala cocktail reception (Van Horne Foyer) (5:30pm - 6:15pm)
6:30 PM Rockies Gala (Van Horne Ballroom) (6:30pm - 8:00pm)
8:00 PM Post Gala Video Dance Party 8:00pm - 11:30PM (Cascade)
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