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Monday, June 12
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Presidents Hall

Speed Meetings with Buyers

Monday, June 12
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Presidents Hall

Speed Meetings with Buyers

Advance sign-up iwas required via lottery, see networking page for more details. 

Attendees who secured a spot in advance for Speed Meetings should arrive at the session room 30 minutes prior to the session start time to check in with the room monitor and get processed. Showing up late for your scheduled time slot will result in losing your spot to the wait line.

If you did not secure a Speed Meetings spot in advance, we recommend showing up to the session room 30 minutes early to join the wait line. The wait line will operate on a first-come, first-served basis.

Speed Meetings with Buyers is in a NEW LOCATION, on the Conference Centre side. Give yourself extra time to make your way over from the Hotel side so that you are not late for your scheduled meeting.

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 8-minute time slots, with a 2-minute transition time between meetings, this program has facilitated thousands of partnerships and has led to millions of dollars in new content.

NOTEWe acknowledge there's an ongoing labour dispute between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). If you are participating in meetings or planning on pitching, we encourage you to abide by the guidelines of any union or guild affiliations you may have.


Featuring:


Table host

Aubrey Clarke

Commissioning Executive | BBC Children’s 7+

BBC

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Greig Dymond

Director of Development, Comedy

CBC

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Sarah Fowlie

Head of Production, Original Programming

Bell Media

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Laura Gaines

Director, Development & Programming

Hallmark Media

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Beth Iley

Senior Development Executive

Amazon Studios

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Jennifer Kramer

Vice President, Development

Hallmark Media

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Marianne Lambert

Director Co-Productions & Acquisitions

TFO

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Nick Lee

Commercial Director, Drama & Comedy

Channel 4

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Jennifer Liang

Head of Acquisitions

Topic

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Jodi Mackie

Sr. Director, Content Sales & Co-Productions Kids & Family

BBC Studios Canada

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Kathleen Meek

Manager, Original Content, Scripted & Factual

Corus Entertainment Inc

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Paige Murray

Executive in Charge of Development, Drama

CBC

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Cara Nye

Director, Content Development & Production

Accessible Media Inc.

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Juan Ponce

SVP & General Manager for Telemundo Streaming Studios

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

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Polly Scates

Head of Acquisitions

Channel 4

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Lauren Whitelaw

Head of Programming

OUTtv Network Inc

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Tara Woodbury

Director, Content - Canada

Netflix-Toronto

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