1:1 Meetings

Monday, June 9

9:30 AM	Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Speed Meetings (PRIVATE) (9:30am - 10:00am) Presidents Hall Speed Meetings Netflix-Banff Diversity of Voices (DOV) Pitch Participant Speed Meetings - note this is a private session, by invite only. If you’d like to find out more information about the Netflix-Banff Diversity of Voices Program and becoming a Pitch Participant at a future festival please contact banfffellowships@brunico.com Prior to BANFF 25 DOV Pitch Participants were selected to have curated meetings with development executives, distributors, programmers and funders whose remit is aligned with the individual’s screen-based project content. This session offers a one-on-one, eight-minute meeting. Please arrive at the session room 20 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 meeting slot. Speed Meetings are on the Conference Centre side of the hotel, on the 2nd floor. Give yourself extra time to make your way over from the main lobby of the hotel so that you are not late for your scheduled meetings.
1:00 PM	Speed Meetings: Scripted (1:00pm - 2:00pm) President's Hall Advance sign up is required through BANFFXchange, see networking page for signup dates.. There is a wait line on site if any openings become available. Speed Meetings are a fantastic opportunity for content creators and producers to meet one-on-one with leading development executives, distributors, programmers and funders. This is your opportunity to connect with partners who can help take your screen-based project to the next stage. This program has facilitated thousands of partnerships and has led to millions of dollars in new content. One-on-one meetings are 8-minutes long. Attendees who secured a meeting in advance 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 meeting in advance, we recommend showing up to the session room 30 minutes early to join the wait line. The wait line operates on a first-come, first-served basis. Speed Meetings are on the Conference Centre side of the hotel, on the 2nd floor. Give yourself extra time to make your way over from the main lobby of the hotel so that you are not late for your scheduled meetings. This session is for SCRIPTED pitches only. Please research each meeting host to be sure your pitches fit their remit. Featuring: Table host* Kim Ball Chief Content Officer Super Channel Table host Chris Bell Manager, Content Netflix Table host Vanessa Case VP Content, Paramount+ and Pluto TV, Paramount Canada Paramount Table host Greig Dymond Director of Development, Comedy CBC Table host Effi Eustace SVP, Sales, The Americas Incendo Table host Robert Franke Vice President Drama ZDF Studios GmbH Table host Laura Mae Harding Commissioning Editor for International Co-Productions ZDF Table host Kirsten Hurd Commissioning Editor TVOkids Table host Tana Nugent Jamieson Executive Vice President of Creative Affairs A+E Global Media Table host Adam Garnet Jones Director of TV Content and Special Events APTN Table host Andrew Kelly Vice President, Scripted Development, Television Lionsgate Canada Table host Jarmo Lampela Head of Drama YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company Table host Lea Marin Director of Development, Drama CBC Table host Mike McShane Director, Digital Development, Original Programming Bell Media Table host Cara Nye Director, Content Development & Production AMI-tv Table host Sharon Stevens VP Programming Hollywood Suite Inc Table host Lauren Whitelaw Head of Programming OUTtv Network Inc
3:00 PM	Speed Meetings - Unscripted (3:00pm - 4:00pm) Presidents Hall Advance sign up is required through BANFFXchange, see networking page for signup dates. There is a wait line on site if any openings become available. Speed Meetings are a fantastic opportunity for content creators and producers to meet one-on-one with leading development executives, distributors, programmers and funders. This is your opportunity to connect with partners who can help take your screen-based project to the next stage. This program has facilitated thousands of partnerships and has led to millions of dollars in new content. One-on-one meetings are 8-minutes long. Attendees who secured a meeting in advance 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 meeting in advance, we recommend showing up to the session room 30 minutes early to join the wait line. The wait line operates on a first-come, first-served basis. Speed Meetings are on the Conference Centre side of the hotel, on the 2nd floor. Give yourself extra time to make your way over from the main lobby of the hotel so that you are not late for your scheduled meetings. This session is for UNSCRIPTED / FACTUAL / DOC pitches only. Please research each meeting host to be sure your pitches fit their remit. Featuring: Table host* Kerry Appleyard SVP, Scripted and Unscripted, Television Lionsgate Canada Table host Jolise Beaton Director of Business Affairs Audible Inc. Table host Vanessa Case VP Content, Paramount+ and Pluto TV, Paramount Canada Paramount Table host Ricky Cooper Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment & Events BBC Table host Sierra Cowan Executive Producer BYUtv Table host Lisa Ducharme Director of Online Content & Deliverables APTN Table host Michael Gelman SVP, Acquisitions & Co-Productions A+E Global Media Table host Marianne Lambert Directrice Principale Contenus & Senior Director of Content TFO Table host Mike McShane Director, Digital Development, Original Programming Bell Media Table host Cara Nye Director, Content Development & Production AMI-tv Table host Jessica Schmiedchen Director of Development, Unscripted Content CBC

Tuesday, June 10

9:00 AM

Speed Meetings: Scripted (9:00am - 10:00am)

Presidents Hall

Advance sign up is required through BANFFXchange, see networking page for signup dates. There is a wait line on site if any openings become available.

Speed Meetings are a fantastic opportunity for content creators and producers to meet one-on-one with leading development executives, distributors, programmers and funders. This is your opportunity to connect with partners who can help take your screen-based project to the next stage. This program has facilitated thousands of partnerships and has led to millions of dollars in new content. One-on-one meetings are 8-minutes long.

Attendees who secured a meeting in advance 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 meeting in advance, we recommend showing up to the session room 30 minutes early to join the wait line. The wait line operates on a first-come, first-served basis.

Speed Meetings are on the Conference Centre side of the hotel, on the 2nd floor. Give yourself extra time to make your way over from the main lobby of the hotel so that you are not late for your scheduled meetings.

*This session is for SCRIPTED pitches only. Please research each meeting host to be sure your pitches fit their remit.

Featuring:

Table host

Kerry Appleyard

SVP, Scripted and Unscripted, Television

Lionsgate Canada

Table host

Jolise Beaton

Director of Business Affairs

Audible Inc.

Table host

Chris Bell

Manager, Content

Netflix

Table host

Sarah Fowlie

Head of Production, Original Programming

Bell Media

Table host

Robert Franke

Vice President Drama

ZDF Studios GmbH

Table host

Andrew Kelly

Vice President, Scripted Development, Television

Lionsgate Canada

Table host

Morad Koufane

Director of International and Young Adult Drama

France Televisions

Table host

Liz Wise Lyall

SVP, Scripted Development & Programming, Lifetime

Lifetime

Table host

Lea Marin

Director of Development, Drama

CBC

Table host

Drew Mullin

Executive in Charge of Production, Children's Content

CBC

Table host

Eric Phillips

Vice President, Drama Development

Sony Pictures Television

Table host

Michaela Qvale

Director

Miramax

3:00 PM

Production Partners (3:00pm - 4:00pm)

Presidents Hall

Advance sign up is required through BANFFXchange, see networking page for signup dates.There is a wait line on site if any openings become available.

Pitch your projects directly to producer development executives. This is your chance to showcase your ideas, build relationships, and explore potential collaborations. One-on-one meetings are 8-minutes long.

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

Production Partners is on the Conference Centre side of the hotel, on the 2nd floor. Give yourself extra time to make your way over from the main lobby of the hotel so that you are not late for your scheduled meeting.