Saturday, June 13

3:30 PM

Registration (3:30pm - 5:30pm)

Curio Foyer

Sunday, June 14

8:00 AM	Registration (8:00am - 7:00pm) Curio Foyer
10:00 AM	Spain Content Showcase (10:00am - 11:00am) Cascade
11:30 AM	Session TBC (11:30am - 12:00pm) Cascade
1:00 PM	Banff World Media Festival Address (1:00pm - 1:30pm) Van Horne
1:30 PM	Session TBC (1:30pm - 2:15pm) Van Horne
2:15 PM	Networking Break (2:15pm - 2:30pm)
2:30 PM	In Conversation With Hon. Marc Miller and Valerie Creighton, CMF/FMC (2:30pm - 3:00pm) Van Horne
3:00 PM	Session TBC (3:00pm - 3:30pm) Ivor Petrak Indigenous Screen Summit (3:00pm - 5:30pm) Van Horne
5:30 PM	BANFF Opening Reception (5:30pm - 7:30pm) Riverview

Monday, June 15

8:30 AM	Registration (8:30am - 6:00pm) Curio Foyer
9:00 AM	Keynote Address: Vicky Eatrides, CRTC (9:00am - 9:15am) Cascade
9:30 AM	Canadian Producers: The Work Of Now (9:30am - 10:15am) Cascade Making It Click: Brand-Funded Content (9:30am - 10:15am) Ivor Petrak
10:00 AM	Meet a Filmmaker (10:00am - 10:30am) Alhambra
10:30 AM	Keynote: Jinny Howe, Netflix (10:30am - 11:00am) Cascade
11:00 AM	Speed Meetings: Unscripted (11:00am - 12:00pm) President's Hall
11:30 AM	The Showrunner Superpanel (11:30am - 12:30pm) Cascade
1:00 PM	In Conversation With: Doug Smith & Sally Catto, CBC (1:00pm - 1:30pm) Cascade In Conversation with Henry Winkler - introduced by A+E’s Sharon Scott (1:00pm - 1:45pm) Ivor Petrak
1:30 PM	Meet an Unscripted Executive (1:30pm - 2:00pm) Alhambra
2:00 PM	Optimists Only: Building Content Businesses in a “Shrinking” Market (2:00pm - 2:45pm) Cascade Speed Meetings: Scripted (2:00pm - 3:00pm) President's Hall
2:15 PM	Spotlight: Bell Media (2:15pm - 2:45pm) Ivor Petrak
3:00 PM	Co-Pro Connect (3:00pm - 3:45pm) Alhambra The Future of Unscripted: Global, Social, Scalable (3:00pm - 3:45pm) Cascade
3:15 PM	Hawco Productions On Their Project-First Approach (3:15pm - 4:00pm) Ivor Petrak
4:00 PM	Session TBC (4:00pm - 4:45pm) Cascade Alberta Beyond Limits: Meet, Mingle, and Moving Forward (4:00pm - 7:00pm) Van Horne C
4:30 PM	Spotlight: Disney+ Canada (4:30pm - 5:15pm) Ivor Petrak
9:30 PM	Don’t F**k With Ghosts (9:30pm - 11:00pm) Cascade

Tuesday, June 16

8:30 AM	Registration (8:30am - 6:00pm) Curio Foyer
8:45 AM	Topic Tables (8:45am - 9:45am) Alhambra
9:00 AM	International Commissioners Panel (9:00am - 9:45am) Cascade
9:30 AM	Speed Meetings: Scripted (9:30am - 10:30am) President's Hall
10:00 AM	Keynote: Jesse Armstrong (10:00am - 10:45am) Ivor Petrak
10:30 AM	Keynote TBC (10:30am - 11:15am) Cascade
11:30 AM	Meet a Decision Maker (11:30am - 12:00pm) Alhambra In Conversation With: Georgie Holt, FlightStory (11:30am - 12:15pm) Ivor Petrak
12:00 PM	Session TBC (12:00pm - 12:45pm) Cascade
12:30 PM	Session TBC (12:30pm - 1:00pm) Ivor Petrak
1:00 PM	Producing with Netflix (1:00pm - 1:30pm) Cascade
1:30 PM	Meet a Scripted Executive (1:30pm - 2:00pm) Alhambra The Director’s Cut: AI, Automation, and the Value of Human Creativity (1:30pm - 2:15pm) Ivor Petrak
2:00 PM	Production Partners (2:00pm - 3:00pm) President's Hall The Decision Makers (2:00pm - 2:45pm) Cascade
3:00 PM	Topic Tables (3:00pm - 4:00pm) Alhambra Spotlight: Blue Ant Media (3:00pm - 3:30pm) Cascade Becoming Creator-Savvy: Making the Affordable Hit (3:00pm - 3:45pm) Ivor Petrak
5:00 PM	2026 Rockie Awards Lionsgate Canada Cocktail Reception (5:00pm - 6:00pm) Van Horne Foyer
6:00 PM	Rockie Awards (6:00pm - 8:30pm) Van Horne
9:00 PM	Late Night Rockie Awards After Party - Sponsored by Netflix (9:00pm - 11:30pm) Cascade

Wednesday, June 17

9:00 AM	Registration (9:00am - 12:00pm) Curio Foyer
9:30 AM	The Power Of Fandom (9:30am - 10:15am) Cascade
10:30 AM	Fandom Wednesday: Session TBC (10:30am - 11:15am) Cascade
11:15 AM	Session TBC (11:15am - 12:30am) Cascade
12:00 PM	Bubbles & Bites (12:00pm - 12:30pm) Cascade

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