Speakers
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Francesca Accinelli
Director Promotions and Communications
Telefilm Canada
Francesca joined Telefilm in 2006 as the Deputy Director, English Market for the Canadian Television Fund (now Canada Media Fund), by 2008 she was promoted to Director of that team and is now very excited to be the Director of National Promotions and Communications. Francesca has always been a fan...more
Speaking at: Partner Presentation: Doing Business With Canada: Co-Pro 101
Honourable Leela Aheer
Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women
Government of Alberta
Minister Aheer was first elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Chestermere-Rocky View on May 5, 2015. She was re-elected on April 16, 2019, as the MLA for the newly formed riding of Chestermere-Strathmore.
Born in Edmonton and raised in Chestermere, where she is...more
Speaking at: Festival Opening Remarks
Scott Alexander
Series Producer
BBC Studios' Natural History Unit
Scott Alexander has spent over 20 years with BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, filmed on all seven continents and shown a passion for all forms of natural history filmmaking. He has produced live TV from the middle of the Masai Mara for Big Cat Live, series produced the award-winning children’s wildlife series...more
Speaking at: Master Class: BBC's Seven Worlds, One Planet
Todd Allen
VP Marketing
Labatt Breweries of Canada
Todd Allen is Vice President Marketing, Labatt Breweries of Canada. Allen is responsible for the Labatt portfolio of brands, from its biggest, Budweiser, to Canada’s top import, Corona. Budweiser’s Red Light has become a powerful symbol of hockey’s greatest moments: goals. Now in its fifth year, the Budweiser Red Light...more
Speaking at: Marketers Lunch and Learn (sign up required) in Norquay
Jeff Alpern
President
The Alpern Group
Jeff Alpern is the founder and president of THE ALPERN GROUP, a talent agency based in Los Angeles specializing in the representation of TV and feature writers, directors and producers in North America. The company was established in 1994. Prior to establishing THE ALPERN GROUP, Jeff was a senior vice...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Dustin Alpern
Agent
The Alpern Group
Dustin Alpern is a literary agent at THE ALPERN GROUP, a talent agency based in Los Angeles specializing in the representation of TV and feature writers, directors and producers in North America. The company was established in 1994.
Prior to joining THE ALPERN GROUP, Dustin worked as...more
Emily Andras
Showrunner (Wynonna Earp)
Wynonna Earp
The Boston-born, Calgary-bred Andras has a diverse list of television credits to her name. Currently, she is the Showrunner and Executive Producer of SyFy’s new hit series Wynonna Earp. Previously, she spent three seasons as the Showrunner and Executive Producer of Lost Girl, and recently worked as the Supervising Producer on Killjoys, where...more
Speaking at: Major Drama: TV in the Cultural Conversation
Jann Arden
Singer/Songwriter/Actor
Jann Arden
Jann Arden is a singer, songwriter, broadcaster, actor, author, podcaster, and social media star. The celebrated multi-platinum, award-winning artist catapulted onto the music scene in 1993 with her debut album, Time for Mercy, featuring the hit single "I Would Die for You". A year later, she had her international break-out...more
Speaking at: Rockie Awards Gala Ceremony (Van Horne Ballroom)
Rebecca Arzoian
President of Television
Smokehouse Pictures
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required)
Solange Attwood
EVP, International
Blue Ant Media
Speaking at: Distributors and Commissioning: The New Greenlight
Fenton Bailey
Co-Founder
World of Wonder
Fenton Bailey is co-founder of World of Wonder, the award-winning, multi-platform production company behind RuPaul’s Drag Race, the Million Dollar Listing franchise, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, and over 20 years of groundbreaking unscripted, scripted and documentary content. Alongside co-founder Randy Barbato, Bailey became a trailblazer in Hollywood by creating provocative documentaries...more
Speaking at: In Conversation With: Fenton Bailey (Co-Founder, World of Wonder – Executive Producer, RuPaul’s Drag Race)
Sarah Barnett
President, Entertainment Networks and AMC Studios
AMC Network Entertainment LLC
As President, Entertainment Networks, Sarah Barnett has oversight of AMC, BBC AMERICA, IFC, and SundanceTV. Her role includes direct oversight of AMC Premiere, the company’s premium SVOD service which offers fans the ability to watch original series without commercials and a variety of other benefits.
Previously Barnett was President and General Manager...more
Speaking at: Master Class: BBC's Seven Worlds, One Planet; SUMMIT SERIES: Sarah Barnett, AMC Entertainment Networks
Phil Barnsdall-Thompson
SVP Acquisitions, UK, Europe & North America
Flame Distribution
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Emily Baustien
Development Manager, Discovery & Science
Discovery Channel
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required)
Chris Bell
Vice President, Scripted Development - Canada, Television
Entertainment One
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Giuliana Benvenuto
Manager, Acquisitions, North America
Cineflix Rights
With nine years of experience in film and television distribution, broadcasting, and financing, Giuliana Benvenuto joined Cineflix Rights in February 2018. Giuliana sources and acquires quality third-party programming content for the company’s distribution catalogue. With a focus on North American acquisitions, Giuliana’s current producer clients include Mayhem Entertainment, Critical Content,...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Mark Bishop
Co-CEO & Executive Producer
marblemedia
Mark Bishop is Co-CEO and Partner at marblemedia. An accomplished entrepreneur,
brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate, Mark, alongside co-founder Matt
Hornburg, has grown marblemedia into one of Canada’s leading independent production,
distribution and digital media companies.
In addition to serving as executive producer across marblemedia’s successful portfolio of
television and...more
Speaking at: Why, eh? Clicking with YA audiences
Brenda Bisner
Chief Content Officer
Kidoodle.TV
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Brenda Bisner, Kidoodle.tv; Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Elena Blekhter
Director, Scripted Content
Dynamic Television
Elena Blekhter is the Director of Scripted Content at Dynamic Television, where she develops and produces scripted television series for the US, UK, Australian and Canadian markets. Most recently, she is a Co-Executive Producer on a Netflix series going into production as well as an untitled half-hour comedy series in development...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required); Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Chris Bonney
CEO Rights
Cineflix Rights
Chris Bonney is responsible for developing and executing Cineflix Media’s strategy to maximize the exploitation of its growing intellectual property on networks and digital platforms globally.
Chris leads Cineflix Rights, the distribution division of Cineflix Media. Since joining in 2012 he has overseen consistent growth, and Cineflix Rights is now the UK’s largest independent...more
Speaking at: Distributors and Commissioning: The New Greenlight
Guy Boutin
Chef De La Production Originale, Bureau des Provinces de L’Atlantique
TV5 Quebec Canada
In English
Manager of the original productions for TV5 and UnisTV in the Maritime Provinces, Guy Boutin has collaborated on various television productions over the last 20 years as a screenwriter, director and producer. His productions have been broadcast on most major networks. Since graduating from INIS in 1999, he has...more
Speaking at: Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Shirley Bowers
VP, Sales & Acquisitions
Red Arrow Studios International
Shirley Bowers is VP Sales and Acquisitions for Red Arrow Studios International.
Based in Los Angeles, Shirley is responsible for leading Red Arrow’s sales activities in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. She also works across North American factual acquisitions, alongside Red Arrow’s Scripted and Non-Scripted acquisitions teams.
Prior to joining...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required); Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Alison Brower
Deputy Editorial Director
The Hollywood Reporter
Speaking at: SUMMIT SERIES: Paul Feig, director, producer, screenwriter and activist; SUMMIT SERIES: Sarah Barnett, AMC Entertainment Networks
Logan Browning
Actress
Dear White People
Logan Browning stars in the Netflix Original Series, Dear White People, as the lead role of ‘Samantha White’ which will return for season three this Fall 2019.
She will next be seen starting opposite Allison Williams in the upcoming Netflix film The Perfection from director Richard Shepard. This horror-thriller which follows the...more
Speaking at: Master Class: Dear White People
Bonnie Brownlee
Executive Director Communications Marketing Brand & Research
CBC
Speaking at: Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Brie Miranda Bryant
SVP, Unscripted Development & Programming
Lifetime
When Brie Miranda Bryant heard the pitch for R. Kelly, she knew this was a story she wanted to tell, and that Lifetime was the right place to do it. With Lifetime’s legacy in providing a voice for women throughout its history, Bryant saw this project as a way to...more
Speaking at: Master Class: The Explosive Impact of Surviving R. Kelly
Amy Cameron
Executive Producer
Cameron Pictures (Mary Kills People, Little Dog)
Amy Cameron is an award-winning journalist, author, TV series creator, broadcast executive and executive producer. She is the co-founder of Cameron Pictures Inc., an independent production company she runs with her sister Tassie Cameron.
She is an executive producer on Cameron Pictures’ first two productions, the critically acclaimed dramatic series Mary...more
Speaking at: Showrunner Super Panel
Tassie Cameron
Executive Producer
Cameron Pictures
Tassie Cameron is a Gemini and Canadian Screen Award-winning screenwriter who has written for television series, MOWs, mini-series, and feature films. Tassie is currently an executive producer and co-showrunner on the critically acclaimed Mary Kills People, greenlit for a third season and produced under her production company Cameron Pictures in...more
Speaking at: Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Melissa Campbell
Owner
Contentum Consulting & Management
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Michael Carrington
Director Entertainment & Specialist
ABC Radio & TV
Michael Carrington is an award-winning broadcast executive who has worked across creative development, production management and commissioning of content in Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. He joined the ABC in 2016 as Head of Children’s content and in 2018 was appointed Head of Distribution, with responsibility for...more
Speaking at: Public Broadcasting: The Promise, The Peril
Vanessa Case
SVP Studio
VICE Canada
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required)
Kiri Cashell
Producer/Director
BBC Studios' Natural History Unit
Kiri has over nine years’ experience in wildlife film making. She is passionate about the natural world and has worked with BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit on a wide-range of award-winning programmes, such as Planet Earth Live, Deadly Pole to Pole and Nature's Epic journeys. She has worked across multiple formats from live outside broadcasts, observational...more
Speaking at: Master Class: BBC's Seven Worlds, One Planet
Sally Catto
General Manager, Entertainment, Factual and Sports
CBC
Sally Catto is the General Manager, Programming for CBC English Television. She oversees the strategic direction and programming of original and acquired scripted, digital original and unscripted programming for the network such as Schitt’s Creek, Workin’ Moms, Kim’s Convenience, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Anne, Alias Grace and The Great Canadian Baking Show.
In her role she has also overseen the re-branding...more
Speaking at: Master Class: Burden of Truth
Caroline Chevallier
Responsable pôle partenaires/Déléguée aux programmes
TV5 Monde
Speaking at: La place du contenu francophone dans le marché mondial numérique
Nathalie Clermont
VP, Programs & Business Development
Canada Media Fund
Speaking at: Partner Presentation: Doing Business With Canada: Co-Pro 101
Glenn Cockburn
President
Meridian Artists Inc
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required)
Corrie Coe
Senior Vice President, Original Programming
Bell Media
Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Original Programming for Bell Media’s English-language channels and platforms. With a company-wide focus, she is responsible for the overall development and production of all content commissioned from independent producers for CTV, Bell Media’s specialty channels, and for Crave, Bell Media’s pay and SVOD service.
Coe has...more
Speaking at: Major Drama: TV in the Cultural Conversation
Patrick Connolly
SVP, Programming
AMC / SundanceTV Global
Patrick Connolly, senior vice president, programming for AMC / SundanceTV Global, is responsible for acquisitions, planning, global strategy and scheduling of linear and VOD programming, as well as promotion planning and on-air creative for AMC Global and Sundance TV Global. In addition, he serves as executive producer of all film...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required); 30 Minutes With... Patrick Connolly, AMC / SundanceTV Global; Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Graeme Cornies
Composer
Voodoo Highway Music
Voodoo Highway Music & Post Inc. is a full- service audio post-production house, composing music and
designing audio for films, Triple-A video games, advertising, and a number of live-action and animated
television series for some of North America's largest networks.
Founded in 1999, Voodoo Highway Music & Post is a collective...more
Speaking at: Lunch and Learn: Hidden revenue sources through music
Alexandre Coscas
Producer
Coscas Productions Inc
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Mike Cosentino
President Content and Programming
Bell Media
Speaking at: Navigating the Content Business: Future Forecast
Valerie Creighton
President & CEO
Canada Media Fund
Valerie Creighton is an industry leader in arts, culture and media, recognized for reenergizing some of the country’s most important organizations in the sector over the last 30 years. An expert in organizational change, Valerie has been recognized as a visionary in promoting Canada’s cultural wealth.
Currently serving as President and...more
Speaking at: Festival Opening Remarks
Josie Crimi
EVP Development and Production
Scott Brothers Entertainment
Speaking at: Master Class: Brick by Brick, How Scott Brothers Global was Built; Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Heather Curtis
Director of Development, Movies, Mini-Series, and International Co-Productions
ABC Television Network
Heather Curtis is Director of Development, Movies, Mini-Series, and International Co-Productions at ABC and has been at the network since 2016. Since starting at ABC Entertainment, she has helped develop and oversee the production of the drama series Ten Days In The Valley, Take Two, the limited series Somewhere Between,...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required); Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Alia J Daniels
Co-Founder and COO
Revry, Inc.
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Alia J. Daniels, Revry; Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Greg David
Journalist/Owner
TV, eh?
For over 15 years, Greg David was a television critic for TV Guide Canada, the country’s most trusted source for TV news. He has interviewed television actors, actresses and behind-the-scenes folks from countless programs over his time at TV Guide Canada. He has also been featured on the other side...more
Speaking at: Master Class: Burden of Truth
Deniese Davis
COO
ColorCreative
Deniese Davis has produced countless projects including music videos, short films and digital content. In the web-series realm she is best known for producing Issa Rae's award-winning web series The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl, which accumulated over 20 million views with seasons one and two combined.
As a freelance producer she has...more
Speaking at: Major Drama: TV in the Cultural Conversation
Zachary Davis
VP, Premium Content
Himalaya Media
Zachary Davis is the vice president for premium content at Himalaya Media, a creator-focused podcast platform, network and production studio headquartered in San Francisco. Davis is also the host and executive producer of the Harvard podcast Ministry of Ideas, a founding member of the Hub & Spoke...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Deborah Day
CEO & Chief Strategist
Innovate By Day
Deb Day is the Founder and CEO of Innovate By Day, a full-service strategic marketing and digital content studio. Prior to forming Innovate, Deb produced and directed award-winning film and television. In 2010, she recognized a real need for producers to develop digital and social media campaigns to support their...more
Speaking at: Lunch and Learn: Hidden revenue sources through music
David Dembroski
President
Scott Brothers Global, LLC.
Speaking at: Master Class: Brick by Brick, How Scott Brothers Global was Built
Austin Denesuk
Agent
Creative Artists Agency
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required)
Libbie Doherty
Head of Children’s Content
ABC - Australia
Head of Children’s Content at the ABC, Libbie Doherty is an advocate for Children’s content and brings a wealth of experience from the animation and live action worlds. Libbie is focused on nurturing new Australian creativity and talent, reflecting Australian kids’ diverse lives and creating pathways for Australian content to...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required); The New Must-Have TV: Kids Live Action
Shernold Edwards
Film and TV Writer
(Haven, Hand of God, Anne with an E)
Shernold Edwards is an award-winning film and TV writer with roots in genre/sci-fi and family drama. Shernold adapted the acclaimed novel A Day Late And A Dollar Short by Terry McMillan (Waiting To Exhale) into a TV movie for Lifetime starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ving Rhames. For that project, she received the 2015 NAACP Image...more
Speaking at: Showrunner Super Panel
Sheri Elwood
Executive Producer/Writer/Director
ELWOODISMS (Call Me Fitz, Lucifer, Whiskey Cavalier)
After graduating with a degree in Fine Art and Cinema, Sheri cut her comedy teeth writing for Disney/Fox and YTV, most notably co-creating I Was A Sixth Grade Alien, a surprise hit with college-age stoners. Victory!
She teamed with Lionsgate to create Beta Males for the CW and was a Supervising...more
Speaking at: Showrunner Super Panel
Amy Emmerich
Global President & Chief Content Officer
Refinery29
Amy Emmerich is the chief content officer at Refinery29, the leading digital media and entertainment company focused on women. She has more than 20 years of experience developing content and programming for brands including Refinery29, MTC Networks, Travel Channel and Vice Media. An Emmy award-winning producer, she has a full...more
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Amy Emmerich, Refinery29
James Farr
VP, Development
Cream Productions Inc.
James Farr is Director of Development for Cream Productions.
Since joining the company in 2010, James has been dedicated to finding and developing unique projects that connect and resonate with audiences hungry for exciting content.
Throughout his career at Cream, he has led the development on specials and series in a broad variety of unscripted genres,...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Jesse Fawcett
President
Essential Media Group
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Mike Fazzino
Sr. Content Acquisition Manager
Amazon Studios
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required); Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Paul Feig
Director, Screenwriter, Actor & Activist
Feigco Entertainment
Speaking at: SUMMIT SERIES: Paul Feig, director, producer, screenwriter and activist
Zach Feldberg
Executive In Charge of Production, Digital Originals
CBC
Speaking at: Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Jodie Ferneyhough
President/Owner
CCS Rights Management
Jodie founded CCS Rights Management, after years as the head of Universal Music Publishing Group and peermusic Canada. The company is built on the philosophy of hard work, dedication, creativity and solid business practices. The team consists of some of the most knowledgeable professionals in the business, who bring years...more
Speaking at: Lunch and Learn: Hidden revenue sources through music
Andy Fillmore
MP for Halifax and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage
Government of Canada
Speaking at: Festival Opening Remarks
Edwina Follows
General Manager Discovery Canada
Discovery Networks, Bell Media
As General Manager of the six Discovery Networks in Canada (Discovery, Animal Planet, Velocity, Science Channel, Investigation Discovery and Discovery GO), Edwina Follows is responsible for all day-to-day operations, including programming and independent production as well as business and strategic planning.
In her various roles throughout her career at Discovery Networks,
...moreSpeaking at: Making or Breaking the Modern Coproduction; Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Sarah Fowlie
Director, Comedy Original Programming
Bell Media
Speaking at: Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Justine Gamez Huckabay
President & Founder
Intercommunicate
Justine Gamez Huckabay is the President & Founder of Intercommunicate, a strategic marketing and communications firm helping entertainment and technology clients navigate international media. She founded Intercommunicate in 2018.
Justine is an Award Winning International Publicist, who worked in Worldwide Marketing for Warner Bros. Pictures in Los...more
Speaking at: Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required); Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Cathy Garland
Producer/Acquisitions, TRVL
TRVL
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required); Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Anna Gecan
Original Content Sr. Manager, Canada
Audible Inc.
Anna Gecan recently joined Audible to lead the Original Content Strategy for Canada. Audible, which launched its dedicated Canadian offering at Audible.ca in 2017, is investing in original Canadian fiction, drama, comedy, documentaries and lifestyle content, written for the audio form. In her role, Anna is looking forward to working with...more
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Anna Gecan, Audible
Athena Georgaklis
Head of Development
Nelvana Enterprises
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Athena Georgaklis, Nelvana; Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required); The New Must-Have TV: Kids Live Action
Darren Giblin
Vice President, Current Scripted Programming, Television
Entertainment One
With over 15 years of experience working across Production and Development in both Film and Television, Darren Giblin oversees Current Programming for Entertainment One Canada. Programs currently on Darren’s slate include MARY KILLS PEOPLE (Global/Lifetime), BURDEN OF TRUTH (CBC/CW), PRIVATE EYES (Global/ION), RANSOM (Global/CBS), CARDINAL (CTV/Hulu) and new series NURSES...more
Speaking at: Master Class: Burden of Truth
Marni Goldman
Production Executive, Lifestyle Content
Corus Entertainment
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Isabel Gomez-Moriana
Director, Scripted Development-Canada, Television
Entertainment One
Isabel joined the Creative Affairs team at Entertainment One in June 2017. As Director of Development her focus is to help eOne build a strong slate of scripted television projects for both the domestic and international marketplace.
Previously, Isabel spent 9 years as an executive with the Canadian Film Centre. As...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Amy Gravitt
EVP of Programming
HBO
Amy Gravitt is executive vice president, HBO Programming, for Home Box Office, responsible for developing and overseeing the production of original comedy series. She was named to this position in May 2016. She currently oversees “VEEP,” “Insecure,” “Barry,” “Silicon Valley,” “Ballers” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” She also oversaw the hit...more
Speaking at: In Conversation With: Bill Hader and HBO EVP of Programming, Amy Gravitt
Marsha Greene
Screenwriter
It’s Our Thing Production (Private Eyes, Mary Kills People)
Marsha Greene has written for Global’s hit series Private Eyes, ABC’s Ten Days In The Valley, and is currently the co-showrunner of the critically-acclaimed drama Mary Kills People, for which she’s earned two Canadian Screen Award nominations. Marsha is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre Prime Time Television program,...more
Speaking at: Showrunner Super Panel
Melissa Grego
CEO
Hollywood Radio & Television Society (HRTS)
Melissa Grego is CEO of Hollywood Radio & Television Society (HRTS), long recognized as the premiere information and networking forum for the TV, media and entertainment industry. Upon her appointment in October 2017, Grego became the first female executive to lead the non-profit organization.
Prior to HRTS, Grego parlayed her network...more
Speaking at: Master Class: Brick by Brick, How Scott Brothers Global was Built
Larry Grimaldi
SVP, Development and Production
MarVista Entertainment
Larry Grimaldi is Senior Vice President of Development & Production at Marvista Entertainment, where he helps create, develop and produce entertainment programming in the television movie, scripted and unscripted series and digital spaces. Before joining MVE, Larry spent considerable time as an independent producer. His career includes work for CBS,...more
Bill Hader
Actor, Creator, Director, Producer, Writer
Barry
Bill Hader made the switch from being a master of impressions on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE to creating, directing, writing, producing and starring as a burned out assassin trying to break into the LA theater scene in HBO's BARRY.
With its second season recently concluded, BARRY only got darker, funnier and more addictive....more
Speaking at: In Conversation With: Bill Hader and HBO EVP of Programming, Amy Gravitt
dream hampton
Executive Producer
Speaking at: Master Class: The Explosive Impact of Surviving R. Kelly
Melissa Hardinge
Senior Commissioning Editor
CBBC
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); The New Must-Have TV: Kids Live Action
Molly Harrington
Director of CNN Original Series
CNN
Molly Harrington is the Associate Director of CNN Original Series, based in Los Angeles. Harrington works across current programming, develops high-profile, non-fiction programs and is responsible for cultivating relationships within the creative community. To date, Harrington has managed the production of more than 25 original nonfiction series for CNN including Emmy Award-winning United Shades...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required); 30 Minutes With... Molly Harrington, CNN
Tom Hastings
Director, Original Programming, Drama
Bell Media
As the Director of Drama in Bell Media’s Original Programming Unit, Tom Hastings supervises the development and production of original Canadian dramatic series across Bell Media’s family of channels, including CTV, Space, Bravo, Crave.
Hastings has extensive relationships with Canada’s independent production community, and is especially known for his respected relationships...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required)
Justina Hemperek
Head of Acquisitions
Beyond Distribution
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required)
Kerri Hendry
SVP, Current Programming
Lionsgate
Kerri Hendry is currently an SVP of Current Programming at Lionsgate Television. Prior to joining the Lionsgate team, she has worked for Entertainment One, Thunder Road Films and Sony Pictures Television. Over her career, she has worked with and helped produce shows for ABC, NBC, AMC, Showtime, OWN, and several...more
Speaking at: Master Class: Dear White People
Scott Herbst
Head, Scripted Development, Television
Lionsgate
Speaking at: Making or Breaking the Modern Coproduction
Jeff Hersh
Vice-President, Strategy, OTT Distribution, and Premium SVOD
Bell Media
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Jeff Hersh, Crave
Meghan Hooper
SVP, Original Movies, Co-Productions and Acquisitions, Lifetime and Lifetime Movies
A+E Networks
Meghan Hooper White is Senior Vice President, Original Movies, Co-Productions and Acquisitions, for Lifetime and Lifetime Movies (formerly LMN). Based in New York, Hooper White oversees the development and production on both original films and original co-production film commissions, international co-productions and all program acquisitions for Lifetime and Lifetime Movies....more
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Meghan Hooper, A+E Networks; Major Drama: TV in the Cultural Conversation
Beth Iley
Director of Development
New Metric Media
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required)
Kyle Irving
Partner
Eagle Vision
A partner in Indigenous owned Eagle Vision, Kyle Irving has produced more than 200 hours of television content over eighteen years. He’s currently producing:Night Raiders, Danis Goulet’s feature debut; a fourth season of the hit award winning true-crime doc series Taken that he co-created for CBC and APTN; and is about to produce...more
Speaking at: Master Class: Burden of Truth
Tory Jennings
Director, Programming, Premium SVOD
Bell Media
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required)
Robin Johnston
Director, Original Programming, Factual & Reality
Bell Media
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required)
Kitti Jones
Survivor and Author
Speaking at: Master Class: The Explosive Impact of Surviving R. Kelly
Superna Kalle
Executive Vice President, International Digital Networks
Starz Media LLC
Superna Kalle is Executive Vice President, International Digital Networks.
Kalle reports directly to Starz Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Hirsch and is based in the company’s Santa Monica office. Kalle leads the international expansion of Starz-branded digital and linear services and channels, overseeing strategy and operations.
Most recently, Kalle was a senior advisor...more
Speaking at: Navigating the Content Business: Future Forecast
Richard Kanee
Executive Director, Digital Strategy
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Richard is Executive Director, Digital Strategy for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the country’s largest Canadian digital content ecosystem.
Since 1999, he has led digital strategy and business development for national media brands including MuchMusic and CTV. In that time, he pioneered many cross-platform successes that extended across broadcast, interactive television, web,...more
Speaking at: The BANFF DEBATE: Media, Creativity and Technology: Thriving Ecosystem or Future Monoculture?
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Founder & Chairman of the Board
Quibi
Jeffrey Katzenberg is a co-founder and managing partner of WndrCo, a holding company that invests in, acquires, develops and operates consumer technology businesses for the long term. He is also the founder and chairman of the board of Quibi, a mobile-first media platform incubated at WndrCo.
Katzenberg draws on more than...more
Speaking at: SUMMIT SERIES: Jeffrey Katzenberg, Quibi
Rob Kenneally
Agent
Creative Artists Agency
Speaking at: Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Paula Kerger
President & CEO
PBS
Paula A. Kerger is president and chief executive officer of PBS, the nation’s largest non-commercial media organization, with nearly 350 member stations throughout the country. Having joined PBS in March 2006, Kerger is the longest-serving president and CEO in PBS history.
Under Kerger’s leadership, PBS has grown its audiences across genres...more
Speaking at: Public Broadcasting: The Promise, The Peril; SUMMIT SERIES: Paula Kerger, PBS
Peter Knegt
Producer
CBC
Peter Knegt is an writer, filmmaker and arts curator. He has written multitude of international publications, including Variety, Salon, Film Quarterly, The Toronto Star, and, most notably, Indiewire, where he was the popular online magazine’s Senior Editor. Currently, Knegt works at the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, writing and producing content for their arts...more
Speaking at: In Conversation With: Fenton Bailey (Co-Founder, World of Wonder – Executive Producer, RuPaul’s Drag Race)
Matthew Kohler
VP, Marketing
Clorox Company of Canada
Speaking at: Marketers Lunch and Learn (sign up required) in Norquay
Kristin Kreuk
Actress, Executive Producer
Burden of Truth
Born and raised in Vancouver BC, Kristin broke out in the title role of the television movie Snow White for ABC, opposite Miranda Richardson. Not long after, she landed the lead role of ‘Lana Lang’ on the hit WB series Smallville. A longstanding Neutrogena beauty contract followed, and her long...more
Speaking at: Master Class: Burden of Truth
Timothy Kuryak
SVP, Production & Development
UPtv
As an Emmy-nominated television executive, Timothy Kuryak has developed, produced and overseen thousands of hours of programming for both broadcast and cable networks here in the United States and abroad.
Currently, Timothy serves as the SVP of Production & Development for UPtv, where he oversees all unscripted development and current programming,...more
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Timothy Kuryak, UPtv
Jenn Kuzmyk
Executive Director, BANFF & Associate Publisher, Playback
Banff World Media Festival
Speaking at: Festival Opening Remarks
Cort Lane
SVP Animation & Family Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Cort Lane is Marvel’s Senior Vice President, Animation & Family Entertainment. As a life-long Marvel fan, Lane is thrilled to develop and produce shows within the rich Marvel Universe. Drawing on a wealth of experience in entertainment, interactive media and marketing for children, Lane leads Marvel’s expanding slate of kid...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); The New Must-Have TV: Kids Live Action
Andreas Lemos
VP of Acquisitions, Co-Productions & North America Sales
Banijay Rights
An experienced industry veteran, having worked at Virgin Media, AETN and SVOD platform Babelgum in programming acquisitions, before moving to the distribution sector at Banijay Rights. Andreas started at Banijay working in factual acquisitions, securing first look deals with respected UK production companies such as Minnow Films and Storyvault Films,...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required)
Randy Lennox
President
Bell Media
As President of Bell Media, Canada’s leading broadcasting, streaming, and content creation company, Lennox is responsible for all of the company’s businesses including TV, radio, digital, and out-of-home, as well as new ventures and partnerships.
Lennox joined Bell Media in August 2015 as President, Production and Broadcasting. In February, 2017, he...more
Speaking at: Festival Opening Remarks; SUMMIT SERIES: Jeffrey Katzenberg, Quibi
Liz Levenson
President
Cactus Tree Entertainment
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required)
Richard Life
Head of Acquisitions
Cineflix Rights
For over twenty years, Richard Life has worked in the international television production, finance and distribution business with some of the leading creators of scripted and non-scripted content in the UK, North America, and many other countries.
Having joined Cineflix Rights as VP, Acquisitions in 2018, he was appointed Head of...more
Speaking at: Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Samantha Linton
VP Head of Original Content
Blue Ant Media
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Sam Linton, Blue Ant Media; Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required)
Krista Look
Director of Original Lifestyle Content
Corus Entertainment
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required); Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Lainey Lui
Co-Host, The Social, Senior Correspondent, etalk
Bell Media
Lainey isn’t looking to impress anyone, especially celebrities. ETALK Senior Correspondent, Co-host of CTV’s The Social, and scribe of the immensely popular celebrity gossip blog, LaineyGossip.com, Lainey does what she does for one reason – to provide a gossip education to the Canadian public.
The Toronto-born, self-proclaimed gossip maven got...more
Speaking at: Master Class: The Explosive Impact of Surviving R. Kelly
Lisa Lyons Johnston
President and Publisher
Kids Can Press Ltd
Lisa Lyons Johnstonis the President and Publisher of Canada’s leading children’s book publisher, Kids Can Press, part of the Corus Entertainment family. Since 2003, Lisa has held senior leadership positions at Corus, first joining the company’s television group as Vice President & General Manger of Content Distribution and of Max...more
Speaking at: Why, eh? Clicking with YA audiences
Christine Maestracci
Vice President Acquisitions & International Distribution
Quebecor
Christine Maestracci is Senior Director Acquisitions at Quebecor Content.
In this role, she is responsible for devising content acquisition strategy for all the platforms of the group, developing partnerships with studios and distributors, and growing the distribution of original productions abroad. She leads a team that scouts...more
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Christine Maestracci, Quebecor; Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Laura Martin
Managing Director, Senior Analyst Entertainment & Internet
Needham & Company, LLC
Speaking at: The BANFF DEBATE: Media, Creativity and Technology: Thriving Ecosystem or Future Monoculture?
Katrina Matheson
VP of Television
Constantin Film
Speaking at: Why, eh? Clicking with YA audiences
Catherine Mathys
Director of Industry & Market Trends
Canada Media Fund
Speaking at: Partner Presentation: CMF Key Trends Report
Marie McCann
Senior Director, CBC Kids
CBC
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required)
Michelle McCree
Production Executive, Factual
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required)
Patricia Meek
Manager, Original Content, Drama & Factual
Corus Entertainment
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required); Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Dany Meloul
General Manager, Television
Bell Media
Speaking at: Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required); La place du contenu francophone dans le marché mondial numérique
Jed Mercurio
Showrunner
Bodyguard, Line of Duty
Jed Mercurio is one of the few British screenwriters to work as a showrunner. His most recent productions, Bodyguard and Line of Duty, have broken audience records in the UK. His other credits include Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Critical, Strike Back, Bodies, The Grimleys and Cardiac Arrest. Line of Duty and...more
Speaking at: In Conversation With: Jed Mercurio (Bodyguard, Line of Duty)
Marlo Miazga
President & CEO
Bristow Global Media Inc.
Marlo Miazga has spent the last 25 years building her reputation as a global-facing producer delivering premium factual series with an unparalleled visual style. Since joining Bristow Global Media as Vice President of Content in 2016, Marlo has been intrinsic in the crafting and production of a diverse slate of...more
Speaking at: Partner Presentation: Doing Business With Canada: Co-Pro 101
Virginia Mouseler
CEO
The WIT World Information Tracking
Virginia Mouseler is the co-founder of The WIT, the leading agency specialized in research and information on TV content worldwide.
After graduating in philosophy and psychoanalysis, she graduated from a top tier business school. She published two novels and an essay, translated into several languages.
In 1996, Virginia founded The Wit, analysing...more
Speaking at: Wake Up with The Wit
Doug Murphy
President and CEO
Corus Entertainment
Doug Murphy is President and Chief Executive Officer of Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus is a leading Canadian-based integrated media and content company with a portfolio of multimedia offerings encompassing 37 specialty television services, 15 conventional television stations, 39 radio stations, a global content business, digital assets, live events, children’s book publishing,...more
Speaking at: Navigating the Content Business: Future Forecast
Rachel Nelson
Director, Original Content, Scripted and Factual
Corus Entertainment
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Rachel Nelson, Corus Entertainment
Ben Noot
Director Global Acquisitions
National Geographic
Ben joined National Geographic Channels in 2013. In his current role of Director, Global Acquisitions, Ben is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, acquiring and co-producing content for global programming. Ben sources programming to air across 4 channels in territories worldwide including The National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo People...more
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Ben Noot, National Geographic; Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required); Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Cara Nye
Director, Production
Accessible Media Inc.
Cara Nye, Director of Production, AMI-tv, for Accessible Media Inc.: Cara has close to 30 years of production experience, having previously worked for CHUM/Rogers supporting such networks as MuchMusic, Citytv, OMNI, FX Canada, OLN and Bio. Since joining AMI-tv in 2012, Cara is responsible for all internal and outsourced productions,...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Glenn O'Farrell
President
TFO
Speaking at: La place du contenu francophone dans le marché mondial numérique
Jennevie Olivieri
Manager, TV Co-Productions
Gaumont
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #4 (sign up required)
Sharone Ostrovsky
CEO
4East Media Inc.
Sharone Ostrovsky likes to say that what she does best is “throw the party.” The 25-year television veteran has experience in everything from the very early stages of conception, to showrunning, overseeing crews, budgets and financing, right down to colour correcting the very last frame. Often driven by her own curiosity...more
Speaking at: Distributors and Commissioning: The New Greenlight
Isabelle Pain
Head of Content, Prime Video Canada
Amazon
Isabelle Pain oversees content selection for Prime Video in Canada. She previously worked on the Content Acquisition team for Prime Video in the US working on co-productions with the UK.
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required); Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Alexandra Panousis
CEO/President
Havas Media
Alex Panousis is an executive at the forefront of digital media, technology and creativity. A culture leader and media/creative industry veteran, with over 20 years of experience leading high-growth, innovative and profitable agencies. Alex is the President and Chief Media Officer of Havas, and is also the Community Director with TechTO and...more
Speaking at: Navigating the Content Business: Future Forecast
Yann Paquet
Vice President Quebecor Content
Quebecor Content
Speaking at: La place du contenu francophone dans le marché mondial numérique
François-Pier Pelinard-Lambert
Chief Editor
Le Film Francais
François-Pier Pelinard-Lambert is Le Film Français chief editor, France's oldest and most respected trade publication covering French and international news about movies, television and digital. Le Film Francais is the media partner and works closely with major TV festival events in the world such as Series Mania, Series Mania Melbourne...more
Speaking at: Public Broadcasting: The Promise, The Peril
Greg Phillips
President
Kew Media Distribution
Greg Phillips, President, Kew Media Distribution is responsible for directing the overall trajectory and growth of the Kew Media Distribution business in the international market. With more than 14,000 hours of diverse, multi-genre content currently in the KEW MEDIA portfolio, his role includes actively identifying, sourcing and contracting programming that...more
Speaking at: Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required); Distributors and Commissioning: The New Greenlight
Brian Pickett
Composer
Voodoo Highway Music
Voodoo Highway Music & Post Inc. is a full- service audio post-production house, composing music and
designing audio for films, Triple-A video games, advertising, and a number of live-action and animated
television series for some of North America's largest networks.
Founded in 1999, Voodoo Highway Music & Post is a collective...more
Speaking at: Lunch and Learn: Hidden revenue sources through music
Sebastien Pigeon
Executive Producer & General Manager
Aetios Productions Inc.
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required)
Carol Ann Pilon
Executive Director
Alliance des Producteurs Francophones du Canada (APFC)
Speaking at: La place du contenu francophone dans le marché mondial numérique
Jordan Pinto
Associate Editor
Banff World Media Festival
Speaking at: Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Program
Jenny Ramirez
VP, Unscripted Programming, TNT, TBS and truTV
Turner Entertainment Networks, TNT & TBS
Jenny Ramirez currently serves as VP, Unscripted Programming for TNT and TBS, helping to oversee unscripted development and current for both networks. For TBS, she most recently oversaw two seasons of Snoop Dogg Presents: The Joker’s Wild, as well as the upcoming comedy game show The Misery Index, featuring Jameela Jamil and...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required)
Marly Reed
Vice President, Development
NESHAMA Entertainment
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required)
Chris Regina
Director, Original Series Content Acquisition
Netflix
In his role at Netflix as Director, Scripted Co-License and Original TV, Chris Regina oversees upcoming global original sci-fi genre series like Another Life, Wu Assassins, The Order, October Faction and Black Summer.
Previously he was Senior Vice President, Original Co-Productions, Syfy, USA & Chiller, focusing on...more
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Lunch with a Decision Maker (sign up required); 30 Minutes With... Netflix
Max Richards
Vice President, International Distribution
Propagate Content
Speaking at: Distributors and Commissioning: The New Greenlight
Jane Rimer
Consultant
Insight Productions LTD
Speaking at: Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Program
Juno Rinaldi
Actor/Writer
Juno Rinaldi
Since moving to Toronto, Juno Rinaldi has had the pleasure of playing Frankie Coyne, a lead role on the International Emmy Nominated series Workin' Moms for CBC/NETFLIX.
Rinaldi wrote and stars in Such a Small Thing, a short film set to be released later this year and has also optioned an...more
Speaking at: Rockie Awards International Program Competition Ceremony (Van Horne Ballroom); Rockies Nominee Meet-up
Pierre-Andre Rochat
President
Daro Film Distribution
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required)
Edward Sabin
Executive MD of International
A+E Networks
Speaking at: Making or Breaking the Modern Coproduction
Vera Santamaria
Writer, Co-Executive Producer
(Orange is the New Black)
Vera Santamaria is a writer and Co-Executive Producer on Orange Is The New Black (Netflix). Her other writing credits include BoJack Horseman (Netflix), Playing House (USA), Up All Night (NBC), Community (NBC) and Outsourced (NBC). She was born and raised in Toronto and began her writing career in Canada, working on...more
Speaking at: Showrunner Super Panel
Jessica Schmiedchen
Executive in Charge of Development, Unscripted Content
CBC
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required)
Michael Schneider
Senior Editor, TV Awards
Variety
Michael Schneider serves as Senior Editor, TV Awards, for Variety, where he oversees Emmy coverage and special issues, in addition to writing about television programming and the entertainment industry for the publication. He also hosts the podcast "My Favorite Episode," which features interviews with top TV stars, producers, and writers...more
Speaking at: SUMMIT SERIES: Paula Kerger, PBS; Master Class: Dear White People
Saskia Schuster
Comedy Controller
ITV Network Ltd
Saskia is Controller for Comedy at ITV, commissioning hour-long comedy dramas, half-hour scripted comedy, sketch shows and comedy entertainment formats.
Commissions for ITV include Glass Houses, Bad Move, The Keith and Paddy Picture Show, Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule, Birds Of A Feather, Benidorm, Through The Keyhole, The Imitation Game, Play To...more
Speaking at: Breakfast with a Decision Maker (sign up required)
Drew Scott
Partner
Scott Brothers Global, LLC.
Speaking at: Master Class: Brick by Brick, How Scott Brothers Global was Built
Jonathan Scott
Partner
Scott Brothers Global, LLC.
Speaking at: Master Class: Brick by Brick, How Scott Brothers Global was Built
Brent Jordan Sherman
Literary Agent
Characters Talent Agency
Brent Jordan Sherman is a Literary Agent at Canada's preeminent agency The Characters Talent Agency. With strategic focus on both domestic and international markets, Sherman represents a compelling roster of artists and companies and has engaged Artists in both film and television productions across the globe including at Netflix, Apple, Amazon,...more
Speaking at: Why, eh? Clicking with YA audiences
Larry Shuman
President
The Shuman Company
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required)
Justin Simien
Creator/Showrunner
Dear White People
Justin Simien is a writer, director, and producer of both television and film based in Los Angeles, California. In 2014 he wrote and directed his first feature film, the critically acclaimed Indie Dear White People, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. After being called “timely and important” by critics and audiences...more
Speaking at: Master Class: Dear White People
Tamra Simmons
CEO and Executive Producer
The Tamra Simmons Brand Agency
Speaking at: Master Class: The Explosive Impact of Surviving R. Kelly; Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Program
Christin Simms
Writer, Executive Producer
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Speaking at: The New Must-Have TV: Kids Live Action
Jonathan Sinclair
EVP, Programing & Development
OWN Oprah Winfrey Network
Jonathan Sinclair currently serves as executive vice president of Programming and Development for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. In this role, Sinclair develops and delivers new and inspirational programming that aligns with Oprah Winfrey’s legacy and expands the first-rate content of the network.
Sinclair first joined Harpo Studios in 1996 as a...more
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Jonathan Sinclair, OWN
Reeny Smith
Recording Artist, Songwriter and Producer
Canadian Music Publishers Association
Hailing from North Preston, Nova Scotia, Reeny Smith is a multi award winning recording artist, songwriter and producer. Her debut album “WW III: Strength Courage Love” garnered her a Nova Scotia Music Award nomination for Songwriter of the Year. Two ECMA awards cemented her status as one of Atlantic Canada’s...more
Speaking at: Lunch and Learn: Hidden revenue sources through music
Sam Sniderman
EVP Global Production
Blue Ant Media
Speaking at: Making or Breaking the Modern Coproduction
Jennifer Stahlke
VP, Customer Marketing
Walmart Canada Corp.
As Vice President of Customer Marketing at Walmart Canada, Jennifer is accountable for the strategic direction and implementation of the enterprise marketing plan including Walmart Media Group.
Jennifer has a unique combination of CPG and Retail marketing and merchandising leadership experience at the world’s largest food and retail organizations. Her career...more
Speaking at: Marketers Lunch and Learn (sign up required) in Norquay
Philipp Steffens
Head of Fiction
RTL
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #1 (sign up required); Major Drama: TV in the Cultural Conversation
Adam Steinman
VP, Creative, Format, Development & Sales
Warner Bros. International Television Production
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #2 (sign up required); Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required)
Sandra Stern
President, Lionsgate Television Group
Lionsgate Entertainment
Sandra Stern is President of the Lionsgate Television Group and has been a key member of the Company’s senior management team for the past 16 years. She has helped guide Lionsgate’s television business to record-breaking revenue growth during nearly every year of her tenure and has been instrumental in tripling the...more
Speaking at: Navigating the Content Business: Future Forecast
Uwe Stueckmann
SVP, Marketing
Loblaw Companies Ltd
Uwe is responsible for the Marketing function at Loblaw Companies Ltd, Canada’s largest retailer. In this capacity, he oversees the building of some of Canada’s favorite retail brands - including Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaws, Provigo, Maxi, No Frills, and Real Canadian Superstore; as well as Canada’s most iconic and largest packaged goods brands...more
Speaking at: Marketers Lunch and Learn (sign up required) in Norquay
Veena Sud
Writer, Director, Producer
(The Killing, Seven Seconds)
Veena is an established television writer, director, and producer. She is best known for creating the Emmy nominated American television drama, The Killing. She also created the Emmy winning limited series “Seven Seconds” which debuted on Netflix last year. Veena came up as a new writer (and became a showrunner...more
Speaking at: Showrunner Super Panel
Kerry Swanson
Associate Director
Indigenous Screen Office
Speaking at: Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Program
Catherine Tait
President & CEO
CBC
As President and CEO, Catherine Tait is responsible for overseeing the management of Canada's national public broadcaster to ensure that it fulfills its mandate and continues to offer Canadians a broad spectrum of high quality programming that informs, enlightens and entertains, and that is created by, for and about Canadians.
Catherine...more
Speaking at: CBC/ Radio-Canada's Breakfast of Champions
Rishad Tobaccowala
Chief Growth Officer and Member of Management Board
Publicis Groupe
Rishad Tobaccowala is the Chief Growth Officer of the Publicis Groupe, an 80,000-employee firm comprising companies like Sapient Razorfish, DigitasLBi, Leo Burnett, Saatchi and Saatchi, Starcom, Zenith and many other companies dedicated to delivering marketing and business transformation. Rishad also serves on the Publicis Management Committee.
In his current role Rishad...more
Speaking at: The BANFF DEBATE: Media, Creativity and Technology: Thriving Ecosystem or Future Monoculture?
Tony Tompson
Drama Development Executive
Hulu
Speaking at: Face-to-Face Meetings #3 (sign up required)
Kim Turrisi
Author
KCP Loft
After graduating from Florida State University, Kim Turrisi began her career in film and television. After a year of on-set production (getting coffee, wrangling actors and taking lunch orders), Kim segued into the development side of the business. She first worked as a development executive at Columbia TriStar and eventually...more
Speaking at: Why, eh? Clicking with YA audiences
Joana Vicente
Executive Director & Co-Head
TIFF
Joana Vicente is the Executive Director and the Co-Head of the Toronto International Film Festival. She previously served as the Executive Director of the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) as well as the Made in NY Media Center by IFP. Vicente is an Academy Award-nominated producer of over 40 feature films...more
Speaking at: The BANFF DEBATE: Media, Creativity and Technology: Thriving Ecosystem or Future Monoculture?
Allison Wallach
President
Jupiter Entertainment
Speaking at: Making or Breaking the Modern Coproduction
Jesse Wente
Director
Indigenous Screen Office
Jesse Wente is a highly-respected broadcaster and cultural industries leader, having worked at major Canadian cultural organizations. A film expert, he has spent two decades working in the creative community and advocating for Indigenous rights. He is the current Director of the Indigenous Screen Office. He has been Director of Film Programmes at...more
Speaking at: The BANFF DEBATE: Media, Creativity and Technology: Thriving Ecosystem or Future Monoculture?
Peter White
International Co-Editor
Deadline Hollywood
Speaking at: Master Class: BBC's Seven Worlds, One Planet; In Conversation With: Jed Mercurio (Bodyguard, Line of Duty)
Barbara Williams
Executive Vice-President
CBC
Barbara Williams became CBC’s Executive Vice-President English Services, on May 1, 2019.
In this role, Barbara oversees all of the public broadcaster’s English language programming services, including CBC News and CBC Newsworld, CBC Television, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Sports, CBC Kids, CBC Gem, CBC Listen, the Documentary Channel,...more
Speaking at: Public Broadcasting: The Promise, The Peril
Trish Williams
Executive Director of Scripted Content
CBC
Speaking at: 30 Minutes With... Trish Williams, CBC
Kevin Wright
Principal
The Optimal Pitch
Kevin Wright is a dynamic speaker with thirty years’ experience in screen-based media. He has commissioned over sixty television series and heard hundreds of pitches. His workshop helps people convey their ideas in a concise and persuasive manner by providing tips and secrets from the Decision Maker’s Perspective.
Whether it’s a...more
Speaking at: Deliver the Optimal Pitch
