2020 AGENDA

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Tuesday, May 26

1:00 PM

Master Class: Snowpiercer

Monday, June 8

9:00 AM

Rockie Awards Roundtable: Arts & Entertainment Rockie Awards Roundtable: Children & Youth
Rockie Awards Roundtable: Documentary & Factual Rockies Awards Roundtable: Scripted

Friday, June 12

2:30 PM

How to navigate the BANFF Virtual Edition

Monday, June 15

10:30 AM	30 Minutes With... Nadine Dupont, Groupe Media TFO 30 Minutes With... Courtney Thomasma, BBC America
11:00 AM	30 Minutes With... Stephanie Betts, WildBrain 30 Minutes With... Jeff Hersh, Bell Media Speed Meetings - CNN, Vice Media, eOne Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, PBS, Rogers Sports & Media Speed Meetings - ZDF, Bell Media, ITV Speed Meetings - CBC, APTN WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 11:00am - 12:00pm Sessions
12:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Lisa Hamilton-Daly, Netflix 30 Minutes With... Christine Maestracci, Quebecor
1:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Stacey Carr & Brittany Cope, Nickelodeon 30 Minutes With... Danny Feldheim, CBS All-Access
1:30 PM	Speed Meetings - Warner Brothers International Television Production, Netflix, CAA Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, Bell Media, Radio-Canada Speed Meetings - Bell Media, Blue Ant Media, M6 Speed Meetings - PBS, TVO, Group Media TFO WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 1:30pm - 2:30pm Sessions
2:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Diane Ikemiyashiro & Kim Berglund, Disney Junior 30 Minutes With... Camille Bernier-Green, Facebook
2:30 PM	30 Minutes With... Christiane Asselin, Radio-Canada & Gave Lindo, CBC 30 Minutes With... Kathryn Tyus-Adair, Starz
3:00 PM	Rockie Awards International Program Competition

Tuesday, June 16

10:00 AM	In Conversation With: Minister of Canadian Heritage, Steven Guilbeault
10:30 AM	Coffee With... Phil Barnsdall-Thompson, Flame Distribution Coffee With... Justina Hemperek, Beyond Distribution Coffee With... Erin Finlay, Stohn Hay Cafazzo Dembroski Richmond LLP
11:00 AM	Media Leaders 2020: the path forward
11:30 AM	Coffee With... Maria Ishak, All3Media Coffee With... Beth Iley, New Metric Media Coffee With... James Farr, Cream Productions
12:00 PM	Trickster: working towards narrative sovereignty
1:00 PM	Un bon départ : modèles pour la reprise des tournages
2:00 PM	Master Class: Canada's Drag Race Coffee With... Ludo Dufour, Blue Ant Media Coffee With... Roy Ashton, Gersh Coffee With... Lisa Fahrenholt, EndemolShine
3:00 PM	Quick Draw: animation industry leaders with lessons for the future Coffee With... Jennifer Harkness, Blue Ant Media Coffee With... Gregory Pang, RedFrame Law Coffee With... Matt Creasey, Endemol Shine International
3:15 PM	Showrunner Superpanel: where do we go from here
4:00 PM	In Conversation With: The team behind The Last Dance

Tuesday, June 23

1:00 PM	Master Class: Quibi's The Stranger
3:00 PM	CMF Partner Presentation: Back to Business; practical examples on moving forward

Wednesday, June 24

2:00 PM

Partner Presentation: Spotlight on Corus – Partnering with Corus to Build Global Franchises

Monday, June 29

11:00 AM	30 Minutes With... Carlyn Staudt, Love Nature 30 Minutes With... Katie Isaacson, CNN Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, Keshet International, UKTV Speed Meetings - Blue Ant Media, eOne, OWN Speed Meetings - Bell Media, Super Channel, TRVL Speed Meetings - BBC, CBC, Viasat World WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 11:00am - 12:00pm ET Sessions (opens at 10:00am ET)
12:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Matt Brodlie & Chris Loveall, Disney+ 30 Minutes With... Rachel Nelson, Corus Entertainment
1:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Igal Svet, Discovery 30 Minutes With... Max Micallef, History
1:30 PM	Speed Meetings - Bell Media, BET, Topic Speed Meetings - Characters Talent Agency, Gersh, MGM Studios Speed Meetings - CBC, Corus Entertainment, Jennifer Hollyer Agency Speed Meetings - CBC, Nickelodeon, The Alpern Group WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 1:30pm - 2:30pm ET Sessions (opens at 12:30pm ET)
2:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Marie McCann, CBC Kids 30 Minutes With... Deborah Osborne, APTN
3:00 PM	Coffee With... Felicia Litovitz, Cineflix Rights Coffee With... James Whitlam, Framestore Coffee With... Mary-Anne Taylor, Roku Coffee With... Warren Ross, Canadian Media Producers Association

Tuesday, June 30

1:00 PM

Master Class: American Portrait

Wednesday, July 8

1:00 PM

Master Class: Mrs America

Thursday, July 9

1:00 PM

Nelvana Partner Presentation: redefining the new animated partnership model - how Nelvana partners with global broadcasters

Tuesday, July 14

1:00 PM

Master Class: HBO’s Avenue 5

Friday, July 17

11:00 AM	30 Minutes With... Bill Margol, PBS 30 Minutes With... Philippa Collie-Cousins, UKTV Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, OutTV, WildBrain Speed Meetings - Channel 5, Quebecor, TVO Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, Meridian Artists, Nutopia WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 11:00am - 12:00pm ET Sessions (opens at 10:00am ET) Speed Meetings - Beyond Distribution, CBC, PBS
12:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Andre Beraud, Radio-Canada and Trish Williams, CBC
1:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Mioshi Hill, Lifetime 30 Minutes With... Sam Linton, Blue Ant Media
1:30 PM	Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, History, Starz WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 1:30pm - 2:30pm ET Sessions (opens at 12:30pm ET) Speed Meetings - CNN, Discovery, VICE Media Speed Meetings - CuriosityStream, MGM Television, Radio-Canada
2:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Alex Montalvo, Quibi 30 Minutes With... Jason Altman, Ubisoft
3:00 PM	Coffee With... Tassie Cameron, Cameron Pictures Coffee With... Thom Chapman, SpinMaster Entertainment Coffee With... Meghan Hooper, ViacomCBS Coffee With... Pippa Lambert, Hellcat

Tuesday, July 21

1:00 PM

Showrunner Superpanel: the opportunity zone

Thursday, August 6

1:00 PM

Partner Presentation: YouTube - new digital opportunities for an industry in flux

Tuesday, August 11

1:30 PM

Critical Math: how data is revolutionizing the discovery and experience of content in the 21st century

Monday, August 17

11:00 AM	30 Minutes With... Jennifer Dettman, CBC 30 Minutes With... Jarmo Lampela, YLE Speed Meetings - Corus Entertainment, eOne, ZDF Speed Meetings - BBC Studios, eOne, Jennifer Hollyer Agency Speed Meetings - National Geographic WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 11:00am - 12:00pm ET Sessions (opens at 10:00am ET)
12:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Kerry Moraes-Sugiyama, APTN
1:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Lauren Celinski, YouTube
1:30 PM	Speed Meetings - Bell Media, CNN, Warner Bros International Television Production Speed Meetings - CBC, History, Ubisoft Speed Meetings - APTN, Topic, YLE WAIT LINE for Speed Meetings 1:30pm - 2:30pm ET Sessions (opens at 12:30pm ET)
2:00 PM	30 Minutes With... Kelsey Balance, NBCU International Studios
3:00 PM	Coffee With... Kristofer Updike, Peacock Coffee With... Deniese Davis, ColorCreative Coffee With... Carrie Mudd, Peacock Alley Coffee With... Beth Iley, New Metric Media

Thursday, October 1

3:30 PM

Telling Indigenous Stories and the New Normal - post COVID-19

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