Agenda

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Tuesday, March 22

8:00am	Delegate Lounge: open daily (8:00am - 11:59pm)
11:00am	Speed Networking (11:00am - 11:30am)
12:00pm	Programming trend report (12:00pm - 12:45pm)
1:00pm	Chatroom: Commissioning FAQ (1:00pm - 1:45pm)
3:00pm	Pitching a hit in 2022 (3:00pm - 3:45pm)
4:00pm	Chatroom: Producer Life (4:00pm - 4:45pm)

Wednesday, March 23

12:00am	Delegate Lounge: open daily (12:00am - 6:00pm)
11:00am	Speed Networking (11:00am - 11:30am)
12:00pm	Distributors dish on international financing trends (12:00pm - 12:45pm)
1:00pm	Chatroom: Getting to Greenlight (1:00pm - 1:45pm)
3:00pm	Thriving, growing and breaking down doors: Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices participants on the path from here (3:00pm - 3:45pm)
4:00pm	Chatroom: Creative Conversations (4:00pm - 4:45pm)

Thursday, March 31

3:30pm

Mixer: Meet the BANFF Spark Accelerator Participants (3:30pm - 4:30pm)

Wednesday, April 27

1:00pm

Pitch Doctors: WarnerMedia, SEVEN24, Crown Media (1:00pm - 2:30pm) Pitch Doctors: PBS, Eagle Vision, CBC (1:00pm - 2:30pm) Pitch Doctors: Warner Bros. International Television Production, Crown Media, FreshTV (1:00pm - 2:30pm) Pitch Doctors: CBC, Warner Bros. International Television Production, Bell Media (1:00pm - 2:30pm)

Sunday, June 12

7:00am	Registration 7:00 am - 7:30 pm (Curio Foyer)
9:30am	Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum #1: Scripted Feature Films (9:30am - 10:30am)
10:30am	Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum #2: Scripted Drama Series (10:30am - 11:30am)
11:30am	Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum #3: Scripted Comedy Series (11:30am - 12:30pm)
1:00pm	Spotlight on Corus Entertainment (1:00pm - 1:45pm) Ivor Petrak
1:30pm	Welcome to BANFF tour (1:30pm - 2:00pm) Cascade
2:00pm	Spotlight on CBC (2:00pm - 2:45pm) Ivor Petrak
3:00pm	Festival opening session (3:00pm - 3:30pm) Cascade
3:30pm	In Conversation With: Kevin Beggs and Frank Giustra (3:30pm - 4:15pm) Cascade
4:15pm	Media Leaders 2022: future forward (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Cascade
5:30pm	CBC/Radio-Canada Opening Reception 5:30pm - 7:30 pm (Riverview Lounge)

Monday, June 13

7:15am	Registration 7:15 am - 6:00 pm (Curio Foyer)
7:30am	CBC/Radio-Canada Breakfast: The Future of Entertainment (7:30am - 9:00am) Alberta
9:00am	An address from The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage (9:00am - 9:15am) Cascade
9:15am	In Conversation With: CRTC Chairperson and CEO Ian Scott (9:15am - 9:45am) Cascade
10:00am	Master Class: Disney and Fulwell 73’s Among the Stars (10:00am - 10:45am) Cascade The FAST/AVOD market is exploding - what’s in it for you? (10:00am - 10:45am) Alberta Speed Meetings with Buyers (10:00am - 11:00am) Alhambra
10:30am	Meet a Distributor (10:30am - 11:00am) Garden Terrace
11:00am	Summit Series: Pearlena Igbokwe,Chairman, Universal Studio Group (11:00am - 11:45am) Cascade
11:30am	Meet an Agent (11:30am - 12:00pm) Garden Terrace
12:00pm	The Future of Indies (12:00pm - 12:45pm) Cascade
12:30pm	Meet a Decision Maker (12:30pm - 1:00pm) Garden Terrace
1:00pm	Creator Connections Hour with William F. White Int’l (1:00pm - 1:45pm) Master Class: Rutherford Falls (1:00pm - 1:45pm) Cascade Dissecting the ME-TA-VERSE (1:00pm - 1:30pm) Alberta 30 minutes with... Brent Haynes, Amazon Studios (1:00pm - 1:30pm) Ivor Petrak
1:30pm	Speed Meetings with Buyers (1:30pm - 2:30pm) Alhambra
2:00pm	Master Class: BBC Three and HBO Max’s Starstruck (2:00pm - 2:45pm) Cascade Globalizing CanCon: The Opportunity for Canadian Creativity (2:00pm - 2:45pm) Alberta Spotlight on Blue Ant Media (2:00pm - 2:45pm) Ivor Petrak Meet a Funder + Lawyer (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Garden Terrace
3:00pm	In Conversation With: Entertainment One and the showrunners of Yellowjackets (3:00pm - 3:45pm) Cascade Being Counted: Canada's first race-based audience survey signals market opportunities and data collection gaps (3:00pm - 3:45pm) Alberta Spotlight on A+E Networks: History Channel and Homemade Nation (3:00pm - 3:45pm) Ivor Petrak Meet a Showrunner + Director (3:00pm - 3:30pm) Garden Terrace
4:30pm	Rockie Awards International Program Competition - cocktails + screening party (Van Horne Ballroom) (4:30pm - 6:30pm)
9:00pm	Mountview BBQ (9:00 pm - 1:00 am)

Tuesday, June 14

7:30am	Registration 7:30 am - 6:00 pm (Curio Foyer)
8:00am	Shaw Rocket Presents: Being Seen Breakfast – Creating & commissioning more inclusive children's content (8:00am - 9:00am) Ivor Petrak
9:00am	State of the Nation: Canada in focus (9:00am - 9:45am) Cascade
10:00am	Spotlight on Roku Originals (10:00am - 10:30am) Alberta Production Partners (10:00am - 11:00am) Alhambra
10:30am	30 Minutes With Ed Horasz, Netflix Kids and Family (10:30am - 11:00am) Ivor Petrak Meet a Showrunner + Director (10:30am - 11:00am) Garden Terrace
11:00am	Summit Series: Bela Bajaria, Head of Global TV, Netflix (11:00am - 11:45am) Cascade
12:00pm	Selling scripted (12:00pm - 12:45pm) Cascade Sustainable production: it pays to go green (12:00pm - 12:45pm) Alberta Spotlight on Hallmark Channel (12:00pm - 12:45pm) Ivor Petrak
12:30pm	Meet a Funder + Lawyer (12:30pm - 1:00pm) Garden Terrace
1:00pm	Summit Series: David Linde, CEO, Participant (1:00pm - 1:45pm) Cascade Creator Connections Hour with William F. White Int’l (1:00pm - 1:45pm) Garden Terrace
1:30pm	Speed Meetings with Buyers (1:30pm - 2:30pm) Alhambra
2:00pm	Master Class: The Lake (2:00pm - 2:45pm) Cascade Kids’ content commissioners weigh in (2:00pm - 2:45pm) Alberta Meet an Agent (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Garden Terrace
2:30pm	Spotlight on Bell Media (2:30pm - 3:15pm) Ivor Petrak
3:00pm	Showrunner Superpanel: breaking the script (3:00pm - 3:45pm) Cascade What’s hot in docs: trends you need to know (3:00pm - 3:45pm) Alberta Meet a Decision Maker (3:00pm - 3:30pm) Garden Terrace
3:30pm	30 minutes with... Alec Strum, EPIX (3:30pm - 4:00pm) Ivor Petrak
4:00pm	Master Class: Snapchat’s Reclaim(ed) (4:00pm - 4:45pm) Cascade Content Creation from an Anti-Racist Lens (4:00pm - 4:45pm) Alberta Meet a Distributor (4:00pm - 4:30pm) Garden Terrace
4:15pm	Les contenus francophones sur la scène mondiale (4:15pm - 5:00pm) Ivor Petrak
5:30pm	Rockies Gala cocktail reception (Van Horne Foyer) (5:30pm - 6:30pm)
6:30pm	Rockie Awards Gala Ceremony (Van Horne Ballroom) (6:30pm - 8:00pm)

Wednesday, June 15

8:30am	Registration 8:30 am - 12:00 pm (Curio Foyer)
9:00am	Spotlight on Netflix (9:00am - 9:45am) Cascade
10:00am	In Conversation With: Ana Gasteyer and Justin Spitzer (10:00am - 10:30am) Cascade
11:00am	Master Class: Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (11:00am - 11:45am) Cascade
12:00pm	Distributor Deep-Dive: international financing and content trends (Diversity of Voices Programme) (12:00pm - 1:00pm) Cascade

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