Speakers 2024

Nataline Rodrigues

Senior Vice President, Development

Vortex Media

Kale Stokwell

Head of Original Programming

Rogers Sports & Media

Adam Feigen

Development Executive, Scripted, Original Programming

Bell Media

Melissa Grelo

Co-Host, THE SOCIAL

Jack Chadwick

Virtual Production Producer

Pixomondo

Christine Saucerotte

Interim Deputy Director, Business Affairs – English Market

Telefilm

Sean Cohan

President

Bell Media

Stewart Johnston

Senior Vice President, Content and Sales

Bell Media

Barbara Williams

Executive Vice-President

CBC

Francesca Accinelli

Senior Vice President, Program Strategy and Industry Development

Telefilm Canada

Jeff Maher csc

Director of Photography

Khasan Aripov

CEO

SP Studios Canada

Julie Blondin

Directrice Nationale, Relations d’affaires & Coproductions - National Director, Business affairs & Coproductions

Telefilm

Steve Read

Head of Studio

Versatile Media

Mae Belen

Actor & Content Creator

Moderator: Kadon Douglas

Executive Director

BIPOC TV & FILM

Matthew Durgin

Vice President, North American Content and Services

LG Electronics

Shayla Oulette Stonechild

Content Creator, Founder of Matriarch Movement

Joe Tuck

Executive Producer

Versatile Media

Moderator: Tanya Talaga

Founder

Makwa Creative

Michael MacMillan

Co-founder and CEO

Blue Ant Media

Moderator: Jamie Schouela

President, Global Channels and Media

Blue Ant Media

Stefania Scarfo

Head of Content & Strategy

Paramount+, Canada

Chris Bell

Manager, Content

Netflix Canada

Mane Yousuf

Musician, Content Creator and Creative Director

Michela Di Mondo

Executive Vice President, Canada, International

Fremantle

Moderator: David Kines

President & Co-founder

Hollywood Suite

Vanessa Case

Vice President of Content

Paramount+ and Pluto TV, Canada

Toby Dormer

Executive Vice President, Unscripted Television

Blink49 Studios

Carolyn Newman

Executive Vice President, Global Scripted

Blink49 Studios

Craig Thompson

President

Stageview.TV

Katy Harding

Head of Content & Executive Producer

Red Bull Canada

Julie Nolke

Actor, Writer, Content Creator

Sharon Stevens

Vice-President, Programming

Hollywood Suite

Cara Nye

Director, Content Development and Production

Accessible Media Inc. (AMI)

Graham Ludlow

Head of Development & Production

Incendo

Rod Butler

Vice President, Content & Regulatory

Canada Media Fund (CMF)

Moderator: Barry Hertz

Film Editor

The Globe and Mail

Brenda Myers

Director of Development

Proper Television

Vern Freedlander

Vice-President

Stageview.TV

Teza Lawrence

Executive Producer

AMAZE

Mike Armitage

VP of Development

Thunderbird (Great Pacific Media)

Kat Kowalksi

SVP Content Strategy & Acquisitions, Pluto TV International

Karen Tohana

Director, English Content

Canada Media Fund (CMF)

Cathie James

Co-President

Proper Television

Jessica Shadlock

Director, Creative Affairs

Boat Rocker Studios, Scripted

Keren Jackman

Senior Producer/Head of Production

Gusto Worldwide Media

Solange Attwood

CEO & Co-Founder

Serial Maven Studios

John Morayniss

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Blink49 Studios

Lauren MacKinlay

Development Executive, Scripted, Original Programming

Bell Media

Kim Ball

Chief Content & Communications Officer

Super Channel

Maria Kennedy

Owner, EP

Little Engine Moving Pictures

Julie Roy

Executive Director & CEO

Telefilm Canada

James Farr

Executive Vice President of Development

Cream Productions

Moderator: Christina Jennings

Chairman & President

Shaftesbury

Harry Gamsu

Vice President Creative, Format Development and Sales

Warner Bros. Film and Television Production

Deirdre Brennan

Chief Executive Officer

Screen Australia

Kyle Irving

Co-owner, Executive Producer and Head of Production

Eagle Vision

Catherine Tait

President and CEO

CBC/Radio-Canada

Jillian Kugler

Senior Vice President, Drama Programming & Development

FOX Entertainment

Moderator: Mathieu Chantelois

EVP, Marketing & Public Affairs

Canada Media Fund (CMF)

Montserrat Gómez

Vice President, Drama Development

Universal Television

Andrew Peterson

Head of YouTube Canada

Jocelyn Hamilton

President, Television

Lionsgate Canada

Moderator: Luke Azevedo

Vice President Creative Industries, Operations & Film Commissioner

Calgary Economic Development

Valerie Creighton

President & CEO

Canada Media Fund (CMF)

Catalina Ramirez

Co-Head, International Distribution

Propagate Content

Moderator: Prem Gill

CEO

Creative BC

Katherine Pond

Group Vice President, Platform Content & Partnerships

VIZIO

Susan Hummel

EVP & Managing Director, Distribution and Ventures

Lionsgate Canada

Morghan Fortier

Co-Owner & CEO

Skyship Entertainment Company

Samantha De France

Senior Production Executive

Amazon MGM Studios

J.C. Mills

President and Head of Content

Cineflix Productions

Mike Omelus

Executive Director Content and Strategy

APTN

David Eilenberg

Head of Content

Roku Media

Jennifer Vaux

Vice President of Content Acquisition & Programming

Roku Media

R.T. Thorne

Director, Screenwriter, and Producer

Matt Creasey

EVP Sales, Co-productions and Acquisitions

Banijay Rights

Joy Loewen

VP, Growth & Inclusion

Canada Media Fund (CMF)

Magda Grace

Head of Prime Video Canada, Australia and New Zealand

Prime Video

Raja Khanna

Co-Founder

Dark Slope

Stephanie Wilson Chapin

Strategic Partner Lead for TV, Sports, News

YouTube Canada

Steven Thibault

Chief Operating Officer

Screen Siren Pictures Inc.

Kerry Swanson

Chief Executive Officer

Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)

Dan Fill

President

Dark Slope

Carlyn Klebuc

General Manager, Original Programming

Bell Media

Max Micallef

Vice President, Nonfiction Programming

HISTORY

Moderator: David Purdy

Chief Revenue Officer

Stingray

Jarrett Sherman

Engagement and Content Strategist

SuperServe

Moderator: Jordan Pinto

North American Editor

C21 Media Ltd.

Danielle Woodrow

Director, Content – Canada

Netflix

Angela Polk

Vice President of Development

Hallmark Media

Andrew Kelly

Vice President, Scripted Development, Television

Lionsgate Canada

Emily Posey

Director of Acquisitions and Content Strategy

Tastemade

Allison Brough

Vice President, Unscripted Television

Blink49 Studios

Christina Fon

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Scripted Content

Shaftesbury

Lea Marin

Director of Development, Drama, Scripted Content

CBC

Rachel Goldstein-Couto

Head of Development, Original Programming

Bell Media

Tara Woodbury

Director, Content – Canada

Netflix

Robin Mirsky

Executive Director

Rogers Group of Funds

Bill Lundy

Senior Vice President, Comedy

New Metric Media

Li Yeh

Director, Strategic Planning, Original Programming

Bell Media

Jeffrey Crossman

Trade Commissioner, Creative Industries

Global Affairs Canada

Natasha Negrea

Head of Programming

TVO

Sam Linton

VP, Production and Development, Global Media

Blue Ant Media

Felicia Litovitz

VP, Acquisitions, North America

Cineflix Rights

Jason Mitchell

Founder

The Connected Set

Oneida Crawford

VP, Scripted Development

Muse Entertainment

Jennifer Shin

Director of Development, Comedy, Scripted Content

CBC

Tina Apostolopoulos-Moniz

VP, Unscripted

Lark Productions

Virginia Rankin

Executive Producer, Scripted Television

Blink49 Studios

Jodi Mackie

Sr. Director of Content Sales and Co-Productions, Canada

BBC Studios

Kerry Appleyard

Senior Vice President, Scripted and Unscripted, Television

Lionsgate Canada

Jessica Schmiedchen

Director of Development, Unscripted Content

CBC

Jennifer Harkness

SVP, Factual Entertainment and Production

Blue Ant Studios

Jack Thomas

Director

3Vision

Giuliana Benvenuto

Senior Manager, Acquisitions, North America

Cineflix Rights

Jon Taylor

CEO

Independent Production Fund (IPF)

Marcia Douglas

Executive Director

Bell Fund

Katerina Naddaf

Senior Insights Analyst

Parrot Analytics

Jennifer Dettman

Executive Director, Unscripted Content, Chair, documentary Channel

CBC

Guy Bisson

Executive Director & co-founder

Ampere Analysis

Trish Williams

Executive Director, Scripted Content

CBC

Joan Jenkinson

CEO

Black Screen Office (BSO)

Tash Naveau

Program Manager - Story Fund

Indigenous Screen Office (ISO)

Danielle Hébert

Program Consultant

Ontario Creates

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