Agenda

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Sunday, February 7

4:00pm	Early Registration (4:00 PM- 8:00PM)
4:30pm	Venue Tour (4:30pm - 5:00pm) Registration Desk

Monday, February 8

8:00am	BREAKFAST (8:00 - 10:00 served in Biscayne Ballroom & Chopin Ballroom)
8:30am	Venue Tour (8:30am - 9:00am) Registration Desk
9:00am	Brainpick: Pitching & Development (9:00am - 10:00am) Merrick Brainpick: Co-Productions & Financing (9:00am - 10:00am) Merrick
10:00am	Then, Now & Next: Pixar Storytelling (10:00am - 10:45am) Bayfront
10:45am	BREAK (10:45am - 11:00am)
11:00am	Then, Now & Next: Fred Seibert, digital media innovator (11:00am - 11:45am) Bayfront Looking Back, Looking Forward: Platforms and Practices (11:00am - 11:45am) Sevilla 30 Minutes with... Laurence Blaevoet, Canal+ Youth (11:00am - 11:30am) Gusman 30 Minutes with... Paul DeBenedittis, Disney Channels Worldwide (11:00am - 11:30am) Dupont
11:45am	BREAK (11:45am - 12:00pm)
12:00pm	Then, Now & Next: Richard Barry, Global Chief Merchandising Officer, Toys“R”Us, Inc. (12:00pm - 12:45pm) Bayfront Unlocking the Beginner's Mind (12:00pm - 12:45pm) Sevilla 30 Minutes with... Maud Branly, Lagardère Active (12:00pm - 12:30pm) Gusman 30 Minutes with... Carole Bonneau & Athena Georgaklis, Teletoon (12:00pm - 12:30pm) Tuttle 30 Minutes with... Sebastian Debertin, KiKA (12:00pm - 12:30pm) Dupont
12:45pm	LUNCH (served in Biscayne Ballroom & Chopin Ballroom) (12:45pm - 2:00pm) Lunching with... Lori Burke, Penguin Young Readers Group (12:45pm - 1:45pm) Merrick Lunching with... Bill Graham, Jazwares (12:45pm - 1:45pm) Merrick Lunching with... Helen Howells, HoHo Entertainment (12:45pm - 1:45pm) Merrick Lunching with... Rich Maryyanek, Big Tent Entertainment (12:45pm - 1:45pm) Merrick Lunching with... Julia Posen, Walker Books (12:45pm - 1:45pm) Merrick Lunching with... Jennifer Bennett, Mattel (12:45pm - 1:45pm) Merrick
2:00pm	Then, Now & Next: Gerry Laybourne, media maven (2:00pm - 2:45pm) Bayfront How To Train Your Creator (2:00pm - 2:45pm) Sevilla 30 Minutes with... Michael Goldsmith & Sarah Haasz, DHX Television (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Gusman 30 Minutes with... Luca Milano, RAI Fiction (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Tuttle 30 Minutes with... Jules Borkent, Nickelodeon (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Dupont
2:45pm	BREAK (2:45pm - 3:00pm)
3:00pm	Then, Now & Next: Steven DeNure & Neil Court, studio builders (3:00pm - 3:45pm) Bayfront Showrunning 101 (3:00pm - 3:45pm) Sevilla
3:45pm	BREAK (3:45pm - 4:00pm)
4:00pm	20 Years: 20 Lessons Learned (4:00pm - 4:45pm) Bayfront Cocktails with... Corus Kids (4:00pm - 5:00pm) Palm/Star Isle Cocktails with... France Télévisions (4:00pm - 5:00pm) Flagler Cocktails with... Turner Broadcasting EMEA (4:00pm - 5:00pm) Gusman Cocktails with... RTÉ Ireland (4:00pm - 5:00pm) Tuttle Cocktails with... BBC Children's (4:00pm - 5:00pm) Dupont
5:00pm	Kidscreen's Kick-Off Cocktail (Join us on the Pool Terrace) (5:00pm - 6:30pm)

Tuesday, February 9

8:00am	BREAKFAST (8:00 - 10:00 served in Biscayne Ballroom & Chopin Ballroom)
9:15am	If She Can See It, She Can Be It (9:15am - 10:00am) Bayfront
10:00am	BREAK (10:00am - 10:15am)
10:15am	Getting to know Generation Disruption (10:15am - 11:00am) Bayfront
10:30am	30 Minutes with... Tiphaine De Raguenel, France Télévisions (10:30am - 11:00am) Gusman 30 Minutes with... Lucy Murphy, Sky (10:30am - 11:00am) Tuttle 30 Minutes with... Nina Hahn, Nickelodeon (10:30am - 11:00am) Dupont
11:00am	BREAK (11:00am - 11:30am)
11:30am	Meet Mattel's New Chief Content Officer (11:30am - 12:30pm) Bayfront The View From Over the Top (11:30am - 12:30pm) Sevilla State of the Nation for Kids Apps (11:30am - 12:30pm) Brickell 30 Minutes with... Tara Sorensen, Amazon Studios (11:30am - 12:00pm) Gusman 30 Minutes with... Frank Dietz & Janine Weigold, Super RTL (11:30am - 12:00pm) Tuttle 30 Minutes with... Angela Lin, YouTube (11:30am - 12:00pm) Dupont
12:30pm	LUNCH (served in Biscayne Ballroom & Chopin Ballroom) (12:30pm - 2:00pm) Lunching with... Jonathan Mirsky, Spin Master (12:30pm - 1:30pm) Merrick Lunching with... Francesco Sedita, Penguin Young Readers Group (12:30pm - 1:30pm) Merrick Lunching with... Hollie Holmes, Mattel (12:30pm - 1:30pm) Merrick Lunching with... Michael Rinzler, Wicked Cool Toys (12:30pm - 1:30pm) Merrick
2:00pm	Around the World with YouTube (2:00pm - 3:00pm) Bayfront The Future of Storymaking? (2:00pm - 3:00pm) Sevilla 30 Minutes with... Martin Markle, Kids CBC (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Gusman 30 Minutes with... Harry Yoon, SK Broadband (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Tuttle 30 Minutes with... Caroline Fraser, HMH (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Dupont
3:00pm	BREAK (3:00pm - 3:15pm)
3:15pm	Producing Bite-Sized Content for the On-Demand Generation (3:15pm - 4:00pm) Sevilla
4:00pm	BREAK (4:00pm - 4:15pm)
4:15pm	Real Linear and Digital Convergence—the Holy Grail of Content Creation (4:15pm - 5:00pm) Sevilla The Growing Market for Games That Engage, Educate and Empower (4:15pm - 5:00pm) Brickell Cocktails with... KiKA (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Palm/Star Isle Cocktails with... Canal+ (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Flagler Cocktails with... Disney EMEA (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Gusman Cocktails with... DHX Television (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Tuttle Cocktails with... PBS KIDS (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Dupont
5:15pm	Kidscreen Awards Ceremony and After-Party (5:15pm - 7:30pm) Bayfront

Wednesday, February 10

8:00am	BREAKFAST (8:00 - 10:00 served in Biscayne Ballroom & Chopin Ballroom)
10:00am	A New Kind of Incubation: A Disney XD by Maker case study (10:00am - 11:00am) Bayfront Immersive VR Storytelling: A new approach to content production (10:00am - 11:00am) Sevilla A Five-Year Plan for Staying on Trend (10:00am - 11:00am) Brickell Speed Pitching 1 (10:00am - 11:00am) Merrick 30 Minutes with... Linda Simensky, PBS KIDS (10:00am - 10:30am) Gusman 30 Minutes with... Ankit Bishnoi & Meg Marshall , Dish Network (10:00am - 10:30am) Tuttle 30 Minutes with... Peter Gal, DreamWorks Animation (10:00am - 10:30am) Dupont
11:00am	BREAK (11:00am - 11:30am) 30 Minutes with... Sheila de Courcy & Pauline Macnamara, RTÉ Ireland (11:00am - 11:30am) Tuttle 30 Minutes with... David Levine, Disney Channels EMEA (11:00am - 11:30am) Dupont
11:30am	Made for YouTube: How Mattel is tapping Tongal to produce digital content (11:30am - 12:30pm) Bayfront Trends in online kidvid viewership, marketing and monetization (11:30am - 12:30pm) Sevilla PlayGroups: Profiling Today's Play Across Platforms (11:30am - 12:30pm) Brickell Speed Pitching 2 (11:30am - 12:30pm) Merrick
12:00pm	30 Minutes with... Cecilia Persson, Turner Broadcasting EMEA (12:00pm - 12:30pm) Gusman 30 Minutes with... Joe D'Ambrosia, Disney Junior (12:00pm - 12:30pm) Tuttle 30 Minutes with... Jamie Piekarz, Corus Kids (YTV, Treehouse, Nickelodeon Canada) (12:00pm - 12:30pm) Dupont
12:30pm	LUNCH (served in Biscayne Ballroom & Chopin Ballroom) (12:30pm - 2:00pm)
2:00pm	Function Before Form: The long and short of storytelling (2:00pm - 3:00pm) Bayfront How to Program a YouTube Channel (2:00pm - 3:00pm) Sevilla Kids TV Redefined: New consumer research and insights from Nickelodeon (2:00pm - 3:00pm) Brickell Speed Pitching 3 (2:00pm - 3:00pm) Merrick 30 Minutes with... Caroline Cochaux, Lagardère Active (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Gusman 30 Minutes with... Adina Pitt, Cartoon Network US (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Tuttle 30 Minutes with... Lisa O'Brien, Sprout (2:00pm - 2:30pm) Dupont
3:00pm	BREAK (3:00pm - 3:15pm)
3:15pm	Creative Playbook 2016 (3:15pm - 4:15pm) Bayfront YouTube-driven Licensing Programs: Fact or Fiction? (3:15pm - 4:15pm) Sevilla Drawing Digital Success: From pencil sketch to millions of players (3:15pm - 4:15pm) Brickell Speed Pitching 4 (3:15pm - 4:15pm) Merrick
4:15pm	Storytelling Showdown: Board Artists vs Writers (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Bayfront App Licensing: The Seven-Year Itch (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Sevilla Millennial Parents: Powerful Consumers with POV (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Brickell Cocktails with... Australian Broadcasting Corporation (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Palm/Star Isle Cocktails with... Lagardère Active (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Gusman Cocktails with... Super RTL (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Tuttle Cocktails with... Hulu (4:15pm - 5:15pm) Dupont

Thursday, February 11

8:00am	BREAKFAST (8:00 - 10:00 served in Biscayne Ballroom & Chopin Ballroom)
10:00am	Keeping Up with the Kids: BBC Children’s Charts its Digital Future (10:00am - 11:00am) Bayfront Igniting social awareness with kids content (10:00am - 11:00am) Sevilla Master Class: Taking Best Practices from YouTube to Other Digital Platforms (10:00am - 11:30am) Gusman Mentor Class: 21st Century Branding—How to apply it to kids entertainment, licensing, PR and more (10:00am - 11:30am) Tuttle
11:00am	BREAK (11:00am - 11:30am)
11:30am	New Tech That Will Blow Your Mind! (11:30am - 12:30pm) Bayfront Don’t Feed the Trolls (11:30am - 12:30pm) Sevilla
12:30pm	LUNCH (served in Biscayne Ballroom & Chopin Ballroom) (12:30pm - 2:00pm)
2:00pm	Master Class: Developing The Master Plan—How To Think About The Future of Your Business (2:00pm - 3:30pm) Gusman Mentor Class: Creator 101—Pitch Perfect! (2:00pm - 3:30pm) Tuttle
2:15pm	Kidscreen's 20th Anniversary Trivia Challenge! (2:15pm - 3:15pm) Bayfront
3:30pm	Kidscreen's Closing Cocktail (Join us on the Pool Terrace) (3:30pm - 4:30pm)

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