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  • Sunday, February 7, 2016
  • Monday, February 8, 2016
  • Tuesday, February 9, 2016
  • Wednesday, February 10, 2016
  • Thursday, February 11, 2016

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Sunday, February 7


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

Monday, February 8


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

Tuesday, February 9


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

Wednesday, February 10


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

Thursday, February 11


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