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  • Sunday, February 11, 2018
  • Monday, February 12, 2018
  • Tuesday, February 13, 2018
  • Wednesday, February 14, 2018
  • Thursday, February 15, 2018

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Sunday, February 11


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

Monday, February 12


8:00 AM BREAKFAST (served from 8:00-10:00 in Biscayne & Chopin Ballrooms)
8:30 AM Venue Tour
9:00 AM Brainpick: Pitching & Development
Brainpick: Co-Productions & Financing
10:00 AM KEYNOTE: The Day the Universe Changed
10:45 AM BREAK
11:00 AM Marketing to Boys and Girls: New research from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
30 Minutes with... Sarah Aspinall, Virgin Media
30 Minutes with... Luca Milano, RAI
30 Minutes with... Erika Vogt, HITN
11:45 AM BREAK
12:00 PM Marvel Rising: An inside look at Marvel’s first animated franchise for tween girls
Know Your Audience: Developing educational TV for the 6 to 8 set
30 Minutes with... Caterina Gonnelli, Disney EMEA
30 Minutes with... Marie McCann, CBC Kids
30 Minutes with... Tiphaine de Raguenel, France Télévisions
12:45 PM LUNCH (served in Biscayne & Chopin Ballrooms)
Lunching with... Co-Production Experts
2:00 PM In Conversation with Melissa Cobb: Netflix VP of Kids & Family
Screen Disruptor-The Rise of Children’s Podcasts
30 Minutes with... Gary Finnegan & Kayla van Der Meer, DHX Television
30 Minutes with... Lucy Murphy, Sky Kids
2:45 PM BREAK
3:00 PM Broadcaster to Broadcaster: Focus on 6 to 11s
Digital Kids and Privacy: What you need to know to protect your brand
3:45 PM BREAK
4:00 PM Crafting a 2.0 Kidsnet
So You Think You Want to Get Into Licensing?
Cocktails with... ABC Australia
Cocktails with... France Télévisions
Cocktails with… DHX Television
Cocktails with… Universal Kids
5:00 PM Kidscreen Kick-off Cocktail (Join us on the fifth-floor Pool Terrace)

Tuesday, February 13


8:00 AM BREAKFAST (served from 8:00-10:00 in Biscayne & Chopin Ballrooms)
8:30 AM Mentor Class: Making the move from freelance to full-time m
Master Class: Building fantasy worlds that last m
10:00 AM BREAK
10:15 AM In Conversation with Marty Krofft: Kids Entertainment Legend
Pioneering Pubcasters in the Brave New World of VOD
10:30 AM 30 Minutes with... Sandrine Pechels de Saint Sardos, TFO
30 Minutes with... Cecilia Persson, Turner EMEA
30 Minutes with... Libbie Doherty & Jan Stradling, ABC Australia
11:00 AM BREAK
11:30 AM Netflix's New-School Preschool
Beyond Virtual: Close encounters of the LIVE kind
30 Minutes with... Adina Pitt, Cartoon Network
30 Minutes with... Hedda Bruessing, NTR
30 Minutes with... Lisa O'Brien & Kristofer Updike, Universal Kids
12:30 PM LUNCH (served in Biscayne & Chopin Ballrooms)
12:45 PM Lunching with... Branding & Licensing Experts
2:00 PM Picking Platforms: What's the best vehicle for your project and how do you get it there?
The Long Game: Setting up subscription services
30 Minutes with... Jules Borkent, Layla Lewis, Nickelodeon
30 Minutes with... Lila Hannou, M6
30 Minutes with... Nathan Waddington, BBC Worldwide
3:00 PM BREAK
3:15 PM From Scribble to Screen to Stuff: The do’s and don’ts of good character design
4:00 PM BREAK
4:15 PM Consumer Products as a Storytelling Platform
Cocktails with... Lagardere Active
Cocktails with... BBC Children's
Cocktails with... Nickelodeon
5:15 PM Kidscreen Awards and After-Party (Xilam Bayfront Ballroom)

Wednesday, February 14


8:00 AM BREAKFAST (served from 8:00-10:00 in Biscayne & Chopin Ballrooms
8:30 AM SOLD OUT! Mentor Class: Building bibles that work m
Master Class: Making the most out of mobile m
10:00 AM We Need to Talk About YouTube: Building launch plans around the all-important AVOD channel
Helping kids cope with trauma
Speed Pitching 1
10:30 AM 30 Minutes with... Linda Simensky, PBS KIDS
30 Minutes with... Yago Fandiño Lousa, TVE
30 Minutes with... Caroline Cochaux, Lagardère Active
11:00 AM BREAK
11:30 AM Making the Animation Studio of the Future
Zero to Eight: The when, where and how of kids' media habits
Speed Pitching 2
30 Minutes with... Marney Malabar, TVO Kids
30 Minutes with... Kay Wilson Stallings, Sesame Studios
30 Minutes with... Janine Weigold, Super RTL
12:30 PM LUNCH (served in Biscayne & Chopin Ballrooms)
2:00 PM Creating LGBTQ-inclusive Content for Kids
Hot Research: The latest buzz on kids and social media
Speed Pitching 3
30 Minutes with... Angela Lin, YouTube Kids
30 Minutes with... Jackie Edwards, BBC Children’s
30 Minutes with... Katie Cordes, Disney Channel Australia
3:00 PM BREAK
3:15 PM Broadcaster to Broadcaster: Focus on preschool
Listening to Your Inner Entrepreneur: How to grow in the kids business
Speed Pitching 4
4:15 PM Oh Canada-How the business is shaping up in the Great White North
Creating Convincing Teen Dramas
Cocktails with.. NTR
Cocktails with... PBS KIDS
Cocktails with... Super RTL

Thursday, February 15


8:00 AM BREAKFAST (served from 8:00-10:00 in Biscayne & Chopin Ballrooms)
10:00 AM How LEGO Designs for Kids
How Open Are Children to Diversity? New learnings from emotion-recognition software
10:45 AM BREAK
11:00 AM CLOSING KEYNOTE: Kids of the World - the impact of fast-paced global change on kids right now
12:00 PM LUNCH (served in Biscayne & Chopin Ballrooms)
2:00 PM Closing Cocktail Party (Join us on the fifth-floor Pool Terrace)