The Power of Diversity Innoversity Summit™ 2006 • Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre • October 23 & 24 2006
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Schedule
(Sessions are subject to change without notice)

Day One | Day Two | Content Breakdown

Day 1 - Sponsored by CBC Logo

Room Trinity Ballroom 3 York B Trinity Ballroom 1 Trinity Ballroom 2 York A Trinity Ballroom 4 Trinity Ballroom 5
Content Face Time & Story Development Mentoring Room Workshop Panel Open Door Pitch Competition Spotlight Series MAP
Audience Creative Professionals, independent producers, directors, writers All Diversity Professionals, HR Managers, Managers Diversity Professionals, HR Managers, Managers Creative Professionals, independent producers, directors, writers Creative Professionals, independent producers, directors, writers All
7:45 - 9:00 Summit Registration & Career Fair Open
8:00 - 9:15 Networking & Coffee [sponsored by RBC Financial Group]
9:30 - 10:30 Morning Plenary - Grand Ballroom - Keynote: Beverley J. Oda
10:45 - 12:00 Astral Media Presents Hussain Amarshi In Conversation with Deepa Mehta - Grand Ballroom
10:45 - 12:15 Art of the Pitch - "Secret of the Sell" Story Clinic Planning for Diversity Get 'em Young Open Open Technology Demo for People Who are Blind or have low vision
12:30 - 1:45 Hosted Plenary Lunch - Grand Ballroom - Keynote: Trevor Phillips
2:00 - 3:30 Face Time Mentoring Technology Trends - Accessibility and Mobility CAB Update Telefilm Feature Length Film Pitch Innovator Series: Diversify or Die ATRC Demo: Hard of Hearing
3:30 - 4:00 Networking Coffee Break
[sponsored by RBC Financial Group]
4:00 - 5:30 Face Time Mentoring Recruiting and Retaining Diversity ForScene Technologies Workshop 4-4:45 - CFRB Radio Documentary Pitch
4:45-5:30 - Alliance Atlantis Lifestyle Pitch
Mobisodes Spotlight Website Accessibility Test
5:30 - 8:00 Through your Eyes Film Club - Special Screening - National Film Board (7:30pm)
MAP Reception -

Day 2 - Sponsored by CHUM Logo

Day One | Day Two | Content Breakdown

Room Trinity Ballroom 3 York B Trinity Ballroom 1 Trinity Ballroom 2 York A Trinity Ballroom 4 Trinity Ballroom 5
Content Face Time & Story Clinic Mentoring Room Workshop Panel Open Door Pitch Competition Spotlight Series MAP
Audience Creative Professionals, independent producers, directors, writers All Diversity Professionals, HR Managers, Managers Diversity Professionals, HR Managers, Managers Creative Professionals, independent producers, directors, writers Creative Professionals, independent producers, directors, writers  
7:00 - 8:30 Registration & Coffee
8:30 - 10:00 CBC – What We’re Looking For and How to Get Found Story Clinic Marketing to a Diverse Audience Designing a Strategic Partnership: Broadcasting and the Aboriginal Community. CBC Radio Metro Morning Popcorn Pitch Broadcaster Spotlight ATRC Demo: People with Physical Disabilities
10:15 - 11:00 Morning Plenary - Grand Ballroom - Keynote - Senator Don Oliver
11:15 - 12:15 Getting Your Story Straight: Key Steps Before You Pitch Mentoring Aboriginal Participation in Your Workplace: Recruitment, Retention and Advancement The Diversity Business Case CBC News at Six Popcorn Pitch Keep it Real - Spotlight on NFB Reel Diversity ATRC Demo: People with Learning Disabilities
12:30 - 1:45 Industry Plenary Lunch - Grand Ballroom - Maureen Scully
2:00 - 3:30 Face Time Mentoring Managing Diversity Clearing the Pipelines CBC Newsworld Popcorn Pitch New Media Spotlight Is your website accessible?
3:30 - 4:00 Networking Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:00 Face Time Mentoring Open Open 3:30pm Media Career Management 101 Innovator Series: Reaching Back to Move Forward Broadcast Technologies: Show & Tell
5:00 - 6:00 Closing Ceremonies - Grand Ballroom

Content Breakdown

Day One | Day Two | Content Breakdown

CONTENT BREAKDOWN BY DEMOGRAPHIC
Diversity Professionals, HR Managers, Managers Mid - Senior Creative Professionals Emerging Creative Professionals
Planning for Diversity. Media Intelligence: Training for mid - senior media professionals ForScene Technologies Workshop
Recruiting and Retaining Diversity ForScene Technologies Workshop How to do a perfect Pitch - Sandra Porteous
Get 'em Young How to do a perfect Pitch - Sandra Porteous Mentoring
CAB Update Face Time Face Time
Marketing to a Diverse Audience CBC Master Class: Kirstine Layfield, Executive Director, Network Programming, English TV Network Programming ODP
Aboriginal Participation in Your Workplace: Recruitment, Retention and Advancement From Ideas to Content: Three Steps to Pitch Worthiness Broadcaster Spotlights
Managing Diversity Story Clinic From Ideas to Content: Three Steps to Pitch Worthiness
Designing a Strategic Partnership: Broadcasting and the Aboriginal Community. MAP Experiental Room Story Clinic
The Diversity Business Case   Career Management 101
Clearing the Pipelines   MAP Experiental Room
The Diverse Audience: Demographics, trends, preferences    
MAP Experiental Room    

 

Innoversity gratefully acknowledges the support of all our sponsors. Unforeseen circumstances may cause changes to some of the Summit's content.