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| Room | Trinity Ballroom 3 | York B | Trinity Ballroom 1 | Trinity Ballroom 2 | York A | Trinity Ballroom 4 | Trinity Ballroom 5 |
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| 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] |
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| 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 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 | ||||||
Day One | Day Two | Content Breakdown
| CONTENT BREAKDOWN BY DEMOGRAPHIC | ||
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| 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 | ||