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January 31, 2011
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Workshop Registration
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
WORKSHOP 1B - Network Insider Guide to Green Lighting a Factual Program
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
WORKSHOP 1A - Clarity in Clearances
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Early Conference Registration
1:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Discovery Delegate Lounge 
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Networking Coffee Break 
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP 2B - Great Stories Need Great Music
3:15 PM - 5:15 PM
WORKSHOP 2A - Why Transmedia Matters
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Transition Time
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
How to Work the Summit
6:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Transition Time
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Networking Cocktail

February 1, 2011

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast 
8:00 AM - 8:15 PM
Discovery Delegate Lounge 
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Speed Networking Round One - History/Science/Natural Science/Travel & Exploration 
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Transition Time
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Opening Remarks
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Opening Keynote: Mark Burnett 
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Networking Coffee Break 
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Public Service Television: A Global Perspective
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
So I Sold A Show To A Network, Now What?
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speed Networking Round Two - Lifestyle/Reality 
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Chris Linn, MTV
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Brent Zacky, TLC
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH David Royle, Smithsonian Networks
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00- 11:30) Production Partners with Brent Montgomery, Leftfield Pictures
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Shannon Malone, Nat Geo Channel & Nat Geo Wild
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Claire McCabe, CMT
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45- 12:15) Production Partners with Allison Grodner, Fly On The Wall Entertainment
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Transition Time
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Daniela Bagliani, RTI SPA Mediaset Group
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
(12:15 - 1:00) Speed Pitching One 
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH Michael Sorensen, Science Channel
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Formats, But Didn't Know To Ask 
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
The New Fair Use Battleground: Resetting the Ground Rules 
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30- 1:00) Production Partners with David Eilenberg, Mark Burnett Prod
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH Allison Winshel, PBS
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH John Saade, ABC Entertainment Group
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Luncheon Roundtables - Documentary Genre 
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
LUNCH 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH John Miller, WE tv
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Mark Starowicz, CBC
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30- 3:00) Production Partners with Parule Basu-Barua, Wide-Eyed Ent.
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
(2:30 - 3:15) Speed Pitching Two 
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Content And Consolidation
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
History in the Making 
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15-3:45) 30 MINS WITH Steven Schupak, MPT
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15- 3:45) 30 MINS WITH Dolores Gavin, Discovery Channel
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15-3:45) 30 MINS WITH Nomi Ernst Leidner, MTV News & Docs
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15- 3:45) 30 MINS WITH Robyn Hutt truTV
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Networking Coffee Break 
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Laura Fleury, A&E Network
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Cassian Harrison, BBC
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Michael Mavretic, Nat Geo & Nat Geo Wild
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Distribution One on Ones: Acquisitions Execs (Round One)
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Courtney White, HGTV
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Fund Finding
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Transition Time
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Katie Buchanan, Style Network
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Jane Latman, Investigation Discovery
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Mary Donahue, History
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Koulla Anastasi, AETN UK
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Send In The Crowds
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Keeping it Cool - Science and Natural History 
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Transition Time
6:15 PM - 8:15 PM
Opening Night Party Sponsored By HISTORY 

February 2, 2011

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast 
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Discovery Delegate Lounge 
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Opening Remarks
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Big Picture Town Hall: Live and Interactive 
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Networking Coffee Break 
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
(11:00-11:45) Speed Pitching Three 
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Nikolas Huelbusch, ZDF
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Let's Make a Talent Deal
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Eli Lehrer, Bravo Media
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Elise Warner, MSNBC
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Going Global
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) Production Partners with Howard Owens, Reveille
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45- 12:15) Production Partners with Sean Gallagher, Half Yard Productions
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Elliot Jacobson, RLTV
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Sandra Kleinfeld, CBC
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Transition Time
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Jon Sechrist, TLC Int'l
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
The Rights War
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH Maggie Rhodes, Nat Geo Channel & Nat Geo Wild
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH Elaine Frontaine Bryant, A&E and BIO
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH Steven Lerner, DIY Network
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Producer Showcase: The Heirs Apparent
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30- 1:00) Production Partners with Danny Fenton, Zig Zag Productions
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Luncheon Roundtables - Reality/Lifestyle Genre 
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
LUNCH 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30- 3:00) Production Partners with Johnny Gould, Pilgrim Films & TV
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Mary Ellen Iwata, Scripps Int'l
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Andy Meyer, Versus
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Mike Stiller, History
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Talking Transmedia
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
In Conversation With Lisa Erspamer
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15- 3:45) 30 MINS WITH Charlie Foley, Animal Planet
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15 - 3:45) 30 MINS WITH Lynne Kirby, Planet Green/Discovery Fit & Health
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15-3:45) 30 MINS WITH Cynthia Fenneman, APT
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15-3:45) 30 MINS WITH Amy Savitsky, Discovery Channel
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Networking Coffee Break 
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Damla Dogan, E!
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Tracy Beckett, Nat Geo Channels Int'l
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Nancy Daniels, TLC
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Tim Pastore, 3net
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
TBA
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Distribution One on Ones: Acquisitions Execs (Round Two)
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Living To Tell The Tales
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Is 2 the New 5?
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Brie Miranda Bryant, Oxygen Media
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Transition Time
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Neil A. Cohen, A&E Network
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Shin Yasuda, NHK
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Michael Klein, Sundance Channel
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
So You Think You Can Pitch? 
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Happy Hour Sponsored By Discovery Channel 

February 3, 2011

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Discovery Delegate Lounge 
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Remarks
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
3D: A New Dimension for Factual?
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
(10:15-10:45) 30 MINS WITH Jane Mote, UKTV
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
(10:15-10:45) 30 MINS WITH Tim Duffy, Spike TV
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Jordan Harman, Food Network
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Networking Coffee Break 
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Elizabeth Browde, Travel Channel
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Gena McCarthy, Lifetime Television Network
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Weathering the Storm
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Closing Remarks

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