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January 29, 2012
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9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Registration Opens 9:00am
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
New to the Summit Tour (11:00-11:30) 
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Discovery Delegates' Lounge (open 9:00am-6:30pm) 
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Mt. Vernon Meeting Room (open 9am-6:30pm)
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
LUNCH
12:15 PM - 2:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Prepare for and Find Success (Additional Workshop Registration & Sign-up Required) 12:45-2:45PM 
12:15 PM - 2:45 PM
WORKSHOP: Social Studies: Making an Impact with Social Media (Additional Workshop Registration & Sign-up Required) 12:45-2:45PM 
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
New to the Summit Tour (2:30-3:00) 
1:45 PM - 6:30 PM
Mt. Vernon Meeting Room (open 9am-6:30pm)
1:45 PM - 6:30 PM
Discovery Delegates' Lounge (open 9:00am-6:30pm)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
WORKSHOP Attendees' Coffee Break 
2:45 PM - 5:00 PM
transition time
2:45 PM - 5:00 PM
transition time
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Television Number Crunchers (Additional Workshop Registration & Sign-up Required) 3:00-5:00PM 
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Quick on the Draw: Delivering Quick Turnaround Factual (Additional Workshop Registration & Sign-up Required) 3:00-5:00PM 
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
New to the Summit Tour (5:00-5:30) 
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Speed Networking Round One - History/Science/Natural Science/Travel & Exploration
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM
How to Work the Summit
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Welcome Happy Hour

January 30, 2012

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Continental Breakfast 8:00am-10:00am 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
(8:30-9:30) Coffee + Commissioners - INTERNATIONAL SCOPE
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Mt. Vernon Meeting Room (open 8am-6pm)
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Discovery Delegates' Lounge (open 8:00am-6:00pm) 
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Speed Networking Round Two - Lifestyle & Reality
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Welcome! Opening Remarks
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Keynote Address: Lauren Zalaznick
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Networking Coffee Break 
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
What Men Want
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Rita Mullin, Discovery Fit & Health
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) Production Partners with David Eilenberg, Mark Burnett Productions
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Looking Ahead with the Pubcasters
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Andy Singer, Travel Channel
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Kevin Mohs, National Geographic Channel
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Brandon Riegg, NBC and Universal Television
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) Production Partners with Jimmy Fox, Electus
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Sarah T. Davies, Discovery Networks International
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
transition time
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Lucia McCalmont, HDNet
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 Tim Duffy, Spike TV
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
The Consolidation Equation 
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
MASTERCLASS: Accelerating with Archive
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH Brad Kohlenstein, Science Channel
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH Claire McCabe, CMT
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH Amy Savitsky, TLC
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
LUNCH 
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Luncheon Roundtables: Documentary Genre 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Janet Han Vissering, Nat Geo Wild
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Jane Latman, Investigation Discovery
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Clare Laycock, UKTV
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Charlie Jordan Brookins, BET
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
(2:30-3:15) Speed Pitching Two
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
From Sizzle to Show
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Coming to America
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15-3:45) 30 MINS WITH Charlie Foley, Animal Planet Media
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15-3:45) 30 MINS WITH Gena McCarthy, Lifetime Networks
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15-3:45) 30 MINS WITH Aaron Meyerson, CBS Television Distribution
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Networking Coffee Break 
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Jennifer Quainton, Food Network and Cooking Channel
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH David Royle, Smithsonian Networks
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Brad Abramson, VH1
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
(3:45-4:30) Distribution One-on-Ones
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Making a Difference
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
The Golden Age of Non-Fiction 
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Mary Ellen Iwata, The Weather Channel
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH John MacDonald, Oprah Winfrey Network
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Laura Fleury, A+E Networks
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Kathleen Finch, HGTV
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
transition time
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
In Conversation With David Lyle
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A+E Networks Official Opening Party Hosted by A&E, Lifetime and History (Grand South) 

January 31, 2012

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Continental Breakfast 8:00am-10:00am 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
(8:30-9:30) Coffee + Commissioners - Niche Channels
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Mt. Vernon Meeting Room (open 8am-6pm)
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Discovery Delegates' Lounge (open 8:00am-6:00pm) 
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Opening Remarks
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
In Conversation With Robert DeBitetto and Nancy Dubuc 
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Networking Coffee Break 
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Katie Buchanan, Style Network
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 Michael Klein, Sundance Channel
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) 30 MINS WITH Howard Lee, TLC
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Agents of Change
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(11:00-11:30) Production Partners with Johnny Gould, Pilgrim Studios
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
TV Talk for Tough Times
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) Production Partners with Rob Shaftel, Leftfield Pictures
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Ralph Lee, Channel 4 TV
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
transition time
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Nancy Daniels, Discovery Channel
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
(11:45-12:15) 30 MINS WITH Heather Olander, USA Network
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30 -1:00) 30 MINS WITH Ross Babbit, DIY Network
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH Michael Wright, TBS/TNT/TCM
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Trending TV 
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) 30 MINS WITH Deirdre O'Hearn, WE tv
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
(12:30-1:00) Production Partners With Adam Neuhaus, @radical.media
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Producer Showcase: Heirs Apparent
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Luncheon Roundtables: Reality Genre 
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
LUNCH 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Mike Stiller, History
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Tracy Beckett, National Geographic Channel International
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Tim Krubsack, Syfy
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(2:30-3:00) 30 MINS WITH Ed Hersh, Military Channel
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Celebrities Get Creative Behind the Scenes
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
The Ownership Question: You've Got to Fight for Your Rights... Or Do You?
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Bringing in the Boomers
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15-3:45) 30 MINS WITH Eli Lehrer, Bravo
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15-3:45) 30 MINS WITH Darren Campo, truTV
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
(3:15-3:45) 30 MINS WITH Jon Sechrist, TLC International
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Networking Coffee Break 
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Tony DiBari, MTV
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 MINS WITH Marc Etkind, Planet Green
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
(4:00-4:30) 30 Minutes With Nancy Dubuc, History & Lifetime Networks
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
(3:45-4:30) Agent One-on-Ones
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
The Immediate Future of Formats
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
This Is the Life: Trends in Lifestyle and Travel Programming
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Elliot Jacobson, RLTV
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Neil A. Cohen, A+E Networks
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Elise Warner, MSNBC
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
(4:45-5:15) 30 MINS WITH Corie Henson, ABC Entertainment
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
transition time
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 1, 2012

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Continental Breakfast 8:00am-10:00am 
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Discovery Delegates' Lounge (open 8:00am-3:00pm) 
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Mt. Vernon Meeting Room (open 8am-3pm)
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Remarks
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Branded Entertainment: The Pitch and the Process
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
(10:15-10:45) 30 MINS WITH Tim Pastore, 3net
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
(10:15-10:45) 30 MINS WITH Michael Sorensen, Discovery Channel
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
(10:15-10:45) 30 MINS WITH Charlie Parsons, National Geographic Channel
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Networking Coffee Break 
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
The Great Original Programming Debate
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Closing Remarks
12:45 PM - 3:00 PM
wrap-up
Bringing the Best in non-fiction together