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MONDAY, JANUARY 27 - THURSDAY, JANUARY 30
SHERATON NEW ORLEANS
Marriott Marquis | Washington, DC | Sunday, January 28 – Wednesday, January 31, 2026

Agenda

PLEASE NOTE: The times below are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Be sure to check back often as we will be adding more content and speakers as they are confirmed.

RSS Networking

Monday, February 2

8:15am

Breakfast with a Commissioner (8:15am - 9:15am)

Bayfront

Advance sign-up is required.

An informal networking opportunity for delegates to meet with commissioning and development execs over continental breakfast & coffee. These are NOT pitch sessions — just a fantastic networking opportunity.

Sign-ups open Wednesday, December 3 at 11:00 am EST and close Thursday, January 29 at 5:00 pm EST.


Featuring:


Table host

Signe Bruntse

Acquisitions Executive

DR TV/Danish Broadcasting Corporation

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Bernadine Lim

Senior Commissioning Editor, Factual

SBS Special Broadcasting Service

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Shaminder Nahal

Head of Specialist Factual

Channel 4

DIALOG Mentor
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Table host

Mikael Österby

Head of Factual Acquisitions

SVT Swedish Television

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Speed Networking (8:15am - 9:15am)

Sevilla

These networking sessions are designed for you to meet many unscripted and non-fiction executives in a short, speed-dating style. Speed Networking is open to all Realscreen Summit delegates and is NOT a pitch session.

Access to Speed Networking will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until capacity is filled.

10:30am

Speed Pitching I (10:30am - 11:30am)

Merrick

Advance sign-up is required.

Programming execs, each at their own table, will take one-on-one, three-minute pitches. Get coveted one-on-one time with executives who have the power to steer your project to a greenlight.

Lottery opens on Wednesday, January 7 at 11:00 AM EST, and closes on Monday, January 12 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results will be emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 14 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups open Wednesday, January 14 at 5:00 PM EST, and closes on Thursday, January 29 at 5:00 PM EST.


Featuring:


Table host

Colby Giordano

Director, Unscripted Development

NBCUniversal Entertainment (Peacock & Bravo)

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Table host

LeAnn Scrimmager

Manager of Development & Original Production, AllBlk/WEtv, Unscripted

WE TV

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12:30pm

Lunch with a Commissioner (12:30pm - 1:30pm)

Bayfront

Lottery opens on Wednesday, January 7 at 11:00 AM EST, and closes on Monday, January 12 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results will be emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 14 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups open Wednesday, January 14 at 5:00 PM EST, and closes on Thursday, January 29 at 5:00 PM EST.



Featuring:


Table host

Merrill Hendrickson

VP Entertainment Unscripted Content

NBCUniversal Entertainment

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Table host

Hortensia Quadreny

VP, USH Programming & Planning Lifestyle & Factual Latam

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Lunch with a Distributor (12:30pm - 1:30pm)

Sevilla

Advance sign-up is required.

We’ve assembled some of the top distributors in unscripted and non-fiction entertainment to provide you the expertise you need to get your project made and sold. Sign up for the opportunity to receive real-time global market intel.

Sign-ups open Wednesday, December 3 at 11:00 am EST and close Thursday, January 29 at 5:00 pm EST.


Featuring:


Table host

David Cornwall

Managing Director

Scorpion TV

DIALOG Mentor
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Table host

Claire Runham

Head of Acquisitions

BossaNova Media

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Table host

Nick Tanner

Director of Sales & Co-Productions

Passion Distribution

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Table host

Justina Wójtowicz

EVP, Acquisitions, Co-Productions & Sales

Rive Gauche Television

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2:30pm

Speed Pitching ll (2:30pm - 3:30pm)

Merrick

Advance sign-up is required.

Programming execs, each at their own table, will take one-on-one, three-minute pitches. Get coveted one-on-one time with executives who have the power to steer your project to a greenlight.

Lottery opens on Wednesday, January 7 at 11:00 AM EST, and closes on Monday, January 12 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results will be emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 14 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups open Wednesday, January 14 at 5:00 PM EST, and closes on Thursday, January 29 at 5:00 PM EST.


Featuring:


Table host

Dolyn Chasin

Unscripted Content Development

Tubi

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Table host

Lucy Perez

Director, Unscripted Content

NBCUniversal Entertainment (Peacock & Bravo)

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Tuesday, February 3

8:15am

Breakfast with a Commissioner (8:15am - 9:15am)

Bayfront

Advance sign-up is required.

An informal networking opportunity for delegates to meet with commissioning and development execs over continental breakfast & coffee. These are NOT pitch sessions — just a fantastic networking opportunity.

Sign-ups open Wednesday, December 3 at 11:00 am EST and close Thursday, January 29 at 5:00 pm EST.


Featuring:


Benjamin Noot

Global Acquisitions Director

National Geographic Channel

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Adrian Padmore

Commissioning Editor, Factual

Channel 5 / Paramount UK

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Speed Networking (8:15am - 9:15am)

Sevilla

These networking sessions are designed for you to meet many unscripted and non-fiction executives in a short, speed-dating style. Speed Networking is open to all Realscreen Summit delegates and is NOT a pitch session.

Access to Speed Networking will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until capacity is filled.

10:30am

Speed Pitching lll (10:30am - 11:30am)

Merrick

Advance sign-up is required.

Programming execs, each at their own table, will take one-on-one, three-minute pitches. Get coveted one-on-one time with executives who have the power to steer your project to a greenlight.

Lottery opens on Wednesday, January 7 at 11:00 AM EST, and closes on Monday, January 12 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results will be emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 14 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups open Wednesday, January 14 at 5:00 PM EST, and closes on Thursday, January 29 at 5:00 PM EST.


Featuring:


Table host

Hortensia Quadreny

VP, USH Programming & Planning Lifestyle & Factual Latam

Warner Bros. Discovery

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12:30pm

Lunch with a Commissioner (12:30pm - 1:30pm)

Bayfront

Lottery opens on Wednesday, January 7 at 11:00 AM EST, and closes on Monday, January 12 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results will be emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 14 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups open Wednesday, January 14 at 5:00 PM EST, and closes on Thursday, January 29 at 5:00 PM EST.



Featuring:


Table host

Lisa Marie Angelo

Director, Development & Original Production, Unscripted

WE TV

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Table host

Dolyn Chasin

Unscripted Content Development

Tubi

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Table host

Kristina Edwards

VP, Unscripted Programming

NBCUniversal Entertainment (Peacock & Bravo)

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Table host

Rob Swartz

SVP, Development & Production

REELZ Channel

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Lunch with a Distributor (12:30pm - 1:30pm)

Sevilla

Advance sign-up is required.

We’ve assembled some of the top distributors in unscripted and non-fiction entertainment to provide you the expertise you need to get your project made and sold. Sign up for the opportunity to receive real-time global market intel.

Sign-ups open Wednesday, December 3 at 11:00 am EST and close Thursday, January 29 at 5:00 pm EST.


Featuring:


Table host

David Hooper

Managing Director

Espresso Media International

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Table host

Cecilie Olsen

SVP, Global Content, Non-Scripted

ITV

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1:30pm

Pitching Partners (1:30pm - 2:30pm)

Merrick

Advance sign-up is required.

Production company execs, each at their own tables, will take one-on-one, three-minute pitches from potential production partners.

Lottery opens on Wednesday, January 7 at 11:00 AM EST, and closes on Monday, January 12 at 5:00 PM EST. Lottery results will be emailed to participants on Wednesday, January 14 by 2:00 PM EST. General sign-ups open Wednesday, January 14 at 5:00 PM EST, and closes on Thursday, January 29 at 5:00 PM EST.

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