OTTAWA — In what will be their first public appearance following the impending release of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review report (we still don’t yet know exactly when the report itself is being released), the chair of the government-appointed expert panel, Janet Yale, and panel member Monique Simard will be speaking at Prime Time in Ottawa next week.
Scheduled to speak during lunch on Thursday, January 30, Yale and Simard will discuss their recommendations to the government in a keynote session called “The Legislative Path Forward for Cultural Policy in Canada.”
Prime Time organizers CMPA previously announced Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault is the keynote speaker for Thursday morning. Guilbeault will be joined by CMPA president and CEO Reynolds Mastin to discuss the current state of the screen-based industries and the future of Canadian content creation.
(Ed note: We’re assuming the report will be released in the days prior to PTiO, and so we’re also expecting Minister Guilbeault’s chat to concentrate on its recommendations, too.)
CMPA today released the speaker lineup for a featured session on strategies related to owning and controlling intellectual property. Cartt.ca will have two reporters covering the event.
IP: Currency of the Future
- Valerie Creighton, president and CEO, Canada Media Fund (moderator)
- Catherine Winder, CEO and executive producer, Wind Sun Sky Entertainment
- Stephen Stohn, founding partner, Stohn Hay Cafazzo Dembroski Richmond LLP
- Troy Reeb, executive vice-president, broadcast networks, Corus Entertainment
- Robert C. Cooper, creator and executive producer, Mezo Entertainment
In addition, CMPA announced new speakers added to the schedule:
- Mike Cosentino, president, content and programming, Bell Media
- Ryan Chanatry, general manager of topic, First Look Media
- Prem Gill, CEO, Creative BC
- Virginia Rankin, executive producer, Datsit Sphère
For more information about Prime Time 2020, click here.
