TORONTO
ANIMATION
INDUSTRY
CONFERENCE
APRIL
8-12
2026
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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Thursday April 9, 2026
Gallery
Learning Studio A+B
Opening
9:30am - 10:00am
Amanda Strong
10:00am - 10:45am
Pearl Low
Meridian Culpepper
Alkali Blue
Noushin Emami
Alice Roncier
Emily Brundige
Denver Jackson
11:15am - 12:30pm
Victor Elizalde
Darcee McCartney
Nicole Gibbs
Terence Mbulaheni
1:15pm - 2:15pm
Ned Lott
Dave Walvoord
Tysen Potter
Dan Barker
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Olaf Skjenna
Alex Parkinson
3:45pm - 4:45pm
Eric De Carolis
Pep Lluis Llado
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Justine Bannister
Alethea Bakogeorge
Rose-Ann Tisserand
Maral Mohammadian
Brooke Keesling
Ned Lott
Sunita Balsara
Molly Lacoursière
Michelle Lorimer
Sonia Furier
9:30am - 10:45am
Dylan Edwards
Gervasio Canda
Courtney Wolfson
Lorna Withrington
Andrew Kavanagh
11:30am - 12:30pm
Amanda Strong
Tina Nawrocki
Vanessa Esteves
Sam Goff
Denver Jackson
1:15pm - 2:15pm
Mark Jones
Sarah Watling
Justine Bannister
Steve Couture
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Alice Mao
Emily Brundige
Pearl Low
Gervasio Canda
Meridian Gray Cullpepper
3:45pm - 4:45pm
William Liu
Nic Cabana
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Green Room
Rose-Ann Tisserand
Sunita Balsara
Molly Lacoursière
Michelle Lorimer
11:00am - 12:00pm
Open For Meetings
12:30am - 5:45pm
Friday April 10, 2026
Gallery
Bogdan Anifrani-Fedach
Ian Keteku
Bahij Jaroudi
10:00am - 12:00pm
NFB/ONF
Networking Mixer
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Drew Mullin
Kirsten Hurd
Coral Schoug
Marianne Lambert
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Nic Cabana
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Mike Clifton
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Closing Ceremonies
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Learning Studio A+B
Bobby Chiu
José Pou
9:30am - 10:30am
Dale Hayward
Celeste Koon
Kevin Parry
Cam Hayduk
10:45am - 11:45am
Bouchera Tahraoui
Brian Peco
Vincent Cheung
Paulette Shnier
Alberto Rodriguez
Patrick E Stout
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Melissa Peters
Skye R Regan
Aaron Long
Lorna Witherington
James Boyd
Fay Caretta Pearse
1:45pm - 2:45pm
Taisa Dekker
Jeremy Salter
Michelle Michals
Aaron Unrau
Mark Ramsay
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Green Room
Speed Pitching
11:00am - 4:00pm
Big Chick Energy Sketch
John Gallagher Portero
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Saturday April 11, 2026
Learning Studio A
Workshop
10:00am - 12:00pm
Separate Ticketed Event
Workshop
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Separate Ticketed Event
Workshop
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Separate Ticketed Event
Gallery
EXHIBITION FLOOR
10:00am - 1:00pm
EXHIBITION FLOOR
2:15pm - 5:45pm
Learning Studio B
Workshop
10:00am - 12:00pm
Separate Ticketed Event
Workshop
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Separate Ticketed Event
Workshop
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Separate Ticketed Event
Green Room
10:00am - 12:00am
1:00pm - 3:00pm
4:00pm - 6:00pm