TORONTO
ANIMATION
INDUSTRY
CONFERENCE
APRIL
8-12, 2026
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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Thursday April 9, 2026
Gallery
Opening
9:30am - 10:00am
Amanda Strong
10:00am - 10:45am
Animation Pilot Showcase 1
Peral Low
Meridian Culpepper
Alkali Blue
Noushin Emami
Emily Brundige
Denver Jackson
11:15am - 12:30pm
Victor Elizalde
Darcee McCartney
Terence Mbulaheni
1:15pm - 2:15pm
The Making of David Animated Feature
Ned Lott
Dave Walvoord
Dan Barker
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Olaf Skjenna
Alex Parkinson
3:45pm - 4:45pm
Sony GOAT + Kpop Panel
TBD
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Learning Studio A+B
Justine Bannister
Alethea Bakogeorge
Rose-Ann Tisserand
Maral Mohammadian
Ella Cooper
9:30am - 10:45am
Dylan Edwards
Gervasio Canda
Courtney Wolfson
Andrew Kavanagh
11:30am - 12:30pm
Amanda Strong
Tina Nawrocki
Vanessa Esteves
Denver Jackson
1:15pm - 2:15pm
AI Tools: How to Navigate,
Optimize Artist Friendly AI Tools in
Fast Paced Productions
TBD
2:30pm - 3:30pm
International Indie Filmmakers
Alice Mao
Emily Brundige
Peral Low
Meridian Gray Cullpepper
3:45pm - 4:45pm
Claynosaurz- Animation
for Social Media
(Demo & Pipeline)
William Liu
Nic Cabana
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Green Room
ACE Canada Society Networking
Rose-Ann Tisserand
Sunita Balsara
Molly Lacoursiere
Michelle Lorime
11:00am - 12:00am
Open For Meetings
12:30am - 5:45am
Friday April 10, 2026
Gallery
NFB/ONF Filmmakers Masterclasses
Bogdan Anifrani-Fedach
Ian Keteku
Bahij Jaroudi
10:00am - 12:00pm
NFB/ONF Networking Mixer
12:00am - 12:45pm
Canadian Broadcasters
Drew Mullin
Kirsten Hurd
Marianne Lambert
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Nic Cabana
2:45pm - 3:45pm
MOHO Animation Software Demo
Mike Clifton
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Closing Ceremonies
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Learning Studio A+B
Bobby Chiu
9:30am - 10:30am
Stop Motion Animation
Dale Hayward
Celeste Koon
Kevin Parry
10:45am - 11:45am
Animation Pilot Showcase 2
Andrew Kavanagh
Justine Bannister
Bouchera Tahraoui
Brian Peco
Vincent Cheung
Paulette Schnier
Alberto Rodriguez
Patrick E Stout
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Multihyphenate Menagerie
Melissa Peters
Skye R Regan
Aaron Long
Lorna Witherington
James Boyd
1:45pm - 2:45pm
Taisa Dekker
Jeremy Salter
Michelle Michals
Aaron Unrau
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Green Room
Virginie Lavallée
9:30am - 10:30am
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
Learning Studio B
Workshop
10:00am - 12:00pm
Separate Ticketed Event
Workshop
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Separate Ticketed Event
Suzanne Wilson’s Workshop Funding Grants
Workshop
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Separate Ticketed Event
Green Room
Creator Chats
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
10:00am - 12:00am
Creator Chats
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Session 8
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Creator Chats
Session 9
Session 10
Session 11
Session 12
4:00pm - 6:00pm