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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

All hours are Eastern Daylight Time
* Subject to modifications *

All conference sessions and events will be held at the Meridian Hall - except when marked as OFFSITE.

Delegate Badge Pick-up:
Rendez-vous Registration Desk, 
Meridian Hall Main Lobby

Rendez-vous 2023 Conference & Trade Show → Register here for your Full Conference Pass
Session Sign up is now open. If you registered for the conference but did not receive the sign up link, please contact us.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Tuesday August 15, 2023

9:00
to
17:00
1-Day Pre-conference Workshop
ETC Ion XE Console Training - Level 1 | Essentials | Details & Registration
2-Day Pre-conference Workshop
SMAART Operator: Fundamentals - Day 1 of 2Details & Registration
13:00
to
17:00
1-Day Pre-conference Workshop
Scenic Painting Workshop - Part 1 of 2 | Details & Registration
Free Time
19:00
to
22:00
Special Event | Meridian Hall Lobby
TMU Theatre School Alumni Reunion RSVP here
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Wednesday August 16, 2023

09:00
to
12:00
1-Day Pre-conference Workshop
Scenic Painting Workshop - Part 2 of 2
 | Details & Registration
09:00
to
17:00
1-Day Pre-conference Workshop
ETC Ion XE Console Training - Level 2 | EnhancedDetails & Registration
2-Day Pre-conference Workshop
SMAART Operator: Fundamentals - Day 2 of 2 | Details & Registration
13:00
to
16:00
TDArts Session | Lower Lobby
Fire Safety/ Ask a Fire Marshal! with James Ware, FPET and Rob Patton, District Chief, Toronto Fire Services
Free Time

18:00 to 22:00

Rendez-vous 2023 Opening Soirée

Meridian Hall Main Lobby

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Thursday August 17, 2023

08:00 to 09:00

Product Showcase Breakfast

Meridian Hall Main Lobby

09:00
to
10:30
Educational Session | Mezzanine East
Grounding for Theatre Electrical Systems - Technical (Isolated) Grounding Best Practices with Dustin Su and Nick Chu
Educational Session | Main East Lounge
Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund with Jason Vergnano and Cindy Jennings
Tour - OFFSITE
Toronto’s next cultural destination: The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts Reimagined with Siamak Hariri and Clyde Wagner
09:00
to
12:00
TDArts Session | Lower Lobby
Musicals! Who Knew?! with Robyn Hoja
PMArts Session | Castlepoint Lounge
Grand Theatre High School Project - A How-to with Paul Fujimoto-Pihl and Breanne Ritchie
10:45
to
12:15
Roundtable Discussion | Mezzanine East
Safe and Sound LIVE! - Your Event Safety Round Table
 with Shannon Inniss and Janet Sellery
Moderated Panel | Main East Lounge
Avoiding Predatory Contracts as a Freelancer with Crystal Lee, Rebecca Vandevelde and Pip Bradford
Educational Session | Main Boardroom (Meridian Hall Auditorium)
Basic Audio Mixing Systems - Beginner | Object Based Mixing System with Trevor Nash
Lunch and dedicated time for Trade Show

11:00 to 16:00

Trade Show Open

Meridian Hall Main Stage

12:30
to
13:15
TEC Talk | Main Boardroom (Meridian Hall Auditorium)
State of the art IEM & IFB Systems 
with Rob Poretti
13:30
to
14:15
TEC Talk | Main Boardroom (Meridian Hall Auditorium)
Getting Exactly What You Want For The Best Price
 with Richard Schick
14:30
to
16:00
Educational Session | Main Boardroom (Meridian Hall Auditorium)
Basic Audio Mixing Systems - Intermediate | Immersive Systems and Enhanced Acoustics with Trevor Nash
14:00
to
17:00
Backstage Tour - OFFSITE
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts 
with Melynda Jurgenson
15:00
to
17:00
Roundtable Discussion | Castlepoint Lounge
Technical Direction and Regional Theatre - Out of the box thinking and best practices
 with Jody Burkholder and Jordan Davies
Roundtable Discussion | Lower Lobby
Best practices for producing, design, and production for racially diverse casts with Rachel Forbes
15:30
to
17:00
Educational Session | Main East Lounge
ETC Eos for Designers with Jess McNabb
Educational Session | Mezzanine East
Demystifying Workplace Mental Health and Psychological Safety with Dagan Nish

16:00 to 17:00

Sound Speaker Showcase at the Trade Show

Meridian Hall Main Stage

Free Time

19:00 to 22:00

SWAG BINGO Fundraising Event

Sponsored by GerrAudio Distribution

OFFSITE | The Imperial Pub

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Friday August 18, 2023

Free time for breakfast
09:00
to
10:00
Educational Session | Main East Lounge
Rebuilding the Teatro San Cassiano - A Venetian Jigsaw Puzzle
 with Peter McKinnon
09:00
to
10:30
Educational Session | Lower Lobby
Network Design for AVoIP Networks
 with L. William Nattress
Roundtable Discussion | Mezzanine East
Studio Theatre Design Challenges
 with Thom Payne, Athos Zaghi, John O'Keefe and Peter Manna
09:00
to
12:00
PMArts Session | Castlepoint Lounge
Co-Productions – Playing well with Others with Russell Martin
09:30
to
17:00
All Day Workshop - OFFSITE | Toronto Metropolitan University - Studio Theatre | 341 Yonge St (beside Basil Box)
Training the Eye
 with Sholem Dolgoy and Rachel Forbes

10:00 to 14:00

Trade Show Open

Meridian Hall Main Stage

Free time, lunch and dedicated time for Trade Show
10:45
to
11:30
TEC Talk | Main Boardroom (Meridian Hall Auditorium)
Vectorworks Documentation for Production Coordination 
with Jim Woodward
11:45
to
12:30
TEC Talk | Main Boardroom (Meridian Hall Auditorium)
It's All About the Bones 
with Linda Sparks
12:45
to
13:30
TEC Talk | Main Boardroom (Meridian Hall Auditorium)
Fabrics and Flames: Essential Guidelines for Fire Code Compliance, Cleaning, and Handling of Stage Drapery 
with Zane Neily
12:30
to
14:00
CITT/ICTS Ontario Section AGM - Castlepoint Lounge
13:30
to
15:00
Roundtable Discussion | Lower Lobby
What a Head of Wardrobe wished their Production Manager knew… with Eugenio Saenz Flores, Michelle Barnier, CS (Fergie) Fergusson-Vau and Jacqueline Robertson Cull
14:00
to
15:00
Educational Session | Main East Lounge
The Dark Side - A guided tour of the sales side of the entertainment industry with Carl Lukings
14:00
to
17:00 
TDArts Session | Castlepoint Lounge
Up-to-date with Audio Description with Rebecca Singh
Educational Session | Mezzanine East
Respectful Workplaces in the Arts
 with Grégoire Gagnon, Cultural Human Resources Council
15:30
to
17:00
Educational Session | Lower Lobby
The Technical Standards Program of ESTA
 with Richard Nix
Educational Session | Main East Lounge
Parade Magic
 with Samantha Spendiff
Tour - OFFSITE
Massey Hall with Doug McKendrick
Free Night
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Saturday August 19, 2023

Free time for breakfast
9:00
to
10:30
Educational Session | Main Boardroom
The First Counterweight System with Rick Boychuk
Educational Session | Main East Lounge
How not to be a BossHole - Managing people successfully with Cheryl Batulis
9:00
to
12:00
TDArts Session | TBC
Hang with an Aerial Artist with Holly Treddenick
PMArts Session | Castlepoint Lounge
Collective Bargaining with Mark Lavaway
10:45
to
12:15
Educational Session | Main Boardroom
Due Diligence for Dummies with Evan Sandham
Educational Session | Main East Lounge
Logistics in Touring with David Cohen
12:15 to 14:30

CITT/ICTS 2023 AGM Luncheon

Meridian Hall Lower Lobby

Luncheon: starts at 12:15

AGM only: starts at 13:00

VIRTUAL AGM: starts at 13:00CLICK HERE to attend via Zoom

14:45
to
16:15
Discussion | Lower Lobby
Plenary Session on Membership
 with Andrea Lundy
Free Time
18:00 to 21:00

Rendez-vous 2023 Closing Reception

OFFSITEFirkin on Yonge