Monday December 8, 2025

09:00 11:30 COPACABANA A DigitalNetworking

Digital Morning

 

12:00 13:00 COPACABANA A AI

AI for TV Dummies

 

13:30 14:30 COPACABANA A Industry

Getting to Know You

 

14:30 15:00 FOYER Networking

Coffee Break

15:00 15:30 BOSSA IndustryNetworking

Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: France Télévisions

15:00 16:00 COPACABANA B Science

Ideas Salon: The Biggest Breakthroughs

 

16:00 16:30 BOSSA IndustryNetworking

Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: Instituto Serrapilheira

16:30 17:30 COPACABANA B Science

Ideas Salon: The Innovators

 

17:00 17:30 BOSSA IndustryNetworking

Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: National Geographic

19:00 22:00 Blue Note Rio

WCSFP Official Welcome in Rio!

Tuesday December 9, 2025

09:00 10:30 COPACABANA A Industry

What's the Buzz

 

09:00 10:30 COPACABANA B Industry

What's the Buzz

 

10:30 11:00 FOYER Networking

Coffee Break

11:00 11:30 BOSSA IndustryNetworking

Meet with Campus Latino

11:00 12:30 COPACABANA B Industry

Where’s the Controversy?

 

11:30 12:30 COPACABANA A Natural History

Penguins, Pussies and Punchlines

 

12:30 14:00 ESTANCIA Networking

Lunch

12:45 13:45 BOSSA Networking

Meet with Bilibili

14:00 15:00 COPACABANA A History

Pyramid Scheme: Re-telling History’s Greatest Hits

 

14:00 15:15 COPACABANA B Industry

Congress Deep Dive: An Industry in Turmoil—What’s Next?

 

15:15 15:45 BOSSA IndustryNetworking

Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: ORF Universum

15:15 15:45 FOYER Networking

Coffee Break

15:45 16:30 COPACABANA B Digital

Spark of Inspiration: Learning from YouTube or All the Mistakes I’ve Made

 

16:45 17:30 COPACABANA B BrazilIndustry

How to Work with Brazil!

 

16:45 17:45 COPACABANA A AI

AI's Got Talent: Today's Tools, Tomorrow's Stories

 

16:45 18:00 BOSSA IndustryNetworking

Pitch Me!

Wednesday December 10, 2025

09:15 10:30 BOSSA IndustryNetworking

Pitch Me!

09:30 10:45 COPACABANA A Industry

Greatest Hits & Misses

 

09:30 10:45 COPACABANA B Digital

Congress Deep Dive: How to Thrive in the Digital World

 

10:45 11:15 FOYER Networking

Meet the Canadians Coffee Break

11:00 11:30 BOSSA IndustryNetworking

Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: NHK

11:30 12:30 COPACABANA A Industry

The Big Bang Revolution : The Golden Rules for International Coproductions

 

11:30 12:30 COPACABANA B Digital

Insider’s Guide to Digital Success

 

12:30 14:00 ESTANCIA Networking

Lunch

14:00 14:45 COPACABANA A Science

The Secret Sauce of Science Storytelling

 

14:00 14:45 COPACABANA B Environment

The Wild Reframed

 

14:45 15:15 FOYER Networking

Coffee Break

15:00 15:30 BOSSA IndustryNetworking

Close Encounters of the Funding Kind: GLOBO

15:15 16:30 COPACABANA B AI

Fake It Till You Break It: The New Reality Crisis

 

15:30 16:30 COPACABANA A Industry

Inside the Most Emmy-Nominated Factual Series: How Trafficked Became a Masterclass in Storytelling

 

16:00 17:30 BOSSA Science

Special Presentation & Screening: Shenzhou 13

16:45 17:30 COPACABANA A Science

The Wonder Experiment: Story, Science & Song

 

16:45 17:45 COPACABANA B Industry

Little Gems

 

18:00 00:00 Wave by Othon Networking

Wind Down With a Caipirinha on the Beach

Thursday December 11, 2025

09:30 10:15 COPACABANA A IndustryNetworking

What Happens in Congress Stays in Congress

 

10:15 10:45 FOYER Networking

Coffee Break

10:45 11:30 COPACABANA A Industry

One Language, Many Stories: Co-Production in Spanish Speaking Markets

 

12:00 12:45 COPACABANA A BrazilScience

Brazil: Science for the Next Decade

 

12:45 14:15 BOSSA CAFÉ Networking

Lunch

14:30 16:00 COPACABANA B Industry

The Buzzies Awards Ceremony