A 15-year veteran of the broadcasting industry, Vanessa Case brings a history of excellence to her role as Vice President, Content, SLICE™ and National Geographic Channel. In this role, she assumes overall responsibility for all original production, programming, acquisitions and scheduling for both networks.Since joining the company in late 1994, Vanessa has played vital roles in many successful ventures, including the launch of Life Network in 1995, and was also instrumental to the launching of HGTV (Home & Garden Television) Canada in 1997. Prior to assuming her current role, she was responsible for overseeing all programming efforts on HGTV Canada, as Vice President of Programming. During this time, the channel’s audience increased over 70% and achieved numerous record breaking results. Prior to joing the Alliance Atlantis, Vanessa was with YTV. In addition to numerous outside interests, Vanessa sits on the Board of Directors for the CWC, Canadian Women in Communications, and has competed internationally on a Canadian women's sailing team for over 11 years.

Vanessa is participating in the 2007 WIFT International Summit as a panelist for:

Session # 3 Worldwide Trends in Lifestyle Television
Presented in partnership with Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
Monday, July 16, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
University East
Commissioning Editors from around the world discuss the stories and subjects of current interest to their organizations, and share insights into building successful, long-term relationships with broadcasters.