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London Information Session

Ontario Creates

London Information Session

April 9, 2026

Innovation Works, Community Living Room 

201 King St, London, ON

Schedule

10:30 AMDoors Open & Registration
11:00 AMPresentation on Ontario Creates Programs & Tax Credits
11:45 AMPanel Discussion: Ontario Creates Funding Recipients Share Success Stories


Kristina Esposito, KEME Productions

Jeff Evans, Doom Turtle

Evan Jones, Games by Stitch

12:45 PMNetworking Break and Light Lunch 
1:15 PMRoundtable #1- Your opportunity to connect directly with programs and tax credits staff on your areas of interest.
2:00 PM

Roundtable #2- Your opportunity to connect directly with programs and tax credits staff on your areas of interest.


Speaker Bios

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Kristina Esposito is a producer with her company KEME Productions. She is a graduate of York University’s theatre program where she studied Devised Theatre. As co-owner of KEME Productions, she has produced award winning content that has screened internationally on platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Tubi. Her first feature “What Lies Below” premiered on Netflix, reaching #1 in the US and #2 in Canada. She was the lead producer on “Adult Adoption”, Globe and Mail best films 2022, currently available on Amazon Prime (Canada) and Tubi (US). Most recently, Kristina was a co-producer on “Turn It Up” (Collingwood Film Co.) which was featured at Cannes Frontieres 2025. Currently she is producing “Action London”, a short film initiative in London Ontario featuring unique locations with local stories to support the regional industry. Kristina has a background in marketing and uses this experience to develop comprehensive marketing plans from pre-production through to distribution. Her goal is to collaborate with like-minded artists to tell universal stories in a different light.

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Jeff Evans is an entrepreneur and professional video game developer with over 20 years of industry experience spanning across multiple disciplines and platforms. Jeff has worked in both small- and large-scale teams and has been involved in all aspects of video game development. In 2013, he launched his second video game company ‘Titan Titan Studios’ where his focus was to create fun, retro inspired indie games for the mobile, PC and console platforms using Unity technology. The company was sold in 2021 to Trophy Games. In their time, they created over 11 mobile games amassing over 25 million downloads organically. Currently Jeff is the CEO of Doom Turtle, his latest game development company where they focus on making exciting content for PC and Console platforms. Additionally, Jeff founded a retail games and hobbies store chain ‘The Mana Lounge’ in 2019 and Mana Pinball in 2024. Jeff spends time growing the local game developer community and connecting like-minded innovators for collaborations.

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Evan Jones is a two-time Emmy Award winner. Evan’s work combines web, mobile and games with TV, film, radio, and the real world. He has been recognized as a 'Top 10 New Media Groundbreaker' by the Bell Fund and chosen as one of the ‘most innovative and influential minds in McMaster history’ by his alma mater. His interactive documentary work has won ‘Best in Electronic Culture’ at the UNESCO World Summit and his experience with branded entertainment has won ‘Best in Digital Marketing’ by the Digi Awards. Evan has guest lectured on the art & business of interactive story internationally at the Canadian Film Centre, the Australian Film, Television & Radio School and the University of Southern California. He has consulted for the Smithsonian, Greenpeace, Microsoft, Disney, NBCUniversal, Nickelodeon, and 20th Century Fox on the future of entertainment.