AI Creative Summit 2026

As AI becomes increasingly embedded in content production, this session explores how factual producers and production teams are using emerging technologies to bring ambitious real-world stories to lif ...

Beyond today’s AI hype, what technologies are set to reshape the creative industries next? This forward-looking session explores the emerging tools, platforms and breakthroughs on the horizon — from AI and automation to spatial computing, virtual production and whatever comes next. Hear from the innovators looking beyond the current landscape and discover what the future of creative production could look like.

Ready to put AI to work? Join Brett Danton, Leon Dean and Ryan Phillips for a fast-paced, hands-on storytelling workshop that explores how AI can take an idea from a spark of inspiration to something you can actually see on screen. Expect creative challenges, practical techniques, live experimentation and plenty of “what if we tried this?” moments. Come with an idea, leave with a story — and a few new tricks for your creative toolkit.

The AI hype cycle is clearing, leaving tech leaders with the practical challenge of building tools that actually work at scale. In this session, technology executives from major broadcasters, independ ...

Animation is entering a whole new world. As technology evolves at breakneck speed, creators are finding themselves in uncharted territory—but three trailblazing filmmakers are already successfully charting the course. Join this dynamic panel to discover how modern creators are effectively integrating AI tools into their pipelines to seize total creative control, secure funding, and navigate the complex realities of IP and ownership. From technical workflows to executive hurdles, this session strips away the hype to prove that no matter how fast the tools evolve, the craft of storytelling remains the ultimate superpower. 

Isabel and Guy have spent their careers balancing creative media and technology. This session shares the experiences of creativity and filmmaking with AI, focusing on Isabel's roles with NASA, DDB, Wunderman and Meta, and her recent films like Soledad which she will show and discuss how AI can be used to become more creative, to experiment, to make mistakes, to fail, and ultimately to go beyond what we already know how to do.

 AI is rapidly changing the way visual effects are created, delivered, and managed. From automating labour-intensive tasks like rotoscoping and clean-up to accelerating asset creation, compositing, and post-production workflows, UK VFX studios are exploring how AI can improve efficiency while maintaining the creative standards demanded by premium film and television productions. 

This panel brings together leading industry experts to discuss how facilities are integrating AI into their pipelines, the opportunities and challenges this presents, and what it means for clients commissioning work. The discussion will explore the impact on budgets, schedules, creative collaboration, and talent, as well as how studios are balancing innovation with quality, intellectual property considerations, and client expectations in an increasingly competitive market. 

A practical live workshop showing how production companies can use AI to turn the files and workflows they already rely on into bespoke software that saves time, improves how the business runs or helps win more work.

Across two live builds, Jack Jones, Emma Corbett and Jayme Baggio will move from idea to working software, refining each result in real time and demonstrating how teams can apply the same approach themselves.

Attendees will receive the prompts, setup and resources used on stage so they can use the same approach within their own company.

 

This session explores the critical guardrails needed as artificial intelligence integrates into the screen industries. It examines the four pillars of responsible AI adoption: stopping low-quality "AI slop" from polluting content pipelines, securing data privacy, embedding sustainability within the production process, and dismantling invisible biases baked into creative algorithms. Together, the panel outlines how the creative sector can embrace technological innovation while protecting its ethical, human-centred values.

With millions of views explosive across social media, the viral success of AI-generated time-traveller Chloe Vs History proves that synthetic characters have the power to deeply captivate young minds. ...

Three pioneering AI filmmakers take us behind the scenes of their latest projects, sharing the creative thinking, tools and techniques bringing their stories to life. From concept and prompting to pro ...

Eline Van der Velden, founder and CEO of Particle 6 and the creative force behind the much-discussed AI-generated actor Tilly Norwood, joins the AI Creative Summit for an exclusive keynote conversation exploring what happens when artificial intelligence moves from a production tool to a creative collaborator.

From the journey behind Particle 6 and the creation of Tilly Norwood, to the extraordinary reaction her emergence has sparked across the entertainment industry, Eline will share her perspective on how AI is challenging traditional ideas of performance, authorship, talent and storytelling.

The conversation will explore the rapidly evolving relationship between human creativity and AI, the opportunities and tensions it creates for producers and creatives, and what the next generation of AI-native content could look like.

Join this open and provocative discussion about creativity, technology, talent, intellectual property and the future economics of production — and what the industry needs to understand now, as AI moves from experimentation into mainstream creative production.

This thought-provoking panel brings together leaders from across media, entertainment and film to examine the policy, regulatory and industry challenges shaping the future of AI. As businesses move fr ...

Could AI help reignite the UK’s post-production industry? Leaders from production, broadcast and post will explore how AI can enhance workflows, boost efficiency and unlock new creative opportunities. The discussion will examine the impact on skills, talent and client expectations, as well as the challenges around trust, provenance and creative responsibility. Most importantly, what can the UK do now to turn AI into a competitive advantage for post-production? 

What happens when you create the characters and the world - but let AI decide what happens next? Filmmaker and AiMation founder, Tom Paton joins us for a fast-paced exploration of a new frontier in en ...

As artificial intelligence transitions from an experimental tool into a core business reality, media organizations are rewriting the playbook for corporate strategy, asset management, and talent devel ...

As AI reshapes film and TV, the industry’s ultimate strength remains its people. Moving past the tech hype, this panel explores how to equip creative and production teams with the baseline literacy needed to work confidently alongside emerging technologies. Bringing together leaders from higher education, grassroots talent development, and hands-on production, the panel will outline real-world strategies for upskilling the existing workforce, establishing scalable industry-education partnerships, and building inclusive talent pathways to transition the next generation seamlessly from training to employment.