AI Creative Summit 2026
11 November 2026
BFI Southbank, London, United Kingdom
The AI Creative Summit is a one-day, festival-style event at BFI Southbank in London exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming media, entertainment and the creative industries. Now in its fourth year, it brings together creators, technologists and industry leaders across three parallel content streams and an exhibitor zone, covering real-world case studies, practical applications and open industry discussion.
34 sessions · 71 speakers
Organisers (4)
Broadcast Tech · Screen International · MPTS · Media Business Insight
Sponsors (5)
Vizrt · EngineLab · Amazon Web Services · Snicket Labs · Alibaba Cloud
Exhibitors (5)
Vizrt · EngineLab · Amazon Web Services · Charismatic AI · qumulo
Speakers (71)
- Jake Bickerton Editorial Director of Broadcast Sport and Broadcast Tech, Broadcast Sport
- LJ Rich AI & Creativity Keynote Speaker | Conference Host, Awards MC & Panel Moderator, Perfect Pitch Productions Ltd
- Muki Kulhan Co-Founder; CInTO, Original Version
- Charlotte Wheeler Event Director, Media Business Insight
- Dani Rayner Non Executive Director (Trustee), Freelance
- Martin Gent Co-Founder, Creative AI Network
- Felicity Barr Broadcast Journalist
- Purminder Gandhu Director Consultant, Kaurwave Ltd
- Rebecca Cooney Insights Editor, Broadcast
- Caroline Cooper CFO: Sky Studios, Sky
- Eline Van Der Velden Founder & CEO, PARTICLE6 PRODUCTIONS LTD.
- Nikolay Burlutskiy Head of Applied AI, BBC
- Isaac Martin Director of Innovation, FLIGHTSTORY
- Jimmy Woolley Founder, 404 Films.
- Petra Molnar AI Artist/Animator, AI CINELAB
- Alison Scorgie AI Creative Director & Brand Strategist, House of Antigone
- William Bartlett ECD Advertising, London, Framestore
- Priti Mhatre Chief Product & AI Officer, Production WPP Open, WPP
- Guy Gadney CEO and Founder, Charismatic.ai
- Tim Flagg CEO & Co-Founder, UKAI
- Tom Paton CEO / Founder, AiMation
- Alice Taylor Head of AI creative lab, BBC Studios
- Katharina Gellein Viken Executive producer and co-founder, Screenburn Group
- Chris Hampartsoumian Technical Director, Accedo.tv
- Conor Dignam Chief Executive, Media Business Insight
- Max Miller Editor, Broadcast Tech, & Senior Reporter, Broadcast Sport, Media Business Insight
- Sarah Woollen Operations, EngineLab
- Afro Futcha AI Filmmaker, Creative Technologist & Educator
- Ali-Abbas Ali Director of Broadcasting Competition, Ofcom
- Alice Krige Actress
- Andy de Emmony Director
- Andy Hayes Sr. Visual Computing Solution Architect, Amazon
- Anna Lidster Gen AI Production Lead, WPP Production
- Ant Hill Principle Consultant, Creative Industries - MarTech & GenAI, Google
- Anthony Geffen CEO and Creative Director, Atlantic Studios
- Brett Danton Owner
- Carl Lyttle CDO / AI Photography Lead, nmatic.ai
- Daniel Oron Executive Producer, Go Button Media Inc.
- David Barron Film Producer
- Dr David Dunkley Gyimah Reader/ Associate Professor, University of Cardiff
- Duncan McWilliam CEO, Outpost VFX
- Ed Bengoa Director of Post Production at ITN, ITN
- George Panayotopoulos GM, UK & Nordics, Alibaba Cloud
- Hal Watmough Filmmaker / Head of Post, Wonder Studios
- Isabelita Virtual Human, Ella - Mixed Media Creative House
- James Duffen Chief Executive Officer, Imaginae Studios
- James W. Newton Executive Producer, BBC Studios
- Jayme Baggio Production & Project Lead-Linear Branded Entertainment, Channel 4
- Jenny Springett Creative AI Specialist & Tutor, Spring Generation
- Jo Hughes Commissioning Executive, Sky
- Joe Grace AI Creative Director & Producer
- Joe Mather Creative Director at BBC Studios, BBC Studios
- Justin Hackney Co-Founder, Wonder Studios
- Leon Dean Content Creator Executive, Cambridge Education Group
- Lily Videnova Founder / UX Consultant, Waldo.
- Mat Troughton Head of Post Production Technology, Fulwell 73 Productions
- Matt Herman CTO & Co-Founder, EngineLab
- Mike Dzierza Head of Video, Global Content Studio, eBay
- Nick Price CEO and Founder, nmatic.ai
- Nicola Brown Creative Director, The Garden
- Nikki Hexum Co- Founder CEO, The Human Consent Foundation
- Olly Strous Chief Technology Officer, Zinc Media Group
- Piotr Mirowski Senior Staff Research Scientist, Google DeepMind
- Sam Reid Co-Founder & CEO, EngineLab
- Sam Wilkinson Founder & AI Director, Channel Changers
- Sarina Da Costa Gomez Executive Creative Director, Particle 6
- Shaunagh Duncan Group Head of Sustainability, Fremantle
- Simon Rumley Writer / Director
- Teddy Nygh Co-Founder & Creative Director, Fully Focused Productions | Million Youth Media (MYM YouTube)
- Tim Maynard Senior Producer / Director, ITN
- Will Hanrahan Editor in Chief, firstlooktv
Agenda
- Welcome 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- Making Your Scene Partner Look Good: Human-Centered AI for Creativity 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- Welcome 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- Welcome 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- AI in Action: Factual — Telling Bigger Stories on Smaller Budgets 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- What's Next: Emerging Technologies and Future Horizons 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- Chasing Utopia: Debating the Realities of AI & the Creative Industry 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- Story Object Model: New Knowledge Architecture for Content Production 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- Version Intelligence in the Age of Infinite Variants 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- From Tilly Norwood to the Next Generation of Storytelling: Inside the Particle 6 Revolution 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- AI Storytelling: From Prompt to Screen 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- Inside the Fast-Moving World of AI Animation 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- AI & the Future of VFX: How UK Studios Are Adapting 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- AI & Post: Can AI Reignite UK Post-Production? 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- Conscience & Creativity: Navigating the Responsibilities of AI 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- Private AI, in Production: Trusting AI with a Client's IP 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- The AI Frontier: Revolutionising Children's Media & Education 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- Producing the Impossible: The Wargame, AI & Storytelling 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- Who Owns the Human? Protecting Performance in the Age of AI 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- AI in Action: From Ideas to Useful Tools in 20 Minutes 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- From Concept to Content: Scalable AI Workflows 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- Building the AI Engine: How Media Tech Leaders Deliver at Scale 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- Non-Artificial AI Films 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- The Right Tool. The Right Story. 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- Leading Through the AI Transformation: Policy, Regulation and the Future of Media 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- AI, Investment & Business Transformation: Rewriting the Media Playbook 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- Game Changer: Tom Paton on AI, Storytelling & Non Player Combat 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- Mastering the AI Workflow on The Murder Detective 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- AI Skills, Training, & Talent Pathways 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- From Prompt to Picture: Inside the World of AI Filmmaking 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- Closing Remarks 11 November 2026 · NFT2
- Closing Remarks 11 November 2026 · NFT3
- From Script to Screen: The AI Workflow Behind The Call of the Wild 11 November 2026 · NFT1
- Closing Remarks 11 November 2026 · NFT1