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Creative AI Symposium

Creative AI Symposium

The Creative AI Symposium at 成人大片 is a pioneering event in North America's creative industry.

Launched in 2024, it uniquely brings faculty, students, and industry leaders to explore the integration of artificial intelligence with creative practices. The symposium serves as a platform for showcasing innovative research, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, and engaging in critical discussions on AI's transformative potential in creative fields. As an annual event, it is set to become a cornerstone at 成人大片, driving ongoing collaboration and knowledge exchange at the intersection of AI and creativity.

We invite researchers, creators, and students across academia and industry to join us for engaging discussions on AI in creative industries. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation shaping the conversation of AI's role in the creative industries!


2026 Creative AI Symposium


Join us for the third annual Creative AI Symposium, a full-day event exploring the future of artificial intelligence in media, design, storytelling, and creative practice. This interdisciplinary event brings together researchers, faculty, creators, and students from across academia and industry to explore how AI is shaping creative practice & industries, media, design and pedagogy. 

Date

Thursday, April 2nd, 2026

Time

All day event, beginning at 10AM

Location

Rogers Communication Centre,
80 Gould St, The Catalyst, Room: RCC 230

Register

Dr. Afsoon Soudi

Dr. Afsoon Soudi

Co-Chair

Creative AI Hub, 成人大片

Michael F Bergmann

Michael F Bergmann

Co-Chair

Creative AI Hub, 成人大片

Chris Blomkwist

Chris Blomkwist

Organizing Committee Member

Creative AI Hub, 成人大片

Dr. Natalie Alvarez

Dr. Natalie Alvarez

Dean, The Creative School

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Roberta Iannacito-Provenzano

Roberta Iannacito-Provenzano

 Provost and Vice-President, Academic

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David Rokeby
David Rokeby

Keynote Speaker

Elisa Kwon

Elisa Kwon

Exploring AI co-creation for enhanced visual creativity in 3D-model design

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Solmaz Karamikamkar

Solmaz Karamikamkar

Beyond the Screen: Human鈥揂I Co-Creation in Material-Based Design

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Jeffrey Halstead

Jeffrey Halstead

Space as Statistical Artifact: AI, Moving Image, and Radiance Fields

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AJ Cordeiro

AJ Cordeiro

Making Civic Power Legible: Creative AI, Livestreamed Governance, and Public Understanding

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Owais Lightwala

Owais Lightwala

The Embedded Technologist: Building AI Tools With (Not For) Canada's Arts and Culture Sector

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Facilitated conversation: Generative AI in the Curriculum 鈥 CELT (M Dougherty) 

Christopher Smyth

Christopher Smyth

Developing Students into Agentic AI 'Reverse Mentors'

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Lee Eldridge

Lee Eldridge

Developing Students into Agentic AI 'Reverse Mentors'

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Robert Clapperton

Robert Clapperton

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Daniel Berlin

Daniel Berlin

From Openness to Calibration: Student Perceptions of AI-Assisted Feedback

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Olubunmi Balogun

Olubunmi Balogun

When Systems Pause: Designing Care-Sensitive AI Interaction

Kimberly McLeod

Kimberly McLeod

Girlfriend Glitches: Feminist Performance Experiments with AI Companions 

University of Guelph

Cynthia Ashperger

Cynthia Ashperger

Marjorie Prime

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Ryan Kelln

Ryan Kelln

Covenant

 Independent Artist

Michael Wheeler

Michael Wheeler

Agency: A Protocol for an AI Performance

York University

Alberto Lusoli

Alberto Lusoli

Ideation, the New Execution? GenAI in Visual Production

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Moderator: Dr. Afsoon Soudi

Ryan Stasyshyn

Ryan Stasyshyn

RodeoFX

Adam Fainman

Adam Fainman

MoonliteLabs

Omid Shakiba

Omid Shakiba

 PhD student CommCult, York University

James Rowan

James Rowan

SIRT

AIlin Dong

AIlin Dong

LUMIEA: Generative Mixed-Reality Storyworlds for Multilingual Co-Creation

Artivition Inc.

Lee Eldridge

Lee Eldridge

Touching the Invisible: Fabricating AI Infrastructure for Public Accountability

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 Aida Memisevic

Aida Memisevic

Digital Rage: How Human Design Failures in AI Impact Our Psychological Well-Being

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Alex Purcell

Alex Purcell

(Graduate) Embodied AI Musicking: Live Performance with Adaptive Virtual Instruments

Wilfrid Laurier University / Sound Palette Inc.

Ian Garrett

Ian Garrett

A.I. Campfire: Performing Human鈥揂I Co-Creation

York University

Luisa Ji

Luisa Ji

Call of the Void

UKAI Projects

Robert Della Rossa

Robert Della Rossa

 Infinite Museum Project

Pipeline Developer, Research Assistant

Ryan Boyd

Ryan Boyd

Infinite Museum Project

XR Developer, Research Assistant 

Adam Fainman

Adam Fainman

MoonliteLabs

鈥嬧婯eynote Speaker: David Rokeby
Co-Chairs: Dr. Afsoon Soudi & Michael Bergmann

Date: April 2, 2026
Time: Full-day event (schedule to follow)
Location: The Catalyst (RCC 230), Rogers Communication Centre, 成人大片
Registration Closes: Friday, March 27th

*Attendance is free, but registration is required as space is limited.*

  • Talks from leading creative AI researchers and practitioners
  • Presentations, panels, and creative showcases
  • Hands-on demonstrations and emerging AI tools
  • Networking with scholars, industry partners, and 成人大片鈥檚 creative community

Keynote Speaker

David Rokeby

David Rokeby is a Toronto-based artist who works with a variety of digital media to critically explore the impacts these media are having on contemporary human lives. He has exhibited and lectured extensively internationally and has received numerous international awards, including a Governor General鈥檚 Award in Visual and Media Arts (2002), a Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica for Interactive Art (2002), and a British Academy of Film and Television Arts 鈥淏AFTA鈥 award in Interactive art (2000). He is currently the director of the BMO Lab at the University of Toronto.

Call for Submissions

The deadline for submissions for the 2026 Symposium is February 20th at noon.

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