The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has announced its sixth annual Digital Futures Summit – a free, interactive event bringing together leading thinkers from across the screen and audio industries to explore this year’s theme: Regenerate.
Featuring three online sessions on Thursday 25 June 2026, the summit is an opportunity for creative leaders, educators and policymakers in the Australian and international screen and audio industry to come together to anticipate, prepare for and help shape the future of the industry.
Session 1 – Worldbuilding: Restoring Collective Storytelling
Thursday, June 25 | 12 PM – 1:10 PM AEST
Explore the intentional craft of worldbuilding and the expansive practice of worlding to rethink how futures are imagined – and made.
Session 2 – Ancestral to Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, June 25 | 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM AEST
This session invites a critical and hopeful interrogation of the stories we tell and how they are informed by the technologies we use.
Session 3: Screen Producers’ Next Era of Creative Possibility and Renewal
Thursday, June 25 | 2:50 PM – 4 PM AEST
This session examines the skills producers can develop to strengthen their position, moving beyond survival towards renewal.
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