The Evening Keynote Roundtables

Monday, July 20th - Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026

The Defining Event: The Future of Entertainment, Media & Technology

Attendee Registration is Free

Registration will Open, June 1, 2026

Speaker Submission: Please email your panel choice, with speaker bio and appropriate links or use the form below

The Pre-Keynote Events Creativity Roundtables

Monday, July 20th, 2026

4:00 PM – 4:50 PM: Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

The AI Creativity Visionaries:  Part I: Demos - Vision - Strategy
An exclusive virtual fireside with 2–3 leading thinkers shaping AI-driven creativity in 2026–2030. Through live demos of cutting-edge tools, candid strategy sessions, and unfiltered vision, we explore how cinematic storytelling, brand experiences, and super creativity collide with artificial intelligence. No soft platitudes—just provocative conversations and bold takes on the future of human-AI collaboration. In the hands of the most creative storytellers, AI and virtual production are going to unleash a new and larger entertainment industry: an industry of Super Creativity. Serious dialogue only..

5:00 PM – 5:50 PM: Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

The AI Creativity Visionaries:  Part II: Demos - Vision - Strategy
An exclusive virtual fireside with 2–3 leading thinkers shaping AI-driven creativity in 2026–2030. Through live demos of cutting-edge tools, candid strategy sessions, and unfiltered vision, we explore how cinematic storytelling, brand experiences, and super creativity collide with artificial intelligence. No soft platitudes—just provocative conversations and bold takes on the future of human-AI collaboration. In the hands of the most creative storytellers, AI and virtual production are going to unleash a new and larger entertainment industry: an industry of Super Creativity. Serious dialogue only.

6:00 PM - 6:50 PM Eastern Time Zone

Creator and Podcaster Visionaries:

Video Creators and Podcasters: Shaping the Narrative - Influencing the Culture

Video creators and podcasters have become the new architects of culture — and the numbers make the case better than any argument could. Over 50% of national ad spend has now migrated away from legacy media toward the platforms where the real audiences live: YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, X, TikTok, Rumble, iHeart, Substack and beyond. What began as a Covid-era media reset has become an unstoppable force — an extraordinary amalgam of indie voices and massively scaled creators who have collectively overwhelmed the gatekeepers of mainstream media. The brands and agencies have followed the audience, as they always do. In this session we bring together the voices shaping this phenomenon — the creators, the platform strategists and the brand leaders who understand that the narrative is no longer controlled from a network boardroom. It never will be again.

The Evening Keynote Roundtables

Monday, July 20th, 2026

8:00 PM – 8:50 PM:  Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

The Cultural Tsunami: Streaming + Creator Economy + Podcasts = A Media Realignment

The numbers are no longer debatable and the living room tells the whole story. Mom and Dad settle in for their 8 PM favorite while Junior and Babs are doom-scrolling and texting — and before long the iPads come out and the family is watching four different things on four different screens simultaneously. We are living inside a Cultural Tsunami — a full-scale realignment of media power, audience attention and creative authority driven by the unstoppable convergence of streaming, the Creator Economy and the explosive growth of podcasting as the dominant long-form medium of our time. The old guard is not disappearing — it is being repositioned within a new architecture that didn't exist a decade ago. New voices, new platforms and an entirely new way of consuming culture have permanently altered the landscape. In this roundtable we explore what it means, who wins and where we go from here.

Session II:

Hollywood IP: The Creativity Engine: Film · TV · Video · Games · Social Media

Hollywood has always been the world's greatest IP factory — from the golden age of cinema to the golden age of television to the birth of the blockbuster franchise. But today the platforms have changed everything. The insatiable appetite of YouTube, Netflix, TikTok, Instagram, Roblox and every emerging social and gaming universe is forcing Hollywood's greatest brands to rethink, reinvent and reposition across every screen simultaneously. Dominance on one platform is no longer enough. The new goal is total platform presence — film, television, video, games and social media all feeding the same IP universe. In this roundtable we bring together the producers, studio strategists, game designers and platform leaders who are building Hollywood's next creative empire across every screen on the planet.

Session III:

In the Age of AI Slop, Quality is the New Currency

Every director, showrunner, and creative executive is asking the same question right now: how do you make something that actually cuts through the slop? We have more tools than ever, more data than ever, and somehow more slop than ever. In this panel we bring together the people who are reading the cultural signals in real time alongside the creatives who are acting on them, to have an honest conversation about what quality means when AI can fake everything… except for taste. In a world that demands more content every single second, how do you protect what you've built while finding new revenue? How do you use viewership and culture data to reinforce value? How do you back the right horse from the beginning so the quality speaks for itself?

9:00 PM – 9:50 PM: Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

Cinematic AI Achievement: An Extraordinary Standard of Excellence

Something extraordinary is happening in the world of Cinematic AI — and the evidence is on the screen. What began as an experiment in generated imagery has evolved into a genuine artistic movement, producing work of breathtaking visual beauty, emotional depth and narrative sophistication. The tools have matured. The artists have found their voice. And the results are redefining what cinema can be and who gets to make it. In this roundtable we celebrate and examine the highest standard of achievement in Cinematic AI — screening work from the most gifted filmmakers pushing the boundaries of the form, and asking the questions that matter most. What does excellence look like in this new era? Who is setting the standard? And what comes next?

Session II:

Brand + Agency + Technology = Next Level of Strategies & Partnerships
The global influence and partnerships between “Brands and Agencies” are reaching new levels of complexity and empowerment with the further developments and deployment of AI and ML technologies. On the one hand, consumer personalization has always been at the forefront in decision making, but now with the addition of powerful and direct AI engagement with consumers, which is only at its formative stages, will likely emerge as something of a breakthrough “Brand/Consumer Co-Pilot Relationship.” And in the world of immersive content experiences, AI as a “Creative Partner” is taking the ideation and production process to an entirely next level experience. In this roundtable, we bring together the executives deeply involved in exploring and delivering on this promise.

The Evening Keynote Roundtables

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026

8:00 PM - 8:50 PM:  Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

Hollywood Visionaries: Building Worlds Beyond Boundaries

Hollywood's boldest creative visionaries are building worlds that didn't exist yesterday and will define entertainment tomorrow. These are the filmmakers, showrunners, game creators and immersive storytellers who have never accepted the boundaries of the possible — and who now have access to an arsenal of AI, VFX, XR and CGI tools that would have seemed like science fiction a decade ago. The result is a new era of blockbuster ambition where the only limit is the imagination of the artist holding the tools. In this roundtable we bring together the legendary creative minds who are forging the storytelling experiences of tomorrow — from the silver screen to the gaming universe, from streaming platforms to fully immersive worlds. What sparks a blockbuster? What drives the visionary fire? This is where we find out.

Session II:

Reasoning Models are Rewriting Hollywood: The Deep Dive
Average reasoning token consumption per organization increased 320X in the past twelve months according to OpenAI. We’re seeing an actual structural shift, and it is happening inside the workflows of the people across all sectors of the industry whether they are paying attention or not. This panel is for the professionals who are already using AI day to day and want to go deeper. Not the demo version. Not the press release version. The real version. What actually happens when reasoning models get embedded into creative workflows, visual tools, and production pipelines used by working writers, directors, producers, and technologists? The people who are figuring this out are quietly rebuilding how they work from the inside out, and the gap between them and everyone else is widening every quarter. This is where you find out what they know.

9:00 PM - 9:50 PM: Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

The Intelligent Consumer: Conversational AI – The Engagement Engine

The consumer has changed forever — and the brands and agencies that understand this first will own the next decade. Conversational AI has fundamentally transformed the relationship between a brand and its audience, turning every screen, every platform and every touchpoint into an intelligent, responsive and deeply personalized engagement opportunity. This is not the chatbot of five years ago. This is a sophisticated Engagement Engine — capable of understanding intent, anticipating need, expressing genuine personality and delivering experiences that feel less like advertising and more like conversation. The executives in this roundtable are at the forefront of deploying conversational AI at scale — for the world's most powerful brands, across the most influential platforms. The consumer is smarter than ever. The question is whether the brands can keep up.

Session II:

The Creator Economy & Unique Vision: Algos, Analytics & Monetization

The "Creator Economy" has effectively slayed the giant of "Hollywood Entertainment" with a combination of YouTube and a host of Social Media platforms — and there is a "Secret Sauce," a massive black box of AIs, Algos and Analytics. With billions of dollars at stake, this session looks to explore the intricacies of social media's inner workings. From the role of AI and machine learning to the impact of user behavior and feedback loops, we'll examine the complex systems that shape the online landscape. But the secret sauce is more than technology — it is vision, voice and the relentless ability to build and own an audience. By demystifying the algorithms, we'll uncover the hidden patterns and principles that govern success in the Creator Economy — and provide creators and executives with the insights they need to thrive.

The Evening Keynote Roundtables

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026

8:00 PM - 8:50 PM:  Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

The Intelligence Economy: Investing in AI, Compute, Energy & Software

Let's first familiarize ourselves with the notion of "Compute" as a descriptor of the baseline of our future economy. "Compute" represents the fundamental infrastructure that underpins the AI-driven world, encompassing the complex interplay of hardware, software, and energy. So that a city, region, country or group of countries strategically develop their economies around the notion of "Compute," that strategy will indicate the readiness of that entity to provide services to its populations and compete within this vision of the modern world. And what of the critics who warn of AI's insatiable energy appetite? The industry has answered decisively — every Data Center will develop and fund its own energy source, selling surplus power directly back into the consumer grid. AI doesn't drain the grid. It feeds it. We are entering a Re-Defined World and the Compute-driven global economy is its foundation.

Session II:

Super Creativity and Visual World-Building: When AI Masters Real Physics

For the first time in the history of visual storytelling, artificial intelligence is mastering the fundamental laws of the physical world — light, gravity, fluid dynamics, atmospheric pressure, the way fabric moves in wind, the way water catches fire at sunset. This is not CGI approximation. This is AI that understands physics at a molecular level and renders it with a fidelity that challenges the human eye to find the difference between the generated and the real. The implications for cinema, gaming, architecture, advertising and immersive experience design are staggering. In this roundtable we bring together the visual world-builders who are already working at this frontier — the artists, engineers and creative directors for whom Super Creativity and real physics are no longer separate conversations.

Session III:

The Infinite Musical Experience: Moog + Sonic Alchemy: When AI Becomes the Ultimate Discovery Machine

This session unites artists, producers, and technologists who are already treating AI as the invisible fifth band member, the tireless A&R ear, the hyper-intelligent wah-wah pedal that never sleeps. Watch AI react to mood, blend genres on the fly, and spark spontaneous imagination; turning a single moment of creative intuition into infinite iterations. The black box is not a replacement; it is the ultimate stimulant and discovery tool, opening gateways to concepts no human alone could reach in a lifetime. The rules of music creation, distribution, and monetization are evolving, but the soul of creativity remains untouchable. This is not the end of music. This is the birth of the infinite track and infinite creativity: emotionally alive, and ready to push sound to the outer reaches of human imagination.

9:00 PM - 9:50 PM: Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

The Agentic Moment: Bringing AI Agents to the Desktop – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

As Jensen Huang recently observed, the arrival of Agentic AI is as significant a moment as the launch of ChatGPT in 2022. It arrived quietly. No fanfare, no government warning, no prime-time news alert. One morning you woke up and your desktop had a new tenant — an AI Agent capable of browsing, deciding, executing and acting on your behalf across every application, every platform and every transaction in your digital life. Welcome to the Agentic Moment. The most significant shift in human-computer interaction since the invention of the mouse has arrived — and nobody fully understands the implications yet. Who is the Agent working for? How does it make decisions? What happens when it's wrong? And what happens when it's right in ways you didn't anticipate? What could possibly go wrong?

Session II:

Training the “Stanley Kubrick - Charlie Kaufman” AI: Creativity, Ethics & the Limits of Intelligence

What would happen if an AI were trained on the entire life's work of Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder and John Ford? That would be like handing an intelligence the Keys to the Hollywood Kingdom — the finest in cinematography, screenwriting, humor, drama and editing ever committed to film. And even with that extraordinary assemblage of greatness as its foundation, would an AI with a near-Einstein level mind be able to create — even with professional human assistance — a truly great work of cinema? This is not an idle question. In a world racing toward Artificial General Intelligence, it is a question we may very soon have to answer. The ethics, the creativity and the limits of machine intelligence are on trial in this roundtable.