ETC's member-only AI Roundtables convene industry experts and creative practitioners for focused discussions on AI governance, production workflows, agents, post-production, and emerging creative practice.
AI Roundtables are open to all ETC members only.
Producer Ryan Kavanaugh gives the ETC an exclusive look at his groundbreaking GenAI-produced feature film K@@ing Satoshi and the end-to-end AI production and post-production pipeline behind it.
As AI reshapes the workplace, the ETC welcomes neuroscientist and AI expert Dr. Vivienne Ming to explore the human skills that will matter most in an increasingly machine-augmented future.
AI is moving beyond optimization to create entirely new audience experiences, and the ETC welcomes game creator Susan Cummings to explore how AI-driven personalization is transforming the creative and game design process.
As AI agents emerge as the next major layer of workflow automation, the ETC brings product leader and agent builder Michael Albers to share a practical, step-by-step look at building trustworthy, multi-layered agentic systems. Hosted by Orlando Woods, Co-Founder, Koobrik
As AI reshapes the creative industry, the ETC welcomes organizational psychologist Dr. Laura Weis to share her firsthand expertise on building AI-augmented workflows and rethinking the future of work.
The issue of copyrights is both critical and fast evolving. Where are we and where is it all going?
A look at WPP's ambitious AI investment and how Hogarth, its production arm, is applying Generative AI across production and post-production operations.
A conversation with Ed Ulbrich on AI-powered visual effects, drawing on his work at Metaphysic and a career producing landmark visual effects for film, music videos, and commercials.
A grounded discussion of AI agents as autonomous programs that can reason from input data and take action, separating implementation reality from market hype.
An in-depth conversation with BAFTA-winning editor Hal Watmough about making Late, an AI-animated short that won Curious Refuge's Global AI competition.
A case study on Secure, Contain, Protect, a collectively developed open-source fictional universe now expanding into videogames and Generative AI content.
A practical discussion with creators who have used Generative AI to build professional-grade content and real production case studies.
A two-year check-in on the AI hype cycle, including the technology's status, emerging use cases, safety issues, model control with industry creatives, and ETC's Creative Uses of AI Survey.
A conversation with world-class creatives using GenAI in professional production workflows, focused on tool choice, prompting iteration, and integration with traditional tools like Blender and Unreal.
A discussion of the accelerating AI regulatory landscape, from the EU AI Act to Colorado's CAIA, California's SB 942, and hundreds of AI-related bills in the US Congress.
AI regulation is rapidly evolving, and the ETC brings back leading AI attorney Angela Dunning to provide an expert update on the legal, ethical, and copyright issues shaping the industry.
The Nagra team (an ETC member) unveil its next-generation forensic detection tools aimed at promoting trustworthiness in AI, as well as protecting intellectual property
As Generative AI spreads to the mainstream, content protection and authentication are obvious concerns for the media industry.