{"id":1464,"date":"2025-06-02T21:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2025-06-02T21:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:28:09","slug":"aftrs-presents-its-2025-digital-futures-summit-anticipation-imagining-the-screen-and-audio-industry-in-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/aftrs-presents-its-2025-digital-futures-summit-anticipation-imagining-the-screen-and-audio-industry-in-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"AFTRS presents its 2025 Digital Futures Summit Anticipation: Imagining the Screen and Audio Industry in\u00a02030"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With disruption and change as constant forces transforming the creative industries, the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has announced its fifth\u202fDigital Futures Summit\u202f\u2013 a free, interactive online event focused on the theme of Anticipation<\/em>: Imagining the Screen and Audio Industry in 2030<\/em><\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring five consecutive sessions on Thursday 26 June 2025,\u202fthe 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.\u202f\u202f  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bringing together the bright minds at the forefront of innovative practice and policy, key speakers include: Doug Shapiro, author of The Mediator<\/em>, independent advisor, strategist and media analyst; Lynette Wallworth, Australian artist and filmmaker; \u202f Grainne Brunsdon,\u202f<\/em>Chief Operating Officer, Screen Australia; Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO, Provost and Chief Academic Office, Standing Acting Vice Chancellor, University of South Australia; and Jakob Kirstein\u202fH\u00f8gel,\u202fHead of Education and Research, National Film School of Denmark.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storytelling plays a pivotal role in crafting futures and this summit will explore both opportunities the industry has to shape the future, and the possibilities that may await us. Conversations will cover how we build capacity and infrastructure for sustainability and change and offer ideas for how we frame and build structures, spaces, relationships and learning environments for a better future.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFTRS CEO Dr Nell Greenwood said:\u202f\u201cFor the last 50 years AFTRS has proudly supported industry with research that allows us to keep an eye on a longer horizon, and we are thrilled to be hosting our fifth Digital Futures Summit on the theme of Anticipation. Bringing together big brains and deep thinkers to consider the future of our screen and audio industry, the range of panels will allow us to collectively anticipate the changes ahead, and consider strategies to create a resilient, sustainable and thriving industry.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFTRS Head of Research Dr Alejandra Canales said: \u201cThis year\u2019s theme of Anticipation is an opportunity to imagine possible futures across all sectors of our industry, and we invite everyone to be involved in these stimulating and thought-provoking sessions. We are pleased to present an outstanding line-up of speakers who will offer valuable insights into the foreseeable future of screen and audio, with consideration given to emerging technologies, global and local developments, and broader external influences. AFTRS is committed to fostering the exchange of ideas by bringing together experts and influential thinkers to reflect, imagine and articulate essential questions that can propel us forward, guided by a spirit of thoughtful, excited anticipation.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured speaker Doug Shapiro said: \u201cThe media business is grappling with deep structural challenges, many of them rooted in the disruption of content distribution, enabled by the internet. Now, a second wave is coming \u2013 the falling cost of content creation, enabled by generative AI. The pace of change can be overwhelming, but it will also present opportunities for those media companies that confront it head on.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details of the five sessions are listed below:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 1 | The Next Disruption of Media: In Conversation with Doug Shapiro<\/strong>  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Summit opens with Doug Shapiro, author of The Mediator<\/em>, independent advisor, strategist and media analyst. In an in-depth conversation with Australian media leader and communicator Paula Kruger, Shapiro will reflect on where we are today in the media and screen industry, how we anticipate emerging disruptions and better prepare for them, and an opportunity to imagine where we want the industry to go.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 2 | Ingenuity and Imagination: The Future of Creative Education<\/strong>  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How will creative education evolve to meet the demands of a rapidly changing industrial and cultural landscape and be able to thrive? This panel brings together thought leaders in education, industry and research to explore and envision the future of learning environments, training and the role of technology in shaping tomorrow\u2019s learners. AFTRS CEO Dr Nell Greenwood moderates this panel with speakers Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO, Provost and Chief Academic Office, Standing Acting Vice Chancellor, University of South Australia, and Jakob Kirstein\u202fH\u00f8gel,\u202fHead of Education and Research, National Film School of Denmark.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 3 | Producing 2030<\/strong>  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What skills and business models will producers need to develop or hone to thrive in the future? In this session \u2013 featuring Grainne Brunsdon,\u202f<\/em>Chief Operating Officer, Screen Australia, and Michael Tear,\u202fCEO,\u202f<\/strong>WildBear Entertainment \u2013 experienced producers are invited to anticipate what producing could look like in 2030, in a landscape that may be vastly different to the ecosystem in which they built their careers. Gain valuable insights from leading practitioners and deep thinkers committed to anticipating the challenges and opportunities for local production, and the skills needed to navigate a new era of storytelling.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 4 | Hear-Say: Exploring the Future of Listening<\/strong>  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Radio isn\u2019t dead, but it\u2019s no longer alone. It\u2019s just one part of a burgeoning, disrupted, rapidly evolving audio industry, where competition is fierce and revenue is in flux, yet opportunities are great. Join distinguished broadcasters and industry leaders as we imagine for the future of radio and audio and how we might continue this transformation. Moderated by AFTRS Discipline Lead, Radio & Podcasting, Andrea Ho, speakers are Dre Ngatokorua,\u202fBroadcaster, Umeewarra Aboriginal Media Association, and Suman Basnet,\u202fRegional Director, AMARC Asia-Pacific.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Session 5 | Closing Keynote Address by Lynette Wallworth<\/strong>  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What new narratives can ignite our way forward? Which voices, narratives and methods of storytelling can connect us beyond the challenges of our everyday realities and constraints of our lives? In this session, Australian artist and filmmaker Lynette Wallworth reflects on the role and importance of stories, storytelling and storytellers, and articulates ideas that can propel us into the future.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To join\u202fDigital Futures Summit, presented online by AFTRS, guests must register for each session they wish to attend. Sessions run from 12pm to 5.25pm on Thursday 26 June 2025, and registration for all sessions is free. See: AFTRS Digital Futures Summit 2025<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With disruption and change as constant forces transforming the creative industries, the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has announced its fifth\u202fDigital Futures Summit\u202f\u2013 a free, interactive online event focused on the theme of Anticipation: Imagining the Screen and Audio Industry in 2030.   Featuring five consecutive sessions on Thursday 26 June 2025,\u202fthe summit is an opportunity … Continue reading “AFTRS presents its 2025 Digital Futures Summit Anticipation: Imagining the Screen and Audio Industry in\u00a02030”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}