[Commlist] Creative Technology and Transformative Storytelling Symposium 2026

Creative Technology and Transformative Storytelling Symposium 2026

In the wake of the waning industrial momentum behind the Metaverse, 
embodied AI marks a shift from speculative, totalising virtual worlds 
toward situated, task-oriented intelligence, embedded within existing 
media ecologies. Rather than pursuing platform enclosure and immersive 
universality, current state-of-the-art systems—such as multimodal 
robotics, vision-language-action models, and real-time generative 
pipelines—demonstrate a maturing integration of AI within production 
workflows (e.g. virtual production, XR, automated robotics). 
Simultaneously one can observe a proliferation of GenAI film festivals 
and the integration into storytelling workflows and production 
processes. Join us for the 2nd Creative Technology and Transformative 
Storytelling Symposium and NTRO (non-traditional research output) 
showcase in Melbourne, Auckland or online.

19 November 2026 | Symposium
Melbourne time: 9.00am–5.00pm | Hybrid (online and in-person)

20 November 2026 | Showcase
Melbourne time: 10.00am–2.00pm | In-person only
NTRO Presentations 10:00 – 11:05 | Roundtable Artists: 11:15am to 
12:15pm | NTRO VR Artworks 12:30pm – 2:00pm

Melbourne (AUS): Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Swinburne 
University of Technology, Hawthorn

Auckland (NZ/Aotearoa): WG405 (the Case Room), Auckland University of 
Technology, Auckland

Program: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1t2OAAQhwbPTbLozx_XFKFbfeRiFxvlwk656opxIGY/edit?usp=sharing

RSVP: https://events.humanitix.com/creative-technology-and-transformative-storytelling-symposium-2026-ct-and-tss-26

Symposium Leads

A/Prof. Max Schleser – Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Prof. John McCormick – Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
A/Prof. Dafydd Sill -Jones – AUT University, New Zealand/Aotearoa
Mr Gregory Bennett, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New 
Zealand/Aotearoa

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