AI & Blockchain Creatives Summit

Space: Room+D. Fira Montjuïc Congress Palace
June 14, 2024, from 10:00 to 2:00 pm

The sessions will be in English

To access, entry to Sónar+D is essential.
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The aim of these sessions is to shed a light on emerging talent that research, create, and embark on initatives in these fields, as well as to debate the relationship between creativity and emerging technologies; the ethical use of AI; copyright or the role of Web3 in the cultural and creative industries.

Emerging companies and spinoffs will be presented that develop technology and digital tools for the cultural industry and creative projects. 

These sessions aim to foster interaction between entrepreneurs, creators, investors, accelerators and incubators and professionals in these industries. A space for new relationships, initiatives, proposals and projects to emerge.

The Summit consists of two sessions that revolve around creativity and emerging technologies: Cinema & AI and Web3 and Expanded media.

AI & Blockchain Creatives Summit Direction: Andrea Faroppa and Teresa Roig
Curators: Antònia Folguera and Andrea Olmedo

Session director "Cinema & AI and Web3":Jorge Caballero
Session director "Expanded Media": Roc Parés

Cinema & AI and Blockchain

Space: Room+D. Fira Montjuïc Congress Palace

June 14, 2024, from 10:00 am to 12:00 m

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PROGRAM:
PRESENTS THE SESSION:

Frederic Guerrero-Solé, co-director of the +RAIN Film Festival and professor at the Department of Communication of the Pompeu Fabra University.

• TALK "Cinema & IA: A Marriage made in Heaven?". By:
  Todd Yelin, former VP of Product at Netflix.
   
• PRESENTATIONS of start ups and spin offs:
  
  Feeder AI: Tool that analyzes reactions and emotions detailing audience acceptance rate and content retention level.
  Presented by: Griselda Vilar, Researcher and Product Owner, Data & AI specialist a Feeder AI
  
  Hulahoop: Fintech platform born to democratize film investment, focused on facilitating access to investors outside the industry and fans around the world in an easy, profitable and secure way.
  Presenter: Alexandra Cavero. Product and Tech at Hulahoop Media. 
  
  Keynema: a suite of intelligent assistants for the management and design of audiovisual creation designed for professionals, students, amateurs, and independent creators. 
  Presenter: Mani Martínez, CEO at Keynema
• COLLOQUIUM "Cine and Responsible AI".
  
  Participants:
  Todd Yelin, independent Filmmaker. Head of Product at Netflix (between August 2014 and December 2022).
  Nadia Piet, designer and researcher specializing in AI/ML, data, technology, (digital) culture and creativity. She is founder AIxDESIGN, a global community and lab fostering alternative, feminist and participatory approaches to AI.
  Apolinario Passos, AI Artist and Machine Learning Art Engineer at Hugging face.
  Mads Dambso, co-founder of Kaspar AI. A custom-trained AI tool for co-creation for audiovisual storytellers.
  
  Moderator: Anna Giralt, filmmaker, researcher, co-founder of the film production company GusanoFilms and co-director of +RAIN Film Festival.

Expanded Media

Space: Room+D. Fira Montjuïc Congress Palace

June 14, 2024, from 12:00 m to 2:00 pm.

To access, entry to Sónar+D is essential.

PROGRAM:

PRESENTS THE SESSION:
Roc Parés, research artist in interactive communication. Professor and researcher of the Interactive Communication Group at DigiDoc, Pompeu Fabra University.

• TALK "Digital art & Blockchain: Art or memes? Future or scams?" 
  By: Anna Carreras, digital artist.
   
• PRESENTATIONS of artistic project, research project and start up:
  
  Varvara & Mar: Creative Studio. Duet of digital artists formed by Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet in 2009.
  Presented by: Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet.
  
  Blind Wiki: Research project linked to Pompeu Fabra University. Artistic and applied research project.
  Presented by: Antoni Abad, multidisciplinary artist.
  
  Conservation of media art: Research project Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
  Presented by: Lino Garcia Morales, engineer in Automatic Control, PhD in Conservation and Restoration of Digital Art. Professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
   
• COLLOQUIUM: "Cycles and recyclings. Dealing with obsolescence in media art preservation".
  
  Participants:
  Florian Weigl, researcher and curator of V2_, Lab for the Unstable Media.
  Patrícia Falcão, researcher and Time-based Media Conservator at TATE.
  Gabriel Massan, multidisciplinary digital artist.
  
  Moderator: Roc Parés, artist researcher in interactive communication. Professor and researcher of the Interactive Communication Group at DigiDoc, Pompeu Fabra University.