Creative AI Symposium
The Creative AI Symposium at Toronto Metropolitan University is a pioneering event in North America's creative industry.
Launched in 2024, it uniquely brings faculty, students, and industry leaders to explore the integration of artificial intelligence with creative practices. The symposium serves as a platform for showcasing innovative research, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, and engaging in critical discussions on AI's transformative potential in creative fields. As an annual event, it is set to become a cornerstone at TMU, driving ongoing collaboration and knowledge exchange at the intersection of AI and creativity.
We invite researchers, creators, and students across academia and industry to join us for engaging discussions on AI in creative industries. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation shaping the conversation of AI's role in the creative industries!
2026 Creative AI Symposium
Join us for the third annual Creative AI Symposium, a full-day event exploring the future of artificial intelligence in media, design, storytelling, and creative practice. This interdisciplinary event brings together researchers, faculty, creators, and students from across academia and industry to explore how AI is shaping creative practice & industries, media, design and pedagogy.
Date
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Time
All day event, beginning at 10AM
Location
Rogers Communication Centre,
80 Gould St, The Catalyst, Room: RCC 230
Co-Chair
Creative AI Hub, TMU
Co-Chair
Creative AI Hub, TMU
Organizing Committee Member
Creative AI Hub, TMU
Dean, The Creative School
TMU
Provost and Vice-President, Academic
TMU
Keynote Speaker
Exploring AI co-creation for enhanced visual creativity in 3D-model design
TMU
Beyond the Screen: Human–AI Co-Creation in Material-Based Design
TMU
Space as Statistical Artifact: AI, Moving Image, and Radiance Fields
TMU
Making Civic Power Legible: Creative AI, Livestreamed Governance, and Public Understanding
TMU
The Embedded Technologist: Building AI Tools With (Not For) Canada's Arts and Culture Sector
TMU
Facilitated conversation: Generative AI in the Curriculum — CELT (M Dougherty)
Developing Students into Agentic AI 'Reverse Mentors'
TMU School of GCM
Developing Students into Agentic AI 'Reverse Mentors'
TMU
TMU
From Openness to Calibration: Student Perceptions of AI-Assisted Feedback
TMU
When Systems Pause: Designing Care-Sensitive AI Interaction
Girlfriend Glitches: Feminist Performance Experiments with AI Companions
University of Guelph
Marjorie Prime
TMU
Covenant
Independent Artist
Agency: A Protocol for an AI Performance
York University
Ideation, the New Execution? GenAI in Visual Production
TMU
Moderator: Dr. Afsoon Soudi
RodeoFX
MoonliteLabs
PhD student CommCult, York University
SIRT
LUMIEA: Generative Mixed-Reality Storyworlds for Multilingual Co-Creation
Artivition Inc.
Touching the Invisible: Fabricating AI Infrastructure for Public Accountability
TMU
Digital Rage: How Human Design Failures in AI Impact Our Psychological Well-Being
TMU / U of Guelph-Humber
(Graduate) Embodied AI Musicking: Live Performance with Adaptive Virtual Instruments
Wilfrid Laurier University / Sound Palette Inc.
A.I. Campfire: Performing Human–AI Co-Creation
York University
Call of the Void
UKAI Projects
Infinite Museum Project
Pipeline Developer, Research Assistant
Infinite Museum Project
XR Developer, Research Assistant
MoonliteLabs
Keynote Speaker: David Rokeby
Co-Chairs: Dr. Afsoon Soudi & Michael Bergmann
Date: April 2, 2026
Time: Full-day event (schedule to follow)
Location: The Catalyst (RCC 230), Rogers Communication Centre, TMU
Registration Closes: Friday, March 27th
*Attendance is free, but registration is required as space is limited.*
- Talks from leading creative AI researchers and practitioners
- Presentations, panels, and creative showcases
- Hands-on demonstrations and emerging AI tools
- Networking with scholars, industry partners, and TMU’s creative community
Keynote Speaker
David Rokeby
David Rokeby is a Toronto-based artist who works with a variety of digital media to critically explore the impacts these media are having on contemporary human lives. He has exhibited and lectured extensively internationally and has received numerous international awards, including a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2002), a Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica for Interactive Art (2002), and a British Academy of Film and Television Arts “BAFTA” award in Interactive art (2000). He is currently the director of the BMO Lab at the University of Toronto.
Call for Submissions
The deadline for submissions for the 2026 Symposium is February 20th at noon.
