FITC Toronto 2025 // Online
Sessions
A Fun Look At Design And Everything That Goes Into It
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Emily Oberman
Pentagram
AI Ethics In Creative Spaces
Designers, artists, and digital storytellers face new ethical dilemmas as AI-driven tools become integral to creative industries. From generative AI in art to machine learning in interactive experiences, creators must… Read more…
Manuel Sainsily
Manu.Vision
Creative Flux: Narrative, Imagination, And Generative Systems
Join Lance Weiler, founding director of Columbia DSL, for a dynamic talk blending theory and practice. Discover how narrative thinking, combined with generative systems, offers a transformative framework for reimagining… Read more…
Lance Weiler
Designing For Forty Million People, One Person At A Time
Personalization at scale sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s the new expectation of digital experience. Customers expect intuitive and tailored interactions — yet most “personalized” design is trite, intrusive, or… Read more…
Liam Oscar Thurston
Loblaw Digital
Designing For Generative AI Experiences
As AI/ML continues to shape our world, designers are poised to lead the way in creating intelligent, human-centered experiences. In this talk, we’ll explore the fascinating ways that AI/ML and… Read more…
Veronica Peitong Chen
Adobe
How To Be More Real With Artificial Intelligence
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Jason Theodor
MoreBetterDifferent.org
Madly, Deeply: Designing With Obsession
To create work that resonates, Alan Williams fights to fall in love with everything—the process, the problem, the people. Whether it’s reimagining the Oscars through the eyes of contemporary artists,… Read more…
Alan Williams
Imaginary Forces
Spatial Computing For Marketers: AR’s Business Impact
Augmented Reality (AR) is not a futuristic concept—it’s here, and brands, marketers, and agencies that embrace it now will have a competitive advantage. From redefining customer engagement to creating hyper-personalized… Read more…
Tom Emrich
The Next Dimension
Speculative Landscapes: Rivers And Erosion
This talk explores how procedural systems can simulate, reinterpret, and evolve digital environments. Through projects ranging from algorithmic river meander models to speculative extraterrestrial landscapes, Robert Hodgin examines how generative… Read more…
Robert Hodgin
Rare Volume
Staying Small is Punk as F*ck
The call of global connection is strong. When we create work we’re proud of, we want the world to see it, like it, share it. Our relationship with online platforms… Read more…
Jessica Hische
jessicahische.is
The Future Of AI Filmmaking
AI continues to transform every stage of the filmmaking process, from script development to post-production. Tools powered by machine learning and generative models are redefining how films are conceptualized, produced,… Read more…
Jason Zada
Secret Level
The Joy of the Mess: How Play & Imperfection Unlock Creative Freedom
Perfectionism tricks us into believing there’s a “right” way to create. But the best work often comes from unexpected moments- from accidents, play, and trust in the process. This talk… Read more…
Mandy Stobo
Stobo Art
Virtual ≠ Reality
In a world increasingly saturated with AI-generated content and shaped by algorithmically curated information, what role do artists play? As tech giants reshape how we see, think, and interact, the… Read more…
Neil Mendoza
Neil Mendoza Studio
