Curious about how AI, video analytics, and design thinking can create real-world impact? Join us for the second event in the Impact by Design symposium series, hosted by the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Academy.

This session will help you:

• Explore how video analytics and decision heuristics can enhance operational decision-making in dynamic industries.
• Understand how interdisciplinary collaboration between business, technology, and design can drive innovation.
• Discover how AI is transforming film, video, and storytelling through generative and predictive tools.

Keynote Speakers:
• Stephen Hunt, CEO, Hunt Hospitality — Video Analytics for Decision Support in Hospitality
• İlker Ulubey, CEO, ProMedia Works (Turkey) — AI and the Future of Film and Video

Supporting Speaker:
• Seyed Mousavian — GenAI in Business Analytics

Who Should Attend
Open to postgraduate students, academics, professional staff, and industry partners. Bring curiosity and a willingness to explore how interdisciplinary collaboration turns ideas into impactful prototypes.

Agenda

4:00pm Welcome and Opening James Skinner, Dean and Head of Newcastle Business School

4:10pm Stephen Hunt

4:40pm Seyed Mousavian

5.00pm Break

5.15pm İlker Ulubey

5.45pm Networking Refreshments to connect with peers, academics, and industry leaders.

Contact the host of AI in Video and Film — From Ideas to Prototypes