AFTRS presents its 2025 Digital Futures Summit 

With disruption and change as constant forces transforming the creative industries, the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has announced its fifth Digital Futures Summit – a free, interactive online event focused on the theme of Anticipation: Imagining the Screen and Audio Industry in 2030.

Featuring five consecutive sessions on Thursday 26 June 2025, the summit is an opportunity for creative leaders, educators and policymakers in the Australian and international screen and audio industry to come together and help shape the future of the industry.

Key speakers include Doug Shapiro, author of The Mediator, media analyst Lynette Wallworth and Australian artist and filmmaker Grainne Brunsdon.

AFTRS CEO Dr Nell Greenwood said “For the last 50 years AFTRS has proudly supported industry with research that allows us to keep an eye on a longer horizon, and we are thrilled to be hosting our fifth Digital Futures Summit on the theme of anticipation. Bringing together big brains and deep thinkers to consider the future of our screen and audio industry, the range of panels will allow us to collectively anticipate the changes ahead, and consider strategies to create a resilient, sustainable and thriving industry.”

AFTRS Head of Research Dr Alejandra Canales said: “We are pleased to present an outstanding line-up of speakers who will offer valuable insights into the foreseeable future of screen and audio, with consideration given to emerging technologies, global and local developments, and broader external influences. AFTRS is committed to fostering the exchange of ideas by bringing together experts and influential thinkers to reflect, imagine and articulate essential questions that can propel us forward, guided by a spirit of thoughtful, excited anticipation.”

To join Digital Futures Summit, presented online by AFTRS, guests must register for each session they wish to attend.

Sessions run from 12pm to 5.25pm on Thursday 26 June 2025 and registration for all sessions is free. More info on the 2025 AFTRS Digital Futures Summit here.