Ana Serrano
President & Vice-Chancellor
OCAD University
October 28–30 · Vancouver
You'll stop thinking of artists and educators as the people who get consulted after the tools are already built.
Fri 30 · 10:30–10:50 AM
AI, creativity and cultural policy
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Body/Mind/Change
She produced this 2013 CFC Media Lab and TIFF experience: Videodrome reimagined for the 21st century, David Cronenberg in the cast.
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Prison Dancer: The Interactive Webmusical
The 12-episode web musical from the transmedia project she produced. The stage version won five Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards.
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DemocracyXChange
Canada's democracy summit, which she co-founded and OCAD U co-produces: three days for people taking action to strengthen democracy.
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Alexandra SamuelFri 301:40–2:00 PMAlso explores Empowerment
Kevin FrielFri 302:10–2:30 PMAlso explores Creativity
Mayumi RollingsFri 302:30–2:50 PMAlso explores Creativity
Charles BicariFri 308:00–10:00 PMAlso explores Creativity
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About Ana Serrano
Ana Serrano is President and Vice-Chancellor of OCAD University, co-founder of DemocracyXChange, and an award-winning leader in digital media and cultural innovation. She previously founded the CFC Media Lab and IDEABOOST at the Canadian Film Centre and has helped shape national conversations on democracy, technology, and culture. She has produced more than 140 digital projects, including Body/Mind/Change, a 2013 experience starring David Cronenberg that folded 3D printing and virtual reality into interactive storytelling, and Prison Dancer: The Musical, which won five Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards in 2023. She backs the next generation of artists and designers as they take on the hardest problems of the day, from reshaping our relationship with technology to preserving democratic practices.
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- Friday · October 3010:30–10:50 AM
AI, creativity and cultural policy
Ana Serrano and Prem Gill in a fireside conversation about AI and creativity, Public AI Lab, and the Canadian Creative Industries AI Working Group, co-chaired by TIFF and OCAD University and administered by OCAD's Cultural Policy Hub.
On stage with Prem Gill.
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Ana and Prem on stage, taking questions from the audience.
On stage with Prem Gill.
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