CoSTAR Foresight Lab

Brilliant opportunity working with the CoSTAR Network Foresight Lab, to help co-ordinate our #Policy and partnerships work with government, Creative Industries Council, UK Research and Innovation and a whole host of national and regional partners. 🌍 🔥 Providing maternity cover for Dr Vicki Williams, the post is advertised as a fixed-term position for up to 12 months, working with me and the team at Loughborough University London as part of the CoSTAR Foresight Lab, and with colleagues across the Network, including Olsberg•SPI, British Film Institute (BFI), Goldsmiths, University of London, The University of Edinburgh, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). https://lnkd.in/eQqknu-h Jonny Freeman Andrew Chitty Adrian (Ade) Woolard Frauke Zeller Rebecca Gregory-Clarke Helena Daffern Gavin Kearney Christopher Smith Gregor White Declan Keeney

💡What’s investable in the future of the Creative Industries? 🗓️Join CoSTAR Foresight Lab for a panel at UK House SXSW London on Tuesday 2 June, 15:30-16:30 to discuss what's happening now, what's emerging next, and what could unlock growth across the sector. 🎬We will open with a short screening of our foresight film Moments, Praxis, Paths: Scenarios for the Creative Industries in 2040, and continue with a discussion with perspectives from across the CoSTAR Network, creative R&D, investment and industry insight. Pre-register for UK House for access to the event. Jonny Freeman, CoSTAR Foresight Lab | Abi Bowman, CoSTAR National Lab | Patrick Bradley, Station12 | Noemi Ponzoni, i2 media research | Joe Stirling Lee, Olsberg•SPI Department for Business and Trade Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) #SXSW #CoSTARNetwork #Foresight #CreativeTech #Investment #UKHouse #CreativeInnovation #CoSTARForesightLab

Interested in hearing insights from practitioners on applying generative AI and advanced machine learning? Join CoSTAR Foresight Lab online on 23 June to discuss pressing issues around data, ethics and licensing with subject-matter experts, and gain forward-focused intelligence on sector adaptation and the evolving policy landscape direct from Foresight Lab researchers. 🔗Secure your place: https://lnkd.in/e_iZGPQS 💡Explore the CoSTAR AI for Creativity programme: https://lnkd.in/ex9aTcAm #CoSTARNetwork CoSTAR Foresight Lab | CoSTAR National Lab | CoSTAR Live Lab | CoSTAR Realtime Lab | CoSTAR Network | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

💡The CoSTAR Foresight Lab has published the sixth Creative Technologies International Scan as part of a series of publications designed to present and unpack global developments of advanced technologies in and for the Creative Industries, developed with delivery partner Olsberg•SPI. 📝Read the January-March 2026 scan here: https://lnkd.in/en2xAyzu Joshua Dedman | Peter Cobb | Kiera Obi | Leon Forde | Dr Vicki Williams | Graham Hitchen | Ekaterina Tarnovskaya, PhD #CoSTARNetwork #CreativeIndustries #CreaTech https://lnkd.in/eYtT9zxY

📣 Interested in taking your work to the next level with multisensory elements? 🚀 We’re excited to welcome CoSTAR National Lab’s Inclusive User Futures team, who are engaging creative businesses and freelancers to explore the future of multisensory experience – and we’d love you to be part of it. 🗓️ Join us this June at workshops across the UK: ·      11 June – Production Park, Wakefield (CoSTAR Live Lab) ·      12 June – Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh (CoSTAR Realtime Lab) ·      15 June – Studio Ulster, Belfast (CoSTAR Screen Lab) ·      18 June – Stewart House, London (CoSTAR National Lab & CoSTAR Foresight Lab) 🎯 Who is it for? Creatives, technologists, designers, producers, business developers and organisations making or investing in experiential work across live performance, XR, installation, games, themed entertainment or exhibitions.  🙌 Why join? 🔸️ Get a first look at CoSTAR National Lab’s new Multisensory Hub 🔸️ Weigh up the cost/benefit of going multisensory 🔸️ Network with fellow creatives across the region ⏰ Express interest by 24 May 2026: https://lnkd.in/eiiYvfCM #Multisensory #CreativeTech #CoSTAR #OpenCall #ImmersiveDesign #XR #LivePerformance #CreativeIndustries #ImmersiveExperiences Polly Dalton Maruša Levstek, PhD Andy Woods Hazel Dixon Rosella Galindo Esparza Hannah Clawson Harry Løvstrøm

Join us at the CoSTAR Screen Lab on 27 May for a hands-on workshop exploring the use of AI for motion capture, where companies are invited to learn how they can improve their mocap workflows using artificial intelligence. Places are limited! 👉 Book your ticket now: https://lnkd.in/eVscGRsx Part of the CoSTAR Network's exciting new £1 million 'AI for Creativity' initiative, there are a number of other workshops taking place across the network. Find out more about the full programme of workshops coming up: https://lnkd.in/gigyW26a #CoSTARNetwork | #CoSTARAIforCreativity | #CreativeEconomy | #ResponsibleAI CoSTAR Network | CoSTAR National Lab | CoSTAR Live Lab | CoSTAR Realtime Lab | CoSTAR Foresight Lab | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

🎉 We are pleased to announce the launch of CoSTAR Network's ‘AI for Creativity’ initiative, offering UK companies access to research insights, interactive workshops, business support, funding programmes, and cutting-edge AI compute and cloud infrastructure, to support the growth of responsible AI adoption across the UK’s creative sector; our ambition is to address pressing industry challenges and needs while maintaining core principles around authorship, intellectual property and human creativity. Industry Access Programmes form a core part of the ‘AI For Creativity’ initiative beginning with CoSTAR Emerge-AI – the next evolution of our successful Ideate and Evolve programmes. Sign up to be the first to know when it launches here: https://lnkd.in/g-rK7gdE The £1 million initiative will kick off with a series of workshops and webinars across the UK in May and June 2026, featuring a range of pioneering industry leaders/experts: ‘An Introduction to AI Assisted Pipelines in Motion Capture’ with CoSTAR Screen Lab | Wednesday 27 May 2026 | 10am – 4pm BST ‘Directing Generative AI – Control, Realism and Creative Workflow’ with CoSTAR Live Lab | Wednesday 10 June 2026 | 10am – 4pm BST ‘Creative Work in the Age of AI: Tools, Practice and the Road Ahead’ with CoSTAR Foresight Lab | Tuesday 23 June 2026 | 3:30pm – 5pm BST    👉 Find out more about ‘AI for Creativity’ and sign up to our workshops here: https://lnkd.in/gc7is632 📣 To be the first to hear about upcoming opportunities for AI For Creativity, sign up to the CoSTAR newsletter (https://lnkd.in/gdB8wiaN) and LinkedIn newsletter (https://lnkd.in/ebJ96nVs)  Image Credit: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art / https://lnkd.in/es5BZyw5 / https://lnkd.in/e365Whs CoSTAR National Lab | CoSTAR Realtime Lab | CoSTAR Screen Lab | CoSTAR Live Lab | CoSTAR Foresight Lab | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | UK Research and Innovation   #CoSTARNetwork #CoSTARAIforCreativity #CreativeEconomy #ResponsibleAI

Join CoSTAR Foresight Lab online on 23 June to hear insights from practitioners on applying generative AI and advanced machine learning. Discuss pressing issues around data, ethics and licensing with subject-matter experts, and gain forward-focused intelligence on sector adaptation and the evolving policy landscape direct from Foresight Lab researchers. 🔗Secure your place: https://lnkd.in/e_iZGPQS 💡Explore the CoSTAR AI for Creativity programme: https://lnkd.in/ex9aTcAm #CoSTARNetwork CoSTAR Foresight Lab | CoSTAR National Lab | CoSTAR Live Lab | CoSTAR Realtime Lab | CoSTAR Network | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)