Foresight and Creative Technology: Plausible Creative Industries Futures

UK House, SXSW London 2025 |
Monday 2 June, 1-4pm |
Drake & Morgan, Devonshire Square

Consider the future evolution of the Creative Industries. Do we see utopian or dystopian visions? What changes will drive us one way or the other?

Join the CoSTAR Foresight Lab at UK House as part of SXSW London 2025 for an afternoon of making sense of change in film, tv, gaming, performance, and digital entertainment. Building on the lab’s findings to date, attendees will engage with Foresight Lab researchers to explore signals of change that will inform the future of the Creative Industries.

You’ll hear about the Foresight Lab’s work to understand the adoption, use and impact of new technology, mapping trends and developments across the Creative Industries in the UK and globally. Topics covered in the session will include artificial intelligence and advances in machine learning, evolving audience needs, challenges and potential paths forward in decarbonisation, plausible investment and policy directions.

You’ll hear about our work with policymakers, highlights from our latest International Tracker, including tariffs and trade wars. Plus, discover our Foresight and Insight work including the latest developments in AI, and sustainability. And get Foresight Lab’s read for implications for investment.

This will be an open, participatory session where we explore what is uncertain in the sector together, making sense of plausible trajectories in the UK Creative Industries - notably vulnerabilities to guard against and strengths to explore.

Please note

SXSW ticketholders and non-SXSW ticketholders must register via Evenbrite to gain entrance to the event.

Image - Creative complexity triptych, Jiarong Yu