AFTRS: AI for Business – Challenges and Opportunities
Is artificial intelligence the ultimate threat or the ultimate assistant to post-production? Join us for the 4th and final part of our AI series, AI for Business – Challenges and Opportunities, an essential one-hour webinar designed to demystify how AI is transforming the creative landscape. Through real-world case studies of how studios successfully integrating AI into its post-production pipeline, you’ll discover firsthand how these tools are shifting industry standards, altering workflows, and directly shaping the career trajectories of video editors and FX artists. Whether you’re looking to protect your business against rapid disruptions or leverage new efficiencies to elevate your storytelling, this session will equip you with a balanced look at the key challenges and massive opportunities defining the future of the video and FX industry.
This session is tailor-made not only for post-production professionals, editors, and VFX artists looking to future-proof their technical skill sets, but also for programming, commissioning, and acquisition executives within broadcasters who need to understand how AI-driven delivery speeds and shifting pipelines will impact scheduling, budgeting, and content strategies. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain a balanced, practical look at the key challenges and massive opportunities defining the future of our industry.
Special Guest Speakers:
Nicola Dorling together with Peter Herbert,
AFTRS Australia
KEY EXPERT FROM AFTRS TO DELIVER THESE SERIES:
Peter Herbert
Peter Herbert is an accomplished writer and producer with extensive experience across television, stage, events, and film. He has held senior executive, management, and creative roles with major Australian, American, and British companies, creating original programmes and formats that have been sold internationally.
His work has been featured by broadcasters including Comedy Central (US), BBC, Channel 5, Sky, and Paramount Comedy Channel (UK). He has contributed to award-winning Australian television productions such as The Flying Doctors, The Comedy Company, Acropolis Now, and Cop Shop.
Peter is currently the Program Convenor for Screen Business at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and has extensive teaching experience throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Nicola Dorling
Nicola Dorling serves as Group CIO at Downer and is a lecturer in Digital Technology and Digital Strategy at AGSM @ UNSW Business School, where she also serves as Program Director for Digital Transformation. She is also a Faculty Lecturer at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and a member of the Board of Advisors for Digital Twinning Australia.
With extensive leadership experience in digital transformation and enterprise technology, Nicola previously served as Executive General Manager at SAP. She holds an MBA in International Finance from Oxford Brookes University and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), bringing together strategic business leadership with deep expertise in technology, innovation, and digital transformation.