Odet Abadia, Director of the AI Future Imaging Research Center at Shanghai Vancouver Film School (SHVFS), is a Spanish director and producer active across Europe and Asia. Her work explores the intersection of technology, storytelling, and transnational cultural exchange, with experience spanning documentary, animation, and AI-driven visual media. She directed the BBC Storyworks documentary Innovent, created a WHO public service announcement on mental health in China, and wrote and directed the educational animation Learn Spanish with Lince & Panda. Through her projects, she bridges narrative innovation with cross-cultural communication, bringing sensitivity to visual language and emotion.

Reza Sixo Safai is an award-winning filmmaker, actor, and writer whose bold, boundary-pushing work has been celebrated at Sundance, Cannes, and beyond. Renowned for his innovative approach to storytelling, he crafts films that challenge perception, blend genres, and defy expectations. He produced and co-starred in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the acclaimed Iranian vampire western praised by Time magazine as one of the best vampire films of all time. Recently he co-founded Massive Studios which Forbes described as “a creative shop with deep expertise in generative AI.”

She is a producer and screenwriter. The works for which Xiao Jiang served as producer cover a range of categories: feature films including The Captain, Chinese Doctors, The Moment of Truth, The Battle at Lake Changjin, The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge, Hidden Blade, Bloody Dolls, and Ip Man 4: The Finale; animated films such as Next Gen and New Gods: Nezha Reborn; and the 24-episode TV drama Shangganling. She specializes in the full-process production management of top-tier commercial blockbusters. At the end of 2023, she took on the role of Head of Bona AIGMS Production Center and served as the Chief Director & Screenwriter for the first two seasons of Sanxingdui: Apocalypse of the Future - a full-process AIGC sci-fi short drama. This work integrates cutting-edge technology with traditional storytelling and combines the ancient Shu civilization with futuristic technology concepts. While applying AI technology to create an IP matrix she also led the team in developing vertical application technologies. On the premise of maintaining humanistic warmth a "human-machine collaborative creation" methodology has been developed. She leverages AI technology to intelligently upgrade the film and television production process, drives content creation through technological innovation, ensures the quality of works with industrialized standards, and promotes the intelligent and digital transformation and upgrading of the film industry.

Rima Yoon is a creative director recognized for blending AI technology with live-action storytelling. She has applied AI extensively in high-profile projects, including aespa’s Armageddon and RICH MAN music videos, All Day Project’s FAMOUS, Tamburins’ Sunshine campaign film, and ZEROBASEONE’s ICONIK. For Rima, AI is not a replacement but a creative accelerator—supporting concept development, enhancing textures and quality in post-production, and increasing efficiency in motion work. Her practice highlights how AI can amplify human sensibility and originality, opening new possibilities for both artistic and commercial filmmaking.

Founder of AI.TALK, creator of AI singer Yuri, AI digital artist, top creator with Dreamina.
Graduate of Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design. Formerly at Alibaba, eBay, JD.com. Speaker at TEDx and Yixi. Incubated Yuri, the first AI-native singer. Debut single SURREAL reached 12M+ plays. First AI-native virtual idol to collaborate with major fashion brands. AI.TALK, as an AI media brand, has episodes with up to 20M views.

Issa Sissoko is a Creative Director and AI filmmaker based in New York. At Wonder Studios he leads end to end, AI assisted production, combining story, design, and generative tools to deliver campaigns and narrative prototypes at speed. A former performance marketer with 10+ years of experience, Issa is a Creative Director at Wonder Studios, which is an AI Native Studio pushing the boundaries and blending traditional filmmaking with AI. Issa also runs Amissa Studios, a creative lab developing Africa forward IP, including the historical fantasy series Mansa: Whispers of the Wind and Waves. He advises startups and brands on practical use of AI across writing, storyboarding, animation, and VFX, and teaches workshops to creators and companies. Issa is passionate about ownership, cultural authenticity, and building pathways for African and diaspora storytellers to access cutting edge tools, funding, and distribution.