SEPTEMBER

Jessie Hughes

  • Day 1, Monday Sep 15, 2025
  • 2:30pm-3:30pm AEST
  • Presenter: Jessie Hughes

About the Session

About the Session

Close your conference day with a burst of future-focused creativity with new media artist, scholar and creative technologist, Jessie Hughes. With a practice rooted in new media and immersive storytelling, Jessie is at the forefront of shaping the creative tools of tomorrow. In this inspiring session, she’ll unpack the art, science and educational power of generative AI—demystifying the tech, sparking imagination and exploring how it can deepen students’ engagement with ideas, materials and context.

Expect big ideas, bold inspiration and practical takeaways to re-energise your classroom and creative practice.

New media artist, technologist and screenwriter

Jessie Hughes

Artist
New media artist, technologist and screenwriter

Jessie Hughes

Jessie Hughes is an internationally recognised new media artist, technologist, scholar and screenwriter whose innovative works have been exhibited at Sundance, SXSW, Cannes and the Tate Modern.

Over the past decade, she has collaborated with major players including Meta, Oculus and Adobe, leading the charge in emerging creative technologies. Now based at Leonardo.Ai , she pioneers generative tools that push the boundaries of how we make, teach and imagine in the digital age.