Talks & Conferences

Papers, panels, and talks.

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2026

  • 14–17 Oct. 2026: Association of Internet Researchers Conference

    • TikTokification of Netflix: Regeneration, Convergence, and Competition in Streaming Worlds (paper by Taylor Annabell, Daphne Rena Idiz, and Nina Vindum Rasmussen)

    • “We Don’t Have the Same Existential Problems with AI”: Labour Inequalities in Canadian Screen Production

  • 7–10 Oct. 2026: 4S Conference

    • Copyright, CanCon, and Generative AI: Creative Control and Ownership in Canada’s Streaming Economy (paper by Daphne Rena Idiz, ME Luka, and Claudia Sicondolfo)

  • 23–26 June 2026: The Digital Conference

    • TikTokification of Netflix: Convergence and competition in streaming worlds (paper by Taylor Annabell, Daphne Rena Idiz, and Nina Vindum Rasmussen)

  • 1 June 2026: International Symposium on Human–AI
Creative Workflows

    • Below the Surface of Refusal: Negotiating Generative AI in the Canadian Screen Industries

  • 26–27 Feb. 2026: GLITCH / STITCH / RESIST: A Research-Creation Salon

    • The Logline Project: Visualizing AI Imaginaries in Screen Production

2025

  • 17–18 Dec. 2025: GenAI & Creative Practices Conference

    • From the Talkies to the Chatbots: A Labor History of Technological Disruption in Hollywood (paper by Isadora Campregher Paiva and Daphne Rena Idiz)

    • CreativityGPT: How workers negotiate Generative AI in the Canadian and European screen industries (paper by Daphne Rena Idiz and Nina Vindum Rasmussen)

  • 15–18 Oct. 2025: Association of Internet Researchers Conference

    • Creative Labour in Rupture? Gen-AI and Future Research Directions (keynote speaker)

  • 12 June 2025: Invited speaker on “Perspective: Production,” Symposium – Streaming Video as a Cultural Form, Utrecht University

  • 2–5 June 2025: Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Conference

    • Legislating “Cultural Diversity” for Global Streamers: Unpacking Policy Challenges from the European Union and Canada (paper)

  • 12 September 2024: Workshop on “Innovative Methods for VOD Research,” Utrecht University

  • 11 September 2024: Invited speaker forInteractive panel on “Streaming and Cultural Production,” Utrecht University 

2024

  • 24–27 Sep. 2024: European Communication Conference (ECREA ECC)

    • The Rise and Fall of Viaplay’s Dutch Fiction Slate: A Failure Study (paper by Sandra Becker and Daphne Rena Idiz)

  • 16–19 April 2024: Media Industries Conference

    • Streaming production cultures (Panel by Daphne Rena Idiz and Nina Vindum Rasmussen)

    • How Netflix shapes European production cultures (paper by Daphne Rena Idiz and Nina Vindum Rasmussen)

    • Modes of dependence in online screen production (paper by Daphne Rena Idiz and Thomas Poell)

2023

  • 25–27 Oct. 2023: Redefining Televisuality ECREA Television Conference

    • Streaming production cultures: How Netflix shapes European televisuality (paper by Daphne Rena Idiz and Nina Vindum Rasmussen)

  • 13–17 June 2023: European Network for Cinema and Media Studies Conference

    • Local production for global streamers: How Netflix shapes European content creation

2022

  • 1–2 June 2022: Global Perspectives on Platforms and Cultural Production Conference

    • How local are local Netflix originals?