The 2026 Torrance Festival of Ideas explores the theme of CREATIVITY & AI. This global online two-day festival (April 22-23) features presentations from world-renowned scholars on their pioneering ideas on the intersections between creativity and artificial intelligence.

• Registration is FREE but seats are limited!
• Register for this event at the Festival Website: https://tinyurl.com/2026torrancefestival 

Day 1 (April 22)

Morning Session (9am-12pm ET)
• Talk 1: 9:00am -9:45am -- ROOSA WINGSTRÖM (University of Vaasa, Finland) Can (A)I be creative? Human and Nonhuman Actors in the Creative Process
• Talk 2: 9:45am -10:30am -- DANIELA GRIECO (University of Milan, Italy) Imagination Unplugged: Why Humans Still Outcreate AI
• Talk 3: 10:30am -11:15am --FRANCESO FEDELE (Georgia Tech, USA) Art Meets AI: Community-Based Teaching and Learning
• Panel Discussion (with all three speakers): 11:15am -12:00pm [Facilitators: TBC]

Afternoon Session (1pm-4pm ET)
• Talk 1: 1:00pm -1:45pm -- LIANE GABORA (University of British Columbia, Canada) Creative Thinking in Humans and Machines: How They’re Similar and How They Differ
• Talk 2: 1:45pm -2:30pm -- JOHN GERO (Drexel University, USA) Your Mind and Brain On GenAI
• Talk 3: 2:30pm -3:15pm -- DAVID CROPLEY (Adelaide University, Australia) Gen AI Creativity: Adequate, Anodyne and Artless
• Panel Discussion (with all three speakers): 3:15pm -4:00pm [Facilitators: TBC]

Day 2 (April 23)

Morning Session (9am-12pm ET)
• Talk 1: 9:00am -9:45am -- GIOVANNI CORAZZA (University of Bologna, Italy) Cyber-Creativity in the Dynamic Universal Creative Process
• Talk 2: 9:45am -10:30am -- FLORENT VINCHON (Université Paris Cité, France) Evaluating the Creativity of Generative Artificial Intelligence
• Talk 3: 10:30am -11:15am -- ROBERT SPARROW (Monash University, Australia) Bullshit Machines: Creativity Without Responsibility 
• Panel Discussion (with all three speakers): 11:15am -12:00pm [Facilitators: TBC]

Afternoon Session (1pm-4pm ET)
• Talk 1: 1:00pm -1:45pm -- ANIL DOSHI (University College London, UK) AI and Ideas: Being Creative or Just Creating?
• Talk 2: 1:45pm -2:30pm -- SABRINA HABIB (University of South Carolina, USA) AI and Human Creativity: Mediated Agency
• Talk 3: 2:30pm -3:15pm -- AVIGAIL FERDMAN (Technion University, Israel) When AI Creates Capacity-Hostile Environments: Structural Deskilling and Human Flourishing
• Panel Discussion (with all three speakers): 3:15pm -4:00pm [Facilitators: TBC]

This event is organized by UGA's Torrance Center for Creativity (Director & Festival Chair: ANNA ABRAHAM).