Industry Lectures, Panels, and GenAI Training: Guiding Creativity into the Age of AI

Julio B. Soler isn't just talking about the future of creative industries—he's building it. As an award-winning creative director and pioneering GenAI filmmaker, he offers a rare practitioner's view from the front lines of artificial intelligence. He distills complex technology into practical, high-impact solutions that empower creative teams and move audiences.

His sessions cut through the hype to deliver production-ready insights, translating fast-moving AI tools into reliable, repeatable workflows that compress timelines and multiply creative possibilities.

What Your Team Will Learn

My talks are designed to demystify generative AI and provide actionable frameworks. Audiences leave with:

A Clear Framework for integrating AI into real-world creative productions.
Practical Skills for ideation, asset creation, and storytelling with AI tools.
Strategic Insight into the future of creative work and how to stay ahead of the curve.

Trusted by Industry & Academia

Julio is a sought-after guest at leading universities and industry events, sharing his expertise with the next generation of creative talent. Recent engagements include:

Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
San José State University (SJSU)
AI for Good Creative Jam (Sponsored by Adobe)

Bring Julio to Your Team

Julio is available for keynotes, guest lectures, corporate training workshops, and brand consultations. Let's discuss how we can tailor a session to fit your organization's unique needs.

Contact Julio to Book a Session

Signature Topics

Julio's sessions are tailored for both strategic leaders and hands-on creative teams.

Strategic Briefings for Leaders

Creative Industries in the Age of Intelligence: A high-level overview of how GenAI is reshaping campaign workflows, creative production, and team structures in advertising and marketing.
Applied GenAI for Advertising: A deep dive into real-world case studies, showing how brands can leverage AI for everything from concepting and storyboarding to producing scalable, data-driven content.

Hands-On Workshops for Creatives

Introduction to GenAI Video: A practical, hands-on workshop covering the fundamentals of text-to-video generation with tools like Runway, Sora, Veo 3, Seedream, and Kling, focused on cinematic output.
AI for Creatives - ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Runway: A focused session on mastering prompt engineering and multimodal workflows to accelerate ideation and asset creation for marketing campaigns.
Machine Cinema GenJam Co-Host: Volunteering and co-hosting with the Machine Cinema collective at GenJam hackathons, where filmmakers, artists, and technologists collaborate to explore experimental storytelling and AI-driven creative production.

Recent Lectures and Industry Talks

A proven thought leader, Julio is a frequent guest at leading universities and industry events, where he shares practical, production-ready insights on the future of creative work.

University Lectures

AI for Good Creative Jam (Swinburne University & SJSU, sponsored by Adobe): “GenAI and Creative Production Workflows”
LinkdUp Speaker Series, San José State University: “Creative Industries in the Age of Intelligence”
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT): “Introduction to Runway ML, Practical Workshop”
San José State University: “Generative AI in Creative Industries & Advertising”
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT): “Applied GenAI in Creative Fields”

Corporate Training & Community Leadership

In addition to his academic lectures, Julio delivers private, hands-on training sessions for advertising agencies and production houses, including The Culture+ Group, Mono, and Vision Creative Group.

He also volunteers with the Machine Cinema collective to co-organize “GenJam” hackathons, fostering innovation within the creative AI community. Most recently, he co-hosted the Machine Cinema GenJam at Zero Space Studios in Brooklyn, a creative hackathon exploring “absurd ads” and experimental generative storytelling. Learn more about the event.

Julio has also served on juries and screening committees for leading AI and creative festivals, including the Adobe AI For Good Creative Jam (SJSU), Synthetic Narratives: AI / XR + The Future of Storytelling (juror & AI screening selection), and the upcoming ImagineArt Film Festival.