The future of storytelling
What changes when viewers become participants? Lessons from YouTube, live Twitch drama, and AI-native entertainment.
Keynotes · Panels · Masterclasses
A new perspective
on what comes next.
Stories, audiences, and the possibilities in between.
Bernie brings the experience of making award-winning entertainment to conversations about how we create, connect, and participate.
On the agenda
Conversations worth having.
AI & the creative process
A practitioner’s perspective on emerging tools, creative choices, and building experiences that weren’t possible before.
Stories built for their platforms
How a medium’s strengths can shape the story—from character vlogs to live collective decisions.
Making the audience matter
Designing participation with consequences, emotional stakes, and a meaningful place for the audience.
Building outside the studio system
Creative ambition, adaptable teams, and lessons from independent digital production.
In the room.
“Engaging, funny, far-sighted, and thought-provoking. Never shies away from presenting an out-of-consensus opinion.”Ajay Kishore
Founder, Stareable Fest
“He effortlessly connected with a diverse population of students. His energy and thought-provoking presentation truly set him apart.”Erin Reilly
Texas Immersive Institute, UT Austin
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