June 11th 2026 | Field Visit

Curators: Prof. Payal Arora, Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures and Inclusive AI Lab Director, Stuart Acker Holt, Filmmaker & Photographer, Creator of The Most Interesting Person (NL); Noah Arnold and Christian Sinobas, Fair Picture (Switzerland/ Cairo), Dr. Laura Herman, Head of AI Research, Adobe (UK)

Co-Facilitators: Siddhi Gupta, Design Director, Inclusive AI Lab (India); Jingzhi Chen, Inclusive AI Visiting Fellow, Zhejiang University (China)

Venue: Makom, Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 38, Amsterdam: This is an old workshop space from the 1920s in the heart of the Jewish quarter, now a cooperative space that includes creatives and innovators.

Learn directly from world-leading creative thinkers shaping how culture, technology, and storytelling intersect across global contexts. This immersive field experience is co-curated by Stuart Acker Holt, filmmaker and photographer known for crafting deeply human, place-based narrative experiences; Fairpicture, a global leader in consent-based, context-rich visual storytelling; and Payal Arora, whom Forbes called “the next billion champion,” and whose Inclusive AI Lab has worked closely with creatives in Latin America, India, and Kenya to debias datasets and diversify the creative commons. Designed for creatives and tech companies across the cultural and creative industries, the program blends immersive neighbourhood engagement, ethical image-making, and inclusive AI practice with hands-on workshops alongside global creative impact leaders, including Asad Ayub of Madhatter, Franklin Ozekhome of Pop Culture Varsity and creator of HumanOS and Advertising Humans, Siddhi Gupta, Thomas Kuber of Futur2, Eduardo Briceño of FTI Consulting, and Laura Herman of Adobe. Participants will learn to read cultural signals, question dominant narratives, and work responsibly with images and data—building creative and AI-driven tools that are globally informed yet locally grounded. The experience culminates in the co-creation of a practical playbook for ethical storytelling, inclusive design, and culturally responsible innovation.