No Harm Done

Are cultural institutions caught in an AI hype cycle, or making smart investments in the future? Join us for an evening exploring how museums and creative organisations navigate the mounting pressure to adopt AI tools and platforms. Three leading practitioners from Hong Kong, the UK, and Australia will share insights on platform uncertainty, responsible AI governance, and digital transformation, before we put theory into practice through "Breakthrough Bingo!"—a competitive game show designed by Tobias Revell, Arup simulating the investment pressures driving institutional AI adoption.

Featured Speakers:

Sewon Chung: Head of Digital and Content Initiatives, M+, Hong Kong
John O'Shea: Creative Director/Co-CEO, National Videogames Museum, U.K
Angela Stengel: Independent digital strategist, former Digital Content & Innovation Lead, ABC, Australia

Our speakers will explore the real challenges facing cultural institutions, from preserving digital culture to engaging diverse audiences, and whether AI adoption represents strategic choice or expensive FOMO. After a short break, teams will compete in a game designed by Tobias Revell, Arup, in which investment funds race to complete their bingo card of AI "breakthroughs." The catch? Each round, costs double while opportunities vanish forever. Will you achieve ROI!, get eliminated as a FOMO Fund, or survive into the Third AI Winter?

Biographies
Sewon Chung is the Head of Digital and Content Initiatives at M+, one of the leading museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world that builds on Hong Kong's historic balance of the local and international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia's twenty-first century. With prior roles at the Exploratorium and Samsung in Silicon Valley, Sewon has extensive experience launching multichannel digital campaigns and developing results-driven content strategies for both renowned cultural institutions, global brands, and Fortune 500 companies. Sewon holds a Master of Arts from Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and a dual B.A. in Literary & Cultural Studies and Sociology from The College of William & Mary.

John O'Shea is Creative Director and Co-CEO at the National Videogames Museum, where he leads overall strategy for Curatorial, Collections and Learning Programmes, and sets the creative vision for the British Gaming Institute as a whole. John has curated, produced and directed projects in the UK and internationally for the Science Gallery Network, Science Museum Group, National Football Museum, Liverpool Biennial, FACT, BBC, and many others. In 2015 he curated and produced "Pitch to Pixel: The World of Football Gaming" examining how gaming influences the world beyond the screen. He is committed to expanding the boundaries and understanding of art, science and digital culture for all.

Angela Stengel works with media, cultural and public-interest organisations on digital content, audience and platform strategy, particularly where there's change, new opportunity or uncertainty. Her focus is on helping organisations make confident, practical decisions about platforms, formats, distribution and emerging technology, and connecting those decisions back to core business and organisational strategy. Previously, she led digital content and innovation at the ABC, working closely with executive leadership and editorial teams. Her work there included establishing AI governance and pilot programs, as well as building the business case for and scaling a creator program that partnered with dozens of creators across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to reach younger and more diverse audiences at scale.