Overview
Interactive Ontario’s AI Committee is committed to closely monitoring industry trends related to AI and fostering important conversations regarding its use within the creative tech sector.
Committee Members
Lucie Lalumière
She/Her
President & CEO, Interactive Ontario
Lucie’s passion for the techno-creative video game and interactive digital media industry started over 25 years ago, when she worked on groundbreaking multimedia projects at Bell. Later on, she led innovative and award-winning teams producing games and interactive content in various strategic roles. Her executive positions include GM French Market at MediaLinx Sympatico, Executive Director New Media at Radio-Canada, VP & GM Interactive at Corus Entertainment, COO & GM at supersonic MINDS, and Founder & Principal at Lalumiere Media.
Jeffrey Elliott
He/Him
CEO, Tablerock Media
Jeffrey Elliott has over thirty years of strategic and creative experience in broadcasting, production, and digital media – and always at the forefront of emerging technologies in broadcasting and new-media and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TableRock Media. Jeffrey was also the founder and CEO of GlassBOX Television. Glassbox Television became one of Canada’s leading multiplatform media companies. One of GlassBOX channels; Bite TV, the world’s first Interactive and multiplatform television channel, was awarded an International Emmy for Interactive Broadcasting and won the best in Cross Platform Broadcasting at the DIGIS (Canadian New Media Awards).
Max Rothschild
He/Him
Associate, Stohn Hay Cafazzo Heim Finlay LLP
Max practises in the areas of entertainment, music, digital media and intellectual property law. Before joining Stohn Hay Cafazzo Heim Finlay LLP, Max worked as in-house counsel for the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA) and as an associate at Bereskin & Parr LLP. With experience both as in-house counsel and in private practice, Max brings a practical and business-oriented perspective to legal matters.
Rob Elsworthy
He/Him
Game Director, Resistr Interactive
Rob Elsworthy is a highly accomplished professional in the media industry, with an impressive career spanning two decades. With over 15 years of experience in the Games industry, he has worked on a variety of acclaimed projects, including Metal Gear Solid, Max Payne, Grand Theft Auto, and Red Dead Redemption, bringing his expertise as an Animator, VFX Artist, Director and Game Designer. With a mission to promote diversity and social awareness in the gaming industry, Rob founded his own videogame company, Resistr Interactive. Additionally, he currently serves as the Program Director for Video Game Design and Animation at Toronto Film School.
Ramona Pringle
She/Her
Professor, TMU RTA School of Media; Director, The Creative Innovation Studio
Ramona Pringle is an Associate Professor in the RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University and Director of The Creative School’s Innovation Studio, a creative network comprised of multiple incubators, including the Transmedia Zone, Design Fabrication Zone, and Fashion Zone, as well as the Global Campus Studio, a unique digital studio devoted to fostering international co-productions through the use of contemporary collaboration tools.
Zina Rahman
CEO & Co-Founder, Transitional Forms
Zina Rahman is the CEO and Co-founder of Transitional Forms, a Toronto-based entertainment innovation studio at the forefront of blending artificial intelligence with storytelling to redefine how we experience games, films, and television. An award-winning producer, creative technologist, and strategist, Zina has over 15 years of experience in new media development, emergent technology, and innovation management.