Directing Generative AI: Control, Realism and Creative Workflow
This workshop explores how AI can move beyond unreliable outputs to tools that are controllable, editable, and useful in creative production
Directing Generative AI: Control, Realism and Creative Workflow┃CoSTAR AI for Creativity┃10 June 2026, 10:30 - 16:00
Bringing together perspectives on physically grounded generative models and steerable, node-based production workflows, this workshop will demonstrate how AI can better support diverse creative practices. You will cover controllable and production-ready generative AI, physically grounded and steerable AI methods, creative AI workflows for content generation and editing, and reliable, repeatable, editable, and directable AI outputs.
Speakers
- Giuseppe Claudio Guarnera, Chief Scientific Officer at Lumirithmic
- Patrick Lewis, Specialist in AI for the Creative Industries
- Alan Pedrassoli Chitayat, Postdoctoral Research Associate, CoSTAR Live Lab
Getting here
This workshop will take place at CoSTAR Live Lab, which is based at Production Park in South Kirkby, WF9 3NR. Free car parking is available to the front of the Production Park reception. Travel bursaries up to £50 per person are available and can be claimed through our visitor form. You can find information on how to travel to Production Park by car and public transport at the following links:
We are also offerring free transport via coach from the University of York to Production Park. If you would like to reserve a seat on the coach, please select that option when booking your ticket. The coach will leave from: University of York - Field Lane Car Park (Campus East) Heslington, York, YO10 5GY. It will be leaving at 9:15 am, so we ask that you arrive slightly earlier!
Our pre-event survey
EDI is at the heart of CoSTAR, and we would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete a short, anonymous survey about yourself and, if relevant, your organisation. We are not collecting any personally identifiable information. Your responses will help us shape future events to better reflect your interests while ensuring our programme reaches and includes a diverse audience.
Food and drink
Catering will be provided at this event, although you are welcome to bring your own lunch. Please let us know if you have any specific dietary restrictions through our optional Access Rider form.
If you have any questions about attending this workshop, please do not hesitate to contact costarlivelab-admin@york.ac.uk and we will do our best to answer your queries.
Image Credit
Alan Warburton | https://betterimagesofai.org | © BBC | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
This workshop explores how AI can move beyond unreliable outputs to tools that are controllable, editable, and useful in creative production
Directing Generative AI: Control, Realism and Creative Workflow┃CoSTAR AI for Creativity┃10 June 2026, 10:30 - 16:00
Bringing together perspectives on physically grounded generative models and steerable, node-based production workflows, this workshop will demonstrate how AI can better support diverse creative practices. You will cover controllable and production-ready generative AI, physically grounded and steerable AI methods, creative AI workflows for content generation and editing, and reliable, repeatable, editable, and directable AI outputs.
Speakers
- Giuseppe Claudio Guarnera, Chief Scientific Officer at Lumirithmic
- Patrick Lewis, Specialist in AI for the Creative Industries
- Alan Pedrassoli Chitayat, Postdoctoral Research Associate, CoSTAR Live Lab
Getting here
This workshop will take place at CoSTAR Live Lab, which is based at Production Park in South Kirkby, WF9 3NR. Free car parking is available to the front of the Production Park reception. Travel bursaries up to £50 per person are available and can be claimed through our visitor form. You can find information on how to travel to Production Park by car and public transport at the following links:
We are also offerring free transport via coach from the University of York to Production Park. If you would like to reserve a seat on the coach, please select that option when booking your ticket. The coach will leave from: University of York - Field Lane Car Park (Campus East) Heslington, York, YO10 5GY. It will be leaving at 9:15 am, so we ask that you arrive slightly earlier!
Our pre-event survey
EDI is at the heart of CoSTAR, and we would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete a short, anonymous survey about yourself and, if relevant, your organisation. We are not collecting any personally identifiable information. Your responses will help us shape future events to better reflect your interests while ensuring our programme reaches and includes a diverse audience.
Food and drink
Catering will be provided at this event, although you are welcome to bring your own lunch. Please let us know if you have any specific dietary restrictions through our optional Access Rider form.
If you have any questions about attending this workshop, please do not hesitate to contact costarlivelab-admin@york.ac.uk and we will do our best to answer your queries.
Image Credit
Alan Warburton | https://betterimagesofai.org | © BBC | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Highlights
- 5 hours 30 minutes
- In person
Location
CoSTAR Live Lab
Production Park
#Unit 2 South Kirkby WF9 3NR
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