Staff-Student Event: How Run with Foxes uses AI for media production
Staff-Student Event: How Irish Consultancy Run with Foxes Uses AI in Media Production
Overview
Guided by the question, “In what ways can institutional strategies support critical, reflective, and ethical engagement with AI, rather than compliance-driven implementation?” (HEA, 2025), the Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) team is facilitating a series of Next GenAI Lab events to create space for lecturers and students to learn from industry partners about their practices in using AI.
The events include an industry showcase and co-creation challenges that bring staff and students together to prototype a solution to a problem posed by the industry partner.
Each Next Gen AI Lab Company Showcase addresses questions such as:
- How is artificial intelligence being applied in Irish industry?
- Which innovative practices and approaches could inform and enrich the TU Dublin curriculum?
- How can staff and students respond to emerging AI-related challenges with integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to ethical and sustainable innovation?
Staff are invited to participate in the events and are encouraged to invite a selection of students to join them to participate in the co-creation activities.
The Next Gen AI Lab Company Showcase
The Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) team, in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, is delighted to welcome Run with Foxes to our campus for the Next Gen AI Lab Company Showcase event, which focusses on media production.
The event takes place on Thursday, 03 December 2026 from 1-3pm in Grangegorman.
Paul Dervan, Founder of Run with Foxes, will be presenting at the event on the use of artificial intelligence in media production.
The session will enable participants to learn about:
- How Run with Foxes is using AI for media production?
- What lessons and practices could be implemented in TU Dublin in alignment with Run with Foxes to facilitate practice-based learning experiences.
- How staff and students co-create prototype solutions for real challenges regarding AI and media production?
The presentations will take place in Grangegorman. Because of the nature of the activities that will be taking place, the event is organised as in-person only.
Staff, and their students, are invited to register now.
Event Format
The two-hour event is comprised of a Company Showcase, followed by a Staff-Student Co-creation. Staff and students who are attending are encouraged to attend for the whole event, or for either part of the event. The two separate parts of the event are described below.
1-2pm: Part 1. Company Showcase
The Company Showcase takes place in the first hour, from 1-2pm. This is a conversation in which TU Dublin staff and students and the Run with Foxes founder can discuss how AI is being used in industry, and how this can be reflected in future curricula. On this occasion, Paul Dervan will share their experience using AI in media production.
2-3pm: Part 2. Staff-Student Co-Creation
The Next GenAI Lab Staff-Student Co-Creation takes place in the second hour. In this hour, teams of staff and students are facilitated through a co-creative process using an adapted Design Thinking methodology in which the teams will mock up a prototype to a real challenge brought by the company. Teams will upload their solutions before the end of the session, and a winning team will be declared within one week.
Venue
The event will take place in Grangegorman.
Register to Attend
This event is open to TU Dublin staff. Staff may also invite their students to attend to participate in the co-creation activity. The event is particularly relevant to staff and students involved in teaching or studying business, marketing, or process management.
All staff and students who are attending must register using the registration form by Friday, 27 November 2026.
Contact Us
The event is being organised by Dr Ana Schalk from the Learning Teaching Assessment (LTA) team.