DISRUPT AI COMMUNITY CONNECT

🦴 DISRUPT AI Community Connect 🦴

Meetup, Show & Tell, Featured Guest + Drinks

> DATE: 12 FEB 2026

> TIME: 5.30-7PM

> LOCATION: DISRUPT HQ/TBWA\MELBOURNE

> ADDRESS: 288 COVENTRY STREET, SOUTH MELBOURNE

This is your chance to network with creatives, technologists, filmmakers, builders, and curious minds from Australia’s growing AI ecosystem — all in the DISRUPT headquarters, TBWA\Melbourne.

This meetup sits alongside the DISRUPT AI Film Festival (DAIFF). DISRUPT AI Film Festival (DAIFF) is Australia’s first Gen AI film festival — a national platform for filmmakers, artists, technologists, and students to explore storytelling powered by AI. Anchored by the theme “Humans and Their Tools”, the festival champions human-in-the-loop creativity — where technology becomes a co-creator, not a competitor.

What’s Happening

🦴 Community Connect & AI Meetup
Meet and connect with the local AI community in a relaxed, creative environment. Whether you’re a creative, filmmaker, artist, developer, technologist, marketer, researcher, student, or simply passionate about the future of AI, this meetup is designed for everyone eager to connect and collaborate.

🦴 Featured Guest
Hear and learn from featured guest/s (TBA) working at the intersection of creativity, innovation, and AI. Expect insights exploring storytelling powered by AI and human-centric AI innovation and join the conversation around the future of AI, creativity, ethics, and community.

🦴 AI Community Show & Tell
Bring along your projects or ideas for a casual show & tell session. Show us what you’re building, experimenting with, or dreaming of — whether it’s a creative AI tool, a Gen AI film, an art piece, a prototype, or a piece of research. Community feedback and cross-pollination encouraged.

🦴 Drinks & Networking
This is the perfect setting to meet collaborators, find mentors, explore ideas, and make new friends. There will be drinks provided.

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About DISRUPT AI

We are a creative-led community and platform exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, culture, and human storytelling. Our community events — including meetups, show & tells, and industry conversations — are designed to be open, inclusive, and cross-disciplinary. Whether you’re building tools, telling stories, experimenting with new forms, or simply curious about what’s next, DISRUPT AI Community Connect exists to connect people, spark ideas, and help shape the future of creative AI together.

The DISRUPT AI Community Connect meetups sit alongside DISRUPT AI Film Festival (DAIFF) DISRUPT AI Film Festival (DAIFF) is Australia’s first Gen AI film festival — a national platform for filmmakers, artists, technologists, and students to explore storytelling powered by AI. Anchored by the theme “Humans and Their Tools”, the festival champions human-in-the-loop creativity — where technology becomes a co-creator, not a competitor.

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