We have a special episode for our listeners, with a panel recorded live from VistaCon26: Illuminating the future of cinema: connection, experience, and innovation.

When entertainment is just a click away, how do cinemas reclaim their role as cultural hubs? This panel explores the future of cinemagoing in a world where convenience often trumps experience. How do exhibitors make cinema a regular habit again? Can theatres evolve beyond seats, screens and sound to become vibrant gathering spaces that foster community connection and wellbeing?

Global experts in technology, guest experience, cinema, and related industries composed our digital panel:

Justin Honaman

Global Head, Worldwide Retail, Restaurants & Consumer Goods GTM, Amazon

Sheila Liming

Associate Professor at Champlain College and author of Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time

Stephen Follows

Film data Researcher, Author, Educator, Producer and Founder and Head of Innovation for Catsnake: The Story Agency

Theresa English

Principal at TK Architects