Future of Comms AI - a dinner series by Arbor

The Future Comms AI Dinner Series returns on January 21st for a private, off-the-record dinner with senior communications and marketing leaders focused on how AI is redefining narrative coherence, leadership response time, and trust across complex organizations.

This edition features a special guest conversation with Lance Weiler, Founding Member and Director of the Digital Storytelling Lab at Columbia University. A pioneer in digital storytelling, Lance works at the intersection of narrative systems, emerging technology, and civic engagement.

Rather than tools or trends, the conversation will focus on fundamentals. How AI is reshaping authorship, participation, and meaning. Where narrative control is breaking down. What communications leaders must rethink as decision windows compress and alignment becomes harder to maintain.

We will also share, for the first time, exclusive insights from our upcoming report, The State of AI in Communications, based on a survey of senior communications leaders navigating AI adoption inside large, complex organizations. These findings will be discussed with attendees before any public release.

This is a curated, invitation-only dinner. No panels. No pitches. No recordings. Just candid conversation among peers.

Seats are intentionally limited.

MEET YOUR HOSTS

Dmitry Koltunov, Founder and CEO, Arbor

Dmitry is a serial entrepreneur at the intersection of tech, impact, and storytelling. He founded Arbor to help organizations turn long-form video into content that connects—across platforms, formats, and languages—10x faster.

Stephane Aknin, Head of Enterprise Strategy, Arbor

Stephane is an entrepreneurial and innovative Communications Executive with 20+ years of US/global experience leading comms and content teams in complex organizations. Stephane leads the development and implementation of Arbor's AI-powered platform strategy for large organizations.