Charlotte Mikkelborg

Charlotte Mikkelborg

  • Keynote Speaker
  • Film Director | Immersive tech
  • Based in United Kingdom
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Charlotte Mikkelborg is an award-winning British director who has been creatively directing critically acclaimed film and immersive experiences since 2015.

There are few people in the world who can likely predict the future of storytelling as well as Charlotte, who has spent the last decade continuously pioneering how such a future could look with her cutting-edge work at the intersection of the TV, film and immersive experiences.

“The stories don’t change, what changes is the way we enable audiences to experience them.”

From directing the very first immersive concert for the world’s biggest band, ‘Coldplay: Music of the Spheres – An Immersive Experience’, to directing the first Apple TV originals series for the Apple Vision Pro spatial computing device, ‘Adventure’, to winning the SXSW Innovation Award for designing the original multisensory narrative AR game ‘Time Detectives’, Charlotte is a relentless innovator.

She first gained recognition as a BBC foreign correspondent before more recently becoming known for her work designing, producing and directing critically acclaiming film and immersive experiences.

Charlotte has worked on pushing the boundaries of storytelling for leading entertainment, music, commercial and social impact clients including Apple, Disney, Coldplay, Meta, British Airways and the United Nations.

Charlotte chairs the Oxford University Media Committee, is a guest tutor on University College London’s Immersive MA, helped run the Google/Youtube Creators Lab and is a film and immersive mentor at the SXSW Film Festival.

Keynote Topic

Don’t just watch the story, live the story!

The Future of Storytelling in an Immersive Age

Storytelling is shifting from something we watch to something we experience.

In an era of immersive technologies, audiences are no longer passive observers, they are present inside the story itself.

This keynote explores how tools such as virtual, mixed and augmented reality, motion capture, volumetric capture, and virtual production are expanding our ability to create emotionally resonant, embodied narratives that deepen connection with characters and worlds.

Drawing from immersive entertainment and experiential design, the session examines how presence, interactivity, and spatial storytelling transform engagement, and what these lessons mean for organisations increasingly using storytelling to connect with audiences.

The presentation also considers the role of AI as a creative support tool, focusing on how technology can enhance rather than replace human-led storytelling and emotional truth.

Takeaways

  • What are the new storytelling tools opening up to us
  • How can we use them to create more emotionally resonant narratives
  • How might we expect this to transform audience engagement

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