Seminars
conferences, festivals and other events where I have presented or attended
Public Presentations
2006
flowerGarden, A presentation of the flowerGarden and its development process
About Face: Interface, Workshop on New Media Arts and HCI at CHI2006. Montreal, Canada
Infographics, presentation on the future of interactive journalism
WedEd 2006, Conference for CBC.ca team. Toronto, Canada
Interaction Design, in-class seminar
Advanced Digital Design class. George Brown College, Toronto, Canada
2005
IEML: Applications for Interaction and Interfaces
Information Economy Meta Language (IEML) Seminar. University of Ottawa, Canada
Artist talk
Dorkbot Lecture Series. Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Toronto, Canada
Presentation of flowerGarden visualization software and installation
Bodies in Play Summit. Banff New Media Insitute, Banff, Canada
Presentation of interaction concept for the Company Keeper garment
BNMI Fashion Show 2005. Banff New Media Institute, Banff, Canada
Knowledge Visualization, in-class seminar
Visual and Interactive Computing group, University of Calgary, Canada
Aesthetics and Inspiration for Visualization Design
WestGrid Collaborative Research Network. Banff, Canada
Knowledge Visualization, in-class seminar
Institute of Electronic Business, Berlin Art Academy (UdK). Berlin, Germany
Interdisplinary Project Development, in-class seminar
International School of New Media (ISNM). Lübeck, Germany
Knowledge Visualization, public lecture
Transmediale International Media Art Festival. Berlin, Germany
2004
Information Visualization: An Introduction
4th Seminar on Collective Intelligence. University of Ottawa, Canada
Inspiration and Aesthetics for Visualization Design
8th IEEE Intl' Conference of Information Visualization. University of London, UK
The Future of Google
Zukunftsalon (Future Salon, tech-culture roundtable). Hamburg, Germany
Attended Events
CHI2006, conference on human factors in computing systems
April 2006. Montreal, Canada.
Flash in the Can (FITC) Toronto 2006, design and technology festival
April 2006. Toronto, Canada.
WebEd 2006, conference for CBC.ca journalists, managers, designers, developers
March 2006. Toronto, Canada.
FITC Creative Workshop with David Carson
1 day design workshop with legendary graphic designer and surfer
Sept, 2005. Toronto, Canada
Information Economy Meta Language (IEML) seminar with Pierre Lévy
3 day roundtable on IEML and its integration into knowledge management
July, 2005. Ottawa, Canada
Bodies in Play Summit, Banff New Media Institute
Interdisciplinary conference on mobile media and visualization
May, 2005. Banff, Canada
New media arts and culture festival
January 2003, January 2004, and February 2005. Berlin, Germany
Doors of Perception Project Leaders' Roundtable
Presentations and discussion on success factors in design research
November 2004. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ars Electronica: Timeshift
New media arts and culture festival
September 2004. Linz, Austria
8th International Conference on Information Visualization
July 2004. London, UK
Cognitive Design seminar
Interdisciplinary roundtable on designing for a complex contemporary technoculture
June 2004. International School of New Media, Lübeck, Germany
Interdisziplinäre Woche: Symposiums-Thema Kunst und Wissenschaft
Interdisciplinary Art-Science Seminar
May 2004. Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel, Germany
AOIR Association of Internet Researchers
ICT research conference
October 2003. Toronto, Canada
April 2003. Osnabrück, Germany
Doors of Perception 7: Flow
Design conference
November 2002. Amsterdam, Netherlands
eLiteracy
New media and education conference by GetOnTarget.ca
September 2002 and September 2003. Toronto, Canada