All Presentations (by year)

This page lists all of my presentations — academic, industry, lectures, workshops, tutoring, MCing, chairing and facilitating — in chronological order. Please see the following links to view the same content in categories:

• Industry presentations **Videos & PPTs embedded on this page**
• Chair, MC, Panelist
• Teaching
• Workshops
• Academic Keynotes, Conferences & Seminars

2009

• (2009) Invited Panelist, ‘From Narrative, Game and Media Studies to Transmodiology’ presented for ’(Re)Framing Transmedial Narratives’, Special Session presided by Marc Ruppel with co-panelist Burcu Bakiglaou, Modern Language Association Convention, Dec 29th.
• (2009) Invited Panelist, ‘The Future of Content’, Whistler Film Festival Summit, Whistler, Canada, Dec.
• (2009) Invited Panelist, ‘Multi-Platform Pitches’, Whistler Film Festival, Whistler, Canada, Dec.
• (2009) Invited Presenter, Chair & Workshop Facilitator, ‘What Did They Do?: Lessons Learned in Cross-Media’, ‘Extending the Experience: The New Storytellers’, ‘Creating Cross-Media Native Projects’, Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival, 14th & 15th October 2009
• (2009) Invited Presenter, ‘Actual World Fictions’, Mobile Histories, dLux Media Arts, Historic Trust, Justice & Police Museum, Sydney, Sept 11th.
• (2009) Invited Presenter & Workshop Facilitator, ‘Storytelling on Multiple Platforms’, Screenworks, Kingscliffe, May 1st.
• (2009) Invited Participant, Social Web FOO Camp, O’Reilly Media, Sebatopol, USA, April.
• (2009) Invited Panelist, ‘That’s Advertainment!‘, View 21: The New Business of Media, Inaugural AIMIA Victoria Conference, March 18th.
• (2009) Invited Lecturer on The Writer’s Guide to Making a Digital Living, Online MA in Creative Writing and New Media, De Montfort University, UK, Feb.

2008

• (2008) Invited Workshop, ‘Writing Across Media‘, Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival, 23rd October 2008. Video of workshop & PPT of workshop
• (2008) Keynote presentation, ‘Should We? Could We? Would We?: Films in the Age of Cross-Media Production‘, Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival, 22nd October 2008. Video of presentation & PPT of presentation & PDF of Spanish translation of presentation by Antoni Roig Telo
• (2008) Invited Presenter, ‘How Quantum Mechanics Solves the Narrative and Game Dichotomy‘, Play Panel, Social Computing Symposium, Microsoft Research, Redmond, Seattle. Panel co-ordinated by Elan Lee. 14th October 2008.
• (2008) Invited Lecturer & Workshop Facilitator, ‘Interactive Storytelling: Games & Films in the Multi-Platform Context‘, Innovations in Storytelling, Screen Studies (SCS110), Graduate Certificate in Film, Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Sydney. Co-ordinator: Karen Pearlman. Lecture & Workshop on 19th August, 2008.
• (2008) Invited Remote Presentation, ‘The Who, What, When, Where, Why & How of Cross-Media Entertainment‘, DIYDays, From Here to Awesome, July-Oct 2008. PPT online.
• (2008) Invited Lecturer & Workshop Facilitator, ‘Polymorphic Fictions‘, Writing Between the Lines (Ficto-Criticism) (ENGL6979), Department of English, University of Sydney. Co-ordinated by Dr Rebecca Johinke. Workshop on 27th May, 2008.
• (2008) Invited Lecturer & Workshop Facilitator, ‘Hypertext Fiction‘, Writing Between the Lines (Ficto-Criticism) (ENGL6979), Department of English, University of Sydney. Co-ordinated by Dr Rebecca Johinke. Workshop on 20th May, 2008.
• (2008) Invited Lecturer, ‘Games, Stories & the Multi-Platform Ecology‘, Introduction to Game Design (SOMA3622), School of Media Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW. Co-ordinated by Erik Champion. Lecture on 20th May, 2008.
• (2008) Invited Lecturer, ‘Games & Animation in the Multi-Platform Context‘, Innovations in Storytelling, Screen Studies (SCS110), Graduate Certificate in Film, Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Adelaide. Lecture & workshop on 12th May, 2008.
• (2008) Invited Lecturer, ‘Interactivity, Games and Films in the Multi-Platform Context‘, Innovations in Storytelling, Screen Studies (SCS110), Graduate Certificate in Film, Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Melbourne. Co-ordinator: Allan Cameron. Lecture & workshop on 30th April, 2008.
• (2008) Invited Lecturer, ‘History of Games‘, Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology at The University of Technology, Sydney, Co-ordinated by Yusuf Pisan, 28th Feb.
• (2008) Invited Lecturer, ‘Designing with Lotsa Media‘, Online MA in Creative Writing and New Media, De Montfort University, UK, 5 Feb.

2007

• Dena, C. (2007) ‘Patterns in Cross-Media Interaction Design: It’s much more than a URL‘, Invited Keynote Address at the First International Conference on Cross Media Interaction Design, Sweden
• (2007) Panel organiser, chair & panelist of the ‘Designing, Experiencing and Analysing Games in the Age of Integration’ panel for Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, The School of Creative Media and Computer Science at RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3-5 Dec.
• (2007) Invited Panelist, ‘What Happened to New Media Art?’, chaired by Darren Tofts, Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, The School of Creative Media and Computer Science at RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3-5 Dec.
• (2007) Invited Panelist, ‘Cyber-Born Film’ panel, chaired by Megan Spencer, Destination Film Festival, Carriageworks, Sydney, 8th Dec.
• (2007) Invited Panelist, Launch of ‘While You Weren’t Watching‘, Mitchell Communications Group, Studio Twenty4, Sydney, 12th November.
• (2007) Invited talk, ‘Filmmaking in the Age of Cross-Media Production‘, Film and Television Institute, WA, 17th September.
• Dena, C. (2007) ‘The Future of Digital Media Culture is All in Your Head: An Argument for the Age of Integrating Media‘, perthDAC 2007: the 7th Digital Arts and Culture Conference, Perth, Australia, 15-18 Sept.
• (2007) Invited talk, ‘Thinking Outside the Web: How the Entertainment Industry is Integrating all Media and Why‘, Web Standards Group, Australia Museum, 2nd August. Full Transcript
   Audio
• (2007) Invited Moderator: ‘Thursday Fictions’ Second Life Launch Q&A, ABC Island, Second Life, 29th July. Full video online at SLCN.TV
• (2007) Invited Panelist, ‘Second Life & Beyond: Virtual Communities and Making Media in a Digital World’ Panel, chaired by Mick Broderick, Murdoch University, Revelations Film Festival, Perth, 22nd July.
• (2007) Invited Speaker, ‘New Perspectives on Consumer Trends in the Age of Integrated Media‘, Australian Literature Board’s “Publishing the Story of the Future“, Sydney, 17 July. Full Speech
  Video & PowerPoint
• (2007) Taught entire semester of ‘Game Design‘, Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology at The University of Technology, Sydney (while Yusuf Pisan was overseas)
• (2007) Invited Speaker, ‘Alternate Reality Games: Multi-Platform & Multi-World Design‘, Game On, 5 June, Creative Industries Precinct, Queensland University of Technology
• (2007) Invited Lecturer, ‘Cross-Media Entertainment‘, Crossmedia Minor, Noordelijke Hogeschool, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, 28 March.
• (2007) Invited Lecturer, ‘Multi-Platform Art versus Commodity Intertexts‘, Digital Communication and Culture, University of Sydney, 22nd May.
• (2007) Invited talk, ‘“Watch Out! Behind You!”: Transmedia Entertainment circa 2007‘, Nokia Research Labs, 20 March, Finland
• (2007) Invited Speaker, ‘Writing the Story of the Future‘, Australian Literature Board’s “Story of the Future“, 9 March, Tasmania.
• (2007) Invited Speaker, MC & Chair for the Australian Literature Board’s “Story of the Future“, 26 Feb, Adelaide.
• (2007) Invited Lecturer, ‘A New Total Work of Art?‘, Online MA in Creative Writing and New Media, De Montfort University, UK

2006

• (2006) Invited Speaker, MC & Chair for Australian Literature Board’s “Story of the Future” Wednesday 29th November, 9am-4.30pm, Room B1.11, Building 5, Quay St, University of Technology, Sydney.
• (2006) Invited Speaker, MC & Chair for Australian Literature Board’s “Story of the Future” Monday 27th November, 9am-4.30pm, Innovation Centre, AFTRS, Docklands.
• (2006) Invited Co-Project Manager, Speaker & MC of AFTRS’ “Extended Entertainment Experiences“, Friday 24th November, 10-4.30pm, Chauvel Theatre, Paddington.
• (2006) Invited Lecturer, ‘Transmedia Entertainment: Narrative and Play Get Snuggly‘, Masters and Honours level course in Communication Studies: iGeneration: Communication and Participatory Culture, University of Western Australia. 12th Oct. Co-ordinated by Peter Morse.
• (2006) Invited lecturer, ‘Massively Multiplayer Games‘ for Introduction to Computer Game Design, Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology at The University of Technology, Sydney. Co-ordinated by Yusuf Pisan.
• (2006) Invited lecturer, ‘Serious Games‘ for Introduction to Computer Game Design, Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology at The University of Technology, Sydney. Co-ordinated by Yusuf Pisan.
• (2006) Invited Lecturer, ‘Cross-Media Entertainment‘ lecture for ‘Advanced Multimedia Theory and Production’, 3nd year students, Media Department , Division of Society, Culture, Media & Philosophy, Macquarie University. April 12. Co-ordinated by Sherman Young. Subject Code: MAS308.
• (2006) Invited lecturer, ‘Cross-Media Entertainment: how games can be designed to take over the universe‘, DAG (Digital Art and Games) Seminar series , RMIT Creative Media, Games programs. May 16.
• Dena, C. (2006) ‘A Case-Study of miniARGs: Design Issues for Creating Alternate Reality Games for Professional Training and Education‘, Joint CyberGames & Interactive Entertainment 2006 Conference, Weds 6th Dec, 10am, Perth.
• Dena, C. (2006) ‘How the Internet is Holding the Center of Conjured Universes‘, presented at Internet Research 7.0: Internet Convergences, Association of Internet Researchers, Hilton Hotel, Brisbane, Australia, 27-30 Sept. [See paper here & Kevin Lim video interview with me about my presentation]
• Dena, C. (2006) ‘Remediation of the Art Space in Second Life‘, presented at New Media Consortium’s Impact of Digital Media Conference, symposium in Second Life, Oct 20th. PowerPoint & Audio at SlideShare
• Dena, C. (2006) ‘Mono-Polymorphism: A Paradigm for Understanding Cross-Media Entertainment’, Media and Communications Department, School of Letters, Art and Media, University of Sydney, 15th Sept.
• (2006) Tutor, ‘Multimedia Theory and Production 1‘ , Media Department , Division of Society, Culture, Media & Philosophy, Macquarie University. Co-ordinated by Sherman Young. Subject Code: MAS208.
• (2006) Invited workshop on ‘Alternate Reality Games and Cross-Media Entertainment: Low-tech, high-impact immersive experiences‘ workshop for the Joint International CyberGames and Interactive Entertainment Conference, Weds 6th Dec, 1.30-3.30pm, Perth. Sponsored by the Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS)
• (2006) Invited workshop facilitator on ‘Alternate Reality Game Design‘ workshop for the Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS), Sat Dec 2, 9.30am-1pm Innovation Centre, Bentley, Perth.
• (2006) Invited workshop facilitator on ‘Cross-Media Entertainment Design‘ workshop for the Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS), Sat Dec 2, 2pm-5.30pm Innovation Centre, Bentley, Perth.
• (2006) Invited Speaker on ‘Everything You Wanted to Know about Blogging‘ workshop for the Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS), Fri Dec 1st, 6.30-8pm Australian Writer’s Guild, Perth.
• (2006) Invited workshop facilitator on ‘Serious Games‘ workshop for the Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS), Thurs Nov 30th, 6.30-9pm WestOne Theatrette, Leederville, Perth.
• (2006) Invited speaker on ‘Huh?’, a presentation as an intro to “Evan Jones Masterclass: Extending Doco in the Time of Digital”, Film Australia, Monday 20th November, 1.30-4.30pm, Film Australia’s Roxy Theatre, Sydney Tuesday 21st November, 1.30-4.30pm, AFTRS Melbourne, Docklands Theatrette, Digital Harbour.
• (2006) Invited speaker on ‘Cross-Media: The New World of Production Development’ for the ACT Film Makers Network, National Museum of Australia, 27th Sept.
• (2006) Invited speaker on The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Cross-Media Entertainment! at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, 1st September. [pdf of poster]
• Dena, C. (2006) ‘Clustering Consciousness: Towards Polymorphism’ presented at SEAFAM Research Day, University of Sydney, 16 June.
• (2006) Presenter, ‘Designing Cross-Media Entertainment‘, Laboratory of Advanced Media Production Residential. Held at Swan Valley, Perth. Funded by the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, May.
• (2006) Invited speaker, ‘Findability and Attracting Audiences‘, for the Australian Film, Television and Radio School Center for Screen Business seminar on Digital Distribution, 11th April, Melbourne. [PDF & MP3 (I'm after Peter Giles on the mp3) & PPT @ Slideshare ]

2005

• (2005) Presenter, ‘Best Practices in Cross-Media Entertainment‘, Laboratory of Advanced Media Production Residential, held at the AGSM. Special Australian Broadcasting Corporation residential, December.
• (2005) Invited Lecturer, ‘Interactive Narrative‘ for 3rd year Interactive Multimedia, Media and New Media, co-ordinated by Dr Peter Morse, main lecturer John Waller, School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne.
• (2005) Seminar Presenter/Tutor, ‘E-writing‘ for 4th year Reading Australian Writing subject in Postgraduate Diploma of Creative Writing , Dr. Kevin Brophy, School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne.
• (2005) Design of theory competency for Diploma of Multimedia (Visual Arts) , Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran TAFE.
• (2005) Presenter, ‘Cross-Media Narrative‘, Laboratory of Advanced Media Production Residential, held at Victor Harbour, South Australia. Funded by the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and the South Australian Film Corporation, October.
• (2005) Lecturer, ‘New Media Criticism‘ for students in Masters of Digital Media, School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne. Teaching linearity, narrative models, hypertext fiction, botfiction, cross-media storytelling. subject code: 760445 Webraft [staff or student access only]
• (2005) Course-designer, lecturer & tutor, ‘New Media Arts Theory‘, 1st year students of Advanced Diploma of Multimedia (Design), Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran TAFE. Subject Website
• (2005) Presenter, ‘Cross-Media Storytelling‘, Laboratory of Advanced Media Production, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, 2nd September, at the South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide. [podcast]
• (2005) Presenter, ‘Cross-Media Storytelling‘, Laboratory of Advanced Media Production, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, August held at the Australia Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney.
• Dena, C. (2005) ‘Texts, Worlds, Realms and Channels: Towards a Taxonomy of Polymorphic Works‘ presented at Research Seminar Series, School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne, 17 Aug.
• (2005) Presenter, ‘Cross-Media Storytelling‘, Laboratory of Advanced Media Production, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, August, AFTRS Melbourne.
• Dena, C. (2005) ‘Hybrids, the Universe and Channels: A Sketch of Polymorphic Narrative‘ presented at Seminar Day 4, School of Creative Arts Postgraduate Seminar Day, University of Melbourne, 27 May.

2004

• (2004) ‘Cross-Media Research Overview‘ presented at UniMelb/XMedia Lab Symposium, Computer Visualisation Facility, University of Melbourne, 21 Oct.
• Dena, C. (2004) ‘Towards a Poetics of Multi-Channel Storytelling‘, presented at Critical Animals postgraduate conference, This Is Not Art Festival, chaired by David Wolf, Newcastle, October 1st.
• Invited Chair (2004) Stefan Popescu’s ‘The Birth of Celluloid‘, presented at Critical Animals postgraduate conference, This Is Not Art Festival, Newcastle, Oct 1st.
• (2004) Seminar Presenter/Tutor, ‘E-writing‘ for 4th year Reading Australian Writing subject in Postgraduate Diploma of Creative Writing , Dr. Kevin Brophy, School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne.
• (2004) Invited Lecturer, ‘Hypertext, Script and Theatre‘ for 2nd and 3rd year Script and Theatre, Theatre Studies, Dr. Denise Varney, School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne .
• Dena, C. (2004) ‘New Media Methodologies, Applied‘ presented at Contexts, School of Creative Arts Postgraduate Seminar Day , University of Melbourne, 14 May [PDF]

2003

• Dena, C. (2003) ‘Response as Input: The Role of Reader Response, HCI and HRI in the Modeling of a Cross Media Narrative‘ presented at Seismic Readings 2003 Conference , School of Literary, Visual and Performance Studies, Monash University, Clayton, 17-18 July. [PDF]
• Dena, C. (2003) ‘Interacting with Ghosts: An Exploration of the Notion of Interactivity in Digital Storytelling‘ presented at School of Creative Arts Postgraduate Seminar Day , University of Melbourne, 11 Dec, published by SCAtharsis [PDF]
• Dena, C. (2003) ‘The Day My Book Went Psycho‘ presented at School of Creative Arts Postgraduate Seminar Day, University of Melbourne, 2 May.

2002

• (2002) Facilitators Assistant, Insight Seminars, Melbourne (June)
• (2002) Facilitators Assistant, Insight Seminars, Melbourne (June)(2001) Invited Lecturer on ‘Co-creation and Spirituality’, Shamballa School , Melbourne .

2002

• (2001) Invited Facilitator of ‘Power and Sexuality’ workshop for the short film Fashion Police . Screened at Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) 2001.

1998

• (1998) Invited Alumni Speaker to VCE students, Karingal Secondary College , Victoria .
• (1998) Professional Facilitator and Performer on ‘Interview Techniques’ for VCE students, Mt Erin College, Victoria.

1990-1995

• (1990-1995) Professional Facilitator of workshops on ‘Conflict Resolution’ for the public, Bundoora Council and Nursing Association, Attorney-General’s Department, Victoria. [I was a Gazetted Mediator & Co-Facilitator for the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria, Courts & Tribunals, Attorney-General's Dept. Duties included: Mediation for parent/adolescent, victim/offender and neighbourhood disputes pre-court; Facilitating Conflict Resolution workshops for the public and Nursing Association; Media liaison.]
• (1993) Invited Facilitator and Psycho-dramatist, Come Gather Your Bones , Thornton Consultancy, Victoria.