Appearances

2024

  • June 14th, “Transmedia Change Campaigns: Entry Point Design,” (remote presentation) Civic Imagination Living LabCenter for Research and Development, WKU, Kentucky. Organised by Karine Halpern & Sam Ford.
  • April 16th, “Dramatic Arc, Oh how you’ve changed!,” (remote presentation) Narrating Futures Symposium, University of Bristol, UK. Organised by Elise Kraatila & Cecilia Thirlway.
  • Feb 13th, “Ask Me Anything,” (mentoring session for Candidates & Early-Career Researchers), Digital Games Research Association Australia (DiGRAA), University of Melbourne, Aust. Convened by Mahli-Ann Butt.
  • Jan, “Transmedia Production,” (pre-recorded) guest lecture for Master of Cultural Communication and Production, Communication Faculty, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain. Coordinated by Ana María López Cepeda.

2023

2022

  • Nov 12th, “Narrative Design Methods for a Prochange Culture,” presentation at Innovations in Creative Writing Teaching, Research and Service, 7th Annual Creative Writing Studies Conference Online, Creative Writing Studies Organization. [remote]
  • Oct 24th-26th, Artistic Research Forum, Supervisor Attendance, Stravanger, Norway.
  • Oct 17th-21st, Reflection Week, Co-Facilitator with Trond Lossius, Norwegian Film School, Oslo, Norway.
  • Oct 13-14th, Guest Researcher Meeting, Aarhus University, Denmark.
  • Oct 12th, “Stories We Tell In The Anthropocene: A Different Way to Depict & Facilitate Change,” Guest Lecture, Universität Zürich, Switzerland. Hosted by Christine Lötscher.
  • Oct 3rd, “Writing for Videogames,” Guest Lecturer, Creative Writing: Nonfiction, New Media (CWRI10003), School of Culture & Communication, University of Melbourne, Coordinated by Dr Natalie Rose Dyer and Dr Paul Mitchell.
  • Sept 9th, “That’s the Writing Spirit! Alternatives to Perfectionism,” Guest Lecture, Kilvington Grammar School.
  • Sept 5th, “Keyword Poetics,” Guest Lecturer, Creative Writing: Nonfiction, New Media (CWRI10003), School of Culture & Communication, University of Melbourne, Coordinated by Dr Natalie Rose Dyer and Dr Paul Mitchell.
  • July 2nd-3rd, Research Design Week, Co-Facilitator with Trond Lossius, Norwegian Film School, Oslo, Norway.
  • June 31st-1st, The Artist As Teacher, Co-Facilitator with Carl Svensson, Norwegian Film School, Oslo, Norway.
  • March 5th, Unmastering the Story of Change, Facilitator, School Revolt!, Anarchist Pedagogies Network [remote]
  • January 24th-25th, The Artist As Teacher, Co-Facilitator with Fredrik Graver and Trond Lossius, Norwegian Film School [remote]

2021

  • December 8th-9th, The Artist As Teacher, Co-Facilitator with Fredrik Graver and Trond Lossius, Norwegian Film School [remote]
  • October 25th-26th, The Artist As Teacher, Co-Facilitator with Fredrik Graver and Trond Lossius, Norwegian Film School [remote]
  • September 22nd, Artist Talk, Creative Industries, Griffith University [remote]
  • May 28th, Artist Talk, Creating for New Screen Landscapes, Screen Queensland & Griffith University [remote]
  • May 28th, The Artist As Teacher (intro), Co-Facilitator with Fredrik Graver and Trond Lossius, Norwegian Film School [remote]
  • February 28th, Truth-Telling in Interactive Arts, Panel Chair, Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) [remote]
  • February 17th, Artist Reflections, Norwegian Film School [remote]
  • January 1st, You Can’t Sell This [podcast]

2020

  • September 22nd, Guildhouse [remote]
  • September 8th, Guildhouse [remote]
  • August 19th, National Innovation Games, Australia Council for the Arts [remote]
  • July 20th-24th, Kilvington Grammar School’s Festival of Writing [remote]
  • July 13th, Guildhouse [remote]
  • June 26th-29th, Story Hack [remote]
  • March 11th, Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University
  • March 9th-13th, Artist-in-Residence, Shandy Hall, Laurence Stern Trust
  • February 8th, Australia Council for the Arts [remote]

2019

  • October 11th & 13th, PAX Collaboratory, Melbourne Convention Centre
  • October 3rd-4th, Griffith University [remote]
  • September, 26th-27th Sept, VR Writer-Designers Room, Norwegian Film School
  • September 24th-25th, Artistic Research Forum, Lillehammer
  • July 29th-30th, VR Writers’ Room, Sydney
  • July 13th-14th, XR:WA, Revelations Film Festival, Perth
  • July 2nd-3rd, SERIAIS – Seminário Narrativas Seriadas: Ficções Televisivas, Games e Transmídia, Salvador, Brazil
  • June 11th, Aalborg University
  • April 15th – July 5th, Telematic Studio, CEMENTA Inc [remote]
  • March 4th-6th, Artistic Research Forum, Oslo
  • March 7th-8th, Extended Experiences Lab, Norwegian Film School

2018

  • October 19th, Speaker, Sweden Games Conference
  • October 15th, Guest Lecturer, University of Skövde
  • October 4th, Panelist, Australian Writers’ Guild
  • September 12th, Closing Keynote, iMedia Brand Summit Australia
  • August 10th, Guest Lecturer, University of Sunshine Coast
  • August 8th, Guest Lecturer, Griffith University
  • April 26th, Panelist, Gallery of Modern Art
  • March 19th, Speaker, Game Developers Conference, San Francisco
  • March 15th, Workshop Facilitator, Norwegian Film School
  • February 3rd, Speaker, Game Development Brisbane

2017

  • October 9th, University of Sunshine Coast
  • July 15th, Australian Writers’ Guild and Revelations Film Festival, Perth
  • May 1st, Australian Writers’ Guild, Sydney
  • April 29th, GX Australia, Sydney
  • March 29th, Emergence Creative Festival, Perth
  • February 5th, Game Development Brisbane

2016

  • November 3rd, ACMI VR Festival
  • July 26th, Navitas Women’s Networking, Sydney
  • July 18th, Confluence Femel_Fissions Symposium, QUT
  • July 8th, Screen Queensland & Game Dev Brisbane
  • May 23rd-24th, Griffith University
  • March 18th, Australia Digital Alliance’s Annual Copyright Forum, Sydney

2015

  • November, Unitech, New Zealand
  • August 25th, Experimenta International Biennial of Art, Brisbane
  • April 12th, Freeplay Independent Games Festival
  • August 9th, GO423 Brisbane International Game Developers Association Symposium
  • Digital Games Research Association Australia Conference, UNSW
  • Australia Society of Authors, Sydney

2014

  • November 28th, Experimenta International Biennial of Art, Melbourne
  • October 15th, Transmedia Living Lab, Madrid
  • September 21st, West Australian Film & TV Institute
  • September, Brisbane Writers Festival
  • August 9th, GO423 Brisbane International Game Developers Association Symposium
  • August, South Australia Writers Centre
  • Oz Comic-Con
  • Griffith University

2013

  • Transmedia Storytelling and Beyond, Sydney
  • Web Series Festival, Melbourne
  • Swinburne University
  • RMIT University

2012

  • October 7th, Shift-ALT, State Library of Victoria
  • July 3rd, International Conference on Social E-xperiences, Barcelona
  • April 6th, Transmedia Hollywood, USC
  • Emerging Writers’ Festival, Melbourne
  • MediaCity, Finland
  • Generation Next Drama and Comedy Conference, Open Channel, Melbourne
  • Freeplay Independent Gaming Festival
  • Melbourne Writers’ Festival
  • RePlay, GameMasters, ACMI, Melbourne
  • Radio Beyond Radio, ABC Sydney
  • Pop Up Playground
  • Swinburne University
  • RMIT University

2011

  • October 31 Oct-2Nov, Storyworld Conference, San Francisco
  • October 28th, DIYDays, LA
  • October 23rd-25th, International Women in Digital Media Summit, Ontario
  • October 18th, Cinekid Professional Conference, Amsterdam
  • October 15th, Digital Writers’ Conference, Emerging Writers’ Festival
  • September 25th-10th Oct, Umea University
  • September 25th, Cyfle
  • September 15th, RMIT
  • August, Melbourne International Film Festival
  • March 15th, GEElab, RMIT
  • March 31st, ad:tech Melbourne
  • May 26th-5th June, Emerging Writers’ Festival
  • February 18th, National Screenwriters Conference, Phillip Island

2010

  • July, X Media Lab, Melbourne Film Festival
  • May, Sydney Writer’s Festival
  • April 15th, Cartoons on the Bay, Italy
  • February 24th, Australian Film Festival, Sydney
  • February 28th, The Edge, Brisbane
  • Feb, Crossover Lab Australia, North Syd
  • February 16th, The Documentary Organisation of Canada Conference ReBoot
  • January 23rd, Slamdance Filmmaker Summit
  • January 10-12th, Microsoft Social Computing Symposium, New York

2009

  • December 29th, Modern Language Association Convention, Philadelphia
  • Dec, Whistler Film Festival Summit
  • October 14th & 15th, Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival
  • September 11th,Mobile Histories, dLux Media Arts, Sydney
  • May 1st, Screenworks, Kingscliffe
  • April, Social Web FOO Camp, O’Reilly Media, Sebastopol
  • March 18th, AIMIA Victoria Conference
  • February, De Montfort University

2008

  • October 22nd-23rd, Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival
  • October 14th, Social Computing Symposium, Microsoft Research, Redmond
  • August 19th, Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS)
  • July, DIYDays, LA
  • May 27th, University of Sydney
  • May 20th, University of Sydney
  • May 20th, School of Media Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
  • May 12th, Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS)
  • April 30th, Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS)
  • February 28th, University of Technology, Sydney
  • February 5th, De Montfort University

2007

  • First International Conference on Cross Media Interaction Design, Sweden
  • December 8th, Destination Film Festival, Sydney
  • December 3rd, Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, RMIT
  • November 12th, Mitchell Communications Group, Sydney
  • September 17th, WA Film and Television Institute
  • September 15th, perthDAC 2007: the 7th Digital Arts and Culture Conference,
  • August 2nd, Web Standards Group, Australia Museum
  • July 29th, ABC Island, Second Life
  • July 22nd, Revelations Film Festival, Perth
  • July 17th, Story of the Future, Australian Literature Board, Sydney
  • June 5th, Game On, QUT
  • May 22nd, University of Sydney
  • March 28th, Noordelijke Hogeschool, Leeuwarden
  • March 20th, Nokia Research Labs, Finland
  • March 9th, Story of the Future, Australian Literature Board, Tasmania.
  • February 26th, Story of the Future, Australian Literature Board, Adelaide.
  • De Montfort University

2006

  • December 6th, Joint CyberGames & Interactive Entertainment Conference, Perth
  • November 30th- Dec 2nd, Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS), Perth
  • November 29th, Story of the Future, Australian Literature Board, Sydney
  • November 27th, Story of the Future, Australian Literature Board, Melbourne
  • November 24th, Extended Entertainment Experiences, AFTRS
  • November 20th-21st, Film Australia, Sydney
  • October 20th, New Media Consortium’s Impact of Digital Media Conference, Second Life
  • October 12th, University of Western Australia
  • September 28th, Association of Internet Researchers, Brisbane
  • September 27th, ACT Film Makers Network
  • September 15th, University of Sydney
  • September 1st, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Sydney
  • June 16th, University of Sydney
  • April 12th, Macquarie University
  • April 11th, Australian Film, Television and Radio School Center for Screen Business, Melbourne
  • May 16th, RMIT
  • May, Laboratory of Advanced Media Production, Perth
  • The University of Technology, Sydney

2005

  • December, Laboratory of Advanced Media Production, ABC
  • October, Laboratory of Advanced Media Production, AFTRS, & the South Australian Film Corporation
  • September, Laboratory of Advanced Media Production, AFTRS, & the South Australian Film Corporation
  • August, LAMP, ABC
  • August 17th, University of Melbourne
  • August, LAMP, AFTRS Melbourne
  • June, Swinburne University of Technology
  • May 27th, University of Melbourne
  • May, University of Melbourne
  • May, University of Melbourne
  • April, University of Melbourne

2004

  • October 21st, University of Melbourne
  • October 1st, This Is Not Art Festival
  • July, University of Melbourne
  • June, University of Melbourne
  • May 14th, University of Melbourne

2003

  • December 11th, University of Melbourne
  • July 17th, Monash University
  • May 2nd, University of Melbourne