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TALKS
December 1, 2023
Transforming Hollywood 11: Storytelling and Technology
Other Visions/Other Realities Panel
with Steven Anderson
November 17, 2023
WestEdge Design Fair
How AI Will Revolutionize the D&A Industrial Complex Discussion
with Josh Cooperman and Joshua Dawson
November 10, 2023
CXSF
Unpacking Reality Talk
The Fundamentals of Worldbuilding Workshop
November 8, 2023
U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program
Developing Trends in the World of Artificial Intelligence Talk
with Dr. Lene Martin
November 4, 2023
Infinity Festival
Hands-On Worldbuilding Lab
October 23, 2023
ASI Power Summit
Discussion and Demo
with Jake Krolick
October 21, 2023
Caltech Entrepreneur's Forum
Generative AI : The Impact on the Knowledge Worker and Creative Workplace Panel
with Anima Anandkumar, Michael Keithley, and John Attanasio
October 13, 2023
6th International IP Summit
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Opening Address
October 12, 2023
SATE North America
Computationality of Experience: Designing at the Intersection of Systems and Humans Across Our Layers of Reality Talk
September 12, 2023
Digital Entertainment World
AI and Virtual Reality: A Synergistic Future Panel
with Scott Broock, Andy Cochrane, and Eric Shamlin
August 9, 2023
AI Salon/Siggraph BOF
Computational Experience and New Languages of Technology Contributor
August 3, 2023
Production Summit
Talking with Thought Leaders: Current Trends Keeping Them Up At Night Panel
with Lori Schwartz, Simon Crownshaw, Josh Furlow, and Christina Lee Storm
August 2, 2023
Edge of AI
Hollywood Meets Artificial Intelligence Panel and Live Podcast
with Josh Kriger and Les Borsai
July 20, 2023
Games for Change/XR for Change
Virtual Behavioral Physics Talk
June 8, 2023
Global Immerse Summit
OSVP + Metaverse: Blending Worlds Panel
with Erik Weaver, AJ Wedding, JT Ronney and Noah Kadner
June 3, 2023
The Next Stage
Designing Immersive for Emerging Tech Workshop
Career Paths in Immersive Panel
with Ariel Rubin, David Ruzicka, Andy Crocker, and Kamal Sinclair
May 18, 2023
Cultique AI Salon
AI + Experience Panel
with William Kendall and Linda Ong
May 16, 2023
AI on the Lot
Transforming Production in the Virtual Era Panel
Moderator with Robert Legato, Pinar Seyhan Demirdag, AJ Sciutto, and James Blevins
May 12, 2023
Dr. Phil Show
AI: Too Smart for Our Own Good? Panel
with Gary Marcus, Erik Brynjolfsson
April 25, 2023
AI LA
AI and Creativity Panel
Moderator with X. Eyee, Bei Yang, Seth Pyrzynski, and
Jenny Rodenhouse
ATOS + SAP DEI Summit
DEI in the Metaverse Discussion
with Lisa Clark
NAB SHOW
Metaverses for Entertainment and Enterprise Panel
with Gregg Katano, Amy Peck, and Evan Pesses
NAB SHOW
Data, Data, Data Panel
with Melvin Wilson, Larry Harris, Liz Huszarik, and Arisha Smith
Future of Film Summit
Web3 Worldbuilding Panel
with Devon Dolan, Brice Budke, Kosi Dunn, and Simon de la Rouviere
November 5, 2022
Infinity Festival
Virtual Production and Worldbuilding Discussion
with Barbara Marshall
Killscreen
with Jamin Warren
Hands-On Worldbuilding Workshop
October 30, 2023
CGPro
"GameDev Course"
with Edward Dawson-Taylor and Jacqueline Cooper
UX/UI Design Guest Lecture
October 25, 2023
UCI Irvine ANTrepreneur Center
"A.I. Innovation Challenge Mentorship"
with Stuart Matthews
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Talk and Mentorship
October 21, 2023
Kile Ozier MasterClass
"Creative Catalyst: Empowering Experience Design Teams From Ideation to Production"
Cross-Functional Experience Design and Weird Work Guest Lecture
September 14, 2023
UT Austin Texas Immersive Institute
"Experimental Storytelling"
with Erin Reilly
Show, Tell, Discuss Sessions Guest Respondent
October 12, 2023
Epic Games
"UEFN Women Creators Program"
with Saraswathi "Vani" Balgam
Introduction to Worldbuilding Guest Lecture
September 12, 2023
USC Annenberg and School of Cinematic Arts
"Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Creative Work"
with Gabriel Kahn and Holly Willis
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Storytelling Guest Lecture with Todd Terrazas and Eric Wilker
September 20, 2023
NYU
"Building Scalable Storyworlds"
with Devon Dolan
Worldbuilding and Weird Work Guest Lecture
June 9-11, 2023
AI LA + LMU
LA Tech Week "GenAI Virtual Worlds Hackathon"
Introduction to Worldbuilding Lecture and Guest Judge
May 13, 2023
USC SCA
ETC Filmmaker Cohort
Hands-On Worldbuilding Workshop
May 11, 2023
CSUN
"New Directions in Digital Media"
with Anna Marie Piersimoni
Introduction to Worldbuilding Guest Lecture
April 6, 2023
Otis College of Design
with Sharleen Chen
AI and Design Workshop
March 2, 2023
Art Center College of Design
“Strategies: People, Process, and Leadership”
with Robbie Nock and La Mer Walker
Weird Work Guest Lecture
March 10, 2023
Metaverse Creators VR Hackathon
with DimensionX
Guest Judge with Aaron Pulkka, Dr. Sana Farid, and Ming Zhu
BRAND EXPERIENCE ECOSYSTEMS (2022)
Strategies for navigating brand, product, and experience ecosystems
WEB3 MECHANICS + AFFORDANCES (2022)
Metaverse and NFT overview with strategic brand experience design recommendations
AI + RESPONSIVE EXPERIENCE (2023)
The evolution of computational storytelling and experience design methodologies
FUTURE OF NARRATIVE MONETIZATION (2022)
Emerging narrative business models with storyworlds and volumetric worlds at the center
WORLD STORY CHARACTER (2020)
Computational storytelling methodologies for data-based emergent narratives
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CHARACTER ARCHITECTURES (2020)
Data architectures for responsive user narrative experiences
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DECONSTRUCTING MEDIUMS (2020)
Narrative affordances of mediums and how to translate story across formats
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PARTICIPATORY STORYTELLING CULTURE (2016)
New models of storytelling and monetization that account for user participation
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OUR FIVE WORLDS (2021)
The rules for user identity, interaction, and community across the different layers of our reality
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WHAT IS THE METAVERSE? (2020)
Systems design considerations to account for in the development of the metaverse
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IT'S CHARACTERS ALL THE WAY DOWN (2020)
User + character design frameworks for virtual beings in virtual worlds.
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DESIGNING COMPLEX SOLUTIONS (2022) +
WORLDBUILDING INNOVATION (2019)
How to bring systems thinking and human-centered design to the creation of product solutions
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