External Presentations

This is a partial list. Presentations associated with conference publications are not listed, and some presentations are not noted. While I receive many invitations to present, I accept only a small subset of these due to schedule constraints.

Plenary / Keynote talks

The 6th Indian Conference on Human Computer Interaction - IndiaHCI 2014, Proxemic Interactions, December, 2014
Dagstuhl Seminar on Proxemics in Human Computer Interaction, Theory and Practice of Proxemics Interaction, November 2014
The International Symposium on Pervasive Displays - ACM PerDisp, Mountain View, California, Proxemic Interactions: Displays and Devices that Respond to Social Distance, June, 2013
IFIP Conference on Human Computer Interaction (Interact'11), Lisbon, Portugal, The New Ubicomp, September 2011
Latin-American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CLIHC'09) and LA-Web Joint Latin American Conf. On HCI and Latin Web Congress CPS, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, Promoting Creative Design Through Toolkits, November 2009.
HCI Educators Conference, Portugal, The Role of Toolkits in Educational Creativity, March 2007
Congreso Internacional de Interacción Persona-Ordenador (Interacción 2006), Spain, Creativity Through Toolkits, November 2006
ACM Symposium on User Interface Software Technology (UIST'04), Physical User Interfaces (Survey), 2004
Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC), 2004
CRIWG Conference on Groupware, 2003
Graphics Interface (GI'02), May, 2002
Engineering for Human-Computer Interaction (EHCI'01), May 2001
MICON Conference (Mitel), August 2001
Microsoft Research Summit, 2001
Groups collaborating on computers: Perspectives from Social Psychology and Computer Science (Switzerland), 2000
Australian Conference on Human Computer Interaction (OZCHI), 1996, 1999
NEC Symposium on Human-Centric Multimedia, August 1998
Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education, 1997

University - Distinguished Lecture Series and Seminars

Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST): Department of Industrial Design, Proxemic Interactions, November, 2014
Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST): Department of Computer Science, Proxemic Interactions, November, 2014
University of Sydney, Department Seminar, School of Information Technology, The New Ubicomp, April, 2013
University of British Columbia, Department Seminar, Department of Computer Science, The New Ubicomp, June, 2012
University of Saskatchewan, Department Seminar, Department of Computer Science, The New Ubicomp, February 2012
University of Oregon, Department Seminar, Department of Computer Science, October 2011
University of Toronto, Distinguished Lecture Series, Department of Computer Science, The New Ubicomp, September 2011
University of Waterloo, Distinguished Lecture Series, Department of Computer Science, The New Ubicomp, September 2011
Queens University, Distinguished Lecture Series, Department of Computer Science, Proxemic Interactions, January 2010
Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Interactive Arts and Technology,Proxemic Interactions, November 2010
Stanford University, Symbolic Systems Forum, Palo Alto, California, USA, Proxemic Interactions, October 2010
University of Toronto, Knowledge Media Design Institute & Dynamic Graphics Laboratory, Proxemic Interactions, August 2010
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computer Science and AI Laboratory, Creativity Through Toolkits, December 2008
University of Washington, Distinguished Lecture Series, Creativity Through Toolkits, 2007
University of Avairo, Portugal, Department Seminar, Creativity Through Toolkits, 2007
University of Lisbon, Portugal, Department Seminar, Creativity Through Toolkits, 2007
University of British Columbia, Distinguished Lecture Series in Computer Science, 2003
University du Paris-Sud, France, 2003
University of Michigan, School of Information, February, 1999.
University of Calgary, Department of Psychology (Brown Bag Seminar), Spring 1998.
University of York, Department of Computer Science, Spring 1996
University of Calgary, President's 1996 Celebration of Excellence, 1996
University of Waikato (NZ), Department of Computer Science, Winter, January and June 1995.
University of Canterbury (NZ), Department of Computer Science, March and June 1995.
University of Otago (NZ), Department of Computer Science, May 1995.
Massey University (NZ) , Department of Computer Science, April 1995
Lincoln University (NZ) , Department of Computer Science, April 1995
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Commerce, Summer, 1994.
Simon Fraser University, Department of Computer Science, Summer, 1994
Brigham Young University, Utah, Spring, 1994.
University of Guelph, Department of Computer Science, Summer 1994 and Winter 1990.
York University (UK), Fall 1991.
University of Toronto, Dynamics Graphics Group, Winter 1990.

Panels, Workshops, Demonstrations and other Academic Events

Excludes conference paper presentations

Camera Trap Computer Vision - Web Conference 2 (Rutgers), "Making Image Recognition Data Useful: Bringing the Human into the loop", July 22, 2019
Microsoft Faculty Summit, Redmond, USA. "Using social science to design fluid cross-device experiences", July, 2019.
Remote Cameras Workshop, Canmore Nordic Centre, Canmore, AB. Sponsored by Innovis, AB. "Pity the analyst: Designing software for image inspection." March, 2019
AITF 2010 Research and Commercialization Summit, Banff Centre, Selected Projects in Interaction Design, August 2010
Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2010, Redmond, Washington, USA, “Proxemic Interactions”, July 2010
CLIHC & LA-Web Joint Latin American Conf. On HCI and Latin Web Congress panel on Social & Cultural Issues in Web and HCI, November 2009
ACM UIST Panel on Evaluating User Interface Systems Research, ACM UIST Conference, November 2007
iCORE Summit, Banff Centre, Alberta, with S. Greenberg, Interaction and Visualization @ iLab, August 2007
Microsoft Research, Winter 2002
Microsoft Research Summit, August 2001
Microsoft Research Seminar Series, 2001
ACM CAPCHI Special Interest Group (Ottawa), 2001
Microsoft Research, March, 1999
Introduction to Douglas Engelbart's ACM Turing Award Presentation, ACM CSCW Conference, November, 1998
Workshop on Handheld CSCW, November, 1998
Banff New Media Institute - many times e.g.:
- Intimate Technologies / Dangerous Zones, April 2002
- Banff Human Generosity Project, 2001
- Living Architectures: Designing for Immersion and Interaction, 2000
- Curating and Conserving New Media at the Symposium, May 1998
- Out of the Box Symposium, September, 1998 (Invited Speaker)
ACM CHI'97 Workshop on Awareness in Collaborative Systems, Spring, 1997
CSCL Panel on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Learning, Indiana, Fall 1995.
Formal Demonstrations at CSCW 1994 and CSCW 1992.
CSCW Workshop on Group Drawing and Writing Tools, Toronto, Fall 1992.
CHI Workshop on HCI and Users with Special Needs, New Orleans 1991.
ECSCW Implementor's Workshop on CSCW Applications, Amsterdam, 1991.

Industrial Seminars / Professional Groups

Conference: Scaling Up Camera Trap Surveys to Inform Regional Wildlife Conservation, Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (Revelstoke, Canada), 2021
Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (Revelstoke, Canada), 2020
Smart Technologies (various over the years)
Cadius – Professional Group on Human Computer Interaction (Madrid, Spain), 2006
Metso Automation
Smart Developers Conference, February 2002
Chevron Laboratories, La Habra, USA, August 1998
Intel Research Workshop, Intel Corporation, Portland USA, February, 1997
NorTel (Northern Telecom), Ottawa, February, 1997
Intel Architecture Group, Intel Corporation, Portland USA, Spring, 1996
NorTel (Northern Telecom), Ottawa, Spring, 1996
Smart Technologies, Calgary, 1998 and 1996
Intel Architecture Group, Intel Corporation, Summer, 1994
Palliser District Convention, Alberta Teacher's Association, 1992. ~300 people
Convention '91: Calgary City Teachers Convention, Calgary, Winter 1991.
CASS/Alberta Education Zone 5 Summer Workshop '91, Fairmont, BC. 1991.
Alberta Telecommunications Research Centre, Fall 1990.
Alberta Research Council, 1988 and 1989

Community Presentations

Radio interview for CBC national program SPARK (various times)
Radio interview for CBC provincial program The Eye Opener (various times)
Shad Valley Summer Computer Program, 1991, 1992, 1998.