SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - GUEST LECTURES - WORKSHOPS

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Spoke on a panel with innovation experts to inspire and motivate participation in the Redbull Basement Program for young entrepreneurs.

Gave guest lectures on the History of XR at the University of Toronto to the Information Design program students. 

Organized and ran the Toronto Chapter of Augmented World Expos first international chapter (now in over 68 cities worldwide).  Hosted and moderated panel discussions and demos of industry leaders in a monthly event series. 

Spoke on the main stage at the Canadian Event Industry conference and tradeshow to a captivated audience explaining immersive and interactive technology and giving live demonstrations of AI + Augmented Reality creation

Spoke on the main stage at the Raindance Film Festival in London England introducing traditional filmmakers to the exciting opportunities in Immersive Storytelling. 

Guest speaker (virtual) at the Artivive Global Summit in Austria describing the process of creating Augmented Reality and how to hone the creative process and avoid common pitfalls

Spoke in San Francisco at the AWE World Expo to a packed room about the concepts and practical practices of conceiving and creating non-traditional AR

Spoke on a panel at Hollyweb in Los Angeles about the future of storytelling primarily focused on immersive experience design and effective virtual reality creation.

Assisted the festival in putting together an all star panel on emerging opportunities in Virtual Reality and sat on the main stage panel as an expert contributor. 

Guest lecture to the Post Grad film students about the exciting new opportunities in Immersive Story Telling via AR + VR

Panelist on an industry panel speaking to creators and filmmakers on the process of designing impactful Immersive Experiences in Virtual Reality

Presented awards at the Canadian Special Events Industry Awards Gala

Hosted a fashion technology panel at the Canadian International Fashion Film Festival. 

Created the curriculum and led a 6 week workshop series for Raindance in Toronto. The final project mentored the students through the writing, shooting and editing their own VR short film.

Spoke as a guest lecturer several times for the events and hospitality department introducing the students to the vast range of opportunities to enhance events with innovative experience design. 

Spoke at VRTO - Canadas Largest VR Conference - about the process of creating VR Special FX siting his VR short film "Graffiti Alley" and the innovative new tools available in the industry.

Hosted a Podcast series called 360 Talking - a podcast shot and distributed in 360 Immersive Video. Guests like world leading body language specialist Mark Bowden - Actress Humberly Gonzalez - Action Actor / StuntMan / Producer / Director Tazito Garcia ++

A 4 week workshop series at the House of VR in toronto introducing traditional artists to the creative and technical process of bringing their artwork to life with Augmented Reality.