ASSOCIATIONS
Digital Arts Resource Centre (DARC), Ottawa - Board of Directors
Interactive Ontario - Member
Themed Entertainment Association - Member
Recovery Cohort, The Innovation Studio, Toronto Metropolitan University - Expert in Residence
Transmedia Zone, The Innovation Studio, Toronto Metropolitan University - Mentor
Foward/Story, Digital Storytelling Lab, Columbia University - Creative in Residence
CFC Media Lab - Collaborator
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2023
Speaker at Museum Next, Games & Play Summit
2021
Interviewee for an Al Araby TV piece on the creative marketplace in the metaverse (Cairo, Egypt)
VR Masterclass instructor and keynote speaker at RiseUp (Cairo, Egypt)
VR Masterclass instructor at El Gouna Film Festival (El Gouna, Egypt)
2020
Keynote presenter at Brainstorming Bests, Toronto Metropolitan University, Fashion Zone
Speaker at FITC Amsterdam
2019
Room MC at FITC Toronto
Panel Moderator at VR/AR Opportunities, Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT), Sheridan College
2018
Speaker at VR Fest MX (Mexico City)
Keynote speaker at Storytelling In A Virtual World for DGC and SIRT, Sheridan College
Panelist at Interactive Ontario’s Narrative VR iLunch
Moderator for VR and AR Game Design – State of the Art at VRTO
Panelist for a Faculty Talk & Mini-panel at Humber College
Speaker and Mentor for Humber College’s Transmedia Fellowship
Speaker at FITC Toronto
Speaker and Mentor at Story Summit (Banff)
2017
Speaker and participant in Co.Lab.Create at the Byron Bay Film Festival (Australia)
Speaker at Immersive Content Creation, Screen Training Ireland (Dublin) - Making Virtual Story A Reality
Panelist at BrainStation - VR/AR Toronto, A Panel Discussion On Virtual Reality
Speaker (substitute) at VRTO - Frameless
Speaker at FITC Toronto - Frameless
Panelist at Be3D Think Tank - Application of 3D Technologies in Creative Industries
Speaker at FITC Amsterdam - What We Can Learn From Dungeons & Dragons (Amsterdam)
Panelist at Les Tablettistes - Under the Spell of Possibility: The Magic of Imagination (Ottawa)
2016
Speaker at FITC Spotlight AR/VR - Building the Tech into the Story (Halcyon case study)
Speaker at CTAM Broadcaster Forum - VR 101 w/ Laura Mingail & Stefan Grambart
Speaker at MIGS 16 - Breaking Into VR: The Story & The Game (Montréal)
Speaker at Toronto Tech Summit - Storytelling in Virtual Reality
Speaker at NFB/National Theatre Game Night - Emergent Narrative: What We Can Learn From Dungeons & Dragons
Panelist & Speaker at Open Immersion VR Doc Lab(CFC, NFB, Ford Foundation) - Hybrid VR
Panelist at We Are Wearables: New Realities AR/VR - The Impact of VR on Media and Entertainment
Panelist at VRTO - Take My Point of View: Creative vs. Autonomous Control of Viewer’s Gaze
Speaker at R/GA Lunch & Learn - Storytelling in Another Reality (San Francisco)
Speaker at AirBnb Lunch & Learn - Storytelling in Another Reality (San Francisco)
Speaker at Augmented World Expo (AWE) - Emergent Narrative: What We Can Learn From D&D (Santa Clara)
Speaker at Digital Media Summit - Pioneers on the Virtual Wagon Trail
Speaker at Digifest - Virtual Reality: Creativity and Technology
Panelist at TAAFI - State of the Industry
Speaker at FITC Toronto - Emergent Narrative or What We Can Learn From Dungeons & Dragons
Panelist at Canadian Film Fest - VR Moviemaking
Panelist at William F. White International: February Freeze - Virtual Reality and Emerging Technologies
Panelist at VIP Open House, Mohawk College - VR, New Media, and Technology (Hamilton)
Panelist at VRTO - Virtual & Augmented Reality
2015
Speaker at FITC Spotlight VR - Sleepy Hollow & Narrative in VR
Speaker at nextMEDIA - The Business of VR: An Emmy Award Winning Case Study
Panelist at Wearables in Entertainment and Sports Toronto (WEST) - The Rise of a New Medium for Film & TV in VR
Speaker at WWTO - We Are Wearables Toronto - Sleepy Hollow and the Road to the Emmys
Speaker at Student and Filmmaker Open House at William F. White - VR Production
Panelist at CreateInTO - Passion Projects
Panelist at CreateInTO - Staying Original
Speaker at Toronto VR - Emergent Narrative
Speaker at WIFT-T - Media Business Essentials Program Module: Digital Media Production
Speaker at CreateInTO - Emergent Narrative
2014
Speaker at Immersed VR - Sleepy Hollow
Speaker at Soho House Toronto - Virtual Reality
Speaker at Girl Geeks Toronto - Bringing VR to Life: Designing and Developing for Oculus Rift
Speaker at WIFT-T (Women in Film & Television - Toronto) - Sleepy Hollow
Speaker at CreateInTO - Sleepy Hollow
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
2022
Lead instructor, VR Workshop, Medrar Art Center (Cairo, Egypt)
2018
Juror for the Canadian Screen Awards
Lecturer for the Masters of Digital Media cohort at Ryerson University (Steve Cober)
Workshop instructor at FITC/Telus Storyhive (Lethbridge, AB)
Juror for the FWA
2017
Workshop instructor at Immersive Content Creation, Screen Training Ireland (Dublin)
Workshop instructor at Digital Media Bootcamp for WIFT-T (Women in Film & Television - Toronto) - Interactive Narrative
Mentor at Be3D Think Tank - Application of 3D Technologies in Creative Industries
Mentor & Meet Up Host at SXSW - VR content production & being Canadian
2016
Mentor at Open Immersion VR Doc Lab(CFC, NFB, Ford Foundation) - Hybrid VR
Writer (article) for Samsung Developer Connection - VR for Storytelling: Developing Experiences That Feel More Real
Video host for Samsung Developer Connection - Storytelling in Virtual Reality
Workshop instructor at Digital Media Bootcamp for WIFT-T (Women in Film & Television - Toronto) - Interactive Narrative
Artist in Residence at Forward/Story - Columbia University Digital Storytelling Lab
2015
Workshop instructor at Digital Media Bootcamp for WIFT-T (Women in Film & Television - Toronto) - Interactive Narrative