Upcoming & Past Workshops, Talks, Lectures

2018
- “Building Meaningful Communities in a Digital Age” panel, Net Impact, Phoenix, 19 October, 2018
- “Data Equity: Tools and Strategies for Empowering Public Space Knowledge” workshop at The Environmental Design Research Association annual conference EDRA49 “Social Equity by Design”, Oklahoma City, 6 June, 2018
- “Creating community capacity to respond to #smartcity initiatives to support #data justice & #humanrights in a connected space” panel, RightsCon, Toronto, 18 May 2018
- Workshop mentor at Gehl Institute’s We Count! Public Life Data Design Sprint, New York, May 9-12, 2018
2017
- “The Future of Pulic Space” panel, New Local – Public Space workshop, ARUP/AIANY, New York, 19 October, 2017
- “A Manifesto for Standard Place-Led Metrics”, workshops at Placemaking Week, Amsterdam, 10-14 October, 2017
- “Future Ready” masterclass workshops on civic technology for digital placemaking, a Future Ready smart cities incubator series with Cities Leadership Institute for Australian Federal government’s Smart Cities and Suburbs Program, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, Australia, May – June, 2017
- Digital Placemaking and New Urban Landscapes presentation, moderation, and co-curation of Digital Publics Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 3 June 2017
- Digital Placemaking, Masters Level Mini-Course v3.0, Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Urban Studies Dept., Moscow, Russia, May, 2017
2016
- Keynote on Digital Placemaking, Digital Symposium, Media Architecture Biennale 2016, Sydney, Australia, 2-4 June 2016
- Digital Placemaking Mini-Course v2.0, Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Urban Studies Dept., Moscow, Russia, Spring, 2016
2015
- “#Civictech Meets Preservation” workshop & lab facilitation, PastForward a conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington D.C., November 3-6, 2015
- Keynote on Internet of Things & Digital Placemaking, and a special workshop on urban equity, PLDC, Rome, Italy, October 28-31, 2015
- Technology hub facilitator, NTEN Leading Change Summit, Washington D.C., September 13-16, 2015
- Digital Placemaking Mini-Course, Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Urban Studies Dept., Moscow, Russia, March, 2015
2014
- Connecting Cities’ World Cultural Producers’ Round Table, Media Architecture Biennale 2014, Århus, Denmark, Nov 20, 2014
- “From Creative Placemaking to Creative City Making” keynote at Connecting Cities Conference, Riga, Latvia, Nov 17, 2014
- “Corredor Verde Voces de Cali” exhibit & workshop at Modes of Democracy, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic, Nov 11-15, 2014
- “People First: Pluralism & Digital Placemaking” presentation & workshop at Open Up! Creative Placemaking Festival, Prague & Pilsen, Czech Republic, Nov 6-7, 2014
- “Strategies & Innovations for Outreach” – Promoting Innovation in Civic Engagement: Exploring Community-Led Participatory Budgeting in the United States, Office of Science & Technology Policy, The White House, Washington D.C., May 13, 2014
- “Digital Placemaking for DIY Urbanism” DIY Summit, Zil Cultural Center, Moscow, April 19-20, 2014
- “Digital Placemaking & Moving To Place-Based Governance” Moscow Higher School of Economics Architecture Department (video), Moscow School of Science & Economics Urban Planning and Cultural Management Department, Moscow City Planning Department, Moscow, Russia, April 16-18, 2014
- “Digital Placemaking Community Strategies for The Corredor Verde”, UN-Habitat World Urban Forum, Medellin, Colombia, April 6-10, 2014
- “Digital Placemaking Community Strategies for The Corredor Verde”, ComunLAB Training and Workshops, Cali, Colombia, March 2014
2013
- “Post-Digital Agoras: The Renewal of Local Public Space Use & Demands to Redefine Community Ownership” — From Zuccotti to Taksim: Negotiating the Right to the City through Public Space (event summary video), Pratt Institute Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development, New York, September 11, 2013
- “Team: Declare Home” — Tibeca Hacks <Data/Docs>, Tribeca Film Institute (event summary video), University of Chicago, Chicago, June 28-30, 2013
- “From Smart Cities to Wise Cities” — Creating Your City, Ashoka Future Forum, Washington D.C., May 30, 2013
- “It’s Not About Tech, It’s About People” — Participatory Budgeting Conference, Chicago, May 5, 2013
- “Open Source Cities” — Code for America’s We Built This City session, Social Media Week, New York, February 19, 2013
2012
- “Open Placemaking” — Freedom of Assembly: Public Space Today, Center for Architecture, New York, September 16, 2012.
- “Tech for Engagement Manifesto” — Knight Foundation Technology for Engagement Summit at MIT, (video recap) Cambridge, Massachusetts, June, 2012
- “Mission 2062” British Council workshop on the role of cultural institutions in local civic engagement, La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, March 22-24, 2012
- “Authentic Digital Engagement” — UN-HABITAT Building Cities Through Social Media session, Social Media Week, United Nations Headquarters, New York, February 15, 2012
2011
- “Crowd-Gathering: Enhancing Civic Engagement with Authentic Digital Practices” — Institute for Urban Design’s Urban Design Week, Center for Architecture, New York, September 16, 2011
- “Technology & Rubrics for Observation, Rules for Engagement in Public Space” — School of Visual Arts MFA in Interaction Design Thesis Prep, New York, April 2011