Smart Fabrics, Invited speaker, Functional Aesthetics, London, UK
#2 Materials Explorations, Fashionable Technology Series, Parsons The New School for Design, Symposium and workshops, event organization, New York, USA
Re-made in America, fashion roundtable, Invited panel member, New York, USA
2010
#1, Functional Aesthetics, Fashionable Technology Event Series, Parsons The New School for Design, Symposium and exhibition, event organization, New York, USA
TEDxVienna, Invited speaker, Functional Aesthetics, Vienna, Austria
Ars Electronica, Presentation, Functional Aesthetics, Linz, Austria
Fabric Futures, Exhibition of SUN No1, Providence, RI, USA
Expert Meeting, Invited Expert, V2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009
Kepler Salon, Invited speaker, Linz, Austria
BIG Design Conference, Invited speaker, Ljubjana, Slovenia
Coded Culture, Invited speaker, Yokohama, Japan
Ars Electronica Festival, Invited speaker: The Future of Fashion Retail, Linz, Austria
Wearable Explorations, Netherland New Media Institute, Invited keynote speaker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Coded Culture, Invited speaker: Functional Aesthetics, Vienna, Austria
V2, Invited keynote speaker: Test_lab: Fashionable Technology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Fashion in Context, Invited lecture: Fashionable Wearables, Aesthetic Interaction Interfaces, Vienna, Austria
2008
Fujifilm ZSpotNow: Fashion & Technology, Invited panel member, New York, USA
Ars Electronica Festival, Lecture and book presentation: Fashionable Technology, Linz, Austria
2007
Ubicomp2007, Lecture: Designing for the extended body – Hearing aids and transitive materials, Invited workshop participant, Innsbruck, Austria
6. Deutscher Designtag, Invited lecture: Function and Aesthetics in Fashionable Wearables, Berlin, Germany
Smart Textiles, Invited Lecture: Fashionable Technology – The Impact of Design on Innovations, Washington, DC, USA
2006
Interface and Society, Atelier Nord, Invited lecture: The Epidermis as Interface – Dynamic Textile Surfaces, Oslo, Norway
Fleshing Out, V2 & Virtuell Platform, Lecture: Collaborations and Innovations in Fashionable Technology, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Design-Tagung, Ars Electronica, Lecture: Emotionelle Kleidung – aus der Wunderkiste, Linz, Austria
Electronic Etheralism, Invited workshop participant, New York, USA
Mittwochsvision, Ars Electronica, Lecture: Digitale Technologien und Handwerk, Linz, Austria
Acar2, Invited workshop participant, Craft, Design, and Media Technology, Senones, France
The empire’s new clothes, Atelier Nord, Workshop leader, Oslo, Norway
2005
FO.AM Softwear. Lecture: The Epidermis as Metaphor, The Essential Balance of Function and Aesthetic Appeal, Brussels, Belgium
World Winter Forum, Presentation: How to Design Intelligent Clothing for Winter Sports, Vienna, Austria
Mensch und Computer 2005 – Kunst und Wissenschaft – Grenzüberschreitung der Interaktiven Art, Lecture: Interface Cultures, Fashionable Technology, Linz, Austria
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Summer Design Institute, Workshop: Fashionable Technology – The Epidermis as Metaphor, New York, USA
3rd International Avantex-Symposium, Lecture: The Epidermis as Metaphor: The Art of Creating Intelligent Clothing, Frankfurt, Germany
2004
Mobile HCI 2004, Panel: Mobile Communication vs Pervasive Computing: The Role of Handhelds, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
ISEA 2004, International Programming Committee for the Section “Wearable Experience”, Panel Moderator, Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland
Banff New Media Institute, Outside/Inside: Boundary Crossings A Wearable Design Workshop, Inside/Outside: Responsive Environments and Ubiquitous Presence, Lecture: Fashionable Technology, Banff, Canada
ACAR/2 – An Academy for Interactive Crafts, Workshop and Panel, Basel, Switzerland
RAM3 – Reclaiming Cultural Territory in New Media, Workshop: Fashionable Technology, Panel: New Media Education – Questions of Future, Tallinn, Estonia