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Speaking history since 1994

Game Developers Conference Mar-94 Santa Clara, CA

Game Developers Conference Mar-95 Santa Clara, CA

Game Developers Conference Mar-96 Santa Clara, CA

Game Developers Conference Mar-97 Santa Clara, CA

Game Developers Conference Mar-98 Santa Clara, CA

AAIM Library Science Keynote Jul-98 Myrtle Beach, SC

Milia Feb-99 Cannes, France

Game Developers Conference Mar-99 Long Beach, CA

E3 Jun-99 Los Angeles, CA

Game Developers Conference Mar-00 San Jose, CA

EMMA (European Multimedia Awards) Masterclass Oct-00 Amsterdam, Netherlands

TRAM (Training and Research Actions in Multimedia) Workshop Feb-01 Paris, France

Game Developers Conference Mar-01 San Jose, CA

E3 Jun-01 Los Angeles, CA

Independent Games Festival On Jury for 1st festival Jul-01 Los Angeles, CA

Cyberarts X Keynote Sep-01 San Francisco, CA

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-01 Austin , TX

EMMA (European Multimedia Awards) Masterclass Oct-01 Hamburg, Germany

University of Chicago Oct-01 Chicago, IL

TRAM (Training and Research Actions in Multimedia) Feb-02 Paris, France

Game Developers Conference Mar-02 San Jose, CA

E3 Jun-02 Los Angeles, CA

ConJose (World SF Convention) Aug-02 San Jose, CA

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-02 Cambridge, MA

EMMA (European Multimedia Awards) Masterclass Oct-02 Toronto, Canada

TRAM (Training and Research Actions in Multimedia) Feb-03 Paris, France

Game Developers Conference Mar-03 San Jose, CA

E3 Jun-03 Los Angeles, CA

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-03 San Rafael, CA

Stanford Media X Gaming to Learn Sep-03 Stanford, CA

Austrailian Game Developers Conference Nov-03 Melbourne, Australia

WCES Digital Summit Jan-04 Las Vegas, NV

Imagina Feb-04 Monte Carlo, Monaco

Game Developers Conference Mar-04 San Jose, CA

Nordmedia Apr-04 Hannover, Germany

Sagasnet Apr-04 Stuttgart, Germany

Games for Health May-04 Madison, WI

E3 Jun-04 Los Angeles, CA

JoWood (game company) Workshop, lectures Jul-04 Vienna, Austria

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-04 Seattle, WA

XGDX Sep-04 Millbrae, CA

VIETMC (medical serious games) Dec-04 Long Beach, CA

Gaming and Simulation Based Learning:

Applications for Medicine Jan-05 Long Beach, CA

Imagina Feb-05 Monte Carlo, Monaco

Game Developers Conference Mar-05 San Francisco, CA

Games for Health May-05 Baltimore, MD

E3 Jun-05 Los Angeles, CA

Classic Game Expo Aug-05 Burlingame, CA

Games Synergy Summit (Serious Games) Sep-05 Orlando, FL

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-05 Long Beach, CA

Serious Games Conference Oct-05 Washington, DC

Interational Meeting on Medical Simulation Nov-05 San Diego, CA

Xmedialab Singapore Workshop Nov-05 Singapore

Gaming and Simulation Based Learning: Applications for Medicine Jan-06 Long Beach, CA

DARPA Realworld conference Feb-06 San Diego, CA

Full Sail University Mar-06 Orlando, FL

Game Developers Conference Mar-06 San Francisco, CA

Games for Health May-06 Baltimore, MD

GDX (Savannah College of Art and Design) May-06 Savannah, GA

Bioware (game company) Tutorial/Talk Jun-06 Edmonton, Canada

E3 Jun-06 Los Angeles, CA

National Science Foundation workshop Jun-06 Washington, DC

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-06 Las Vegas, NV

Hampshire College Oct-06 Amherst, MA

Serious Game Summit Oct-06 Washington, DC

Asian Serious Games Summit Dec-06 Singapore

Xmedialab Singapore Dec-06 Singapore

Berlinale - Berlin Film Festival Feb-07 Berlin, Germany

Game Developers Conference Mar-07 San Francisco, CA

Quo Vadis Apr-07 Berlin, Germany

California Community College Symposium Apr-07 San Jose, CA

Elearning Online Jul-07 Online

Kent School - Intelligence Data Analysts Jul-07 Alexandria, VA

Kre8tive Asia Jul-07 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

GCDC Leipzig Aug-07 Leipzig, Germany

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-07 Reston, VA

Innovation in Learning (Brandon Hall) Sep-07 Santa Clara, CA

DevLearn Elearning Nov-07 San Jose, CA

GDC Europe Lyon Dec-07 Lyon, France

Game Developers Conference Mar-08 San Francisco, CA

Filmakademie Badem-Wurtemburg Workshop Apr-08 Stuttgart, Germany

Games for Health May-08 Baltimore, MD

Xmedia Wellington May-08 Wellington, NZ

Media and Design School May-08 Auckland, NZ

Healthcare Unbound Jul-08 San Francisco, CA

Vestas (Wind Power company, SG talk) Sep-08 Copenhagen, Denmark

IO Interactive (game company) Sep-08 Copenhagen, Denmark

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-08 Seattle, WA

Game Focus Germany Jan-09 Hannover, Germany

HCI International Feb-09 San Diego, CA

TED talks health game lunch workshop Feb-09 Long Beach, CA

Game Developers Conference Mar-09 San Francisco, CA

Serious Game Conference Mar-09 Hannover, Germany

Silicon Valley IGDA May-09 Santa Clara, CA

Xmedialb Serious Games Jun-09 Sydney, Australia

Game Connection Europe Masterclass Jun-09 Paris, France

IEEE CE Aug-09 London, UK

Annual Pediatric Telehealth Symposium Sep-09 Palm Springs, CA

GAMECON Naples Guest of Honor Sep-09 Naples, Italy

American Telehealth Association Sep-09 Palm Springs, CA

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-09 San Francisco, CA

European Institute of Design Sep-09 Rome, Italy

Austrailian Game Developers Conference Keynote Nov-09 Sydney, Australia

IGDA Leadership Forum Nov-09 San Francisco, CA

e-virtuoses (serious games) Nov-09 Lille, France

Xmedialab Beijing - Serious Games Dec-09 Beijing, China

Serious Games Industry Conference Dec-09 Coventry, UK

Game Forum Germany Speaker/Organizer,Jan-10 Hannover, Germany

Global Game Jam Jan-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands

CEBIT Hannover Serious Game Day Mar-10 Hannover, Germany

Game Developers Conference Mar-10 San Francisco, CA

Game Connection Europe Masterclass Jun-10 Paris, France

Harvard University Jun-10 Cambridge, MA

Blizzard (game company) Aug-10 Irvine, CA

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-10 Baltimore, MD

SEIGE Atlanta Keynote Sep-10 Atlanta, GA

DARPA conference on games Oct-10 Boston, MA

Hello Digital Keynote Oct-10 Birmingham, UK

Pillsbury Law Firm Oct-10 San Francisco, CA

Digiworld Nov-10 Montpellier, France

Serious Game Gamefest Nov-10 Singapore

ENJMIN Game developer school Jan-11 Online

Game Forum Germany Speaker/Organizer, Jan-11 Hannover, Germany

Xmedialab Malmo Jan-11 Malmo, Sweden

Health Games Research Feb-11 Online

Game Developers Conference Mar-11 San Francisco, CA

Casual Connect Jul-11 Seattle, WA

IGDA Leadership Forum Jul-11 Seattle, WA

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-11 San Diego

Games for Health Europe Advisory board Oct-11 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Game Connection Europe Masterclass Dec-11 Paris, France

Game Forum Germany Speaker/Organizer, Jan-12 Hannover, Germany

Game Developers Conference Mar-12 San Francisco, CA

Genentech Mar-12 Palo Alto, CA

Greenlight Summit May-12 Online

SimTecT Keynote Jun-12 Adelaide, Australia

Intel Wellness Meeting Jul-12 Santa Clara, CA

White House Wellness/Neuroscience Aug-12 Washington, DC

Game Design SF Sep-12 San Francisco, CA

Game Designer Workshop Co-Founder Sep-12 San Francisco, CA

Serious Game Expo Oct-12 Lyon, France

Digiworld Nov-12 Montpellier, France

Game Connection Europe Masterclass Dec-12 Paris, France

Stanford Knight School of Journalism Feb-13 Stanford, CA

ESCONS (Cognitive Neuroscience) Mar-13 UCSF, CA

Game Connection SF Mar-13 San Francisco, CA

Game Developers Conference Mar-13 San Francisco, CA

Neurogaming SF May-13 San Francisco, CA

Game Developers Conference Mar-14 San Francisco, CA

Games for Change Keynote NYC Apr-13  New York, NY

FMX Apr-13 Stuttgart Germany

WGDC Paris (Google France)  Apr-13 Paris, France

Keynote speaker Jul-14 Serious Play Conference, USC LA, CA

Google Game Developer Boot Camp Sep-14 Mountain View, CA

Think Publishing Oct-14 Dublin, Ireland

Google Learning Design Summit Oct-14 Mountain View, CA

Game Developers Conference Mar-15 San Francisco, CA

IGDA Helsinki, Apr-15, Helsinki, Finland

GDG Stockholm, Apr-15, Stockholm, Sweden

GDG Berlin, Apr-15, Berlin, Germany

Quo Vadis, Apr-15, Berlin, Germany

Digipen Commencement Speaker, Apr-15, Seattle, WA

VRLA, Aug-15, Los Angeles, CA

Casual Connect, Aug-15, San Francisco, CA

Keynote at MADAB, Oct-15, Paris, France

Keynote VRX, Nov-15, San Francisco, CA

Game Developers Conference Mar-16, San Francisco, CA

Google I/O, May-16, Mountain View, CA

Keynote Gamesbeat Summit, May-16, Berkeley, CA

Keynote HCI International, Jun-16 NIST, MD

Plenary Speaker, Gamelab Barcelona, Jul-16 Barcelona, Spain

Women in Games International, Jul-16 Barcelona, Spain

Develop, Jul-16 Brighton, UK

Casual Connect, Jul-16, San Francisco, CA

The Project, Sep-16, Auckland, New Zealand

Keynote Game Developers Wellington, Sep-16, Wellington, New Zealand

Keynote, NZGDC, Sep-16, Auckland, New Zealand

Austin Game Conference, Sep-16, Austin, Texas

Keynote, Smart Technology Conference, Oct-16, Santa Clara, CA

Pole Media Conference, Oct-16, Paris, France

Casual Connect Europe, Oct-16 Paris, France

Keynote, Droidcon London, Oct-16 London, UK

VRDC, Nov-16, San Francisco, CA

Gaming Insiders Summit, Nov-16 Berkeley, CA 

Japan VR Summit, Nov-16, Tokyo, Japan

VRARWTB Online, Dec-16, Online

Casual Connect Berlin, Feb-17, Berlin, Germany

Game Developers Conference, Mar-17, San Francisco, CA

XTech Conference, Mar-17, San Francisco, CA

XR Connects, Jun-17, San Francisco, CA

VRDC, Sep-17, San Francisco, CA
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MDISS, Oct-17, George Mason University, MD

Keynote Øredev, Nov-17, Malmo, Sweden

VR for Impact, Nov-17, Aix-en-Provence, France

Games and Education, Dec-17, Paris, France

Enjmin, Dec-17, Angouleme, France

Digital Medicine, Jan-18, San Francisco, CA