Keynote

2025 TATUNG UNIVERSITY, “What Makes a Winner: EU Product Design Competition”, November – Taipei

2023 SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY, “Design for Impact” Keynote, May 11 – Taipei

2020 NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, “Design that remembers” Keynote, November 6 – Yunlin

2019 CITY OF KAOHSIUNG, PIER 2, “The Arts and City Branding Strategies”, Keynote, December 11 – Kaohsiung

2019 NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY, Department of Foreign Languages, Cross-Cultural Communication Seminar, Nov. 27 – Taichung

2019 NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY, Department of Foreign Languages, Storytelling Workshop, November 27 – Taichung

2019 TAIWAN EXTERNAL TRADE AFFAIRS COUNCIL, Taipei World Trade Centre, “Trade Exhibitions Seminar”, November 13 – Taipei

2019 TAINAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Dept. of Design, Conference Hall, Tainan Technical University, 55th Anniversary, Design Industry Seminar, “Trends in International Design Practice”, Keynote, October 25 – Tainan

2018 NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY, Department of Foreign Languages, Auditorium, Travel on a Budget, Interpreting and Translation Conference, “Traveling is learning to translate between oneself and the world”, November 18 – Taichung

2018 TAIPEI WORLD TRADE CENTRE, ART TAIPEI, “The Enigmatic Museum”, October 25 – Taipei

2018 AUSTRALIAN DESIGN CENTER, VIVID SYDNEY, “Design and Tea Culture: Taiwan/Australia”, May 218 – Sydney

2017 PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY, Luking Library Auditorium, “Think Different” Lectures, November 3 – Luking

2017 ASIA PACKAGE DESIGN CONFERENCE, Songshan Culture Park, “Storytelling for branding & marketing”, October 29 – Taipei

2017 ART TAIPEI, TAIPEI WORLD TRADE CENTRE, “Global Publics: Art and Diplomacy”, October 23 –Taipei

2017 TERRADA, ARCHITECTURE GALLERY, Asia Design Platform Press Conference, “Cross the line”, October 11 – Tokyo

2017 TAINAN CREATIVE CENTRE, CREATIVITY+, “The Gift of Storytelling”, September 9 – Tainan

2017 TAOYUAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, CITY IMMIGRATION MUSEUM, “Immigrants Storytelling Workshop”, September 6 – Taoyuan

2017 CENTER FOR INNOVATION, TAIWAN TRAVELTON, “Development of cultural design guides for tourism”, August 28 – Taipei

2017 TAIPEI ARTIST VILLAGE, Anchor Taiwan, “Treasure Island, On Taiwanese Indigenous Culture & Design Thinking”, June 13 – Taipei

2017 TEDxTAIPEI, ATT for FUN Concert Hall, “My 700-day journey into Taiwanese design”, May 20 – Taipei

2017 TAIPEI WORLD TRADE CENTRE,  Giftionary : Design Trends & Business Pathways, “The Gift of Community – marketing strategies for the gift industry”, April 23 – Taipei

2017 WORLD TRADE CENTRE CLUB, Roma Rotary Luncheon, February 24 – Taipei

2016 XUEXUE INSTITUTE, Pecha Kucha Taipei, December 10 – Taipei

2016 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, “Taiwan by Design: local ideas, global impact”, Entrepreneurs Conference, Keynote, November 24 – Taipei

2016 ANZ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Australia-Taiwan Business Award, award acceptance speech, Shangri-La Hotel, November 23 – Taipei

2016 SONGSHAN CULTURE AND CREATIVE PARK, “Taiwan by Design”, Taiwan Graphic Design Association, November 17 – Taipei

2016 TAIPEI NEW HORIZON, Taipei City International Startup Week Conference, “Attentive Design” November 16 – Taipei

2016 MADISON TAIPEI, “Creative Living in a Chaotic World”, New York University, Taiwan Alumni Forum, October 29 – Taipei, Taiwan

2016 TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, “700 Days of Discovery: Taiwan by Design”, International Conference on Design Histories & Studies, Roundtable, October 27 – Taipei

2016 CHIANG KAI SHEK MEMORIAL HALL, “Taiwan by Design: stories worth sharing with the world” International Forum on Culture & Creative Industries, Ministry of Culture, October 18-19 – Taipei

2016 HOME HOTEL DA.AN CONFERENCE HALL, “700 days journey into Taiwanese design”, September 5 – Taipei

2016 ASIA UNIVERSITY, Department of Design, “Media Arts Curation and Exhibition Practices”, April 15 – Taichung

2015 TAOYUAN CITY ANIME Festival, Taoyuan City Hall, “Art & Tech” keynote, 5 July 2015

2014 NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY, “The Independent Curator as an Agent of Cultural Diplomacy”, March 27 – Tainan

2014 CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Dept. Commercial Design, “Do Good, Design”, March 17 – Taoyuan

2013 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, “Design is Difference”, November 8 – Taipei

2013 TAIWAN DESIGN CENTRE, “Enterprise of Self in the Global Cultural Economy”, September 2 – Taipei

2013 TAIPEI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, “Back from the future”, June 11 – Taipei

2013 XINYI ESLITE AUDITORIUM, NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM FORUM, Digital Art Museums, “Back from the future”, May 24 – Taipei

2013 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, Taipei “Why interaction? How interaction?”, April 11 – Taipei

2013 HSUAN CHUANG UNIVERSITY, “Ancient medium, New form: crossing-over glass art, science and technology”, April 10 – Hsinchu

2013 TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, “Media Art Exhibitions Research & Practice”, March 28 – Taichung

2013 CHINI GALLERY, “JOE HSIEH, artist retrospective lecture”, March 18 – Taipei

2012 HSINCHU INTERNATIONAL GLASS FESTIVAL, “Ancient medium, New form: crossing-over art, science and new technology” Hsinchu Glass Art Museum, December 22 – Hsinchu

2012 NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY, “Creativity @ Science + Technology”, December 11 – Taipei

2012 NEW TAIPEI CITY CONFERENCE HALL, International Museum Industry Conference, “NEW FRONTIERS How Technology is Transforming the Arts & Museum Culture”, Keynote, October 5 – New Taipei City

2012 RMIT UNIVERSITY, Colliding Ideas Symposium, “Ambivalent Truths: the practice of art and science collaborations”, 3 July – Melbourne

2012 TAIPEI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, “The Curator’s Noodle Bowl”, May – Taipei

2012 SHERATON Conference Hall, Young Art Taipei Forum, “Contemporary Australian Art”, May 10 – Taipei

2012 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TAIPEI, “Around Australia in 8 Museums”, February 18 – Taipei

2011 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TAIPEI “Changing Climates: Art in the Age of Climate Change”, April 25

2011 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TAIPEI “Changing Faces: Portraiture in the Media Era”, March 19 – Taipei

2010 ART TAIPEI Art Salon, Taipei World Trade Centre, “HYBRID MIX emerging trends in Australian media art”, September 10 – Taipei

2010 THE HYATT CONFERENCE HALL, ART TAIPEI MARKET FORUM, “Creative Business/Intellect Art”, September 8 – Taipei

2010 NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, “The Future Museum”, June – Canberra

2008 UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS, “Through the looking glass: Art & Science partnerships”– Aarhus

2006 QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY, “Media Arts and the Chinese Market”– Brisbane

2006 ZENDAI MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, “What makes Art & Science collaborations work?”– Shanghai

2005 ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, The Mercury Cinema, “Interactive Media”, February – Adelaide

2005 THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM, d_factory  , “Crossing Borders: Art, Design & New Media” – Sydney

2005 CHINA MILLENNIUM MONUMENT MUSEUM, “Unnatural Selection: Art & Science Practices” – Beijing

2005 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION IT AND THE ARTS, National Digital Content Conference – Canberra

2003  NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, La Salle-SIA College, “Curating Variable Media” – Singapore

2003 CENTRE POMPIDOU, Tour du monde du Web, l’Australie, June 19th – Paris

2003 ARTS MANAGEMENT ADVISORY GROUP, “Digital media and copyright” – Melbourne

2000 CAST Gallery, “Nordic Lights, digital media from Finland” – Hobart