Symposiums + Conferences
delivered by Julie-anne Saroyan
21-February, 2020 - The Creator / Technologist Relationship Mixed Reality Augmented Reality integration with live activation Small Stage
Mixed Reality Performance Symposium: UBC.
LINK to the presentation and discussion.
delivered by (Dr.) Patrick Parra Pennefather
21-February, 2020 - Sweeping Remarks About Staging A Mixed Reality Event, The Mixed Reality Performance Symposium, UBC, February. Keynote streamed nationally to present a typology of considerations when staging mixed reality events.
13-December, 2020 - Moderated Panel Discussion. Delivering Value at a Distance: Teaching and Learning Strategies, Challenges, and Solutions with Farhad Dastur (Kwantlen University) and Renee Franzwa (Unity 3D). EMBC Community of Practice hosted by Kwantlen University. Linking partnerships with Senior Product Manager at Live Learning Unity with a community of educators across Canada. International. **report on Small Stage culmination
delivered by (Dr.) Patrick Parra Pennefather
16-September, 2021 - Integrating Emerging Technologies within Live Production Processes, Our Hybrid Future Symposium, Crimson Coast Dance. National. **report on live activation digital dance with small stage
17-December, 2021 - Disrupting established traditions with xR. Emerging Media Community of Practice. Panel discussion on the potential for immersive technologies to disrupt education, opera performance, and research. Local. **report on Digital Dance and Small Stage
11-August, 2019 - SIGGRAPH, Birds of a Feather. Staging Mixed Reality Events, Los Angeles, USA **report on learnings from Small Stage activations.
19-June, 2019 - Fun Palace: Carnival of Mixed Reality, Curator, Artistic Director, Researcher. Centre for Digital Media, ASC Cybernetics Conference.Vancouver, Canada. The Fun Palace consisted of commissioning 11 interactive mixed reality installations to an international audience and was also the subject of research that was disseminated over a 3-year period at the ASC Cybernetics Conference, SIGGRAPH 2020 and ISEA 2022. International.**report on Small Stage interactive dance installation at the Fun Palace.
25- November, 2019 - Staging Mixed Reality Experiences in Public Spaces. Arts, Culture and Digital Transformation Summit. AR, VR, MR and the Fluidity of Reality in the Arts, Banff, Alberta. A presentation reinforcing the importance of designing reality for national and international theatre and dance producers. International. **Mixed Reality Augmented Reality integration with live activation Small Stage
**NOTE: Small Stage was the Artist-in-Residence at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, BC from 2018-2019
