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I have been invited to give keynote presentations and speak in workshops in Europe, North America and Asia.
I have also presented more than 80 research papers at national & international conferences. |
Invited Lectures & Keynote Addresses (Selected list)
Changes & Continuities in Digital Religion ‘Transformations’. Opening Keynote. Digital Religions Spring lecture series. University of Zurich, Switzerland, February 2024.
Fruitful tensions and evolving complexities. Closing Keynote. Dynamics and impacts of digitality in religious communication and interaction practice. Monte Verita, University of Zurich, Switzerland, October 2022.
Religion and Robots: Communicating human authority in the constitution of artificial intelligence. Invited MOOC speaker. University of Helsinki, Finland, November 2020.
Communicating human authority in the constitution and adoption of artificial intelligence. Invited panelist. Artificial Intelligence Research Conference. Communicating AI: Theory, research & practice. UCLA, California, February 7, 2020.
When robots need people: Understanding communication, culture and artificial intelligence in the Internet of things. Keynote Lecture. Digital Asia: Cultural, socio-economic, and political transformations. 12th Annual Nordic NIAS Council conference. Lund University, Sweden, December 2-6, 2019.
Data, discernment & duty: Illuminating engagement in the Internet of Things. Keynote Lecture. The School of Intercultural Communication, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, October 30-31, 2019.
Narrative, culture & digital technology. Invited panelist. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Division of Behavioral & Social Sciences & Education. The Keck Center, Washington D.C. January 24, 2018.
The empire strikes back? Reconstituting religious authority as communication in mediated church life. The Communications Configurations Conference. University of Bremen, Germany, December 7-9, 2016.
Contesting authority in a networked church: Digital empowerment and the hidden tensions of religious disaffiliates. Open sourcing religion workshop, Center for Science and Innovation Studies. University of California, Davis, USA, December 3, 2015.
Rise of global religious organizing: Authority, community & mediated paradoxes. The Singapore Internet Research Center Seminar Series. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, February 28, 2014.
Memetic engagement as middle path resistance: Contesting Mainland Chinese immigration and social cohesion. Networked China: Global dynamics of Digital Media and Civic Engagement. The University of Texas at Austin, USA, October 17-19, 2013.
High-tech High-touch authority: Constructing religious global family for environmental justice among humanistic Buddhists. Religion in the Digital Age II: Mediating ‘the Human’ in a Globalizing Asia conference. New York University, USA, September 26-27, 2013.
Tweet the Message? Religious authority, social media and the strategic arbitration of small sacred texts. Digital media and Sacred Text conference. The Open University, London, United Kingdom, June 17, 2013.
Understanding religious authority and new media. Digital Religion Symposium. Texas A & M University, USA, October 6, 2011.
From cyberchurch to faith apps: Religion 2.0 on the rise? Wired Asia, theology and human connectivity. Ecclesia of Women in Asia 5th Biennial Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 5-9, 2011.
Understanding the socio-cultural implications of new media and religious authority. Power and Authority in the Times of Internet workshop at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, March 3-6, 2011.
The Ethics of Social Media. The 23rd Annual David C. Bicker communication Ethics Conference, Azusa Pacific University, California, USA, March 18, 2010.
Fruitful tensions and evolving complexities. Closing Keynote. Dynamics and impacts of digitality in religious communication and interaction practice. Monte Verita, University of Zurich, Switzerland, October 2022.
Religion and Robots: Communicating human authority in the constitution of artificial intelligence. Invited MOOC speaker. University of Helsinki, Finland, November 2020.
Communicating human authority in the constitution and adoption of artificial intelligence. Invited panelist. Artificial Intelligence Research Conference. Communicating AI: Theory, research & practice. UCLA, California, February 7, 2020.
When robots need people: Understanding communication, culture and artificial intelligence in the Internet of things. Keynote Lecture. Digital Asia: Cultural, socio-economic, and political transformations. 12th Annual Nordic NIAS Council conference. Lund University, Sweden, December 2-6, 2019.
Data, discernment & duty: Illuminating engagement in the Internet of Things. Keynote Lecture. The School of Intercultural Communication, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, October 30-31, 2019.
Narrative, culture & digital technology. Invited panelist. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Division of Behavioral & Social Sciences & Education. The Keck Center, Washington D.C. January 24, 2018.
The empire strikes back? Reconstituting religious authority as communication in mediated church life. The Communications Configurations Conference. University of Bremen, Germany, December 7-9, 2016.
Contesting authority in a networked church: Digital empowerment and the hidden tensions of religious disaffiliates. Open sourcing religion workshop, Center for Science and Innovation Studies. University of California, Davis, USA, December 3, 2015.
Rise of global religious organizing: Authority, community & mediated paradoxes. The Singapore Internet Research Center Seminar Series. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, February 28, 2014.
Memetic engagement as middle path resistance: Contesting Mainland Chinese immigration and social cohesion. Networked China: Global dynamics of Digital Media and Civic Engagement. The University of Texas at Austin, USA, October 17-19, 2013.
High-tech High-touch authority: Constructing religious global family for environmental justice among humanistic Buddhists. Religion in the Digital Age II: Mediating ‘the Human’ in a Globalizing Asia conference. New York University, USA, September 26-27, 2013.
Tweet the Message? Religious authority, social media and the strategic arbitration of small sacred texts. Digital media and Sacred Text conference. The Open University, London, United Kingdom, June 17, 2013.
Understanding religious authority and new media. Digital Religion Symposium. Texas A & M University, USA, October 6, 2011.
From cyberchurch to faith apps: Religion 2.0 on the rise? Wired Asia, theology and human connectivity. Ecclesia of Women in Asia 5th Biennial Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 5-9, 2011.
Understanding the socio-cultural implications of new media and religious authority. Power and Authority in the Times of Internet workshop at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, March 3-6, 2011.
The Ethics of Social Media. The 23rd Annual David C. Bicker communication Ethics Conference, Azusa Pacific University, California, USA, March 18, 2010.