I am involved in the following list of events:
- International Design Alliance Congress (IDA2013), Keynote Speaker
- 8th International Conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement (DesForm2013), Program Committee Member
- Fifteenth Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2014), Program Committee Member
- 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2013), Program Committee Member
- First International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (iHai2013), Program Committee Member
- Workshop on Digital Media and Digital Content Management (DMDCM2012) | October, 22-23, 2012, Hangzhou, Program Committee Member
- HRI2012 | March 5-8, 2012, 7th Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI2010), Boston, Program Committee member
- ICSR2011 | November 24-25, Amsterdam, Program Chair
- 2nd EURASIAPAC Asia-Pacific Workshop | February 18th, 2011, Wellington, General Chair
- Ro-Man2011 | 31 July – 3 August 2011, Atlanta, Program Committee Member
- Robotics: Science and Systems Conference | June 27- 30, 2011, Los Angeles, Program Committee Member
- 19th IEEE International Symposium in Robot and Human Interactive Communication | September 12-15, 2010, Viareggio, Italy, Program Committee Member
- 2010 International Conference on Social Robotics | November 23-24, 2010, Singapore, Publicity Co-Chairs
- Second International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction | A two-day symposium at AISB 2010, 31 March – 1 April 2010, De Montfort, University, Leicester, United Kingdom, Program Committee member
- HRI2010 | March 2-5, 2010, 5th Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI2010), Osaka, Program Committee member
- ICEC2009 | September 3-5, 2009, International Conference on Entertainment Computing, Paris, France, Program Committee Member
- ICSR2009 | August 16-18, 2009, International Conference on Social Robotics in Incheon, Korea, Program Committee Member
- New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction | A two-day symposium at AISB 2009 (6-9 April 2009), Edinburgh, Scotland, Program Committee Member
- HRI2009 | March 11-13, 2009 4th Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Amsterdam, Video Session Co-Chair, Webmaster, Program Committee Member.
- 2nd Human-Robot Personal Relationship Conference, June 11-12, 2009, Tilburg, Program Committee Member.
- Ro-Man2009 | September 27- Octotber 2, 2009
18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Program Committee Member - Ro-Man2008 | August 1-3, 2008
17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Program Committee Member - HRI2008 | March 12-15, 2008
3rd Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Amsterdam, Video Session Chair, Exhibition Co-Chair, Program Committee Member. - ECS2008 | September 7-10, 2008
1st IFIP Entertainment Computing Symposium (ECS-2008), “New Frontiers for Entertainment Computing”, Program Committee Member - Ro-Man2007 | August 26-29 , 2007
16th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Special Session Chair: “The Science and Fiction of the Uncanny Valley” - Interaction Studies | January 19th, 2007
Special Interaction Studies issue on Misuse and Abuse of Interactive Technologies, Co-Editor - HRI2007 | March 9-11, 2007
2nd Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Washington DC, USA, Video Session Chair , Program Committee Member - RSS2007 | June 27-30, 2007
Robotics: Science and Systems 2007 Conference, Program committee member - RSS2006 | August 16-19, 2006
Robotics: Science and Systems 2006 Conference, Program committee member - CHI2006 | April 22nd, 2006
Workshop Organizer “HCI and the Face” in collaboration with Michael Lyons - Robot Companions | April 12-15, 2005
Symposium on Hard Problems and Open Challenges in Human-Robot Interaction. - The international Journal of Human-Computer Studies | March31st, 2004
Special Issue on Subtle Expressivity for Characters and Robots - EUSAI2004 | November 8th, 2004
European Symposium on Ambient Intelligence. - Bekijk het maar! | March 20th, 2004
Exhibition of eMuu at the Museum of Communication, Den Haag. - ICEC2004 | September 1-3, 2004
International Conference on Entertainment Computing. - CHI2004 | April 25th, 2004
Workshop on Shaping Human-Robot Interaction. - CHI2003 | April 7th, 2003
Workshop on Subtle Expressivity for Characters and Robots.


I am an Associate Professor (Reader) at the HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury.