Selected Presentations & Appearances
Inside Dogma Lab
- ArtSci Salon and Leonardo Laser Talks
· 2021
Invited Talk
Toronto University
COVID-19 Memory Archival Project
- Coronavirus: Human, Cultural, and Political Implications
· 2020
International Meeting or Conference
Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute and Duke Kunshan University Humanities Research Center,
Durham, NC USA
Education + Media
- 6th Annual Intermedia Festival: International Academic Seminars
· 2020
Keynote/Named Lecture
China Academy of Art,
Ningbo, China
"Co-Evolution of 2 AI's"
- Inter-World-View (World Young Scientist Summit)
· 2020
International Meeting or Conference
China Academy of Art and Zhejiang Association of Science and Technology,
Wenzhou, China
The History of Chinese Electronic Music
- Radio Documentary
· 2019
Interview
German National Radio,
Spectators and Speculators: Critical and Speculative Design
- 212 Creative China Forum
· 2019
Keynote/Named Lecture
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art,
Guangzhou, China
Art x Tech
- Australia-China Youth Dialogue
· 2019
Keynote/Named Lecture
Australian Embassy,
Shanghai, China
Current Works: Little Sound Machines and Artificial Intelligence
· 2019
Invited Talk
Modern Weekly,
Shanghai, China
Speculative and Critical Design
- Design 3.0 Forum
· 2018
Keynote/Named Lecture
Tsinghua University / ID KAIST,,
Beijing, China
Dogma Lab, Transhumanism and New Musical Interface
- Alibaba UED UCAN Conference
· 2017
Keynote/Named Lecture
Alibaba,
Alibaba, Hangzhou, China
New Music Technologies
- Wetware Music Festival Forum
· 2017
Invited Talk
Beijing, China
Magnetic Body Instrument: Transhumanism and New Media Interface
- “++” Audiovisual Interaction International Forum
· 2017
Invited Talk
China Academy of Art Shanghai Institute of Design,
Shanghai, China
Future Design
· 2017
Invited Talk
Shanghai Institute of Visual Art,
Shanghai, China
Fourth Revolution in the Music Industry
- TED Talks
· 2016
Keynote/Named Lecture
TEDxNingbo,
Ningbo, China
Digitized DIY, Open and Disruptive Noise
- Minsheng Creativity Forum
· 2015
Invited Talk
Minsheng 21st Century Art Museum (M21),
Shanghai, China
Present and Future Modes of Production
- New Media Seminars
· 2013
Invited Talk
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art,
Guangzhou, China
Tangible Design
- International Conference on Interaction Design
· 2013
International Meeting or Conference
Tsinghua University,
Beijing, China
AMD Foundation 'Changing the Game' and PETLab Activate!
- Rural Education Action Program: Gold or Just Glitter
· 2012
Invited Talk
Standford Center at Peking University,
Beijing, China
User Experience Design Process
- Nokia Academic Conference
· 2011
International Meeting or Conference
Nokia Research Asia,
Beijing, China
The Role of Mobile Technology in the Future of Asian Markets
- Nokia Research Center Shenzhen Opening Conference
· 2011
International Meeting or Conference
Nokia Research Center Shenzhen Lab,
Shenzhen, China
Open-Source Hardware and Mobility
- Nokia Academic Conference
· 2011
International Meeting or Conference
Nokia Research Asia,
Beijing, China
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Lead in China Implementation of Program - Activate! Game Design STEM Education Program
· 2010
- 2013
Community Outreach
Dandelion Middle School
, Dandelion Middle School
China
Activate! is a website, a curriculum, and a space for playing, designing and sharing games. Activate! uses the lens of game design and the related tools of iterative design and programming to strengthen Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills and develop stronger issue literacy on environmental and energy-related topics. Activate! is targeted for youth between the ages of 13 and 18. The Activate! site enables youth to make games using the game development tool "Game Maker." While Activate! can be used online by youth individually, it can also form the core of classroom and/or after-school programs.
Benjamin Bacon implemented the Activate! program in Beijing, China. in 2010, with funded support from the AMD Foundation, he was able to build a computer lab for the Dandelion Middle School for migrant children, located in Daxing District, Beijing. With teams of Parsons graduate students, Prof. Bacon was able to initiate and run design education summer programs at Dandelion Middle School and Renmin University High School in Beijing between 2010-2013.
This work was presented at the Stanford Center at Peking University Beijing.
China
Activate! is a website, a curriculum, and a space for playing, designing and sharing games. Activate! uses the lens of game design and the related tools of iterative design and programming to strengthen Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills and develop stronger issue literacy on environmental and energy-related topics. Activate! is targeted for youth between the ages of 13 and 18. The Activate! site enables youth to make games using the game development tool "Game Maker." While Activate! can be used online by youth individually, it can also form the core of classroom and/or after-school programs.
Benjamin Bacon implemented the Activate! program in Beijing, China. in 2010, with funded support from the AMD Foundation, he was able to build a computer lab for the Dandelion Middle School for migrant children, located in Daxing District, Beijing. With teams of Parsons graduate students, Prof. Bacon was able to initiate and run design education summer programs at Dandelion Middle School and Renmin University High School in Beijing between 2010-2013.
This work was presented at the Stanford Center at Peking University Beijing.
Service to the Profession
Academic & Administrative Activities
Director of Signature Work, Duke Kunshan University (University-Wide)
Chair, Signature Work Committee
Committee Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee
Committee Member, Institutional Review Board
Member, Scholarship Taskforce
Member, DKU Degree Granting Evaluation Committee