Public Speaking: Conferences / Lectures / Symposiums / Panel Discussions
Navigating Superdiversity: Making art & curating, Zayed University, College of Arts & Creative Enterprise, Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 2023
IDEA: Cultural Inclusion Workshop, facilitator, RMIT University, School of Art, September 2023
Wild Hope: To the fallen trees…Children’s writing workshop, facilitator, RMIT University, Design Hub, September 2023
The Memory Palace: Cyrus Tang, Open House Melbourne - Collective City Exhibition Tour, in conversation with the artist, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, July 2023
Widening Participation, young people, diversity and art galleries, Inter-Asian Cultural Studies Conference, Ahmadabad, India, July 2023
Closer Together, public programs with Shirky Chan, Scotty So and Kay Beadman, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, June-July, 2023
Curating Inclusive Cities: Learning creative skills through action research, Cultural Studies Conference, Melbourne, RMIT University, December 2022
The Politics of Liveable Cities, podcast series, interview by Amber Daines, May 2022
The Reality for Asian-Australians, moderator and speaker, MPavilion, Melbourne, April 2022
Curating Inclusive Cities, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, March 2022
Vietnam Art & Design Archive Forum, panellist, Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design, November 2021
A Climate of Change: Creative Counter Mapping, RMIT University, CAST, August 2021
Curating Inclusive Cities Research Overview, RMIT University, School of Art, May 2021
Re-Orient Podcast, Interview produced by Monica Do, RMIT First Site Gallery, December 2020
CAST Outloud: Jaffa Lam, RMIT University, Contemporary Art and Social Transformation presentation, School of Art, November 2020
Arts in Response to Covid-19 Racism, Three Belly Buttons Podcast, Melbourne, June 2020
Migration + Mobility + Art, Research Pecha Kucha, CAST Outloud, Host of the event, RMIT, Melbourne, May, 2020
Two Viewpoints from 560 Ways of Managing Arts in a Pandemic, CAST Outloud Event, Host of the event, RMIT, Melbourne, May 2020
Curating Inclusive Cities, Guest Lecture, Art, Society & Politics, Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Art, RMIT, Melbourne, May, 2020
Contemporary Chinese Art Lectures 1 & 2, Guest Lecturer, Asian Art History, Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Art, RMIT, Melbourne, January 2020
Expanding the Hyphenated Space, Asian Australian Identities Conference 7, Immigration Museum, Melbourne, November 2019
CAST OUT LOUD: Cracks in the gates - aesthetics, craft and community, CAST Outloud, RMIT, Melbourne, September 2019
Bruised: Art, Action & Ecology - Art & Gentle Activism, Panel Discussion, RMIT Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne, April 2019
Hyphenated Panel, AAANZ Conference, RMIT University, December 2018
Curating Inclusive Cities, Inclusive Museums Conference, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, 6-8 September 2018
Curating in the Asia Pacific & Urban Lifestyle Round Table, Asian Studies Conference, Sydney, July 2018
RMIT CAST Out Loud / MAV Hyphenated Exhibition Artists Panel Discussion, Storey Hall, RMIT University, 28 March 2018
Connecting Communities via Food & Art, FoodCHI Symposium, Design and Creative Practice ECP, RMIT University, November 2017
Curating Inclusive Cities, Understanding and engaging communities to shape city transformation, Urban Futures ECP, RMIT University, August 2017
Contemporary Chinese Art - Lecture 1: 1979-1989 & Lecture 2: 1990 until now, RMIT University, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), Art in Asia, August 2016
Locally Made in China: Globally Distributed - Chinese contemporary spatial practices in art, Open Lecture Series, RMIT University, Masters of Art in Public Space, April 2016
Contemporary Public Art, Lecture, RMIT University, School of Art, Art in Global Cities, April 2016
The City as a Site for Subversive Expression, talk, National Gallery of Victoria, Andy Warhol - Ai Weiwei, February, March & April, 2016
Contemporary Chinese Art, University of Melbourne, School of Culture and Communication, Contemporary Art, October, 2015
Artists Incubator: Glenroy, RMIT University, Masters of Art in Public Space, Melbourne, Victoria, August, 2015
Nv Yishu: Thread - Series 7, Monsalvat Long Gallery, Eltham, Victoria, Opening Speaker, August 2015
Making it in Moreland, Artists Incubator: Glenroy Presentation, Wheatsheaf Hub, Glenroy, Victoria, City of Moreland, June 2015
China Up Close Program, The Art of Dissent - Ai Wei Wei, panel discussion, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, February, 2015
China Up Close Symposium, Tilting Australia's Axis, panel discussion, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, December 2014
Artists Incubator: Glenroy, RMIT University, Centre for Art, Society and Transformation, Pecha Kucha, Design Hub, October, 2014
Public Art in Global Cities, RMIT University, School of Art, Art in Global Cities, April 2014
Curating the Ancient City, Suzhou Art, Design and Technology Institute, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, May, 2012
Between Australia and China, RMIT University, Masters of Art in Public Space, Melbourne, Vic, February, 2012
Bridging Cultures, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, January, 2012
Restructuring Methodology of the Curated City, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand, November, 2010
Consumerism & The City as a Curated Space, RMIT Master Art in Public Space Lecture, Melbourne, Vic, April 2010
Introducing the City as a Curated Space, RMIT Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Symposium, Melbourne, Vic, Nov 2009
ReGenerating Community – Art, Community and Governance, Interventions in Dormant Urban Space – Public Art Practice in Central Melbourne and Sydney, RMIT University, Melbourne. September 2009
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Symposium 2009, The City as a Curated Space Updated, Sydney, August 2009
Public Art Policy in Central Melbourne and Sydney, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, March 2009
Re-imagining the Urban Habitus, presentation on Re-imagining Public Art through policy development in central Melbourne and Sydney’, RMIT University, Melbourne, Dec 2008
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Symposium 2008, presentation on The City as a Curated Space Overview, Melbourne, June 2008