Conferences

  • (Panel) New Beijing, Great Journalism: Emergent journalistic practices at the Olympics, International Centre for Olympic Studies, 9th International Symposium on Olympic Research, Beijing China, August 2008.
  • Ambush Media: Journalistic Freedom & Media Freedom at the Beijing Olympics, Olympic Politics and Protest, Leeds Metropolitan University, July, 2008.
  • New Beijing, Great Journalism? Media Freedom During the Beijing Olympic Games, Ubiquitous Media: Asian Transformations, 25th Anniversary of Theory, Culture and Society; Tokyo, Japan, July 13-16, 2007.
  • The Right to Remain Natural: Criminalising Enhancement in Elite Sport, Human Rights and Enhancement Technologies, Stanford Law School and Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, California, USA, May, 2006.
  • Re-thinking Enhancement in Sport, Tomorrow’s People: The Promise and Challenges of Life-Extension and Enhancement Technologies, James Martin Institute, Oxford University, Mar, 2006.
  • Playing Games with Artificial Intelligence, Annual meeting of the International Philosophy of Sport Association, Czech Republic, Sept, 2005.
  • Posthuman Medicine and Imagined Ethics, For Ethics and Philosophy of Emerging Medical Technologies, Institut Borja de Bioetica, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain, Aug, 2005.
  • Cyberspace and the Public Understanding of Ethics, For the Barcelona Forum 2004, Dialogue: Information, Power and Ethics in the 21st Century, Barcelona, Spain, May 19-21, 2004.
  • Cultural Computer Games: The Emergence of a Research Field, For the 5th Annual Conference of the Media, Cultural Studies and Communication Association, Sussex University, England, Dec 19-21, 2003 [with Dr. Philip Drake, University of Paisley].
  • Intersections Between Art and Medicine: Broadcasting Death, or When Reality-TV Becomes Too Real For ‘The State of the Real’, An Interdisciplinary Conference, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, UK, November 21-22, 2003.
  • Bioethics Through the Media, For ‘Who Twists the Helix?’ a trans-disciplinary exploration of the powers that could decide our genetic futures, Cambridge University, England, UK, March 16-19, 2003.
  • A Cultural Philosophy: Tempering the Desire for Spectacle, For Journeys of Expression II, International Festival & Events Association, Vienna, Austria, March 2003 [co-authored with Beatriz Garcia, University of Glasgow].
  • Male, Female, Neither? Questions of Gender, Identity, and Morality in Cyberspace, Gender / Culture / Power, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, October 11-13 2002.

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