Presentations

SELECTED CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

2007 “Modding & Scenario Building in the Classroom,” Serious Games Symposium 2007, Montreal International Games Summit 07, November 28.

2007 “The Wood Molybdenum Mine – the Moss Mine – in Onslow Township Quebec. Archaeological and Heritage potentials”. The Friends of Gatineau Park Annual Research Day, Chelsea Quebec, October 13th.

2007 “Of Past Lives and Second Lives: Archaeological Thoughts on the MetaverseInteracting With Immersive Worlds Brock University June 4th.

2007 “Why Read About Rome When You Can Build It? Games, Simulations and Immersive Learning” Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Classical Association Memorial University, May 22.

2006 “History games for learning: from promise to reality” (roundtable), Future Play 2006 Conference, University of Western Ontario, October 2006

2006 “Purges, Proscriptions, and the Archaeology of Roman Social Organisation: an Agent Based Simulation of an Ancient SocietyFirst Annual Nebraska Workshop in Digital Humanities, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, September 23rd.

2006 “TravellerSim: An Agent Based Model of Settlements and SituationsSociety for Digital Humanities Conference at the Congress of the Humanities. York University. May 26th.

2006 “Community Building and Archaeology: An Experience in Western Quebec39th Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Conference. University of Toronto May 27th.

2006 “From Groundhog Day to the Ides of March: What Bill Murray and Side Meier Can Teach Us About Classical Civilization” Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Classical Association University of Toronto May 25.

2005 “Networks, Agent-Based Models and the Antonine Itineraries”. 35th Annual Medieval Workshop Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Fresh Perspectives, New Methods. University of British Columbia, October 28.

2004 “The Space Between: Places and Connections in the Tiber ValleyTiber Valley Workshop 04, The British School at Rome. February 28th.

2003 “The Complex Dynamics of the Tiber Valley Brick Industry”, invited paper in the ‘Roman Landscapes of the Middle Tiber Valley’ session at the 5th Roman Archaeology Conference, University of Leicester April 4th.

2003 “The Roman Brick Industry in the Tiber Valley”. Tiber Valley Workshop 03, The British School at Rome March 1st.

2001 “Brick Supply to Rome” Invited paper for the Ancient Architecture Discussion Group, led by J.J. Coulton, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, May.

2001 ‘The Tiber as Infrastructure’. Roman Working Lives and Urban Living Conference, Centre for Roman Provincial Archaeology, University of Durham, July.

2000 ‘Of Lumberjacks, Logdrivers, and Brickstamps: Understanding the Tiber River As Infrastructure’. Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, April 6th.