Upcoming

BritCHI 2026 Workshop – Sunday 1st November, Brunel – London
Preferable Pasts, Presents, and Futures of Creative Technology
David Chatting, Loraine Clarke, Joel Lewis, Dan Lockton, Tom Metcalfe, Jon Rogers, Andy Sheen, Mike Shorter, Martin Skelly, Mike Vanis

To submit proposal, please visit creativetech.davidchatting.com

2026
The School of Postdisciplinary Posthumanism – St Andrews, Scotland
‘Innovation beyond Human-Centred Design’ Summer School
Founder / Facilitator

Design Research Society Conference ‘26 – Edinburgh, Scotland
‘Conversation: Finding Our Common Ground - Potential, Resistance and Power in Creative Technology for Design Research’
Co-Facilitator / Researcher

Centre for Innovation 10th Anniversary, Alumni Event – Bristol, UK
‘Design Beyond Academia’
Panel Chair

Community Centred Technologies with SACHI – St Andrews, Scotland
‘Who is the Human in Human-Computer Interaction?’
Invited Speaker

2025
St Andrews Centre for Critical Sustainability – St Andrews, Scotland
’Storytelling as a Method for Sustainability Research’ Chaired by Jo Sharp
Invited Speaker

Creative Chit Chat Podcast with Ryan McLeod – Dundee, Scotland
’A Chit Chat’
Invited Guest
Access Podcast

St. Andrews HCI Group, University of St. Andrews – St. Andrews, Scotland
’Performative Artefacts: From Interactions in Space to Situated in Place’
Invited Speaker

Glasgow School of Art, BDes / MEDes Product Design – Glasgow, Scotland
’Final Projects’
Invited Designer – External Input Sessions

2024
PechaKucha, The Rep – Dundee, Scotland
’Threads’
Invited Speaker

Glasgow School of Art, BDes Product Design – Glasgow, Scotland
’Reciprocal Systems of Health in the Climate Era – Future Experiences Project’
Invited Designer – Expert Input Sessions

University of Bristol – Bristol, UK
’Art of Storytelling in Design’
Invited Speaker

Publicis Media, NextTECHnow: The Power of Immersive Experiences – London, UK
‘Playing with Machines: Navigating Immersive Experience Design’
Invited Speaker

2023
DJCAD, University of Dundee, MSc Design for Business – Dundee, Scotland
‘Beyond the Familiar’
Invited Speaker

Churches Conservation Trust Churches – Bristol, Brockley, Puxton, Uphill
‘Medieval and Moderns: Resources for Resilience’
Designer and Principal Investigator – Co-Design Workshops

2022
WEDFresh Pecha Kucha, Propyard – Bristol, UK
‘Meta meet Macro and Micro’
Invited Speaker with Verity McIntosh

IxDA Bristol, The Premiere – Bristol, UK
with Stephanie Campbell, Prince Taylor, Sarah Selby, Andy Littledale
Producer

2021
Royal College of Art, Design Products – London, UK
‘Guest Day’
Invited Designer – Project Crits

Raucous Exchange – Online
‘Animating the Inanimate – Writing for live performance with object-based technology’
In Conversation with Sharon Clark

2020
Hyper Island MA Design Thinking – Online
‘Digital Prototyping’
Visiting Tutor / Industry Friend – Talk and Workshop

Hyper Island MA Digital Experience Design – Manchester, UK
‘Experience Prototyping’
Visiting Tutor / Industry Friend – Talk and Workshop

2019
Hyper Island MA Design Thinking – London, UK
‘Prototyping’
Visiting Tutor / Industry Friend – Talk and Workshop

Hyper Island ‘UX Lab – Challenge by Skyscanner’ – London, UK
‘Mapping and Prototyping Experiences’
Visiting Tutor / Industry Friend – Talk and Workshop

Insider London with London Business School – London, UK
‘Radical Collaboration’
Invited Speaker – Talk

BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) – Bristol, UK
‘Art of Experience’
Invited Speaker – Talk

Glasgow School of Art Winter School – The Scottish Highlands, UK
‘Experience Prototyping’
Visitng Tutor – Talk and Workshop

2018
Playable City Conference – Tokyo, JP
‘Wa. What does it mean to you?’
Invited Speaker / Facilitator – Talk and Workshop

Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship Conference – Bristol, UK
‘Equity Share: Assessing Individuals within Groups’
Invited Speaker – Talk

2017
News:rewired – London, UK
‘From Devices to Communities: Connected News’’
Panel with Alison Gow, Benedicte Autret, Stuart Goulden
Invited Speaker – Panel Talk

International Festival of Journalism – Perugia, IT
‘NewsThings: Exploring IoT News Media’
Panel with Alison Gow, John Mills, Sarah Hartley
Invited Speaker – Panel Talk

2016
Being There, Humans and Robot in Public Spaces Conference – Bristol, UK
‘Protagonists and their Robots’
Lightning Talk

This Happened Bristol: The Forge – Bristol, UK
with Patrick Stevenson-Keating, Stefan Goodchild, Elie Lakin, Sam Hill
Co-Producer

Hyper Island Experience Design Lab – London, UK
‘Emerging Technology’
Invited Speaker

SXSW – Austin TX, USA
‘Subtle Interfaces: Designing For Calm Tech’
Panel with Pete Bennett, Verity McIntosh, Chloe Meineck
Selected Panellist

Interaction16 – Helsinki, Finland
‘Prototyping The Internet Of Things’
Workshop with Martin Charlier
Facilitator

Hyper Island – Manchester, UK
‘Experience Prototyping‘
Speaker + Workshop Facilitator

Tech North, University of Sheffield and KAIST, Sheffield, UK
‘Ideation + Experience Prototyping’ Workshop
Facilitator

2015
Great Festival Of Creativity – Shanghai, China
Delegate, Invited By UKTI

This Happened Bristol, Hygge – Bristol, UK
with Ben Alun-Jones, Katherine Jewkes, Ivor Williams, Coco Sato
Co-Producer

This Happened Bristol, Secret Garden – Bristol, UK
with Stuart Wood, Vanessa Harden, David McGoran, Annette Mees
Co-Producer

Hyper Island – Manchester, UK
‘Experience Prototyping With Video‘ Workshop
Speaker + Workshop Facilitator

O’Reilly Solid – San Francisco, USA
‘Prototyping User Experiences For Connected Products’ Workshop with Martin Charlier
Facilitator

Bristol City Council – Bristol, UK
‘IoT Landscape’ Introductory Talk
Speaker

This Happened Bristol, Top Of Colston Tower – Bristol, UK
with Gavin Strange, Martin Skelly, Di Mainstone, Melodie Leung
Co-Producer

2014
British Council + Korea Foundation Catalyst – Seoul, Korea
‘Ideas Lab’
Facilitator

Being There: Humans And Robots In Public Spaces – Bristol, UK
‘Ideas Lab’
Facilitator

Hyper Island – Manchester, UK
‘Experience Design‘ Workshop
Speaker and Facilitator

Unbox Labs: Future Cities – National Institute Of Design, Ahmedabad, India
Co-Producer with REACT

Crafts Council Make:Shift – London, UK
‘Tools & Iot In Craft, Design And Making’ Panel
Panel Chair

Ogilvy Lab Live – London, UK
‘Disruption In Innovation’ Keynote
Keynote Speaker

O’Reilly Solid – San Francisco, USA
‘UX In IoT: A Collaborative Approach’ – Keynote
Keynote Speaker

No Boundaries – Bristol, York, UK
‘What Colour is the Countryside?’ Open Session
Facilitator

2013
Arts Council England – Bristol, UK
‘IoT Prototyping’ Workshop
Facilitator

SXSW – Austin TX, USA
‘Pitchforks And Printed Electronics’
Panel with Paul Egglestone, Garrett Goodman, Nick White
Selected Panellist

REACT Objects Sandbox – Cardiff, Exeter, Bristol, UK
‘IoT Ideas Labs’
Producer

Fascinate Conference – Falmouth, UK
‘Exploring IoT And Craft’ – Workshop
Facilitator

2012
Playful Iot Futures Unconference BBC R&D – Manchester, UK
‘Interactive Newsprint’ – Talk
Speaker

National Institute Of Design – Ahmedabad, India
‘Physical Apps’ – Workshop with Jon Rogers
Facilitator

Maklab – Glasgow, UK
‘Paper Electronics Using Conductive Inks’ – Workshop with Mike Shorter
Facilitator

Glasgow School of Art – Glasgow, UK
‘Hitech, Lo-Tech’ – Talk
Speaker

Sotheby’s MA Contemporary Design – London, UK
‘Digital Within Design’ – Talk
Speaker

2009
Istituto Europeo Di Design, Master Design Innovation – Madrid, Spain
Workshop with Hannes Koch
Facilitator