Kars Alfrink speaking at Moving Stories (2013, January 13)

Talks

A more-or-less com­plete list of the most notable talks and work­shops I deliv­ered over the years. In 2018 I start­ed my PhD at TU Delft. For an overview of talks from that point onwards, go to contestable.ai.

2018

Shuldin­er, A., & Alfrink, K. (2018, Decem­ber 6–7). See­ing Like a Bridge [Con­fer­ence work­shop]. ThingsCon, Rot­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2019/02/22/thingscon-2018-workshop-seeing-like-a-bridge/

Alfrink, K. (2018, Feb­ru­ary 15). Unbox­ing [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Behav­ior Design Ams­ter­dam, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2018/09/19/unboxing-at-behavior-design-amsterdam-16/

2017

Alfrink, K. (2017). Play­ful Design for Work­place Change Man­age­ment [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. PLAY­Track, Aarhus, Den­mark. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2018/01/25/playful-design-for-workplace-change-management-at-playtrack-conference-2017-in-aarhus/

Kun, P., & Alfrink, K. (2017). Pro­to­typ­ing the Use­less But­ler [Con­fer­ence work­shop]. ThingsCon, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2018/01/02/prototyping-the-useless-butler-machine-learning-for-iot-designers/

t Hooft, N., & Alfrink, K. (2017, May 24). Hybrid Writ­ing for Con­ver­sa­tion­al Inter­faces [Work­shop]. IDE Acad­e­my, Delft, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2017/08/02/hybrid-writing-for-conversational-interfaces-workshop/

Kun, P., Rob­bins, H., & Alfrink, K. (2017, March 8). Machine Learn­ing for Design­ers [Work­shop]. IDE Acad­e­my, Delft, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2017/03/10/machine-learning-for-designers-workshop/

2016

Alfrink, K. (2016). Sum­ma­ry of ‘The Game­ful City’ [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Play­ful Design for Smart Cities, Barcelona, Spain. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2016/11/18/playful-design-for-smart-cities/

Fil­lié, M., & Alfrink, K. (2016). Engage­ment Design [Work­shop]. Gen­er­al Assem­bly, Sin­ga­pore. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2016/09/14/engagement-design-worksheets/

2015

Alfrink, K. (2015). Shift­ing from Gam­i­fi­ca­tion to Play­ful Design [Cor­po­rate event pre­sen­ta­tion]. Pri­vate Event, Den Bosch, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2015/11/shifting-from-gamification-to-playful-design/

Alfrink, K. (2015, Octo­ber 8). New Plan­ning Meth­ods [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. New Plan­ning Meth­ods, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2015/10/new-planning-methods/

Alfrink, K. (2015, Jan­u­ary 27). Play­ful Design for Activism [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. E‑Motive Day, Utrecht, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2015/10/playful-design-for-activism-at-e-motive-day-2015/

Alfrink, K. (2015, Feb­ru­ary 11). Play­ful Exhi­bi­tion Design [Edu­ca­tion work­shop]. Rein­wardt Acad­e­my, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2015/06/designing-playful-museum-exhibitions/

2014

Alfrink, K. (2014, April 24). Five Behav­iour Design Prin­ci­ples You Nev­er Sus­pect­ed Would Work [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Behav­ior Design AMS, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2014/07/five-behaviour-design-principles-you-never-suspected-would-work/

Alfrink, K. (2014, April 18). Play, Change & Make Games [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Cre­ative Morn­ings Utrecht, Utrecht, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2015/04/three-perspectives-on-serious-games/

Çuğun, A. & Alfrink, K. (2014, Feb­ru­ary 5–7). Play­ing With Rules [Con­fer­ence work­shop]. Lift14, Gene­va, Switzer­land. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2014/03/playing-with-rules-workshop-at-lift-conference-geneva-2014/

2013

Çuğun, A. & Alfrink, K. (2013, Octo­ber 25–27). Play­ing With Rules [Con­fer­ence work­shop]. Mozil­la Fes­ti­val, Lon­don, Unit­ed King­dom. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2013/12/video-of-our-playing-with-rules-workshop-at-mozilla-festival-2013/

2012

Alfrink, K. (2012, Novem­ber 8). New Games for a Resilient Soci­ety [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. TEDx­Utrecht, Utrecht, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2012/11/new-games-for-a-resilient-society-tedxutrecht-2012/

Alfrink, K. (2012, Sep­tem­ber 17). The Strange Things Peo­ple Play [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Play­ing in Pub­lic, Lon­don, Unit­ed King­dom. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2012/10/the-strange-things-people-play-at-the-hideseek-weekender-conference/

Alfrink, K. (2012, July 22). PLAY Pilots & Engage­ment [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Dutch E‑culture Days, Helsin­ki, Fin­land. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2012/08/public-game-installations-player-engagement/

Alfrink, K. (2012, Feb 22–24). The Social Con­tract Put at Play [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Lift12, Gene­va, Switzer­land. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2012/05/the-social-contract-put-at-play-at-lift12/

van Peer, I. & Alfrink, K. (2012, Feb 1–4). Design­ing Play for Pigs and Humans [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. IXDA Inter­ac­tion 12, Dublin, Ireland.

2011

Alfrink, K. (2011, Sep­tem­ber 2). The Trans­form­ers [Con­fer­ence Pre­sen­ta­tion]. dCon­struct, Brighton, Unit­ed King­dom. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2011/09/the-transformers-at-dconstruct-2011/

Alfrink, K. (2011, May 12–13). New Games for New Cities [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. FutureEv­ery­thing, Man­ches­ter, Unit­ed King­dom. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2011/05/new-games-for-new-cities-at-futureeverything/

Alfrink, K. (2011, March 23). Fevered [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Mob Fest, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2011/03/slides-and-notes-for-fevered-at-mob-fest-thinking-mobile/

2010

Alfrink, K. (2010, Decem­ber 22). Unti­tled [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Ignite, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2011/01/our-talk-at-ignite-amsterdam‑4/

Alfrink, K. (2010, Octo­ber 20). The Lim­its of the Imag­in­able [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Games: The Next Step, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2010/11/slides-and-notes-for-limits-of-the-imaginable-a-lecture-on-the-future-of-applied-game-design/

Alfrink, K. (2010, May 27). The City Is My Games Con­sole [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. CIID OPEN, Copen­hagen, Den­mark. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2010/06/slides-and-notes-for-‘the-city-is-my-games-console’-at-ciid/

Alfrink, K. (2010, April 14). Game Design & the City [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Best Scene in Town, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2010/04/a‑few-predictions-for-the-future-of-urban-games/

Alfrink, K. (2010, April 7). Shap­ing the City With Urban Games [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Vis­i­ble Cities, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2010/04/shaping-the-city-with-urban-games-at-visible-cities-03/

Alfrink, K. (2010, Feb­ru­ary 21). Trans­mu­ta­tion [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Raum Schiff Erde, Ham­burg, Ger­many. https://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2010/02/slides-and-notes-for-transmutation-at-raum-schiff-erde-2010/

2009

Alfrink, K. (2009, Octo­ber 23). Improv­ing Media Lit­er­a­cy With Games [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Social Gam­ing, Hil­ver­sum, The Nether­lands. http://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2009/10/improving-media-literacy-with-games/

Alfrink, K. (2009). Build­ings and Brains [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Nijmegen Design Plat­form, Nijmegen, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2009/07/20/buildings-and-brains-at-the-nijmegen-design-platform-nop/

Bate­man, C., & Alfrink, K. (2009, June 11). Play­ful Tin­ker­ing [Con­fer­ence work­shop]. NLGD Fes­ti­val of Games, Utrecht, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2009/07/10/this-pervasive-games-workshop-i-ran-at-this-conference/

Alfrink, K. (2009). Play & Embod­i­ment [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. IxDA Inter­ac­tion, Van­cou­ver, BC, Cana­da. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2009/05/08/play-in-social-and-tangible-interactions/

Alfrink, K. (2009). Bet­ter Liv­ing Through Urban Play [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Club of Ams­ter­dam: The Future of Games, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2009/04/24/mashing-up-the-real-time-city-and-urban-games/

Alfrink, K. (2009). On Sketch­ing [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. UX Cock­tail Hours, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2009/03/13/on-sketching/

Alfrink, K. (2009). The The­o­ry and Prac­tice of Urban Game Design [Work­shop]. NLGD Fes­ti­val of Games, Utrecht, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2009/01/23/the-theory-and-practice-of-urban-game-design/

2008

Alfrink, K. (2008). A Play­ful Stance [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Play­ful, Lon­don, Unit­ed King­dom. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2008/11/17/a‑playful-stance-my-game-design-london-2008-talk/

Alfrink, K. (2008). Urban Pro­ce­dur­al Rhetorics [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Reboot 10, Copen­hagen, Den­mark. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2008/09/11/reboot-10-slides-and-video/

Alfrink, K. (2008). Play­ing With Com­plex­i­ty [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. NLGD Fes­ti­val of Games, Utrecht, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2008/07/09/playing-with-complexity/

Alfrink, K. (2008). More Than Use­ful [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. From Busi­ness to But­tons, Malmö, Swe­den. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2008/06/23/slides-and-summary-for-more-than-useful/

Alfrink, K. (2008). Urban Pro­ce­dur­al Rhetorics [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. The Web and Beyond, Ams­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2008/05/27/urban-procedural-rhetorics-transcript-of-my-twab-2008-talk/

Alfrink, K. (2008). Design­ing a Mobile Social Gam­ing Expe­ri­ence for Gen‑C [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Game Devel­op­ers Con­fer­ence, San Fran­cis­co, CA, Unit­ed States. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2008/02/25/designing-a-mobile-social-gaming-experience-for-gen‑c/

Alfrink, K. (2008). Beneath The Sur­face [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Oslo UXnet Meet­up, Oslo, Nor­way. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2008/01/17/slides-for-my-oslo-uxnet-meetup-talk/

2007

Alfrink, K. (2007). Play­ful IAs [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Euro IA Sum­mit, Barcelona, Spain. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2007/09/25/playful-ias-slides-for-my-euro-ia-summit-2007-talk/

Alfrink, K. (2007). Mobile Social Play [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Reboot 9, Copen­hagen, Den­mark. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2007/06/04/slides-and-video-of-my-reboot-90-talk/

2006

Alfrink, K. (2006). Mobile Game Direc­tions [Con­fer­ence pre­sen­ta­tion]. Pecha Kucha Night, Rot­ter­dam, The Nether­lands. https://leapfrog.nl/blog/archives/2006/10/26/my-mobile-game-directions-pecha-kucha/