Vulane Mthembu

/creative technologist, artist multi-hyphenate.
/open-data and worker-cooperative advocate.
/vice-president: KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts Contemporary Gallery
/guest editor: University of Stellenbosch's Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation herri journal (Artificial Intelligence in Africa)
/chapter member: Wikimedia ZA
/executive committee member: Interactive Entertainment of South Africa - IESA
/innovation and gamebox Sub-Saharan Africa: Goethe-Institut e.V.
/University of KwaZulu-Natal Technology and Web projects
/panellist: ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien ZKM | Center for Art and Media - Taming AI sessions
/jury member: art+computation Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V
/founder and chairperson: Joburg Games Festival
/mathematics and science educator
/jury member: Loeries awards
/finalist: Women in Games Global Awards - Video Games Diversity Initiative
/Awarded: Native Instruments International Metapop award/founding member: BIG FKN GUN, producer: Moonchild Sanelly. Alum: Helsinki Headnod Convention et al
/founder: /divide by zero research.
/realised projects with Apple, Amazon, Ubisoft, Wikimedia ZA
/jury member: AI 2 Amplify Fellowship
/speaker: Pecha Kucha - Digifest, Durban University of Technology
/speaker: AI in the Film Industry, Durban Film Mart 2023
/moderator: AVIJOZI 2023 VFX Festival - Creating A Sustainable Gaming Industry In South Africa
/jury member: BRICS Future Skills Challenge 2023
/speaker: University of Johannesburg's Technology and Society in Africa Conference 2023: Exploring the Synergy of AI and Heritage Conservation
speaker/ Decolonisation in the Age of Technology - British Council Kenya Commonwealth Innovation Week
/lecturer: Masterclass for Emerging Tech Explorations - Durban University of Technology - Innobiz
/Cafe AI - South African Cultural Observatory Debate an Workshop
/Speaker: FAME Week Africa - AI and the Music Industry: Threat or Opportunity
/Panellist: AMAZE./ Berlin - Empowering the World through Games. One Country at a Time
/moderator/facilitator: Studio Quantum International Residency
/speaker: KIKK Festival 24 - Namur, Belgium - Multidisciplinary research in artificial intelligence in Africa and the global south
/Southern African Conference on AI Research (SACAIR) - presentation of the NAO Robot in Residence regional project
/panellist: DECOREX - VISI: Future Talks '24, African Life-Centric Design: Principles for Moving from Extraction to Regeneration

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