Lectures & Workshops

I give a fair number of lectures per year on the connections between origami, math, science, and its ties and applications to technology, speaking to groups ranging from college students to design and animation teams at companies. A lecture I gave at the TED conference is available online here. To discuss a possible lecture or workshop at your venue, feel free to contact me.

Current/Upcoming Lectures, Classes, and Demonstrations

• Lectures and Workshops
  Pacific Coast Origami Convention, Albuquerque, NM, USA, October 4 - 7, 2013
• Lecture
  Museum of Mathematics, New York, NY, USA, July 7, 2013
• Lectures and Workshops
  OrigamiUSA Annual Convention, New York, NY, USA, June 21 - 24, 2013

Past Lectures, Classes, and Demonstrations

• Lecture
  California Mathematics Council of Community Colleges, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA, April 26, 2013
• Lecture
  Livermore Public Library, Livermore, CA, USA, April 7, 2013
• Lecture
  Symposium on Origami in Engineering and Design, Dayton, OH, USA, Janary 15 - 16, 2013
• Lectures and Workshops
  OrigamiUSA Annual Convention, New York, NY, USA, June 22 - 25, 2012
• Exhibition Opening
  Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX, USA, June 2, 2012
• Lecture
  Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA, May 26, 2012
• Lectures and Origami Classes
  Asociacion Espanol de Papiroflexia Convention, Bilbao, Spain, April 28 - May 1, 2012
• Lecture
  Pacific Institute of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 19, 2012
• Lecture
  Oakton Community College, Oakton, IL, USA, April 18, 2012
• Exhibition Opening and Lecture
  University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, April 7 - 8, 2012
• Lecture: Folding the Hyperbolic Crane
  Gathering for Gardner X, Atlanta, GA, USA, March 28 - April 1, 2012
• Classes and Monumental Folding Demonstration
  Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX, USA, March 17 - 18, 2012
• Keynote lecture
  Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 12, 2012
• Origami Classes
  East Bay Origami Convention, Berkeley, CA, USA, November 19, 2011
• Lectures and Workshops
  Virginia Tech, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, November 1, 2011
• Lecture
  Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, November 1, 2011
• Corporate Presentation
  Newell Rubbermaid, Atlanta, GA, USA, October 25, 2011
• Lectures and Workshops
  Moorhead College, Moorhead, MN, USA, October 19 - 20, 2011
• Keynote Lecture honoring A. E. Siegman
  Stanford Photonics Research Center, Stanford, CA, USA, September 12, 2011
• Lectures and Workshops
  Korean Origami Society Convention, Seoul, Korea, August 19 - 21, 2011
• Lectures and Workshops
  Japan Origami Academic Society Convention, Tokyo, Japan, August 12 - 14, 2011
• COSMOS Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA, July 13, 2010
• Lectures and Workshops
  OrigamiUSA Annual Convention, New York, NY, USA, June 24 - 27, 2011
• Lectures and Exhibition
  "Bug Fair," Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA, USA, May 14 - 15, 2011
• Corporate Lecture and Demonstration
  Joby, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA, April 21, 2011
• Lecture
  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, April 11, 2011
• Lecture and Workshops
  Trinity School, Atlanta, GA, USA, April 11, 2011
• Lectures
  Winona State University, Winona, MN, USA, April 7 - 8, 2011
• Lecture and Demonstration
  Magic-Con, San Diego, CA, USA, March 26, 2011
• Lecture
  Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA, March 10, 2011
• Rydell Professorship Lecture
  Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, USA, March 8, 2011
• Lecture
  Virginia Space and Science Center, Hampton, VA, USA, March 1, 2011
• Lecture and Consultation
  NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA, March 1, 2011
• Lecture
  Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, February 23, 2011
• Appointment as Rydell Professor
  Mathematical Methods in Origami Design: Focus on Tessellations
  Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, USA, January 17 - 28, 2011
• Porter Public Lecture
  Joint Meetings of the AMS, MAA, and SIAM, New Orleans, LA, USA, January 9, 2011
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Solano Community College, Fairfield, CA, USA, January 13, 2011
• Movie Introduction ("Between the Folds") and Commentary
  Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA, USA, November 18, 2010
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  LEONARDO Art Science Evening, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 8, 2010
• Corporate Lecture and Workshop
  Zappos, Inc., Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 20, 2010
• Keynote Lecture
  Northwest Mathematics Conference, Spokane, WA, USA, October 8, 2010
• Workshops
  CenterFold Origami Convention
  Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, August 20 - 22, 2010
• COSMOS Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA, July 28, 2010
• Keynote Lecture
  5th International Conference on Origami in Science, Mathematics, and Education, Singapore, Singapore, July 13 - 17, 2010
• Lectures and Workshops
  OrigamiUSA Annual Convention, New York, NY, USA, June 25 - 28, 2010
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA, June 24, 2010
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  LEONARDO Art Science Evening, Mountain View, CA, USA, June 9, 2010
• Lecture and Workshops
  Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK, May 28, 2010
• Lecture and Workshops
  Thinking Digital Conference, Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK, May 25 - 26, 2010
• Lectures, Consulting, and Workshops
  Institut fuer Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, May 19 - 21, 2010
• Demonstration
  24th Annual Bug Fair, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, USA, May 15 - 16, 2010
• Visiting Researcher
  Assorted lectures TBD
  Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 26 - May 3, 2010
• Samnet Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA, April 21, 2010
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA, April 16, 2010
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA, April 15, 2010
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Northern California Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, San Jose, CA, USA, April 10, 2010
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA, April 2, 2010
• Contributed Talk
  New Developments in Origami
  Gathering for Gardner 9 (attendance by invitation only), Atlanta, GA, USA, March 24 - 28, 2010
• Lectures and Workshops
  UC Santa Barbara Regent's Lecture
  University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, February 17-19, 2010
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis, MN, USA, February 9, 2010
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, USA, February 8, 2010
• Invited Talk
  Mathematical Methods in Origami Design
  AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 15, 2010
• Lectures and Classes
  Original Origami
  Organisation des Origamistes de Rhone-Alpes et d'Ailleurs Annual Convention, Lyon, France, November 20 - 22, 2009
• Lectures and Classes
  Original Origami
  Pacific Coast Origami Convention, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 6 - 8, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, USA, October 23, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  University of San Francisco, Special Lecture Series, San Francisco, CA, USA, October 22, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  ACM Reflections | Projections, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, October 17, 2009
• Workshops and Lectures
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference, Peoria, IL, USA, October 16, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Columbia College Science & Math Colloquium, Chicago, IL, USA, October 14, 2009
• Workshops
  Folding Techniques in Architecture and Design
  Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 9 - 15, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  BA Festival of Science, Guildford, UK, September 6, 2009
• Lectures and Classes
  Original Origami
  British Origami Society Fall Convention, Winchester, UK, September 5, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  University of Bath, Bath, UK, September 4, 2009
• Lecture
  Mathematical Methods in Origami Design
  Bridges Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 26 - 29, 2009
• Demonstration of Monumental Origami
  Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA, USA, July 24 - 25, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Math for America, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, NY, USA, July 1, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  D. E. Shaw & Co., New York City, NY, USA, June 30, 2009
• Carriage House Distinguished Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Modern Science of Origami
  Carriage House Conference Center of the Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC, USA, June 25, 2009
• Invited Talk
  Computational Origami: From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  25th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, Aarhus, Denmark, June 9, 2009
• Lectures and Classes
  Beyond Circle Packing: Origami Design with Semiregular Polygons
  OrigamiUSA Annual Meeting, New York City, NY, USA, June 26 - 28, 2009
• Lectures and Classes
  Origami Deutschland 21st International Convention, Berlin, German, June 12 - 14, 2009
• Invited Talk
  Computational Origami: From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  25th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, Aarhus, Denmark, June 8-10, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  MATRIX:MIDLAND Festival, Midland, Michigan, USA, May 31 - June 1, 2009
• Demonstration
  23rd Annual Bug Fair, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, USA, May 17, 2009
• Lecture
  Proteins, Membranes, and Stents: Origami and Folding in Medicine
  Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA, May 4, 2009
• Demonstration
  Demonstration at screening of documentary "Between the Folds"
  AMC La Jolla 12 Theatres, La Jolla, CA, USA, 5:00pm and 7:30pm, March 24, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, USA, March 23, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  Scripps College, Claremont, CA, USA, March 21, 2009
• Lectures
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  Willliams College, Williamstown, MA, USA, March 13 - 14, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago, IL, USA, February 14, 2009
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA, January 26 - 27, 2009
• Demonstration and Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  Light in Winter Festival, Ithaca, NY, USA, January 23 - 24, 2009
• Demonstration (in connection with the film "Between the Folds")
  Santa Fe Film Festival, Santa Fe, NM, USA, December 5 - 6, 2008
• Lecture
  Origami in Science, Math, and Art
  Nevada Museum of Art (for Sierra Graphics Network), Reno, NV, USA, November 21, 2008
• Lecture
  Beyond Circle Packing: Origami Design with Semiregular Polygons
  Pacific Rim Origami Workshop, San Francisco, CA, USA, October 31 - November 3, 2008
• Lecture, Workshop, & Demonstration of Monumental Folding
  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, USA, October 7 - 8, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  Saint Francis University, Loretto, PA, USA, October 3, 2008
• Lectures and Classes
  OrigamiUSA Annual Convention 2008, New York, NY, USA, June 27 - 30, 2008
• Lecture
  National Arts Club, New York, NY, USA, June 26, 2008
• Invited Talk
  Usenix '08, Boston, MA, USA, June 25, 2008
• Lecture
  Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering 2008, Annecy, France, June 11, 2008
• Lecture
  Serious Play: The Art Center Design Conference, Pasadena, CA, USA, May 7 - 8, 2008
• Lecture & Workshop
  Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA, April 25 - 26, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, USA, April 23, 2008
• Museum Walkthrough and Lecture
  Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, USA, April 5, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, USA, April 4, 2008
• Presentation and Workshops
  Brearley School, New York, NY, USA, April 3, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  State University of New York, Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY, USA, April 2, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  Delaware State University, Dover, DE, USA, April 1, 2008
• Demonstration of Monumental Folding
  National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC, USA, March 29, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, March 28, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  Stanford University (Mathematics Department), Palo Alto, CA, USA, March 11, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  MAA Northern California Chapter meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA, March 1, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference (TED2008), Monterey, CA, USA, February 29, 2008
• Demonstration of Monumental Folding
  Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, USA, February 15 - 17, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  Hodges University, Fort Myers, FL, USA, January 25, 2008
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: the Art, Math, and Science of Origami
  MAA-AMS Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, January 7, 2008
• Lecture & Workshops
  Pacific Coast Origami Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 9 - 11, 2007
• Lecture
  Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 29, 2007
• Lecture & Workshops
  University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, October 25, 2007
• Lecture & Workshops
  Trinity School, New York, NY, USA, October 22, 2007
• Lecture & Classes
  OrigamiUSA Annual Convention, New York, NY, USA, June 23-25, 2007
• Paper Folding Workshop
  A Day with Robert J. Lang
  Mingei International Museum, La Jolla, CA, USA, May 5, 2007
• Lecture
  The Evolution of Origami
  Redpath Museum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 19, 2007
• Paper Folding Demonstration
  Folding the Giant Pteranodon
  Redpath Museum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 17 - 21, 2007
• Paper Folding Demonstration
  Monumental Origami
  Mingei International Museum, La Jolla, CA, USA, April 14, 2007
• Demonstration
  Folding Koi
  Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA, USA, October 27 - 28, 2006
• Slide Show and Workshop
  "Natural Folds" workshop
  Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY, USA, September 23, 2006
• Technical Presentation
  Facet Stacking and Polygon Packing: Advances in the Theory of Origami Base Design
  4th International Conference on Origami in Science, Mathematics, and Education, Pasadena, CA, USA, September 10, 2006
• Technical Presentation
  Alignments and Axioms: Extending Huzita-Hatori to Two-Fold Operations
  4th International Conference on Origami in Science, Mathematics, and Education, Pasadena, CA, USA, September 10, 2006
• Lecture
  It's Not Your Mother's Origami: The Modern Science of Origami
  Japanese Americal Cultural & Community Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA, September 6, 2006
• Teaching & Demonstration
  Bringing Origami to Life
  Zeum, San Francisco, CA, USA, August 12, 2006
• Lecture & Classes
  OrigamiUSA Annual Convention, New York, NY, USA, June 24-26, 2006
• Lecture
  Unbounded Possibilities: Origami, Relating Art and Science
  Medical Marketing Association Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, June 6, 2006
• Lecture & Classes
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami
  Origami Tanteidan Kobe Convention, Kobe, Japan, May 4, 2006
• Lecture
  The Modern Science of Origami
  Gathering 4 Gardner 7 Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, March 17, 2006
• Exhibition Reception
  Into the Fold: the Origami Art of Robert J. Lang
  Redpath Museum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 3, 2006
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami
  Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 2, 2006
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami
  Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, February 22, 2006
• Workshop
  Origami in Science, Art, and Technology
  Materials & Applications, Los Angeles, CA, USA, November 11, 2005
• Workshop
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami
  California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, November 4, 2005
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami
  Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL, USA, October 7, 2005
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami
  Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA, October 7, 2005
• Lecture & Classes
  Pacific Coast Origami Convention, Phoenix, AZ, USA, September 30 - October 1, 2005
• Workshop
  Computational Origami: From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, September 22, 2005
• Keynote Presentation
  Computational Origami: From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes
  O'Reilly Open Source Conference, Batavia, IL, USA, August 4, 2005
• Lecture & Classes
  OrigamiUSA Annual Convention, New York, NY, USA, June 24-26, 2005
• Lecture & Classes
  Asociacion Espanola de Papiroflexia Annual Convention, Barcelona, Spain, May 12 - 15, 2005
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami
  Gibson Gallery, State University of New York, Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, USA, March 18, 2005
• Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami
  General Motors, Warren, MI, USA, January 24, 2005
• Workshop
  Workshop on Origami Techniques
  Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, January 25, 2005
• Macpherson Lecture
  From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami
  Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, January 26, 2005