Zil Lilas

CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
2004 - present (tenured since 2009)
Professor at Kunsthochschule für Medien, Köln – Academy of Media Arts, Cologne 

VISITING FACULTY
Present -- Vilnius Art Academy (LT)
Past -- International School of New Media, (DE), Siauliu University, (LT), Bauhaus University (DE), University of Borås (SE), Kaunas Technical University (LT), Tallinn University (EST), Riga International School of Business and Architecture (LV), Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (LT), Liepaja University (LV), The National Autonomous University of Mexico (MX), Lisbon University (PT), Sint-Lucas Gent (BE)

CONFERENCES, SPEECHES, LECTURES
2006 – present.
“Gamification” at the iWeek festival, Liepaja (LV), “Gamification - from Splendor to Misery” a public seminar at Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius (LT),
Keynote “Tendencies and Trends in Gaming” at the BLON festival Klaipeda (LT),
“Accelerated Habitat” at Successful R&I in Europe: 7th European Networking Event for Horizon 2020, Cologne (DE). “War Aesthetics” at the Corpus Ludus Militaris Conference, Panemunes Castle (LT). “Residual Gaming” at the GameDev 2015 Conference, Tallinn (EE). “Inter.Ludes” at the Goethe Institut Montreal (CA). “Ghostology” at the Baltic Film and Media School of Tallinn University, Tallinn (EE), “Un(a)Counting”, lecture and moderation of artist presentations Vilnius Art Academy, Vilnius (LT), “Artists in Industry - international design conference” lecture and panel moderation at the National Administration of Romanian Cultural Fund, Cluj (RO), Moderator of discussion panel and artistic presentations at the Contrabbando Symposium at Nida Art Colony, Nida (LT), Keynote “Role of academic sector enhancing Cultural and Creative Industries” at Artists in Industry International Conference at the University of Architecture and Urbanism Ion Mincu, Bucharest (RO),
“Personal and Group Emancipation through Art Education—a political context-specific experience” at Faculty of Arts of the University of Ordea, Oradea (RO). “Educational Strategies in Constituting Creative Encounters and Fostering Experience Articulation” and round-table discussion at the 3rd international conference of the Urban Creative Poles project on Cluster and Location Marketing for cultural and creative industries. Linköping (SE). “Pandemic of Virtual” at the USEFUL SYMBIOSIS Conference at Palacký University of Olomouc, (CZ). “Current tendencies in the interactive an gaming sector of EU” at the Forum on future of gaming at Riseba University, Riga, together with Latvian Ministry of Economics. (LV). “Educational philosophies of the KHM” and round-table discussion at 11th International Festival of Animated Films AniFest (CZ). “Creative Approaches in Animation Education” at the Arteleku Art Center, Donostia/San Sebastian (ES). Presenation of “Paidia Institute” at The Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Practices Cluster at University of Hull, Scarborough (UK). “Unorthodox Educational Strategies” at the Riseba University, Riga (LV). Speech at “Couch Surfing” conference at Nida Artist Colony, Nida (LT). Speech at I’Week, Liepaja University, Liepaja (LV). “Identity in Non Existing Spaces” speech at the Intuition – Kognition – Gedächtnis - Verlust symposium at Tanzhaus Köln (DE). Speech at the Forum for Creative Society— a forum organized by the Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania and the Committee on Education Science and Culture of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania (LT). “Migrating Reality” conference. Speech and panel moderation, Berlin (DE). Lecture and the workshop at the
“Animations Masters Workshop” of the 5th International Animation Film Festival Tindirindis, Vilnius (LT). Speech at the “Enter 4” Conference, Siauliai (LT). Public lecture “Trick vs. Truth. The Double Life of 3D”, at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, (DE). Speechat the “The Sphere of Media: Philosophy, Communication, Art” Conference, Vilnius (LT).