Sebastian Chan

Sebastian Chan is currently the Acting Head of Digital Services &
Research at the Powerhouse Museum. Coming from a background in social
policy, journalism and media criticism as well as information
technology, he has been building and producing websites and
interactive media since the mid 1990s. At the Powerhouse he has been
responsible for driving a strong user focus in design, usability and
content, as well as expanding the scope and reach of the museum's
suite of online projects.

His web team is responsible for the Museum's online presence as well
as a large suite of experimental projects, as well as the Museum's
collection database which has won several awards. He is known as a
cultural sector specialist in social media and Web 2.0 applications,
as well as web analytics.

He is also involved with several Australian Research Council Linkage
projects researching social media, museums, and technology; and is a
regular speaker in Australia. Being on the other side of the world he
burns far too many fossil fuels delivering presentations and workshops
in North America, Asia and Europe.

His other interests include electronic music and digital art, and he
has directed and curated large scale national and international events
and festivals, and also produces related media from radio broadcasts
to print. In his spare time he runs a independent music magazine,
Cyclic Defrost.

At the Powerhouse he also runs the internationally popular Fresh + New
blog covering issues and new ideas around digital media and museums at
www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/.

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