2020 Keynote Address

2020: In November Jon was a virtual keynote speaker for the Visual ACT ‘20 Conference of the Thai Architectural Foundation in Bangkok on subjects ranging from the impact of culture on personal space requirements in urban building codes to proven advantages of...

2020 Interview

2020: In September Jon participated in an in-depth virtual interview by Prof Robert Young of Salford University UK about zoo design for improved animal welfare.
2020 Paper “Confronting Back-of-House Traditions”

2020 Paper “Confronting Back-of-House Traditions”

Aspirational sketch by Jon proposing ‘soft’ primate enclosures and activity hubs to replace ’hard’ square concrete off-exhibit holding areas commonly used in modern zoos. 2020: Jon collaborated with animal welfare and training expert Sabrina Brando on a lengthy paper...

2020 Paper with Dr. Julia Hoy

2020: Jon co-authored with Dr Julia Hoy a paper titled Choice, Control and Computers: Empowering Wildlife in Human Care. This is available in a special issue of Multimodal Technologies and Interaction titled Animal Centred Computing: Enriching the lives of animals...