During a period of making preliminary contacts with the Google Glass Explorer Community, the researcher conducted an insightful short interview with Cecilia Abedie from San Francisco regarding Google Glass, technology, and the broader impacts on society of wearable technology. (Hayes & Abadie 2014)

In August 2012 the Researcher, Alexander Hayes (student) and the Chief Investigator and Supervisor Associate Professor Katina Michael made application to the University of Wollongong (UOW) through the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) to conduct the research project titled ‘Location Enabled Body Wearable Technologies in the Education Sector’.

I attended and presented at the 'EyeQ Skillstech' Conference at the Brisbane Convention Centre on the 25th and 25th October 2013. I presented as a representative of Augmate Corporation who I was 'working' with at that time.

On October 1st, 2013 I attended the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2013) at the University of Adelaide in South Australia. I presented a case for the use of augmented, mixed and augmediated realities in an educational context.

In late 2013 the researcher spent three long months working unpaid as an intern with the Augmate Corporation based in New York City, United States of America.

In late 2013 the researcher began working with Andy Kropa (Capital 2015), Getty photographer and avid wearable computing fan who was working on a concept of assisting people who suffered from Alzheimer's using a range of body worn camera and other wearable technologies.

On August 16, 2013 I co-convened an event ‘mTECH: Mobile & Wearable Technologies - The Educational Context’ which brought together leaders in mobile learning, augmented reality, engineering and social sciences to discuss the implications that body-worn technologies may have on the Australian society.

In mid-2013 I worked closely with Simon Brown from Skillstech Queensland on the scope and pitch for the development of applications for industrial trades including gas fitting and heavy machinery repairs using Google Glass.

A conversation recorded on August 7, 2013 via Google Hangouts (Hayes & Fitzgerald 2017) with Professor Robert Fitzgerald, Director of the INSPIRE Centre, University of Canberra and Rob Manson from MobLabs Australia formed the catalyst for the #glassmeetup face-to-face event that was held almost a year later on May 14, 2014.

Upon return to Australia the researcher began collaborating with Leo Gaggl from Brightcookie Pty Ltd )in conjunction with the INSPIRE Centre, University of Canberra examining the role of wearable augmented reality in conjunction with unmanned aerial systems in the ‘The Drones For Schools’ STEAM initiative.

On the 1st August 2013 I was appointed as a ‘Professional Associate’ (Hayes 2013) with the University of Canberra, STEM Faculty, INSPIRE Centre which provides a base for my professional activities in Canberra through to the end of 2016.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones are having a substantial presence in all of our skies and featuring in media across all continents and around the world. Legislation restricting or banning the use of UAVs in various airspaces is having a direct impact on the policing, commercial, community engagement, and educational potential of these technologies.

To be perfectly honest I now consider the idea of planning and convening any further international conference as a shoe in compared to the extortionate amount of time I spent assisting as Publicity Chair for the 2013 IEEE International Symposium ‘ISTAS’13’ on Technology and Society - Smartworld: People As Sensors conference which was held at the University of Toronto, Canada in 2013.

On the 30th June 2013 I co-convened with professor Katina Michael the 'Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Systems: Pros and Cons’ symposium (Michael 2013) the Seventh Forum on the Social Implications of National Security on the 30th June 2013 at the Ryerson University in Toronto Canada.

On arrival via the ‘red-eye’ flight into Toronto the researcher made a bee-line for the ‘AWE 2013 Eyewear Showcase’ sponsored by META .

In early June 2013, the researcher began testing and providing online examples to interested educational technologists keen to trial the Pivothead body-worn camera glasses (Alexander Hayes 2013).

On May 27, 2013 I met with the 'Webheads' group run by Vance Stevens and Jeff Lebow which is an online community of practice initiative spanning many years. Using the live studio facilities Jeff Lebow hosted an online web conference titled 'The Revolution Will Be Humanized: The Glass Age Approaches'.

On the 9th April 2013, I was invited to present at the Australian National University Engineering and Computer Science event as part of the ‘HCC & Friends series’ on the main Canberra ANU Campus, ACT Australia.