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- Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison is a game designer, writer, artist, and technical product leader based in Hobart, Tasmania, with expertise at the intersection of technology, policy, and human behavior.
- He co-founded Secret Lab Pty. Ltd., an award-winning game development studio known for 'Night in the Woods,' and Yarn Spinner Pty. Ltd., which created the industry-standard interactive dialogue system used in thousands of games.
- He holds a PhD in Computing from the University of Tasmania, focusing on information management in digital environments, and combines this with a background in law and medieval history.
- Paris has authored over 20 technical books, conducts independent research on AI governance, and is a regular speaker at international conferences.
- He is actively involved in community leadership as President of Tasmanian Game Makers and Secretary of the Australasian Apple University Consortium, and runs the /dev/world Apple developer conference.