Single Thread’s Alex Dault and Chloe Payne presented "Bodies Virtual, Bodies Real", a workshop on XR avatar puppeteering, as part of PuSh International Performing Arts Festival's 2023 PuSh Youth Assembly 2023.

The PuSh Youth Assembly is a free, one-day performing arts conference for youth (16-24) held at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts featuring talks and workshops with professional artists and producers.