Peter Sych of Applied Multimedia Technology is an internationally recognised software developer who has made significant contributions to Arts and Multimedia in Victorian, Australian and international communities. Peter was born in Krakow, Poland in 1960 and migrated to Australia in 1981. He is currently working on development in Europe.

As director of applied multimedia software development for the Victorian Arts Centre, Peter was responsible for several computer music projects.

"Peter has worked on several public and childrens festival projects for the Arts Centre. These included the design, development and construction of a large scale piano for children to walk on in the Arts Centre foyer and a switched carpet design to trigger sounds for the Lawn Stage. With each of these designs, Peter has made a major contribution to the magical visitor experience that was being sought." Adrian Alexander, The Arts Centre

Peter's achievements as a digital music instrument developer, include the SoundHouse Special Access Kit, incorporating the Banana Keyboard, which with specialised software provides a unique system to allow people with disabilities to access to the wonderful world of music creation and an innovative interactive digital laboratory for Casio.

Peter's Piano Roll to MIDI conversion system was built for International Music Show in Darling Harbour - Sydney 1995. As part of the team which developed Thomas Fitzgerald's concept of the Peace Song Tapestries, Peter created the Studio, a sound recording studio to be used by youth to create songs of peace.

Peter's most recent project in partnership with Lisa Lang is the Isa Harp, a Programmable MIDI/Multimedia Controller consisting of 24 infrared beams.