A designer, writer and speaker based in Belfast, Chris is a teacher, but he’s a teacher who’s still on his own learning journey. As a design strategist he’s worked with companies, large and small, driving innovation by drawing on his 30 years of expe...

Lee-Sean Huang is a designer and an educator. He co-founded Foossa, a creative consultancy focused on community-centered design, social innovation, and futurecasting. He teaches courses at New York University, the Parsons School of Design, and the Sc...

Bill Mazza is professor of Critical/Creative thinking for thousands of students and instructors at the European Institute of Design in Florence and Rome, Italy. I have also conducted creative thinking workshops at Harding University/Florence Campus,...

Sudebi Thakurata  is a narrative designer, creative facilitator, educator, writer and futurist. She designs experiences, engagement and environment that allow people to think, have dialogue, make their thinking and interaction visible and thus enable...

Jan Eckert is a Design Educator and Researcher at HDK–Valand at Gothenburg University where he currently works as Head of the Design Unit. He holds a PhD in Design Sciences obtained from IUAV University of Venice and an international Master’s Degree...

Dr Penny Hay (FRSA, FHEA) is an artist and educator. Penny is a part-time Reader in Creative Teaching and Learning and Senior Lecturer in Arts Education, School of Education and also Research Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries.Previo...

Karel has spent his professional career dealing with design, technology, human affect, cognition, and behaviour primarily through the human interface to technology.His current interests are in advances in design practice, design-based organisational...

Benjamin Van Dyke was born in the heat of southern Florida and later moved to the chill of western Michigan. His life, and his intellectual pursuit, is a series of stark contrasts and experiential anomalies. He received an MFA from the Stamps School...

Marcello Magalhães is founder and chief design officer at Speakeasy – Knowledge Brokers, a brand innovation freelancer global network in 2018. Marcello started his career with a ten-year stint as a marketing and innovation manager for Abbott Laborato...

Kadine is the Global Head of Generative AI Executive Creative Director at Virtual XR studio Artificial Rome. Kadine is the CEO and Artistic Director of The Immersivs KIND. She is listed as one of the Top 10 female metaverse founders and influencers i...