Contributors

  • Gregor Aichinger

    Gregor Aichinger

    AT

    Mag. iur. Gregor Aichinger is a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the LIT Law Lab, Johannes Kepler University Linz. He also works as a Legal Researcher in Intelligent Systems and Certification of AI at the Software Competence Center Hagenberg (SCCH). His research focuses on the legal and social dimensions of technological developments and their…

  • Gijs Schalkx

    Gijs Schalkx

    NL

    Gijs Schalkx is a Dutch designer and artist. His work celebrates the power of do-it-yourself and the individual agency it brings. Challenging our dependency on the infrastructure that designs our daily lives and through low-tech interventions, he provides us with a more direct understanding of how desire, effort, reward and impact balances out.

  • Frederike Kaltheuner

    Frederike Kaltheuner

    DE

    Frederike Kaltheuner is an independent expert on emerging technology, policy, and rights. She also serves as the Europe and global governance Lead at the AI Now Institute. With a decade of experience, she has held leadership roles including Technology and Rights Director at Human Rights Watch and Special Adviser to the European Commission. Frederike regularly…

  • Patrick Glennon

    US

    Patrick Glennon regularly composes for dance and writes and performs with the experimental pop trio Big Pal and the electro-acoustic duo Lirra Skirra. He has curated the independent record label Dead Definition since 2016. His studio practice merges custom synthesizers and video game development through interactive installations.

  • Francesco Luzzana

    Francesco Luzzana

    IT

    You are looking at a Venn diagram with the following sets: software, performance, drawing, documentary, documentation, birds, animals, publishing, Bergamo, “a really specific sense of humor”, many friends, kamo, much money, MA in Experimental Publishing at Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, contemporary dance, BA in New Media at Brera Art Acccademy, Milan, an unquenchable thirst for…

  • Francesca Bria

    Francesca Bria

    IT

    Francesca Bria is the President of the Italian National Innovation Fund and a Board Member of the Italian public broadcast company RAI. She is Honorary Professor in the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL in London and she is part of the High-level Roundtable for the New European Bauhaus set up by the EC…

  • Florian Nimmervoll

    Florian Nimmervoll

    AT

    Florian Nimmervoll is an assistant professor at the University of Arts and Industrial Design in Linz, where he specializes in design methodologies. He is involved in projects at the intersection of design and sustainability, exploring the lifecycle of plastics and the circular economy.

  • Eva Maria Dreisiebner

    Eva Maria Dreisiebner

    AT

    Eva Maria Dreisiebner is a filmmaker, animator and artist based in Linz. She holds a master’s degree in Time-based Media (Art University Linz) and is a former member of art collective qujOchÖ. Dreisiebner has lived in Berlin and Porto and does commission work, including motion design and animation as well as independent art and film…

  • Eugénie Desmedt

    Eugénie Desmedt

    AT/FR

    Eugénie Desmedt (*1999) lives and works in Vienna. At the interface between installation, media art and language art, she researches conflicting senses of agency and control at the intersection of physical and digital space. Eugénie studied at the University of Warwick, the University of Vienna and at the University for Applied Arts Vienna.

  • Enar de Dios Rodríguez

    Enar de Dios Rodríguez

    ES

    Enar de Dios Rodríguez is a research-based visual artist. Her multidisciplinary work has been exhibited internationally at a wide range of institutions including Kunsthalle (Vienna), MAXXI (Rome), Kunsthall 3,14 (Bergen), Dazibao (Montreal) and Condeduque (Madrid). Her audiovisual works have been also presented at film festivals such as Kasserler Dokfest and DokuFest. She is a member…

  • Dennis Russell Davies

    Dennis Russell Davies

    US

    Dennis Russell Davies was born in Toledo (Ohio) and studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard School, New York. His activities as an opera and concert conductor, and as a pianist and chamber musician, are characterized by an extensive repertoire stretching from the Baroque to the latest music of our time. Widely considered to be…

  • David Vivancos

    David Vivancos

    ES

    With pioneer activities since 1995 in fields like: Internet, Java, Electronic Art, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Nano Sciences, 3D Printing, Neuro computing or Deep Learning, including building 5 companies and several initiatives in these fields. KeyNote Speaker with more than 400 conferences and seminars lectured worldwide. Associate lecturer in several universities, business schools and…