Contributors

  • Yoko Shimizu

    Yoko Shimizu

    JP

    Yoko Shimizu is a researcher and artist at the Ars Electronica Futurelab with a background in biology and chemistry. She began her career as a creative director and consultant for corporations, and later founded her lab, where she developed innovative technologies and installations that combine science and art. As Head of Creative Business Innovation at…

  • Takeshi Kawanishi

    Takeshi Kawanishi

    JP

    Takeshi Kawanishi is the president and head chef of Hisago Sushi, a sushi restaurant in Omi-hachiman, Shiga Prefecture of Japan. He inherited the river fish cuisine of Lake Biwa. Winner of numerous culinary competitions, Kawanishi has given special lectures at the Milan Expo in Italy and Michigan in the US, and is a visiting professor…

  • Chiara Zuanni

    Chiara Zuanni

    Chiara Zuanni is a museologist, digital heritage, and digital humanities researcher. She studied archaeology in Bologna and received a PhD in Museology from the University of Manchester (UK). Since 2018, she is based in Graz, where she completed her Habilitation in Digital Humanities and is Associate Professor in the Department of Digital Humanities, University of…

  • Sok-Kheng Taing

    Sok-Kheng Taing

    AT

    Sok-Kheng Taing is passionate about innovation, advocating an international mindset and empowering the next generation. She is an experienced founder and enabler who supports the next generation in realizing their visions. As co-founder of global IT leader Dynatrace in 2005, she laid the foundation for one of Austria’s biggest entrepreneurial success stories. After going public…

  • Manuela Naveau

    Manuela Naveau

    AT

    Manuela Naveau is a university professor, curator and artistic researcher. Together with Gerfried Stocker, she developed the Ars Electronica Export department, which she headed for almost 18 years. Since 2020, Manuela Naveau has been a university professor for Critical Data at the Department of Interface Cultures / Institute for Media at the University of Arts…

  • Satoshi Mabuchi

    Satoshi Mabuchi

    JP

    Satoshi Mabuchi is an associate professor in the Department of Art Education and Painting, Faculty of Education, Shiga University, Japan. His main research themes in art education are interdisciplinary project-based learning and art appreciation education. Mabuchi is currently developing educational programs for data art and science.

  • Vesela Mihaylova Vladimirova

    BG

    Vesela Mihaylova is an artist, nutritionist, and UX architect based in Linz, Austria. She is part of the Eat Art collective “prazlab,” focusing on multisensorial experiences, edible interfaces, and food data tastifications. Her projects use edible materials to explore socially relevant themes and have been exhibited internationally. She is also a certified nutrition trainer and…

  • Ken Haga

    Ken Haga

    JP

    Ken Haga has a major in Media Art from the Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus in Japan. He is currently serving in a creative role in the advertising industry while engaging in independent design projects.

  • Lisa Käde

    Lisa Käde

    DE

    Dr. Lisa Käde has been working as a lawyer for JBB Rechtsanwälte (Berlin) since 2023. Her legal practice focuses on issues in the field of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence as well as Open Source Software. In her doctoral thesis (“Kreative Maschinen”, Nomos 2021), she researched copyright-related questions regarding AI and approaches in computational creativity.…

  • Lauren Vargas

    Lauren Vargas

    US

    Dr Lauren ‘L’ Vargas, with 20 years of experience, is a digital dragon wrangler and principal of Your Digital Tattoo, based in the Netherlands. Specializing in community, communication and collaboration, she consults globally with mission-based organizations using strategic foresight, inclusive and regenerative methods, and digital tools. Additionally, Vargas is an Honorary Research Fellow at the…

  • Laura Veart

    Laura Veart

    GB

    Laura Veart is a STEAM International Programme Manager leading a portfolio of both international and interdisciplinary projects at STEAMhouse, Birmingham City University’s Award winning innovation center.She has over 25 years of experience in European policy and project management in the private and higher education sectors. Over the past 10 years at Birmingham City University (BCU),…

  • Margarita Grubina

    Margarita Grubina

    UA

    Margarita Grubina is the Vice President of Business Growth at Respeecher, a reliable AI voice partner that delivers ethical and authentic voices across industries. Respeecher, an Emmy-awarded Ukraine-based voice cloning technology company, benefits from Grubina’s expertise in managing business applications and client relations. As an active participant in the discourse on AI voices, Grubina contributes…