Nicolas Nova is both a researcher interested in field studies for design, as well as the editorial manager of the LIFT conferences. He is interested by mobile/urban/location-based applications to tangible and gestural interactions, network objects, social computing and gaming.
Sean Dodson is teaching Journalism and writing for the Guardian. He was among the first to write about the Internet of Things for a broad audience.
Retired naval Lieutenant Commander currently living in the U.S. Information Technology professional for the last 15 years. Earned a BA degree in mathematics from the University of NC at Asheville in 1975. Obtained a Masters of Science degree in IT with emphasis in Advanced Network Architecture and Systems Design from Capella University in Minneapolis, MN in 2008. Currently pursuing a PhD in IT education at Capella. Taught mathematics for the University of Maryland while living on the Island of Bermuda. Served as consultant to NAVSEASYSCOM on the LORA and ACIM mathematical models associated with weapons system development and support in 1984 - 1985. Currently serving as an expert networking consultant for the IoT Council.
Régine Debatty blogs on we-make-money-not-art.com, contributes to several European design and art magazines and lectures internationally about the way artists, hackers and interaction designers (mis)use technology.