Peter van Waart
Peter van Waart is interested human values-centered design of meaningful products, services and environments. His current project Meaningful Urban Design aims to deliver design guidelines for meaningful interactive installations in public spaces. Peter is a lecturer and researcher on Human Centered ICT at the School of Communication, Media and Information Technology at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. He holds an MA in Educational Sciences and has experience in the multimedia design industry and market research. Peter is establishing his PhD at Delft University with his research "Designing for Meaningful Technology". As lecturer he teaches how emerging technologies and media can be used in designing meaningful (brand) experiences. Peter coordinates the minor Experience Branding and the study programmes Mentality (human values based segmentation), Research for Design, Envisioning Information and Creative Research Tools.
Nicolas Nova
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.
Karmen Franinovic
Karmen Franinovic is an interaction designer and architect working with social and phenomenological aspects of interactive technologies. At Zurich University of Arts, she leads BA interaction design program, supervises MA students and conducts research in the area of sonic and tangible interaction design.