Organizers

PhD student in the Department of Communication and Cognition at Tilburg University. Her research interests lie in the cross-section of design, AI and ethics. She is currently working on projects related to the democratization of AI from a healthcare and sustainability perspective, adopting research through design approaches. 

Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Cognition at Tilburg University. Her research lies at the intersection of HCI, design and ethics. Her current research primarily focuses on exploring human-centred AI using design research, primarily focusing on the domains of healthcare, education, and sustainability. 

Doctoral researcher at Tampere University in Finland. Her research explores how design, emergent technology, and creative practice come together. She is currently examining how genAI tools shape artistic and design processes, with a particular interest in human–AI interaction, provotyping, computational creativity, and the role of craft and identity in technological shifts. 

Professor of Human-Technology Interaction in Tampere University, Finland, where she leads the research group of Human-Centered Technology. Kaisa has three decades of experience of interdisciplinary research both in industry and academia, focusing on Human-Centered AI for sustainability.

Postdoctoral researcher at the Digital Future Lab of Hasselt University, Belgium. Her work centers on human-centered technology design, with a particular focus on interactive technologies such as mixed reality. She is currently exploring how AI can support the personalization of systems and the generation of adaptive training content, with applications in manufacturing and workplace well-being.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Hasselt University’s Digital Future Lab and Flanders Make. His research focuses on Human-Centered AI and adaptive, intelligible user interfaces, applied to personalized learning in higher education and manufacturing, with particular attention to student and worker well-being.

Associate Professor and Schlegel Research Chair in Technology for Healthy Aging at the Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, and Director of the Technologies for Ageing Gracefully lab. They are a transdisciplinary scholar, focusing on the sociotechnical design of inclusive interfaces such as conversational user interfaces with and for older adults.

Assistant Professor in the Department of Design at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi where he leads the GAMES (Gaming, Augmented and Mixed-reality Experiences and Simulations) lab. Using a research-through-design approach, his work explores how technology can be made more inclusive and accessible, with a focus on learning and well-being. 

Professor at the University of Lapland, Finland, Faculty of Art and Design. She conducts research at the cross-section of design and technology and is interested in using AI for research through design approach and the cultural bias of AI tools.