Organizers

is a PhD candidate at the University of Siegen. Her research combines speculative and performative approaches with design for well-being to explore how emerging technologies shape meaningful human–technology experiences. Her dissertation specifically investigates how speculative design can be practiced as a research method, with a particular focus on how its quality can be conceptualized and evaluated. She is co-editor of Meaningful Futures with Robots and has contributed to the field through publications such as Design Fiction in a Corporate Setting: A Case Study, and The Quality of Speculation: A Scoping Review, which introduced the descriptive taxonomy of quality criteria that forms the basis of this workshop.

is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Universityof Siegen whose work explores speculative and performative methods in design, techno-animism, and more-than-human perspectives. She investigates how speculative and critical design can question technological futures and open alternative imaginaries,with a particular focus on social robots. Judith is co-editor of Meaningful Futures with Robot, published widely on robots and speculative design, and co-organized workshops at leading HCI venues such as DIS.

is a Chancellor’s Fellow in Service Design in the Institute for Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and a pioneer of speculative enactments. He is a design researcher, with a background in sociology, and expertise in the human experience of data-driven services. Using and developing innovative design research methods, his work undertakes diverse, qualitative and often speculative engagements with participants to investigate emerging relationships with technology – particularly data-driven tools, FinTech and blockchain technologies.

is researcher-lecturer at the École normale supérieure (ENS Paris-Saclay). His work explores ways through which practice-based design research can lead to more consideredand democratic technological futures. James is co-founder of the speculative design practice Auger-Loizeau. Their projects have been published and exhibited internationally, notably at MoMA(NYC), Gallery 21_21 (Tokyo), at the Science Museum (London), the National Museum of China (Beijing) and at Ars Electronica (Linz). He has shaped the field through widely cited publications such as Speculative Design: Crafting the Speculation, Beyond SpeculativeDesign: Past–Present–Future, and Living with Robots: A SpeculativeDesign Approach.

is an Associate Professor and Chair of Interaction Design in the Division of Design at the University of Washington (UW), and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Human Centered Design and Engineering Department. His research examines how interfaces mediate human action, perception, and social practice, drawing on diverse theoretical perspectives. Methodologically, he combines techniques of design prototyping, qualitative methods, and critical perspectives to understand and address social issues connected to computing technology. James’s work has advanced design as a mode of academic inquiry, participatory engagement, cultural critique, and speculative exploration.

is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media at Georgia Tech’s School of Literature, Media, and Communication, where he directs the Creating Ethics Infrastructures Lab. His research focuses on understanding the social values, ethical issues,and work involved in technology production and use. Specifically, he studies how technology professionals address ethical issues in their work, and how to create the social and organizational conditions that can help support technologists to make ethical decisions. Richmond’s work combines qualitative and design-based methods including speculative design and design fiction approaches.

is Professor of Ubiquitous Design at the Universityof Siegen and an internationally recognized scholar in experience design and human–technology interaction. His research bridges design theory, psychology, and speculative practices to explore how technologies can create meaningful and positive experiences. Marc has published extensively on design for well-being, and the role of speculative design in shaping meaningful futures. He regularly serves as organizer, keynote speaker, and program committee member at major HCI conferences.