ORGANISERS

Miriam Sturdee

Miriam Sturdee is a PhD student from Lancaster University, has an MFA from Edinburgh College of Art in Visual Communication and Illustration, MA Hons Psychology from Edinburgh University, and has worked for publishers such as Pearson and Macmillan in book design and cover illustration, as well as other clients. She is currently researching the value of visual communication, storyboarding and sketching in HCI. Examples of her work can be seen in the Pearson Revision Guide series, Viva! Spanish language books. She co-organised workshops on sketching at DIS and NordiCHI.

Samuel Mann, Professor, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand

Samuel Mann teaches for Capable NZ – Otago Polytechnic’s school specialising in professional practice and work-based learning. Sam was responsible for the development of Education for Sustainability at Otago Polytechnic where they are committed to every graduate thinking and acting as a sustainable practitioner. Sam’s 2011 book “The Green Graduate”, subtitled “Educating Every Student as a Sustainable Practitioner”, sets out a framework for integrating sustainability into every course of study. His subsequent book “Sustainable Lens: a visual guide” explores the visual narrative of sustainability. This book proposes a "sustainable lens": to act sustainably we need to first “see” sustainably. Sam has a weekly radio show and podcast http://sustainablelens.org where he and a colleague have conversations with people from many different fields who are applying their skills to a sustainable future. In these conversations they try to find out what motivates their guest and what it means to see the world through a sustainable perspective. This research archive now has more than 300 interviews. Recent work focusses on the development of a Transformation Mindset. Sam has arranged numerous workshops at CHI, ICT4S, ITiCSE, CITRENZ and other conferences.

http://sustainablelens.org/

Ray Maher

Ray Maher is a researcher in sustainability strategies at The University of Queensland, an educator in sustainable architecture, and co-director of a design practice. He has organised several workshops including “Collaborative design of an interdisciplinary collaboration platform to advance sustainability” for the SDG Labs for Future Earth. Ray is creating MetaMAP: a visual sustainability collaboration platform. It seeks to overcome barriers to sustainability by taking a big picture view, inspiring collaboration across social barriers and connecting knowledge with action. His work draws on diverse disciplines including Sustainability Science, Ecological modelling, Collective Intelligence, Complex Systems and Human-Computer Interactions.

Maria Angela Ferrario

Digital social innovation specialist and research team lead of EPSRC-funded interdisciplinary projects such as Catalyst, Tools for Social Change (www.catalysproject.org.uk) and Clasp, Health IoT (www.myclasp.org). Formally trained in Computer Science (PhD), Design (MSc) and Social Psychology (BA, MA), I have a track-record in managing EU-funded e-government projects outside academia. Since joining Lancaster University, I have worked across a broad domain range including public place design, crisis communications, bio-data sharing and renewable energy forecasting. My research interests lie in agile and participatory technology (co)development methods, human values in Software Engineering, and the role of digital technology in environmental and societal changes.

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