Speakers
Currently we expect to welcome 30 speakers: of Japan, India, Belgium, Germany, the UK,, the US, Sweden, France, Poland, Switzerland and Austria, in - almost - alphabetical order.
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ATTOMA GIUSEPPE
Attoma Design Paris
Born in Genoa, Italy in 1957. Following studies in Communication Science and Architecture, he dedicated himself to the practice of design, eventually specializing in Information Design and Interaction Design. He founded his agency in Paris in 1997, working on projects for most of the important players of France's transportation and mobility sector (RATP, SNCF, Groupe Keolis, STIF, etc.) as well as a number of major industrial actors (EDF, Orange, Groupe Thales, etc.). He regularly contributes to expert or academic events, in France or abroad. He is a member of the Board of the expert association IIID (International Institute for Information Design), based in Vienna, Austria.
Attoma Design Paris
Born in Genoa, Italy in 1957. Following studies in Communication Science and Architecture, he dedicated himself to the practice of design, eventually specializing in Information Design and Interaction Design. He founded his agency in Paris in 1997, working on projects for most of the important players of France's transportation and mobility sector (RATP, SNCF, Groupe Keolis, STIF, etc.) as well as a number of major industrial actors (EDF, Orange, Groupe Thales, etc.). He regularly contributes to expert or academic events, in France or abroad. He is a member of the Board of the expert association IIID (International Institute for Information Design), based in Vienna, Austria.
BARKER PETER and his dog RUPERT
RNIB / The Guide Dogs for the Blind / Sign Design Society
Peter Barker graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and worked in several industries before settling in the construction sector for 20years. Due to rapidly failing eyesight he moved into the voluntary sector and set up the JMU Access Partnership as a joint venture between Guide Dogs and RNIB. The JMU undertook research into user needs, develop design solutions, provided consultancy services and influenced policy makers and politicians. It was a pan disability service promoting Inclusive Design and Inclusive Environments. He is author of the Sign Design Guide and Building Sight both of which publications are based on the principles and practice of Inclusion. He is Technology development Advisor for Guide Dogs and Professor of Inclusive Environments at Reading University.
RNIB / The Guide Dogs for the Blind / Sign Design Society
Peter Barker graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and worked in several industries before settling in the construction sector for 20years. Due to rapidly failing eyesight he moved into the voluntary sector and set up the JMU Access Partnership as a joint venture between Guide Dogs and RNIB. The JMU undertook research into user needs, develop design solutions, provided consultancy services and influenced policy makers and politicians. It was a pan disability service promoting Inclusive Design and Inclusive Environments. He is author of the Sign Design Guide and Building Sight both of which publications are based on the principles and practice of Inclusion. He is Technology development Advisor for Guide Dogs and Professor of Inclusive Environments at Reading University.
BESSEMANS ANN & WILLEMS BERT
Leiden University & Hasselt University (PHL University College)
Ann Bessemans (1983) studied graphic design at the PHL University College (PHL). Her graduation project was awarded a national prize. She teaches typography and graphic design at the PHL and is working on a PhD thesis at the Universities of Leiden and Hasselt, in association with the PHL. Prof. Gerard Unger is her supervisor and Prof. Dr. Bert Willems the co-supervisor. She has received a grant from Microsoft USA (Cleartype & Advanced Reading Technologies) for her research, in which among other things she develops typefaces for children with a visual impairment. Ann Bessemans is since 2008 a designer for Vlees & Beton/Voids & Borders (mainly book design).
Bert Willems (1973) studied Psychology at the University of Leuven and defended his PhD (Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Science) in 2002. At the moment he is research coordinator at the Media, Arts and Design Faculty (Hasselt, Belgium).
Leiden University & Hasselt University (PHL University College)
Ann Bessemans (1983) studied graphic design at the PHL University College (PHL). Her graduation project was awarded a national prize. She teaches typography and graphic design at the PHL and is working on a PhD thesis at the Universities of Leiden and Hasselt, in association with the PHL. Prof. Gerard Unger is her supervisor and Prof. Dr. Bert Willems the co-supervisor. She has received a grant from Microsoft USA (Cleartype & Advanced Reading Technologies) for her research, in which among other things she develops typefaces for children with a visual impairment. Ann Bessemans is since 2008 a designer for Vlees & Beton/Voids & Borders (mainly book design).
Bert Willems (1973) studied Psychology at the University of Leuven and defended his PhD (Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Science) in 2002. At the moment he is research coordinator at the Media, Arts and Design Faculty (Hasselt, Belgium).
BRAUN CHRISTIANE
Art Historian Vienna
Studied art history and "Neuere Deutsche Literatur" in Munich and Vienna and is a learnt bookseller , works currently in the art and design department of one of Vienna's biggest bookshops. Her special focus is on paintings and drawings in the 19th and 20th century.
Art Historian Vienna
Studied art history and "Neuere Deutsche Literatur" in Munich and Vienna and is a learnt bookseller , works currently in the art and design department of one of Vienna's biggest bookshops. Her special focus is on paintings and drawings in the 19th and 20th century.
DAGAR SUMIT
National Institute of Design, India
Presented Braille Phone at India HCI 2010, IIT Bombay, India. Qualifications: 1) Presently working as Research Assistant in User Driven Innovation Centre, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Finland. 2) Master in Information and Interface Design from National Institute of Design, Bangalore, India. 3) B.Tech in Information and Communication Technology from DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India. Awards and IPR: 1) Pride of National Institute of Design, 2009. 2) Second prize, USID (Usable Software and Interaction Design) Design Challenge, 2009. 3) World Finalist, Imagine Short Film Track, 2009. 4) Design registration of Braille Phone under Mobile Telephones in Indian Patent Office.
National Institute of Design, India
Presented Braille Phone at India HCI 2010, IIT Bombay, India. Qualifications: 1) Presently working as Research Assistant in User Driven Innovation Centre, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Finland. 2) Master in Information and Interface Design from National Institute of Design, Bangalore, India. 3) B.Tech in Information and Communication Technology from DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India. Awards and IPR: 1) Pride of National Institute of Design, 2009. 2) Second prize, USID (Usable Software and Interaction Design) Design Challenge, 2009. 3) World Finalist, Imagine Short Film Track, 2009. 4) Design registration of Braille Phone under Mobile Telephones in Indian Patent Office.
EGGER STEFAN and MARIA GRUNDNER (portrait coming soon)
IIID Information Design Research
Speeches at:
Vision Plus 12, Schwarzenberg, Austria 2007: "Space & Navigation: SOMS – Substituting/Optimizing (variable) Message Signs for the Trans European Road Network"
Workshop "Towards A Forgiving and Self-explanatory Europe", Brussels, Belgium, 2007: "Recommendations for European harmonised conventional and electronic signs"
AID 08, Maelardalen University, Sweden 2008: "An e for Europe – A new Traffic typeface for the Trans European Road Network (TERN)"
sign09 Vienna 2009
IIID Information Design Research
Speeches at:
Vision Plus 12, Schwarzenberg, Austria 2007: "Space & Navigation: SOMS – Substituting/Optimizing (variable) Message Signs for the Trans European Road Network"
Workshop "Towards A Forgiving and Self-explanatory Europe", Brussels, Belgium, 2007: "Recommendations for European harmonised conventional and electronic signs"
AID 08, Maelardalen University, Sweden 2008: "An e for Europe – A new Traffic typeface for the Trans European Road Network (TERN)"
sign09 Vienna 2009
EGGER VERONIKA
IsDesign GmbH
Veronika Egger, who started out as a graphic designer, has focused on comprehension and usability of information throughout her career. At Philips Design in Vienna, where she established and led an interdisciplinary „User Interface Group“ she developed and tested usability concepts. Her passion for solutions for people is continued in her own company – is-design GmbH, which she founded in 1997. Veronika combines her experience in information design, product design, user interface design and accessibility in an “inclusive” approach to all projects. This extended view of usability has opened up the scope into a new field of application: User experience design for the built environment.
IsDesign GmbH
Veronika Egger, who started out as a graphic designer, has focused on comprehension and usability of information throughout her career. At Philips Design in Vienna, where she established and led an interdisciplinary „User Interface Group“ she developed and tested usability concepts. Her passion for solutions for people is continued in her own company – is-design GmbH, which she founded in 1997. Veronika combines her experience in information design, product design, user interface design and accessibility in an “inclusive” approach to all projects. This extended view of usability has opened up the scope into a new field of application: User experience design for the built environment.
ERIKSSON YVONNE
Professor for Information Design, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Malardalen University
Yvonne Eriksson is Associate Professor in Information Design and Research Director for Information Design at the School for Innovation, Design and Engineering at Malardalen University. She has a background in Art History and Visual Studies and in her research Yvonne Eriksson has focused on the relation between pictures and text for both sighted and blind people, and how gender is reflected in textbooks, advertisement and the visual culture. Her research interests are visualization and visualization processes; how and to what extent pictures and visualizations give meaning to information and different kinds of messages.
Professor for Information Design, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Malardalen University
Yvonne Eriksson is Associate Professor in Information Design and Research Director for Information Design at the School for Innovation, Design and Engineering at Malardalen University. She has a background in Art History and Visual Studies and in her research Yvonne Eriksson has focused on the relation between pictures and text for both sighted and blind people, and how gender is reflected in textbooks, advertisement and the visual culture. Her research interests are visualization and visualization processes; how and to what extent pictures and visualizations give meaning to information and different kinds of messages.
FRANK DIANA
Office for concept and design
Designer, graduated in visual communications, HfG Offenbach, Germany. Working as designer and consultant in the context of communication strategy, concept development, CI processes and design management. After first job experience in 1996 working with Pixel-Factory, Offenbach (for clients like Deutsche Bank and Lufthansa) she starts to work for own clients and different design companies in 1998. Founding her own office in 2001 in Frankfurt. In 2006, working as a consultant with iSe Hospitality, she was responsible for the signage and decorative graphics of the Official Hospitality Areas of the FIFA Worldcup in Germany.
2003 speaker, hdm, Stuttgart, Germany
2007 speaker (poster presentation), IA conference, Stuttgart, Germany
2008 speaker, applications of information design, Mälardalen, Sweden
2008/2009 certification of advanced studies (CAS) in signaletik in Bern, Switzerland
2009 speaker at sign09
Office for concept and design
Designer, graduated in visual communications, HfG Offenbach, Germany. Working as designer and consultant in the context of communication strategy, concept development, CI processes and design management. After first job experience in 1996 working with Pixel-Factory, Offenbach (for clients like Deutsche Bank and Lufthansa) she starts to work for own clients and different design companies in 1998. Founding her own office in 2001 in Frankfurt. In 2006, working as a consultant with iSe Hospitality, she was responsible for the signage and decorative graphics of the Official Hospitality Areas of the FIFA Worldcup in Germany.
2003 speaker, hdm, Stuttgart, Germany
2007 speaker (poster presentation), IA conference, Stuttgart, Germany
2008 speaker, applications of information design, Mälardalen, Sweden
2008/2009 certification of advanced studies (CAS) in signaletik in Bern, Switzerland
2009 speaker at sign09
FRISCH GABRIELE
Magazine sichtweisen - Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs
Editor in Chief
PETER SABINE
Egger and Lerch Vienna
Magazine sichtweisen - Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs
Editor in Chief
PETER SABINE
Egger and Lerch Vienna
HAGINO HITOMI
i Design/Chief Designer
Hitomi Hagino is a Chief Designer of i Design inc.. A member of "Sign Design Society Limited" in London and "Japanese Association for an Inclusive Society" in Japan. She is a Part-time Lecturer at TOYO University, Faculty of Human Life Design, Department of Human Environment and Teach Information Design. Past Presentation: "A Variety of Means for Supplying Information to Users Under Different Conditions" presented at the 2nd International Conference for Universal Design in Kyoto 2006. "Sign Design Plan for Public Spaces" as a guest speaker at the Build Boston in U.S.A 2003. Award: October 2003,"Good Design Award 2003" winning work in Japan Subject : Shinkansen Full-Color LED Display System of Central Japan Railway Co.
i Design/Chief Designer
Hitomi Hagino is a Chief Designer of i Design inc.. A member of "Sign Design Society Limited" in London and "Japanese Association for an Inclusive Society" in Japan. She is a Part-time Lecturer at TOYO University, Faculty of Human Life Design, Department of Human Environment and Teach Information Design. Past Presentation: "A Variety of Means for Supplying Information to Users Under Different Conditions" presented at the 2nd International Conference for Universal Design in Kyoto 2006. "Sign Design Plan for Public Spaces" as a guest speaker at the Build Boston in U.S.A 2003. Award: October 2003,"Good Design Award 2003" winning work in Japan Subject : Shinkansen Full-Color LED Display System of Central Japan Railway Co.
KIERS MARTIJN
FH Joanneum Graz
born on 1st of July 1971 in the Netherlands, is the project manager of the project "Ways4all". Since September 2006 Martijn Kiers is university teacher and senior researcher at the University of Applied Science FH-JOANNEUM, course "Energy-, Traffic- and Environmental Management" in Kapfenberg, Austria. During his work, he has given several speeches and presentations for universities and local governments in Austria (TU-GRAZ, KF-Uni Graz, Stadt Wien and Land Steiermark). Before becoming a teacher Martijn Kiers was working for 10 years as project manager for the Dutch Ministry of Waterways and Public Works. Here he presented different projects on national and international conferences, like the European Union Project "Tabasco" (Telematics Applications in BAvaria, SCotland and Others) in Glasgow and in Amsterdam; The Utilisation project "A27 Utrecht Vianen" in Rotterdam and as coordinator a total overview of the Utilisation projects of the province Utrecht in Den Haag, the Netherlands.
FH Joanneum Graz
born on 1st of July 1971 in the Netherlands, is the project manager of the project "Ways4all". Since September 2006 Martijn Kiers is university teacher and senior researcher at the University of Applied Science FH-JOANNEUM, course "Energy-, Traffic- and Environmental Management" in Kapfenberg, Austria. During his work, he has given several speeches and presentations for universities and local governments in Austria (TU-GRAZ, KF-Uni Graz, Stadt Wien and Land Steiermark). Before becoming a teacher Martijn Kiers was working for 10 years as project manager for the Dutch Ministry of Waterways and Public Works. Here he presented different projects on national and international conferences, like the European Union Project "Tabasco" (Telematics Applications in BAvaria, SCotland and Others) in Glasgow and in Amsterdam; The Utilisation project "A27 Utrecht Vianen" in Rotterdam and as coordinator a total overview of the Utilisation projects of the province Utrecht in Den Haag, the Netherlands.
KRPATA ROLAND
Wiener Linien
Since 1988 planner and ombudsman for handicapped people of WIENER LINIEN with a focus on stations of the new Vienna U-Bahn system. Responsible for the transition to right-hand traffic of the Stadtbahn in 1989 and its transformation to U-Bahn line U6. 1997 development and implementation of the U-Bahn guiding system for visually impaired people.
Member of Austrian Standards Institute's committees working on OeNORM A3012 on visual guiding systems, B1600 on barrierfree building construction and V2102 on tactile information. Roland Krpata has been co-ordinating various research projects, among them POPTIS 1, a feasibility study of a navigation system for blind passengers and POPTIS 2 focusing on mplementation and demonstration. He contributed to "Junction-Flow" (quantitative recording of traffic flows via video detectors) and RAVA (computer supported organization of event generated traffic).
Wiener Linien
Since 1988 planner and ombudsman for handicapped people of WIENER LINIEN with a focus on stations of the new Vienna U-Bahn system. Responsible for the transition to right-hand traffic of the Stadtbahn in 1989 and its transformation to U-Bahn line U6. 1997 development and implementation of the U-Bahn guiding system for visually impaired people.
Member of Austrian Standards Institute's committees working on OeNORM A3012 on visual guiding systems, B1600 on barrierfree building construction and V2102 on tactile information. Roland Krpata has been co-ordinating various research projects, among them POPTIS 1, a feasibility study of a navigation system for blind passengers and POPTIS 2 focusing on mplementation and demonstration. He contributed to "Junction-Flow" (quantitative recording of traffic flows via video detectors) and RAVA (computer supported organization of event generated traffic).
MARANO DANIELE
Hilfsgemeinschaft / The Relief Organization for Austria’s Blind and Visually Impaired
AKDOGAN CORA
Information Designer Austria
HÖLZL KATHARINA
Information Designer Austria/Germany
Dr. Daniele Marano is project manager at the Relief Organisation for Austria's Blind and Visually Impaired where he is in charge of web accessibility and usability and represents the organisation nationally and internationally in different disability interest committees. He has served as associate expert in the Social Development Division at the United Nations. He holds a doctor degree in psychology.
Hilfsgemeinschaft / The Relief Organization for Austria’s Blind and Visually Impaired
AKDOGAN CORA
Information Designer Austria
HÖLZL KATHARINA
Information Designer Austria/Germany
Dr. Daniele Marano is project manager at the Relief Organisation for Austria's Blind and Visually Impaired where he is in charge of web accessibility and usability and represents the organisation nationally and internationally in different disability interest committees. He has served as associate expert in the Social Development Division at the United Nations. He holds a doctor degree in psychology.
MAYER ULLRIKE (right)
ÖBB - Austrian Railways
SIEBENHANDL KARIN (left)
Danube University Krems
Ullrike Mayer is working for the Austrian Rail on a project for implementing a new ticket vending system over all vending systems. One of these is the vending machine, which is the most powerful vending system of the ÖBB. Ullrike Mayer has a degree in Business Informatics from the technical University of Vienna (Austria) and has so a technical base for the analytical work to be done. Now she is responsible for Usability and Accessibility topics of the new system and therefore leading research projects in the field of unassisted ticket vending procedures.
Karin Siebenhandl is Head of Research Center KnowComm at Danube University Krems (Austria). Her research interests focus on perspectives on information design (related to traffic applications), gender aspects in IT and usability. Karin Siebenhandl has a PhD in landscape planning and architecture from University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria). She conducted numerous research projects related to traffic applications and is member of the Committee of international conferences (e.g. IADIS eSociety, International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technolgies and Applications; ITSC).
ÖBB - Austrian Railways
SIEBENHANDL KARIN (left)
Danube University Krems
Ullrike Mayer is working for the Austrian Rail on a project for implementing a new ticket vending system over all vending systems. One of these is the vending machine, which is the most powerful vending system of the ÖBB. Ullrike Mayer has a degree in Business Informatics from the technical University of Vienna (Austria) and has so a technical base for the analytical work to be done. Now she is responsible for Usability and Accessibility topics of the new system and therefore leading research projects in the field of unassisted ticket vending procedures.
Karin Siebenhandl is Head of Research Center KnowComm at Danube University Krems (Austria). Her research interests focus on perspectives on information design (related to traffic applications), gender aspects in IT and usability. Karin Siebenhandl has a PhD in landscape planning and architecture from University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria). She conducted numerous research projects related to traffic applications and is member of the Committee of international conferences (e.g. IADIS eSociety, International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technolgies and Applications; ITSC).
McCUE THOMAS
Illinois Institute of Technology Institute of Design / Designer
Thomas is an independent designer and researcher based in Chicago. He recently completed a Master's in Design degree from Illinois Institute of Technology Institute of Design, where he studied human centered design and user experience. He is particularly interested in how to frame social and participatory design methods so that effective narratives about space can be created and used by others. Formally trained as a visual artist and designer, Thomas developed a vision impairment in 2001, changing his sight from 20-20 to low vision. This journey has given him personal experience in adapting to the challenge of vision impairment and strategies for adapting to daily life. Study at the Institute of Design offered a path to design where the emphasis is less a pursuit of pure aesthetic or form, and more about cultivating empathy with users and designing solutions around emergent needs and behaviors. Maps, wayfinding, and orientation are a present topic of study, especially how we understand that most immediate space around us.
Illinois Institute of Technology Institute of Design / Designer
Thomas is an independent designer and researcher based in Chicago. He recently completed a Master's in Design degree from Illinois Institute of Technology Institute of Design, where he studied human centered design and user experience. He is particularly interested in how to frame social and participatory design methods so that effective narratives about space can be created and used by others. Formally trained as a visual artist and designer, Thomas developed a vision impairment in 2001, changing his sight from 20-20 to low vision. This journey has given him personal experience in adapting to the challenge of vision impairment and strategies for adapting to daily life. Study at the Institute of Design offered a path to design where the emphasis is less a pursuit of pure aesthetic or form, and more about cultivating empathy with users and designing solutions around emergent needs and behaviors. Maps, wayfinding, and orientation are a present topic of study, especially how we understand that most immediate space around us.
MEYER FABIENNE
Hochschule der Künste Bern
Education. 2009: Certificate German as a foreign language, International House Berlin. 2004 – 2008: Studies of visual Communication at the University of the Arts Bern Degree: designerin FH Visuelle Kommunikation«. 2003 – 2004: Foundation Year at Basel School of Design. 1998 – 2001: Gymnasium High School, Economics, Muttenz. Practical Experience
2009 : Artistic research assistant in Communication Design, University of the Arts Bern. 2009 : Teaching German as a foreign language, Switch School, Zurich. 2009 : Selfemployed Graphic designer, Zurich. 2008 – 2009: Freelancerin at the Crossmedia-Agency »Kreative Konzeption«, Berlin. 2006 – 2007: Student assistant in the research department for Communication Design, University of the Arts Bern. 2006: Three months internship at the graphic design studio AER, Michelle Gubser, Paris.2002 – 2003: One year internship at the graphic design studio AND, Jean-Benoît Lévy, Basel. Experience as Speeker: Various lectures and presentations to industry partners and customers as part of the university activity and as a designer.
Hochschule der Künste Bern
Education. 2009: Certificate German as a foreign language, International House Berlin. 2004 – 2008: Studies of visual Communication at the University of the Arts Bern Degree: designerin FH Visuelle Kommunikation«. 2003 – 2004: Foundation Year at Basel School of Design. 1998 – 2001: Gymnasium High School, Economics, Muttenz. Practical Experience
2009 : Artistic research assistant in Communication Design, University of the Arts Bern. 2009 : Teaching German as a foreign language, Switch School, Zurich. 2009 : Selfemployed Graphic designer, Zurich. 2008 – 2009: Freelancerin at the Crossmedia-Agency »Kreative Konzeption«, Berlin. 2006 – 2007: Student assistant in the research department for Communication Design, University of the Arts Bern. 2006: Three months internship at the graphic design studio AER, Michelle Gubser, Paris.2002 – 2003: One year internship at the graphic design studio AND, Jean-Benoît Lévy, Basel. Experience as Speeker: Various lectures and presentations to industry partners and customers as part of the university activity and as a designer.
NEUSCHMID JULIA
CEIT ALANOVA gemeinnützige GmbH, Institute of Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society
Junior Researcher
WASSERBURGER WOLFGANG
CEIT ALANOVA gemeinnützige GmbH, Institute of Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society
Senior Researcher
Jula:
Specialisation: Geography, Spatial Research and Planning, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Regional Development, Accessible City Maps. Speaker at different national and international conferences in spring 2010.
WOLFGANG:
Specialisation: 1) Spatial Planning and Regional Science, Landscape Planning, Environmental Impact. 2) Assesments, Spatial Planning Technologies, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Aided Design (CAD), Webmapping, Web-Accessibility, Prototyping in various Computer Languages. 3) Conference-Speaker on national/international conferences in Austria, Germany, Slovakia, France and Spain within the last 20 years.
CEIT ALANOVA gemeinnützige GmbH, Institute of Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society
Junior Researcher
WASSERBURGER WOLFGANG
CEIT ALANOVA gemeinnützige GmbH, Institute of Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society
Senior Researcher
Jula:
Specialisation: Geography, Spatial Research and Planning, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Regional Development, Accessible City Maps. Speaker at different national and international conferences in spring 2010.
WOLFGANG:
Specialisation: 1) Spatial Planning and Regional Science, Landscape Planning, Environmental Impact. 2) Assesments, Spatial Planning Technologies, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Aided Design (CAD), Webmapping, Web-Accessibility, Prototyping in various Computer Languages. 3) Conference-Speaker on national/international conferences in Austria, Germany, Slovakia, France and Spain within the last 20 years.
NOVACHI BOJIC BORIS
University for Applied Arts
University for Applied Arts
NOWAK WOLFGANG
Behindertenvertrauensperson, University of Vienna
Chairman of the Works Council of the Disabled
Wolfgang Nowak, MMag., studied philosophy, law and political science at the university of Vienna. He is associate of the head of curriculum of political science and chairman of the works council of the disabled at the University of Vienna. Main research: philosophy, philosophy of science and law, political theory and economics. He developed the guidance system for blind persons at the Vienna University: http://bvp.univie.ac.at. Lectures: The guidance system for vision impaired people of the University of Vienna Karl-Franzens-University Graz (April 2009); On Freedom of Barriers. The problems of accessability in Blackboard Vista. University of Vienna, BB-Dach – Conference (May 2009); ISOTI – for instance the tactile system at the University of Vienna. Japanese Braille Library, Japan (September 2009); Otto Neurath´s ISOTYPE – ISOTI: for instance the implementation of the tactile system of the University of Vienna. Okayama Prectural University, Japan (September 2009); The condition of persons with disabilities at the University of Vienna. Japanese Braille Library, Japan (October 2009); Possibilities and Realities according to social inclusion in the WorldWideWeb. University of Vienna (October 2009); Inclusive Access – Tactile ISOTYPE. On Realization of Barrier-Freedom and Requirements-Orientation at the University of Vienna. University of Vienna (January 2010).
Behindertenvertrauensperson, University of Vienna
Chairman of the Works Council of the Disabled
Wolfgang Nowak, MMag., studied philosophy, law and political science at the university of Vienna. He is associate of the head of curriculum of political science and chairman of the works council of the disabled at the University of Vienna. Main research: philosophy, philosophy of science and law, political theory and economics. He developed the guidance system for blind persons at the Vienna University: http://bvp.univie.ac.at. Lectures: The guidance system for vision impaired people of the University of Vienna Karl-Franzens-University Graz (April 2009); On Freedom of Barriers. The problems of accessability in Blackboard Vista. University of Vienna, BB-Dach – Conference (May 2009); ISOTI – for instance the tactile system at the University of Vienna. Japanese Braille Library, Japan (September 2009); Otto Neurath´s ISOTYPE – ISOTI: for instance the implementation of the tactile system of the University of Vienna. Okayama Prectural University, Japan (September 2009); The condition of persons with disabilities at the University of Vienna. Japanese Braille Library, Japan (October 2009); Possibilities and Realities according to social inclusion in the WorldWideWeb. University of Vienna (October 2009); Inclusive Access – Tactile ISOTYPE. On Realization of Barrier-Freedom and Requirements-Orientation at the University of Vienna. University of Vienna (January 2010).
REICHINGER ANDREAS
Zentrum für Virtual Reality and Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH
Andreas is researcher at VRVis - Zentrum für Virtual Reality and Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH, and PhD candidate at the Technical University Vienna, where he is regularly holding talks. Though used to technical talks, this would be his first talk on a non-technical conference.
Zentrum für Virtual Reality and Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH
Andreas is researcher at VRVis - Zentrum für Virtual Reality and Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH, and PhD candidate at the Technical University Vienna, where he is regularly holding talks. Though used to technical talks, this would be his first talk on a non-technical conference.
SADAMURA TOSHIMITSU
Japan Sign Design Association
Toshimitsu Sadamura is President-director of GA-TAP.inc , and member of Japan Sign Design Association. He is one of the few designers who can make a bilateral approach from the fields of communication design and space design. The inclusive design project of the Fukuoka City Tube Nanakuma Line presented at the The 2nd International Conference for Universal Design in Kyoto 2006 has been highly appreciated worldwide. He presented the project at international design conferences in Beijing 2006, in London 2007, in Oslo 2008, in Helsinki 2008, in Seoul 2008 and 2009 to mention some.
Japan Sign Design Association
Toshimitsu Sadamura is President-director of GA-TAP.inc , and member of Japan Sign Design Association. He is one of the few designers who can make a bilateral approach from the fields of communication design and space design. The inclusive design project of the Fukuoka City Tube Nanakuma Line presented at the The 2nd International Conference for Universal Design in Kyoto 2006 has been highly appreciated worldwide. He presented the project at international design conferences in Beijing 2006, in London 2007, in Oslo 2008, in Helsinki 2008, in Seoul 2008 and 2009 to mention some.
TRIVEDI KIRTI
Industrial Design Centre, IIT, Bombay
Professor
The initiator and founder of India’s first Master’s Degree Programme in Visual Communication in 1981; Kirti Trivedi (born 1948, Gwalior, India) is a Professor at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT, Bombay. After a first degree in Mechanical Engineering, he did postgraduate studies in Industrial Design from IIT, Bombay and the Royal College of Art, London. In 1981, he worked as a UNESCO Fellow in Japan, under the guidance of Prof. Kohei Sugiura. Besides teaching and design research, he is active as a design consultant in the areas of product design, design management and product planning, graphic design, book design, exhibition and museum design, environmental graphics and signage design; with numerous publications and awards both nationally and internationally. His current research is in Universal, Language-independent Learning; and in developing appropriate interaction design solutions for Indian needs based on emerging technology possibilities. He has worked for many national and international companies for their product design and development projects. At present he is associated with Grameen Gyan Abhiyaan of MSSRF, Chennai; as technology consultant to advise and help develop appropriate technology solutions for rural India. The products already developed include a Community Computer, Rural Information Kiosk, and an Indian Language integrated PC. He is frequently invited to speak at International conferences and seminars on design; and presentations have included those at ICOGRADA, Nice; Design for Development, Nairobi; Oullim Millennium Congress, Seoul; ISIS-Symmetry Congresses at Budapest, Hiroshima and Sydney; Asian Design Round Table, Japan; and as Judge of the International Poster Competition, Taiwan. In 2000, he was one of the six international educationist invited to help draft the Manifesto for the Future of Design Education, presented at Oullim 2000, in Seoul, South Korea. Two of his recent exhibitions : ‘The Way of Asian Design’ (2007), and ‘The Forms of Everyday Asia’ (2009), organized at the School of Art, Design & Media, at NTU, Singapore; are part of an ongoing project to explain and develop awareness about the Asian design methodologies.
Industrial Design Centre, IIT, Bombay
Professor
The initiator and founder of India’s first Master’s Degree Programme in Visual Communication in 1981; Kirti Trivedi (born 1948, Gwalior, India) is a Professor at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT, Bombay. After a first degree in Mechanical Engineering, he did postgraduate studies in Industrial Design from IIT, Bombay and the Royal College of Art, London. In 1981, he worked as a UNESCO Fellow in Japan, under the guidance of Prof. Kohei Sugiura. Besides teaching and design research, he is active as a design consultant in the areas of product design, design management and product planning, graphic design, book design, exhibition and museum design, environmental graphics and signage design; with numerous publications and awards both nationally and internationally. His current research is in Universal, Language-independent Learning; and in developing appropriate interaction design solutions for Indian needs based on emerging technology possibilities. He has worked for many national and international companies for their product design and development projects. At present he is associated with Grameen Gyan Abhiyaan of MSSRF, Chennai; as technology consultant to advise and help develop appropriate technology solutions for rural India. The products already developed include a Community Computer, Rural Information Kiosk, and an Indian Language integrated PC. He is frequently invited to speak at International conferences and seminars on design; and presentations have included those at ICOGRADA, Nice; Design for Development, Nairobi; Oullim Millennium Congress, Seoul; ISIS-Symmetry Congresses at Budapest, Hiroshima and Sydney; Asian Design Round Table, Japan; and as Judge of the International Poster Competition, Taiwan. In 2000, he was one of the six international educationist invited to help draft the Manifesto for the Future of Design Education, presented at Oullim 2000, in Seoul, South Korea. Two of his recent exhibitions : ‘The Way of Asian Design’ (2007), and ‘The Forms of Everyday Asia’ (2009), organized at the School of Art, Design & Media, at NTU, Singapore; are part of an ongoing project to explain and develop awareness about the Asian design methodologies.
VALENTE DANYELLE
CRICC - Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Professor - researcher
has worked since 2002 with drawing production and reception of tactile images by blind people. Actually is a PhD student in Cultural Studies under the direction of Bernard Darras at Research Center of Images, Cultures and Cognitions CRICC at University Paris 1, Panthéon - Sorbonne. Last papers presented: 1) VALENTE, D. . O desenho como ferramenta de comunicação para pessoas cegas : estudo sobre a influência do contexto perceptivo na compreensão de representações gráficas esquemáticas. Congresso Iberoamericano de Educaçao Artistica, Beja, Portugal, may 2008. 2) VALENTE, D. . La influencia del contexto perceptivo en la interpretation de representationes esquematicas tactiles.Primeras Jornadas Internacionales "Información, autonomía y expresión de los niños ciegos: prototipos en la imagen y en el lenguaje",UCA, Cádiz, Spain, december 2007. 3) VALENTE, D. . A influencia do contexto perceptivo na interpretação de representacões esquemáticas táteis. 2007. Primeiras Jornadas Internacionais Brasil-Espanha "Informação, autonomia e expressão de crianças cegas: protótipos na imagem e na linguagem", UDESC, Brazil, august 2007.
CRICC - Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Professor - researcher
has worked since 2002 with drawing production and reception of tactile images by blind people. Actually is a PhD student in Cultural Studies under the direction of Bernard Darras at Research Center of Images, Cultures and Cognitions CRICC at University Paris 1, Panthéon - Sorbonne. Last papers presented: 1) VALENTE, D. . O desenho como ferramenta de comunicação para pessoas cegas : estudo sobre a influência do contexto perceptivo na compreensão de representações gráficas esquemáticas. Congresso Iberoamericano de Educaçao Artistica, Beja, Portugal, may 2008. 2) VALENTE, D. . La influencia del contexto perceptivo en la interpretation de representationes esquematicas tactiles.Primeras Jornadas Internacionales "Información, autonomía y expresión de los niños ciegos: prototipos en la imagen y en el lenguaje",UCA, Cádiz, Spain, december 2007. 3) VALENTE, D. . A influencia do contexto perceptivo na interpretação de representacões esquemáticas táteis. 2007. Primeiras Jornadas Internacionais Brasil-Espanha "Informação, autonomia e expressão de crianças cegas: protótipos na imagem e na linguagem", UDESC, Brazil, august 2007.
WIECKOWSKA MARTA
Academy of Fine Arts, Institute for Visual Research and Interaction
Marta Wieckowska works at The Institute of Visual Research and Interaction which is part of the design department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (Poland). She teaches methods of visual research, psychophysiology of vision and interaction. Member of a science group (Academy of Fine Art in Katowice and The Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences) researching gesture semantics and interfaces based on gesture. She was a contributor at the conference "Image and Imagery in times of electronic media" organized by the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. She presented 'Gesture topology by David Mc Neill'. With dr hab. Wies?aw Gdowicz she presented the first results from their research around gesture meaning at the conference 'Kansei. User interface', organized by the Polish Japanese Institute of Information Technology. Author of articles about perception of point arrangement, analysis of legibility hierarchy and information architecture, published in Biuletyn Sztuki Projektowania (Folia Academiae, Katowice).
Author of a program for blind children which supports sensorial development and space orientation.
Academy of Fine Arts, Institute for Visual Research and Interaction
Marta Wieckowska works at The Institute of Visual Research and Interaction which is part of the design department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (Poland). She teaches methods of visual research, psychophysiology of vision and interaction. Member of a science group (Academy of Fine Art in Katowice and The Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences) researching gesture semantics and interfaces based on gesture. She was a contributor at the conference "Image and Imagery in times of electronic media" organized by the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. She presented 'Gesture topology by David Mc Neill'. With dr hab. Wies?aw Gdowicz she presented the first results from their research around gesture meaning at the conference 'Kansei. User interface', organized by the Polish Japanese Institute of Information Technology. Author of articles about perception of point arrangement, analysis of legibility hierarchy and information architecture, published in Biuletyn Sztuki Projektowania (Folia Academiae, Katowice).
Author of a program for blind children which supports sensorial development and space orientation.
YASUO YOKOTA
President of the Japan Sign Design Association/JSDA
Graphic designer,executive director of GK Graphics incorporated
His main work is signage planning and corporate identity planning on the theme of information communication in environment.
He took charge of Tokyo Metropolitan Government The Corporate Identity, A logotype for inviting The 2016 Olympic games to Tokyo, East Japan Railway sinage planning, the signboardsystem of TOYOTA's all channel stores. He was in research group of acoustic signs for impaired people at JSDA from1998.
President of the Japan Sign Design Association/JSDA
Graphic designer,executive director of GK Graphics incorporated
His main work is signage planning and corporate identity planning on the theme of information communication in environment.
He took charge of Tokyo Metropolitan Government The Corporate Identity, A logotype for inviting The 2016 Olympic games to Tokyo, East Japan Railway sinage planning, the signboardsystem of TOYOTA's all channel stores. He was in research group of acoustic signs for impaired people at JSDA from1998.
