IRENE STRACUZZI is an Italian graphic designer and researcher based in the Netherlands. Specializing in the fields of printed matter, visual identity, and information design, she works on commissioned and self-initiated projects for the cultural sector. Her research practice focuses on cartography, geopolitics, and science, involving design as a critical tool to analyze urgent issues. Through the discipline of information design, her projects aim at making complex information understandable and contributing to the building of critical knowledge through aesthetic means. Her work has been exhibited at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven and the Triennale di Milano. Since 2018 she is thesis tutor in the Information Design master department at Design Academy Eindhoven.
OLA SÖDERSTRÖMprofessor of human geography, researcher and editor, based in Geneva
AGNESE LĀCEsenior policy analyst in the areas of migration and integration at PROVIDUS, based in Latvia
MART KALMarchitecture historian and critic, Rector of the Estonian Academy of Arts
ONA LOZURAITYTE & PETRAS ISORAfounders of 'Isora x Lozuraityte Studio for Architecture' in Vilnius
MENEESHA KELLAY (MODERATOR)curator of Festival Programmes at the 'V&A Museum' in London
JAMES TAYLOR-FOSTER (MODERATOR)is a Stockholm based writer, curator, editor, designer and broadcaster
IVAN SERGEJEVNarva chief city architect, technology enthusiast and TEDx speaker
KEITI KLJAVINurbanist, operator of the 'Linnalabor' and editor of Estonian Urbanists’ Review
MARKUS SCHAEFERpartner and architect of Zürich based office 'Hosoya Schaefer Architects'
DANIEL UREY (MODERATOR)the head of LABLAB research and design laboratory, based in Stockholm, Sweden
SILLE PIHLAKarchitect and co-founder of PART, PhD fellow at EAA, based in Tallinn
JUSTINIEN TRIBILLONco-founder and editor of Migrant Journal, researcher, based in London
MIKE EMMERIKurbanist and partner at Crimson Historians and Urbanists, based in Amsterdam
KIRSTEN RITCHIEconsulting project director and principal at GENSLER, based in San Francisco
IRENE STRACUZZIgraphic designer and researcher, based in Eindhoven
IGNACIO G. GALÁNarchitect, editor and historian, Ph.D., based in New York
DAINIS BERZINSChairman of the UPB Management Board, based in Latvia
IEVA ILVESadviser to the President of Latvia for Information and Digital Policy
PETER LANG (MODERATOR)architecture theorist, operating between Scandinavia and Italy
JONAS ŽUKAUSKASarchitect based in Vilnius
INDREK ALLMANNEstonian architect and partner at Pluss Architects
