Professor at Lancaster University

Is an internationally recognised leader in interactive and embedded device creation. He has built and deployed prototypes at all scales, and many of these have transitioned to volume production resulting in millions of devices in market globally.

Professor at Lancaster University

Is a global figure in empowering non-experts to innovate with technology, in particular helping them to learn about and build lightweight embedded systems. His work has also led to millions of embedded devices that are in daily use around the world.

Global Business Development Manager at Farnell

Nursel Dogar is a Global Business Development Manager at Farnell, working with the Micro:bit Educational Foundation for broadening the impact of micro:bit globally. Nursel has more than 20 years’ experience in every stage of the product lifecycle from design, test to volume production. She holds a MSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Leeds.

Inventor, Maker and Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington

Paul Dietz is a former Disney Imagineer who is bringing animatronics and other storytelling projects to the classroom. He is best known for DiamondTouch – an early multitouch system that helped launch the touch interface revolution. Currently, he holds faculty appointments in Computer Science at both the University of Toronto and the University of Washington and teaches courses on prototyping and physical computing.

Author and Product Designer at Monk Makes

Known for being the author of books on electronics and programming, including the best-selling ‘Programming Arduino’ and ‘The Raspberry Pi Cookbook’. He’s sold over 800,000 books worldwide and his books have been translated into 10 languages. These days he spends most of his time designing products for MonkMakes and improving their manufacturing process at their workshop in Lancashire, UK.

Professor at the University of Tokyo

Yoshihiro Kawahara is a Professor at the University of Tokyo, specializing in ubiquitous computing and Physical AI. He creates innovative smart materials and soft robots by leveraging the properties of digitally fabricated matter, including 4D printing. His ongoing work tackles the challenge of integrating these advanced substrates with morphological computation to achieve embodied intelligence.

Founder & CTO of Bergsonne Labs

Jonathan Fiene is the technical architect and lead engineer behind the Tiles modular embedded-intelligence platform. Since his Ph.D. from Stanford, he spent a decade teaching hands-on courses in mechatronics, design, manufacturing, robotics, and entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania, and now leads a robotics design and prototyping group at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany.

Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Head of the School of Computer Science at the University of Bristol

In addition to his roles as Professor and Head of School at the University of Bristol, Mike is also the Chair of the pro² network+ Steering Group. His research interests relate to how computers are made, what they are made from, and how we might support individuals with limited resources to make their own computers.

Professor of Human computer interaction

Dr. Anne Roudaut is Professor of Human Computer Interaction at the University of Bristol, where she leads the Bristol Interaction Group (BIG). Her research explores programmable materials, shape changing interfaces, robotics, and human centred design, creating new forms of interactive technologies that seamlessly integrate into everyday life.

Senior Teaching Associate at Lancaster University

Lorraine Underwood is an internationally published researcher in computer science education, with a particular focus on physical computing. She has built and developed prototypes for teachers and students to use in classrooms around the UK. Lorraine also creates and films personal electronic projects for element14 part of Avnet, the world’s 2nd largest electronic distributor.

Lecturer in Psychology at Lancaster University

Heather Shaw is a Lecturer in Psychology and Behavioural Analytics. She is interested in the study of digital footprint data, and how this can provide information about peoples habits and characteristics. She also explores interdisciplinary methods for psychological assessment, with a focus on the ethics of utilising new technologies in research.

PhD Student at Lancaster University

Researching methods to make hardware design and production easier.

Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University

John has research interests in data science and was awarded a prize for teaching by Lancaster University.

PhD student at Lancaster University

Researching methods to make hardware production easier.