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Professor Dr. Yvonne Rogers<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Bio:<\/strong> Yvonne Rogers is <\/span>a Professor<\/span> of Interaction Design and the director of <\/span>UCLIC<\/span> at University College London. Her research is concerned with designing interactive technologies that can empower humans, especially human-<\/span>centred<\/span> AI, and how to develop AI tools to think with. Central to her work is a critical stance towards how visions, theories and frameworks shape the fields of <\/span>HCI<\/span>, cognitive <\/span>science<\/span> and ubiquitous computing. She been instrumental in <\/span>promulgating<\/span> new theories (e.g., external cognition), alternative methodologies (e.g., in the wild studies) and far-reaching research agendas (e.g., \u201cBeing Human\u201d manifesto) and has pioneered an approach to innovation and ubiquitous learning. She has received various awards including being elected as an international member of the American National Academy of Engineering, the ACM <\/span>SIGCHI<\/span> Lifetime Achievement Research Award, a Fellow of the Royal <\/span>Society<\/span> and the Royal Society Robin Milner Medal for computer science. She was also awarded a Chair of Excellence from the University of Bremen. She is one of the authors of the definitive textbook on Interaction Design and <\/span>HCI<\/span> now in its 6th edition, that has sold over 300,000 copies worldwide and has been translated into many languages.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professor Dr. Mattia Thibault<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Bio:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Dr Mattia Thibault is a Professor in Translation in the Creative Industries at Tampere University and has a PhD in Semiotics and Media (Turin University). His research interests include semiotics and translation, extended realities, speculative research, and playfulness in the built environment (real and digital). He is the leader of the InterReality Research Group which focuses on the relations between different\u202f<\/span>virtual\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/i>(including both “digital” and “possible”) spaces\u202fand their connections with the \u201creal\u201d world.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>He is PI of the projects InterReal (ERC-StG), NEXR (Business Finland Co-Research) and Mobility Mindshift (funded by Net Zero Cities, EU).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Senior Designer Dr. Pontus W\u00e4rnest\u00e5l<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Bio: <\/strong>Pontus <\/span>W\u00e4rnest\u00e5l<\/span> is an award-winning designer, HCI researcher, author, and educator with 25 years of experience at the intersection of human-centered design, emerging technologies, digital culture, and AI. With a PhD in Computational Linguistics and a background spanning academia, startups, and global design agencies, Pontus has led initiatives across UX, service design, and AI innovation. He is the author of the book \u201cDesigning AI-Powered Services\u201d (2021)<\/span>, has<\/span> published several research papers, including a Best of CHI research paper in 2014. He <\/span>frequently<\/span> speaks on how design can shape meaningful, responsible AI systems. Currently Senior Designer and Head of Pedagogy at Ambition Group and Deputy Professor at Halmstad University, Pontus is passionate about exploring better futures.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We are delighted to introduce our keynote speakers, who will inspire, inform, and spark engaging discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":586,"featured_media":0,"parent":926,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-874","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/874\/revisions\/1056"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/nordichi2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}