Sara Lenzi
Sara Lenzi is a researcher and sound designer with fifteen years of experience in sound design for branding, with incursions in sound art. She is an international lecturer on sound design, co-founder of the sound communication platform sounDesign.info and founder of Lorelei Sound Strategies, the first sound branding boutique studio in Singapore, where she lived and worked between 2011 and 2017. Sara has a background in classical and electroacoustic music (Conservatorio di Bologna), a Master Degree in Philosophy of Science (University of Bologna) and she is currently defending her PhD in Data Sonification at the Politecnico di Milano, Faculty of Design, Density Design Lab. Her main research interest is the design of human-data experiences for a better relationship with Artificial Intelligence.
Juan Sádaba
Dr. Juan Sádaba is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of the Basque Country. Previously teaching at the Singapore University of Technology and Design as well as internationally invited lecturer and speaker. His professional work covers different scales of design, from Urban to Product Design, holding several patents. Currently researching on the intangible and tangible aspects of urban design and mobility for a more sustainable and human-centered future of cities and member of Ekopol research group. Among his recognitions and awards: Special Mention in Urban Design by the Basque Board of Architects Awards 2003, Urban Space selection in the International Design Awards B-awards 2010, and Finalist at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2012 and at the Media Architecture Biennale 2014.