Mieke Gerritzen is a designer and curator, currently serving as Creative Director at Next Nature Network. Until 2017, she was director of MOTI (Museum of the Image) in Breda, where she developed the museum's artistic program. She has written over ten books and produced more than twenty exhibitions exploring the impact of technology on art, design, and media. From 2002 to 2008, she led the design department at the Sandberg Institute and taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. Her film Beautiful World was shown in over 30 countries, and her graphic work is held by MoMA SF and Cooper Hewitt.

Peter Lunenfeld is a professor in UCLA's Design|Media Arts department, and is on the faculties of the Digital Humanities and Urban Humanities programs. He has a B.A. in history from Columbia University, an MA in Media Studies from SUNY Buffalo, and a Ph.D. from UCLA in Film, Television and New Media from UCLA. He is the founder and director of the Institute for Technology & Aesthetics (The ITA).