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Daniel began his tenure at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in September 2009, as design director for Martha Stewart Weddings. Under his creative leadership, Weddings was honored as a finalist by the National Magazine Awards in the General Excellence category, and the title became the number-one-selling magazine in the bridal category. In October 2010, Daniel was promoted to design director at flagship Martha Stewart Living. He oversees all of the creative aspects of the magazine, including the iPad edition and the many other iterations of the print magazine.

Prior to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Daniel worked at the UK’s highly regarded, award-winning magazine Waitrose Food Illustrated, first as deputy art director, from 2001 to 2003, and then as art director, in 2008. Under his direction, the magazine won two prestigious British APA awards in 2008: Best Consumer Publication and Best Use of Typography. While at Waitrose Food Illustrated, Daniel was invited to curate the exhibition Food and Art at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Between 2003 and 2007, Daniel served as art editor for Conde Nast Traveller UK. The early part of his career included stints as deputy art director for Bare at John Brown Media and as art director for the fashion and interior color-forecasting agency Global Color Research Ltd. and International Textiles/Benjamin Dent & Co.

A native of Australia, Daniel Biasatti lived in London for 12 years before he relocated to New York City in 2009.

Gregoire is professor and head of the laboratory of (READi) at L'Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique. He also leads a research group on design and Virtual Reality. He studied computer graphics, multimedia and worked for various print industries and web agencies. He early specialized in real time 3d technologies and started to teach VRML. He participated to many real time 3d and Virtual Reality exhibitions as Laval virtual (France), Siggraph (USA) or IVRC (Japan). He later completed a Phd in Engineering Science on ""Method of innovation in the era of Web 2.0"" and directed many projects in partnerships with Orange, Dassault Systems, Technicolor...

Gregoire is interested in Information Visualization and especially on ""datatainment"": a portmanteau word (he created), to define the field of his researches, combining “data” and (enter) “tainment” which refers to a new way of representing digital data related to the activities of individuals within the information world. Datatainment is a concept that intend to implement the transposition of a community’s information-related activities to real 3d amusement-oriented environments.

Nancy Juliber is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning strategic Creative Media Marketing Executive with over twenty-five years of national and international experience. She is known for managing and developing new media businesses and properties, marketing campaigns, sales events and teams from scratch. All of her work, digitally created, is customized for specific target markets, and distributed in multiple formats worldwide to support increased brand awareness and/or revenue.

Nancy is one of the original Co-Founders and first employee of ZDTV, (later known as TechTV), the first 24/7 on-air/online cable television network dedicated to technology. As Vice President of International Programming and Production, she oversaw the new network’s launch, creative team, programming content, sales events, scheduling and distribution onto Hong Kong’s Asia Sat C, which covered 70 countries and regions. As the Vice President of On-Air Promotions and Virtual Media, Nancy originated two divisions simultaneously. One was the award-winning Creative Services Division, responsible for the network’s advertising, marketing, and public relations strategies on-air and online. The second was the first full-fledged Virtual Media department in cable history, which brought to “life” real-time animated characters Dev Null, Tilde, Dash and Spencer F. Katt, all of whom were used as promotional/content providers. Last but not least, at the company’s inception, Nancy was Creative Director of “The Site”, MSNBC’s premier primetime technology series hosted by Soledad O’Brien.

Nancy produced “The Know Zone” and “Cyberlife” for The Discovery Channel, created the groundbreaking “Poetry in Motion” series for Nickelodeon and produced hundreds of news, commercial and marketing presentations for the NBC (KRON-TV) and CBS (KPIX-TV) affiliates Creative Services Department in San Francisco. Her documentary “911…Every Second Counts” has been translated into more than ten languages, as was her subsequent documentary, “Unheard Voices,” which received special screenings in the U.S. Congress and on PBS. She has directed and managed over 25 live/theatrical events in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta and Paris.

In 2005, Nancy developed the programming and marketing prototypes for the first grocery retail “check-out” television network in the United States. In 2007, she created a web 2.0 property called “The Unsustainables.” This animated series sponsored by Toyota, brought “green” to the mainstream, was broadcast on Comcast On Demand and downloaded globally onto cellular phones. Since 2008, Nancy has developed brand marketing/social media campaigns for the cellular phone start-ups and consulted with an entertainment company in Chennai, India, to strategically create media properties for worldwide on-air/online distribution.

Nancy’s clients have included corporations, media companies, start-ups, and non-profits such as: PlayPhone, Aeria Games, Ziff Davis, Premier Retail Networks, Hanna Barbera Studios, Koret Family House, Pax Global, Wells Fargo, Applied Materials, Apple Computers, J. Walter Thompson, Design Media, Intel, Sprint, The City of Oakland, SustainLane.com, and Medtronic. She has directed and/or production managed over thirty live presentations in New York, Chicago and Seattle and worked in production on features such as Neil Simon’s “Only When I Laugh” and “The Fan” with Lauren Bacall and James Gardner.

Nancy holds an M.A. in Broadcast Communication Arts from San Francisco State University, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. A mentor and advocate of lifelong learning, she teaches Film/TV Production, Cinematic Storytelling, Directing and Brand Advertising online and on campus at the Academy of Art University. She was heralded as one of New Media’s “Women to Know” by the Online Journalism Review.

Inspired by a talent for design and technology, Mick Kanfi tapped into his entrepreneurial spirit and founded Twist Image in April 2000. Over the past ten years, he has touched all aspects of the agency – from project and operations management to creative and technical direction – helping successfully launch countless online marketing initiatives and major website redesigns. Mick is responsible for overseeing the Twist Image product, which is defined as the integration of breakthrough ideas across all disciplines.

After a thirty-five year career as a visual and performing artist/teacher and arts manager, Loveless became the founding Director of the “Institute for Studies in the Arts” at Arizona State University. The ISA was a premiere interdisciplinary arts research institute funding 250 creative research projects during his nine-year tenure. Collaborations involved faculty/students with regional and international artists conjoined with scholars in Architecture, Engineering, Archeology, Geology, Medicine, Political Science, Social Science, Solid-state Science, Computer Science, Cell Biology, and Education. The mission of the ISA was to challenge artists to engage digital media technologies in creative ways to extend qualities of artistic mind into wider spheres of scholarly inquiry. Loveless is currently a Professor in the Emeritus College at ASU, Visiting Professor in Interactive Arts for the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and President “Global Connections: Art and Technology Consulting Services.”

Susan E. Metros serves as Associate Vice Provost and Associate Chief Information Officer for Technology Enhanced Learning at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She is a professor of visual design in the USC Roski School of Fine Arts and holds faculty appointments in the USC Rossier School of Education and in the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism. In her executive role, she leads the academic community in integrating new and emerging technologies into teaching, learning, research, and outreach. Her leadership portfolio includes university-wide oversight for educational technologies, learning environments and web services. In her role as educator and designer, she teaches courses on multimedia and new literacies and has served as principal designer on several international award winning multimedia projects. She has published and presented widely on leadership and mentoring, visual and multimedia literacy, digital scholarship, and the role technology plays in transforming education to be interactive and learner-driven. Susan has served on the New Media Consortium Board of Directors and most recently was elected to the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors.

Mizuguchi entered into the field of interactive arts and entertainment and is most revered for creating, “Rez.” In 2001, he merged Kandinsky’s theory of synaesthesia experience. He blended trance, electronic music with rich visual textures to create the highly popular music-based game and provided a completely new musical-gaming experience. The innovative title collected many awards worldwide, including an honorary mention in Prix Ars Electronica 2002 Interactive Art Division. His creations include the critically acclaimed puzzle game series, “Lumines,” which was released worldwide in 2004 for the PlayStation Portable. His most recent project is ‘Child of Eden’, the multi-sensory shooter that will send players diving into a kaleidoscopic matrix of synchronized music and visuals.

In 2006, Mizuguchi was selected as one of the “Digital 50” by the Producers Guild of America and The Hollywood Reporter, as one of the top 50 new media producers and innovators in digital storytelling.

Ravi Naidoo is the founder and managing director of Interactive Africa, a Cape Town based media and marketing company. Ravi completed his MBA degree at University of Cape Town in 1994, where he was nominated as the Nedbank MBA Student of the Year. Ravi also has a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Physiology from UCT. He spent three years as an account director at Young and Rubicam (90-93), where Ravi managed a number of multinational accounts. In 1994 Ravi founded Interactive Africa. His initial recognition came from First African in Space Mission; as well as his pitch and managment for South Africa to host the 2010 Football World Cup. He consulted to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games company. Ravi directed the African Connection Rally, to promote telecommunications investment in Africa. He is a co-founder of the Cape IT Initiative (CITI), a non-profit company dedicated to promoting the IT cluster in the Western Cape. Ravi is possibly best known for establishing the international Design Indaba, which has become recognized as one of the world’s leading design institutions and expo, annually held in Cape Town. Ravi also sits on the jury of the Index Awards (the world’s richest design prize) in Copenhagen, as well as, the jury of the Dutch Design Awards.

Hephzibah Pathak has lived advertising for nearly 18 years.

15 of these years have been with Ogilvy. And the last four, as the President of Ogilvy Mumbai.

Ogilvy Mumbai is the agency’s flagship office. It is Ogilvy’s largest office in India, larger than most mid-size national agencies.

It has been the most awarded agency office in India for creativity, growth, reputation, and effectiveness for years.

Ogilvy Mumbai was Office of the Year (India and Subcontinent) consecutively in 2009, 2010 and 2011 at the Campaign Asia Pacific Agency of the Year Awards.

It was Agency of the Year at the Indian Effies in 2009, 2010 & 2011. It had a great performance at the AME’s in 2011, winning 3 golds & 2 silvers.

The Ogilvy Mumbai office was named ‘The most Effective Individual Agency Office in Asia Pacific and 2nd Worldwide’ in 2011. (Effie’s Effectiveness Index developed by Effie Worldwide & WARC, announced at Cannes, June 2011).

At the recently concluded Yahoo awards for Digital Excellence, Ogilvy Mumbai’s campaign for Fox Crime won gold for integrated campaign and the prestigious Yahoo Big Idea Chair.

Ogilvy India rated No 1 (8th year in a row), across all key parameters set by the Economic Times Brand Equity Agency Reckoner (Creative, Planning, Account Management, Innovation & Thought Leadership, 360 Capabilities & Client Partnership). This is an independent third party survey that takes place amongst the 435 most respected agency and marketing professionals in India every year.

Before she became the head of Ogilvy Mumbai, Hephzibah ran the Hutch/Vodafone brand nationally. She managed the migration from Hutch to Vodafone acrossthe 23 telecom circles in India, one of the most complexes and challenging jobs she believes she has done.

Hephzibah is a committee member of the Advertising Standards Council of India, an industry self-regulatory body.She has seen (and forced her husband to see) Gone With The Wind hundreds of times. And when she has to get away from it all she spends Sunday afternoons curled up with the likes of the Count of Monte Cristo. (Though it all seems a blur these days because of her steadfast refusal to wear glasses.)

A speech by Steve Jobs, which she read a few years ago, before things got blurry, changed her outlook on life. She attributes much of the good stuff that has happened to her to adopting his motto: “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.”

Brazilian, born in Rio de Janeiro Saboia graduated in Product and Graphics Design by ESDI-UERJ, earning an MBA major with emphasis in communication by FGV-RJ. Since year 2000, Saboia has been with Tatil, a Branding Consultancy that uses design and branding to create powerful ideas that sustainably connect people and brands. Currently, as a partner and creation director, Saboia is responsible for the Creative Team at the São Paulo’s office.

As the leader of multidisciplinary teams focused on creating new concepts, developing visual languages, packages and brand experiences, Saboia is responsible for customers present in Brazil, as well as Latin America such as Natura, Philips, Samsung, Batavo, Renault, among others.

Recently Saboia joined Tatil’s Rio 2016 creative team, to work on the development of Olympic and Paralympic Brands. This project was handled by almost all creative and strategy teams, as a living and dynamic example of successful collective creation.

At Tatil, Saboia is also a part of the Eco-Innovation Team, with emphasis on Biomimicry (nature inspired innovation) and sustainability, developing projects in both areas. Saboia participated in Biomimicry training with Janine Benyus and her team, attended together with Natura Cosmetics.

During its 22 years, Tatil has received several national and international awards, including: iF Design Award; IDEA –USA; D&AD; Cannes Lions; and Caboré, Brazil’s most important Communication Award, as best specialized service for a Branding & Design Consultancy.

A published writer and award-winning motion designer and director/producer, Tina received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Arts and Graphic Design.

She currently leads NBCUniversal Digital Entertainment’s Video Production team in charge of original short-form content for such shows as Grimm, Parenthood, Parks & Recreation, Community, The Office, plus upcoming shows Smash and Awake.

Tina is the recipient of multiple awards; including 2 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, 12 Emmy nominations, the Panavision New Filmmaker Award plus 7 visual campaign design awards through the AIGA.

While transitioning her production skills into the new media platform, she continues directing and producing for independent film through her production company Liquid Filmworks.

Two of her most popular films, Gillery's Little Secret and In Twilight's Shadow, have both won film festival Jury and Audience Awards for their original storylines, creative visual style and high production value.

Before joining the NBCUniversal family, Tina was charged with creating and producing network marketing and branding identities within the entertainment industry for Disney/ABC, receiving exceptional regard for successfully launching on-air campaigns for The Academy Awards, prime-time Emmys, Hallmark Channel and The American Music Awards, to name just a few.