Michela Magas

Innovator. Chair of Industry Commons Foundation

Michela Magas is an innovation catalyst who bridges the worlds of science and art, design and technology, and academic research and industry, with a track record of over 25 years of innovation. She is innovation advisor to the European Commission and the G7 leaders, creator of the Industry Commons, Chair of the Industry Commons Foundation and Member of President von der Leyen’s High Level Round Table for the New European Bauhaus. She sits on the Advisory Board of CERN IdeaSquare – the CERN space for frontier innovation (ISAB-G).

Sari Stenfors

Futurist. Executive Director of Augmented Leadership

Sanna Lehtinen

Research Fellow at Aalto University

Dr. Sanna Lehtinen is a Research Fellow in the Transdisciplinary Arts Studies unit at School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Her research focuses on urban aesthetics and the philosophy of the city. Dr. Lehtinen is the President of the Finnish Society for Aesthetics, a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Aesthetics, and a Codirector in the board of the international Philosophy of the City Research Group.

Janna Maula

Social worker at City of Tampere

Janna is a spokesperson for accessibility. Janna wants to share disability information with those who need it or are interested. “Disability is not an obstacle, maybe a slowdown, but even that as long as the environment is designed to serve everyone”. Janna has a Master’s degree in psychology and social sciences. Janna is trained to evaluate accessibility in the built environment (ESKEH method).

Keijo Svart

Child and Youth Special Needs Instructor, Roma Working Group, City of Tampere

Keijo has made a significant career in developing the possibilities of the Roma community in the City of Tampere. He is the chair of TamRoma Association creating opportunities to education and employment.

Mark Steadman

Podcaster. Founder of Origin

Mark Steadman is a digital content producer with a specialism in experience-led product development, and a passion for podcasting. He helps creative, purposeful people use their voice to create impact, and as a visually-impaired creator, has first-hand knowledge of the ways in which organisations are missing out on opportunities for inclusion.

Dahlan Abdul Ghani

Associate Professor at Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)

Associate Professor Dr Dahlan Abdul Ghani is the Head of Section for Animation at Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) Malaysian Institute Of Information Technology (MIIT) City Campus. With 20 years experience in teaching Multimedia & Animation subjects, Dr Dahlan has been involved in many research and innovation fields such as Multimedia, Game Design, Immersive Application (Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality, Comic & Animation Studies, Short Film (Videography), Creative Advertising and many more.

Marko Vuoriheimo

Entrepreneur. Artist

Marko Vuoriheimo aka Signmark made his impossible dream come true and is the world’s first deaf artist to record for an international record label. Signmark believed in his dream and took a risk, left his job as ateacher and founded Signmark Productions in 2009. In 2016, Signmark Productions created a mobile application with IT service company CGI that connects sign language and sign language interpreters worldwide

Andrew Dubber

Author. Director of MTF Labs

Andrew Dubber is the director of MTF Labs, a Steering Board Member of the Industry Commons Foundation and is an author, broadcaster and Humanities Professor of Music Industry Innovation. Dubber is a Media Ecologist, sociologist and cultural theorist, focusing particularly on both technological and social innovation. As an early adopter of new media platforms, Dubber has been blogging since 2002 and podcasting since 2004. He established pan-European digital music strategy think tank and consultancy New Music Strategies in 2006 and is an advisor to digital music service Bandcamp.

Kirsi Mustalahti

Founder of ACCAC

Kirsi Mustalahti is a Master of Art in Theatre, Culture and Event Producer and a Senior Manager. Her interest and expertise in accessibility, diversity and services for all started 2006 as a pioneer in Finland in the field of art and culture. Since establishing ACCAC Finland and ACCAC Global she has run various international projects, tours and festivals. She is a connector who wants to make a better world for all and believes in the power of culture and art in change for better understanding and communication.

Sasu Paakkunainen

Entrepreneur. Co-founder of ACCAC Global

Sasu Paakkunainen is a graduating Master of Cultural Management with global experience and a startup spirit. 2016 Paakkunainen co-founded the music vertical of the world’s leading startup event Slush. Currently, as a co-founder of ACCAC Global, Paakkunainen is working on tools to develop equality work.