Andrew Kruczkiewicz

Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Center United States

Andrew graduated from Columbia University's Climate and Society master's program in 2013, specializing in remote sensing and mapping of atmospheric and meteorological variables. In conjunction with the master's program, he interned for NASA and the IRI, researching the application of satellite data to monitoring inundation in East Africa. Before attending Columbia, Andrew studied finance at Fairfield University and meteorology at Western Connecticut State University.

Edgar Barroso

Mexico  www.edgarbarroso.net

Edgar Barroso (1977), is a professor of Innovation and Public Entrepreneurship at the Tecnológico de Monterrey. He received his Ph.D. in Music Composition from Harvard University and was selected as part of the inaugural class of Harvard Horizons Scholars. He is currently a member of the National System of Art Creators in Mexico. His works have been performed and awarded in important forums in North America, Latin America, Asia and Europe.

Michael Dessen

United States www.mdessen.com

Michael Dessen is a composer and trombonist who creates music for improvisers, often exploring the artistic potentials of live electronics, telepresence and digital networking. His electro-acoustic trio, which has released three albums on Clean Feed Records, combines intricately composed materials with highly open improvisation and live sampling/processing. Dessen also works with “scorestreams,” compositions that are dynamically displayed on screens for improvisers to interpret, and as an improviser he collaborates with many diverse bands in addition to performing solo on digibone, an animistic world of trombone and live electronics.

Ian Clothier

New Zealand www.ianclothier.com

Ian M Clothier is a Senior Academic at Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki, Director of Intercreate Research Center (intercreate.org) and founding Director of SCANZ (Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand). He has been selected and exhibited at Taranaki culture at Puke Ariki, New Zealand, ISEA 2008 Singapore symposium, net.NET at The JavaMuseum, for Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival in the USA, ISEA 2006 San Jose exhibition, Graphite at the University of Otago NZ, the First International Festival of Electronic Art in Rio de Janeiro, Fair Assembly at ZKM, New Forms Festival in Vancouver, ISEA 2004 Tallinn/Helsinki exhibition, ReJoyce in Dublin and Wild 2002 in the Tasmanian Museum. Thematically projects involve notions around cultural hybridity and nonlinearity, and more recently these are united within notions of integrated systems.

Daniel Quaranta

Argentina Brazil

He graduated in Bacharelado in Composition from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO, 2004), graduated from the University of Salvador (Buenos Aires, 1991), master's degree in Music from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, 2002) and has a PhD in Music from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO, 2007). Post-Doutorate at the Mexican Center for Music and Sound Arts, (CMMAS, 2014/15-Capes).

robert mackay

United Kingdom 

Rob Mackay is a composer, sound artist and performer. He gained a degree in Geology and Music at the University of Keele, studying composition there with Mike Vaughan, before going on to complete a Master's and PhD with Andrew Lewis at the University of Wales, Bangor. Rob's main area of research is in electroacoustic composition and sound art. Recent projects have moved towards a cross-disciplinary approach, including theatre, audio/visual installation work, and human/computer interaction. His work has received over 140 performances in 16 countries (including several performances on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 1).

daniel schachter

Argentina www.schachter.com.ar 

Composer, teacher and researcher, founding member of the Latin American Sound Art Network, director of the Center for Sound and Audiovisual Studies and Production of the National University of Lanús, UNLa - Argentina. Awards and distinctions: City of Buenos Aires Composition Award 1996/97, National Tribune Award for Electroacoustic Music TRIME-1994, Mention Tribuna Nacional de Composores TRINAC-1987. Invited and commissioned composer at the INA.GRM (1993, 1994, 2005); composer and keynote speaker at the British electroacoustic gathering at the Sonic Arts Network “Soundcircus” 2004 at De Montfort University - Leicester, with a scholarship from the British Academy.