Julian Jaramillo

Colombia

(PhD in Sonology from the University of Sao Paulo) works in the field of musical and audiovisual creation with electronic media, with a focus on experimental music, music on the Internet and the design and development of interactive applications and installations. Jaramillo Arango's work articulates science, art, technology, creativity, society and community through works that explore different modalities of interaction with sound. These works have been exhibited in America and Europe in the form of electroacoustic pieces, performances, interventions or installations, among others, and have also been published in the form of specialized academic texts in the area of sound. Jaramillo Arango currently resides in Manizales, where he is conducting research on sound design for urban spaces as part of a postdoctoral stay at the University of Caldas.

Mario Valencia

Colombia

‌Professor University of Caldas. PhD in Design, Master in Design and Interactive Creation from the University of Caldas, Systems Engineer from the Autonomous University of Manizales and Specialist in University Teaching at the University of Caldas. He worked as a support engineer and researcher at the Jackeline Nova electroacoustic music laboratory, as a teacher he has taught courses in engineering, multimedia, acoustics and design at different universities in Colombia.

Hector Fabio Torres

Colombia

Graduated in music from the University of Caldas. He studied classical guitar with the teacher Delio Cardona Usma and has received training in seminars and personal classes on harmony, counterpoint, instrumentation, direction, composition and analysis with the teachers Marco Tulio Arango, Enrique Camacho, Fabio Miguel Fuentes, Guillermo Morales, Antoine Bonnet, and advisors to World Composer among others.

Christian Lizarralde Gomez

Colombia

Artist and research professor at the School of Social Communication at the Universidad del Valle. PhD candidate in Design and Creation, director of the Hypermedia Laboratory, leader of the Digital Aesthetics Research Line. Professor Lizarralde's experience has focused on the investigation of communication and digital aesthetics and the production of hypermedia works, exploring the languages and current means of representation. His work has been exhibited in important events worldwide, critically and aesthetically addressing the interplay between art-technology-society.

Elizabeth Granados

Colombia

Computer engineer and multimedia development expert. Computer engineer and multimedia development expert. In her professional work, she has worked as a producer of virtual media at the University of Caldas de Manizales, has coordinated developed multimedia and educational projects coordinated by the UNDP (United Nations Development Program), winner of the national award from the Ministry of Education on construction of OVAs (Virtual Learning Objects). She has been a professor of Adobe Flash and Adobe Dream Weaver certification courses, I work as a professor in the Department of Visual Design at the University of Caldas and I participate in the investigations Surrounding Audiovisual Spaces and Nam robotic sculpture, she specialized in online technologies off-line, UNESCO - MECAD / ESDI. She is currently a freelance Web and Multimedia consultant and developer.

Michael Dessen

United States mdessen.com/

Michael Dessen is a composer and trombonist who creates music for improvisers, often by exploring the artistic potentials of live electronics, telepresence, and digital networks. His electro-acoustic trio, who have released three albums on Clean Feed Records, combine intricately composed material with wide-open improvisation and live sampling/processing. Dessen also works with compositions "scorestreams," which are dynamically displayed on screens for improvisers to perform, and as an improvisator he collaborates with various bands as well as soloing on digibone, an animistic world of trombone and live electronics. Since 2007, Dessen has actively participated in numerous telematic concerts that feature performers in distant locations connected through high-definition network technologies.

Juan Pablo Caceres

C.hile ccrma.stanford.edu/people/juan-pablo-caceres

Composer, interpreter and engineer born in Santiago, Chile. He is currently a PhD student in computer music at CCRMA, Stanford University (USA). His work includes instrumental and electronic pieces, as well as performances of avant-garde rock music, with records released in Europe and America. Juan-Pablo's interests include Internet music and performance, virtual acoustic spaces, popular experimental music, computer music beyond its limits (in both directions).

celso arrieta

Veracruz University Mexico

Graduated from the Faculty of Plastic Arts of the Universidad Veracruzana. Professor at the Faculty of Plastic Arts and Director of the Artesanos Gráficos Mexicanos Design Studio. More than two decades in the making of posters, his work has touched the Cultural Festivals of his home state of Veracruz. In which there are 7 versions of the Junio Musical International Festival of the Universidad Veracruzana 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010. I elaborate the image of the International Festival Danza Extrema 2005 and 2006. I make the image of the International Afro-Caribbean Festival 1995 , 1996 and 1997. Selected at the International Poster Biennial in Mexico 1996, 2012 and 2014. Selected at the 17th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw 2000. It has a poster on permanent display at the Museum of Publicity in Paris, France. He has had multiple exhibitions, including 50 posters and 500 nights at the Institute of Plastic Arts of the UV. Exhibition at the UNAM Morelia campus in October 2014 and his most recent exhibition, Gallo 100 retrospective of 20 years of trade with 100 posters at the Ramón Alba Gallery of the Canal de Xalapa in January 2014. He has been invited to participate in different Poster collections , such as the Tribute to Vicente Rojo for his 80 years of work, The Posada 100 Collection, The 400-year exhibition of the relationship between Mexico and Japan. He currently develops author's work, producing graphic images that give outlet to his personal interests transformed into a poster.