Clémence Montagne

France

Clémence Montagne was trained as an urbanist at Sorbonne University, where she defended her PhD on transformation of city making processes and dévelopment of mass rapid transit system and infrastructure in 2016. Since septembre 2018, she is in the head of the Care design Lab, of L'Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique, where she oversees research projects on design, anticipation and co-design practices and as well as looking at the development on design thinking for health, design for care and energy transition and public design. She teaches in the graduate programm in french and in english research seminar, care design seminar and design thesis. Montagne's research focuses on city making for livable communities, with her phD fieldwork and action-research projects focusing on preparing socially and environnmentally responsible designers to fit in.

Joanna Jurga

Poland

Dr. Joanna Jurga – spatial designer, researcher, and educator. A specialist in designing for a sense of safety, with particular emphasis on life in isolation. In her work, she enjoys addressing issues related to synesthetic design and neuroarchitecture. An analog astronaut and a two-time commander of simulated space missions at the Lunar Research Mobile Station. Co-founder of the startup KOTA – an app that uses AI to optimize living spaces (on Earth and in space) to enhance user well-being. She has collaborated on research projects (Otodom Report “Emotions in a Square”) and participated in international exhibitions and festivals such as the Łódź Design Festival and Dutch Design Week. A finalist in competitions like MakeMe, Young Design, Innovation Ad, and Jutronauci. A juror in design-related competitions. The author of the podcast #BEZPIECZNIK and the book “Szałas na hałas.” She loves winter, practices freediving, and is an avid reader.

Joannes Vandermeulen

Belgium

For him, developing a fruitful relationship with clients is top of mind. With three decades of experience and hundreds of projects under his belt, he is a trusted advisor to senior executives that wish to consider design as a positive vector for change. He can quickly grasp the requirements of a client engagement and define a project approach that delivers a positive outcome for all of those concerned. By challenging accepted wisdom, he brings a fresh pair of eyes to projects that need direction. He enjoys domains where people and technology have to interact in complex decision-making. Joannes pioneered human-centred design on the Belgian market. Joannes enjoys learning new languages (started with Dutch and then moved on to German, English, French, Spanish, Byzantine Greek, Coptic, Farsi and Italian) and delving deep into science that he does not understand. Furthermore, he puts his skills to work in climate activism.

Carine Delanoë-Vieux

France

Carine Delanoë-Vieux is a design researcher. She is currently conducting research funded by the National Institute for Public Health Research at the Projekt laboratory of the University of Nîmes. She is also a postdoctoral researcher at the Archidessa Chair (Architecture, Design, Health), led by AP-HP, ENSA Val-de-Seine, and the Camondo School. In 2016, she co-founded lab-ah (laboratory of welcome and hospitality through design) at GHU Paris psychiatry & neurosciences with designer Marie Coirié. Previously, she founded and directed two other cultural structures integrated into hospitals in Lyon and Marseille. Additionally, she has contributed to the development of the interministerial agreement on Culture and Health and its implementation in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region.

Michelle Windham-West

Canada

C. Michelle Wyndham-West, Ph.D., is the Graduate Program Director of the Design for Health and Inclusive Design programs and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Design at OCADU University. Michelle is a critically applied medical anthropologist with graduate degrees in socio-cultural and medical anthropology from the University of Toronto and York University respectively. Michelle teaches in the areas of health policy, medical anthropology, and research methodologies and has received undergraduate and graduate teaching awards from OCAD University. Michelle’s research focuses on health equity, gender, public policy systems, and critical co-design methodologies. This research is supported by CIHR, SSHRC, ORF, and EU funding. Additionally, Michelle has published in international journals, including Evidence & Policy, BMJ Open, and Design for Health, and presents research regularly at international conferences, such as at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting. Making Gender: Big Pharma, HPV Vaccine Policy, and Women’s Ontological Decision-Making is her first book and will be published by the University of Toronto Press in May 2023.

Josina Elisabeth Vink

Norway

Josina Vink is Associate Professor of Service Design at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design in Norway. Their research focuses on transforming health and care systems through design. Josina has worked as a service and systemic designer internationally within healthcare, including at the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation in United States, Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada and Experio Lab in Sweden. They have extensive experience leading and facilitating participatory design processes in healthcare, government, non-profit and community settings. In their practice, they have developed new services, supported policy change, facilitated shifts in practices across sectors, and led social lab processes. Through their research and practice, Josina works toward facilitating structural changes in health and care systems to enhance equity.

Kristina Niedderer

UK

Professor Kristina Niedderer is Professor of Design and Professorial Research Lead at Manchester Metropolitan University. With a background as a goldsmith and silversmith in Germany, she later trained in design and research in the UK. Kristina has held academic positions at the Universities of Hertfordshire and Wolverhampton, where she advanced to Professor of Design and Craft. She is widely recognized for her work on mindfulness in design for behaviour change, particularly in the fields of health and sustainability. She also played a pivotal role in establishing craft research as a discipline by founding the Journal of Craft Research in 2008. Her research explores how design can foster mindful interaction and support behaviour change, with a special focus on dementia care. She has led several major European research projects, including MinD and IDoService, aimed at empowering people with early-stage dementia. Her work integrates emotional expression, technology, and movement through mindful design, supported by various UK research councils. Kristina has also contributed extensively to the design research community through leadership roles in the Design Research Society (DRS) and as an international reviewer for major funding bodies like the AHRC, ESRC, and WHO.

Claire Fauchille

France

Trained at the École Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Reims, Claire is passionate about the relationship between design and care. At Humaniteam, she ensures the connection between the stakeholders of a project, from framing to monitoring the implementation of proposals. She particularly enjoys field immersion and user analysis, ideation during participatory workshops with users, and training.