Esen K. Tütüncü is a Research Scientist at Autodesk Research, a creative coder and an artist working at the intersection of neuroscience, human-computer interaction, design, and immersive technologies. Her research investigates how people experience and make meaning from the spaces around them, combining behavioral science, simulation, and spatial computing to inform the design of future built environments. She holds a PhD from the University of Barcelona and is a member of the Institute of Neurosciences (UB). Previously, she did research internships at Google and Autodesk, contributing to projects in spatial computing, multimodal interaction, embodied AI, immersive storytelling, and emerging interaction paradigms. Her work bridges scientific inquiry and creative practice, exploring how technology shapes perception, agency, and human experience. Alongside her research, she teaches and mentors students in XR, creative coding, interactive applications, and immersive narrative design through institutions including UPC CITM and Elisava. She is passionate about fostering interdisciplinary approaches that connect art, technology, and human-centered design. As an artist, Esen creates immersive installations and audiovisual performances that explore memory, embodiment, agency, and digital realities. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at Sónar+D, CCCB, Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture, and through the MEKAN.SPACE Virtual Museum Project. Before pursuing research, she produced documentary films and participated in long-distance cycling expeditions across West Africa and Southeast Asia, documenting the journeys through film and photography.

Kyle McDonald is an LA-based multidisciplinary artist, researcher, and educator whose work explores the intersection of technology and humanity. He crafts interactive and immersive audiovisual installations, performances, and new tools for creative exploration—building new communities and collaborations along the way. He uses techniques from computer vision, machine learning, and computing to ask questions about how we connect—and to imagine a shared future. Kyle has received grants and commissions from the IDFA DocLab, LACMA, NEA, Schirn Kunsthalle, STRP Festival, the V&A, YCAM, and more. His presents, leads workshops, and exhibits his work internationally at Ars Electronica, APAP, Art Center Nabi, Art Rock Festival, Alien Arts Center, Cornell, Day for Night, HeK, Hong Kong Arts Center, LLUM, Microwave, MU, NTT ICC, Onassis Cultural Center, Science Gallery, Sónar, TodaysArt, and many others. Kyle also works as a technical and creative director through his studio IYOIYO. He consults on machine learning with a speciality in sound and music for companies like Google and Spotify, and for other artists including Chris Milk, Eduardo Kac, Es Devlin, Joanie Lemercier, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Wafaa Bilal, and others.

Albert Barqué-Duran is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and artist exploring Cognition, Creativity and Ethics in advanced Human-AI interactions - and its Post-AGI Cultural implications. Currently, he works as a Lead Research Scientist at the Interactive Arts & Science Lab (IASlab) at La Salle Barcelona (Ramon Llull University), where he coordinates the Graduate Programs (PhD & MSc) in Creative Technologies. Albert holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from the Centre for Mathematical Neuroscience at City St George’s, University of London, and have held postdoctoral and visiting research appointments at the Moral Cognition Lab(Harvard University) and the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics (University of Oxford). He has also helda Lecturer position in Human-Computer Interaction at University of Lleida. With over 20 publications in leading journals, his academic trajectory has focused on probabilistic reasoning and behaviour, decision theory, computational cognition, and moral psychology/philosophy – providing both theoretical and empirical insights intothe architectures of human and artificial intelligence. In parallel, he leads experimental artistic research practices and cultural programs (immersive installations, performances, creative technologies, aesthetic experiences) to address speculative questions on creative agency and alignment, altered perception and extended cognition in Human–AI interactions. Albert’s work has been presented at leading cognitive science conferences, AI congresses, contemporary art andscience museums, technology festivals and biennales worldwide (e.g., CogSci, NeurIPS, ArsElectronica, Sónar+D, ISEA, MUTEK, ZKM), and recognized by awards from the ‘Creative Europe Program’ (which named him one of the most impactful “Culture Activists” in Europe), the ‘Re:Humanism’ Prize (as one ofthe most influential researchers in Human-AI collaboration), the British Psychological Society Award, the Art of Neuroscience, and the 'Ojo Crítico' Award (as a pioneer in Digital Culture), among others.

Entangled Others is an experimental artist duo composed of Feileacan Kirkbride McCormick and Sofia Crespo. Their collaborative practice delves into the intricate web of relationships between the more-than-human world and its interaction with human technologies. Driven by the concept of entanglement—a complex state where no single entity exists in isolation, and every action, interaction, and expression resonates through a multitude of interconnected beings. In their practice, McCormick and Crespo explore the uncanny and eerie spaces that lie between human technologies and non-human worlds, advocating for the dissolution of the self-imposed distance that separates us from the richness of our interwoven existence. Their art emphasises the necessity of recognising and nurturing the diversity and interconnectedness that define our shared environment. Through their work, they question notions of bias in technology, and the representation of natural species: proposing a return to a biological model of computation, and exploring concepts of entanglement across various species & ecosystems. Entangled Others invites viewers to reconsider the boundaries between the human and non-human, encouraging a deeper appreciation for the intricate tapestry of life that sustains us all. They have participated in talks, exhibitions and have been awarded prizes internationally. Some of these include presentations at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, NeueHouse LA, MIT, Re:Humanism, Oxford University, UNESCO HQ Paris, Goldsmith University, Times Square Midnight Moment among many others. Their work also forms part of prestigious private and permanent institutional collections such as the Buffalo AKG Museum, Onassis Foundation, Colección SOLO, among many others.

Memo Akten is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher, and computer scientist working with emerging technologies both as creative medium, and as subject of critical inquiry. He creates Speculative Simulations and Data Dramatizations that probe the cultural, social, and ecological impacts of our contemporary techno-lifestyles, and the collisions between science and spirituality, modernity and ritual, self and collective intelligence. For more than a decade, he has worked with AI, Big Data, and our Collective Consciousness as scraped and shaped by the internet, to reflect on the human condition. He holds a PhD in creative explorations into Deep Neural Networks (aka ‘AI’) from Goldsmiths, University of London, and is currently Assistant Professor at UC San Diego. He has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the Venice Biennale, Tribeca Film Festival, Barbican, Grand Palais, Mori Art Museum; presented at leading academic conferences such as NeurIPS and SIGGRAPH; and featured in major publications including Wired, Art in America, NY Times, and the Guardian.

Katie Hofstadter is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and curator whose work investigates the complex relationships between embodiment, consciousness, and technologically mediated imagination. Through her diverse practice, she explores the dynamics between knowing and feeling, and examines how emerging technologies shape both cultural narratives and direct experience. She is co-founder of several global public art campaigns such as the ARORA network, bringing together over 70 artists creating new AR monuments to diverse female and gender-expansive voices in public spaces; and the Climate Clock in NYC, a global call to #actintime on the climate crisis. Her work has been exhibited internationally at galleries, museums, festivals, and public institutions, including the Venice Biennale, Tribeca Film Festival, British Film Festival, and Jacob’s Pillow. Her work has been covered by major media outlets such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Washington Post, and Smithsonian Magazine. Her writing appears in leading arts and literary publications including Flash Art, The Believer, BOMB, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and Right Click Save.

The IASlab is an immersive space in digital technologies that studies the growth of media content, art, and digital entertainment, and is also a lever for the evolution of other sectors through their experiences. A transversal and multidisciplinary environment in which all the elements that make up the ecosystem of La Salle Barcelona (Ramon Llull University) dialogue: research, academia, companies, startups, and other social agents.