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Keynote Speakers

PETER BØGH ANDERSEN

Peter Bøgh Andersen is a professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Aalborg.

He has had a long and active interest in the field of computer semiotics, exploring the idea of computer systems as media that convey signs from deisgners to users, and between users.

He is the author of a number of books exploring this field including A Theory of Computer Semiotics and Computer as Medium. In addition, he has applied these ideas to the design and implementation of real applications.

ANNE NIGTEN

Anne Nigten is the manager of V2_Lab, the aRt&D department of V2_Organization in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and content manager of the European Network for Cyber ART (EncART).

She is advisor for several media art and science initiatives like UNESCO digi-arts, and board member of ISEA. Over the last years she published papers on art, engineering and (computer) science collaboration and software development especially on 'open source' for interdisciplinary purposes.

Before her current position at V2_ she has been working as an independent media artist, and simultaneously fulfilled several management jobs for the media art sector in the Netherlands.