Amber Case studies the interactions between humans and technology, and how technology affects culture.

Case is an internationally recognised design advocate and speaker, and the author of four books, including Calm Technology and A Kids Book About Technology. She spent two years as a fellow at MIT’s Center for Civic Media and Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and was a 2021 Mozilla Fellow.

Named one of Inc. Magazine’s 30 under 30 and Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology, she was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2012 and received the Claude Shannon Innovation Award from Bell Labs. She was the co-founder and CEO of Geoloqi, a location-based software company acquired by Esri.

Case is the founder of The Calm Tech Institute, a foundation that exists to establish new standards for designing harmonious human-tech interactions that improve our lives. She works on design, governance, and AI through her position as a Research Director at the Metagovernance Project.

Brendan Dawes is a British artist and designer renowned for his playful yet thought-provoking explorations of data, technology, and everyday objects. Rooted in the ethos of remix culture, Dawes’s code-based work often re-contextualises existing materials to examine how people experience the physical and digital worlds. By blending code, found objects, and tactile interfaces, he creates works that invite audiences to consider the poetry hidden in mundane moments and the hidden structures within complex data. Exhibited globally, his acclaimed piece Cinema Redux is part of MoMA’s permanent collection, whilst his works have been auctioned at both Sotheby's and Christie's.

In 2024 he collaborated with American film maker Gary Hustwit to make the world’s first generative film, about the musician, producer and artist Brian Eno. The film, titled Eno, is unique every time it is viewed, with 52 quintillion possible versions. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024 and was later shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

A Lumen Prize alumnus, he is a Visiting Professor of Computational Art at Manchester Metropolitan University and is represented by Gazelli Art House, London.

Gustavo Ferrari is a sign painter, visual artist and a historian based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has been working since 2001 and specialising in Fileteado, a traditional popular art style from Buenos Aires. His artworks can be found all over the city, painted signboards, shop windows of the traditional restaurants, Remarkable Bars, barber and tattoo shops. In the last decade he has started showcasing the Fileteado style around the world. He has since done this at Letterheads meets, tango festivals and various design events in the USA, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Martina Flor is an award-winning Lettering Artist, Author, and Educator. In 2010, she moved from South America to Berlin and successfully launched her studio for lettering and custom typography.

Since then she has worked with several high-profile clients, been on stage at dozens of design conferences, written books, won awards, and taught thousands of aspiring freelance lettering designers to hone their craft, become hand-lettering masters, and expand their business.

With her unique approach to both teaching and lettering design, Martina has impacted the work and businesses of thousands of brands and creatives all over the world. Over 100,000 people have used her books, courses, tools, and coaching to master hand lettering and make a living with their creative skills.

She is a passionate speaker and author who loves what she does and enjoys sharing what she knows with the community.

Vitaly loves beautiful content and does not give up easily. Born in Minsk, Belarus, he studied computer science and mathematics in Germany. While writing algebra proofs and preparing for software engineering at nights in the kitchen, at the same time he discovered passion for typography, interface design and writing. After working as a freelance designer and developer for 6 years, he co-founded Smashing Magazine back in 2006, a leading online magazine for designers and developers. His curiosity drove him from interface design to front-end to performance optimization to accessibility and back to user experience over all the years.

Vitaly is the author, co-author and editor of Smashing books, and a curator of Smashing Conferences. He is creative lead of Smashing Magazine and front-end/UX consultant with the European Parliament and Smashing Media, in Europe and abroad, working with Haufe-Lexware, Axel-Springer and a few other companies.

He also runs Measure UX and Smart Interface Design Patterns, friendly video libraries on UX and design patterns, along with a live UX training for UX and product designers.

Oh, and surely you don’t want to miss his full-day workshop at beyond tellerrand titled “Designing For Complex UIs In 2025”.

Matthias is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer. He teaches interface prototyping at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design and runs workshops on modern web design, design engineering, and prototyping. He writes Own Your Web, a newsletter about personal websites, and blogs about design, development, CSS, the open web, and more on matthiasott.com.

Jason is a Principal Designer at Chewy.com, helping lead their design system efforts across ecommerce, enterprise, and mobile app experiences.

Previously, he spent much of his time working with clients to establish their typographic systems and digital strategy, helping design and development teams works smarter and faster, and running workshops about all of the above. He is a seasoned design and user experience strategy leader with over 20 years’ experience on the web in both creative and technical roles. Past clients range from state governments, type industry giants, Ivy League and High Tech, to the NFL and America’s Cup.

Jason researches and writes extensively on typography for the web. He’s author of Responsive Typography from O’Reilly, pens articles for .Net Magazine, PRINT Magazine, HOW, Monotype.com, frequently joins as a guest on podcasts, and has authored online courses for Aquent’s Gymnasium platform and Front-end Masters. Jason’s an experienced speaker and workshop leader, having presented at over 100 national and international conferences.

The real story: mainly he just follows Leo and Henry around Turner Reservoir, posting photos on Instagram.

Sharon Steed is a keynote speaker, author, and empathy expert specialising in communication and collaboration. As the founder of Communilogue, she helps organisations build more inclusive, connected teams through the power of vulnerability and empathy. A stutterer since childhood, Sharon uses her personal experience to illustrate how embracing discomfort fosters growth. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies, tech leaders, and global organisations, delivering impactful talks and workshops. Sharon is also a LinkedIn Learning instructor, with courses on Communicating with Empathy and Driving Inclusion with Empathy; she hosts a weekly live podcast on LinkedIn and Youtube on empathy in the age of AI called Empathy In Automation. Her work empowers professionals to lead with authenticity and compassion.

Gavin Strange is a Director and Designer for the UK’s beloved creative studio Aardman. Working there for over sixteen years, Gavin’s creative output ranges from title sequences to channel idents, short films to Christmas ads and everything in-between.

His work is diverse in nature but all held together of a common thread of fun and high energy. By night he goes under the alias of “Jamfactory”, indulging in all manner of passion projects, from filmmaking to illustration, music to photography.

Gavin is a keynote speaker and has spoken around the world, from Mexico to Manchester, the Middle East to Munich. After speaking at the Do Lectures in 2016, he wrote the book “Do Fly”, a motivational mantra published by The Do Book Company.

Cyd is a freelance creative developer and part time teacher at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. She creates accessible, award winning websites for everyone; from large organisations like WeTransfer and Amnesty International to creative agencies and freelancers. She’s got an eye for details and loves to turn flat designs into rich experiences.

Léonie is a Director of TetraLogical; Chair of the W3C Board of Directors, and co-Chair of the W3C Web Applications Working Group. She's also co-organiser of the Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) conference; and co-author of the Inclusive Design Principles and the Do No Harm Guide: Centering accessibility in data visualisation.

Paula Zuccotti is a London-based Argentine industrial designer, ethnographer, trends forecaster, creative strategist and visual artist.

She is a leading expert in global consumption and a respected authority in consumer behaviour and product interaction – past, present and future.

Paula runs strategic lead creative projects researching people’s everyday lives, society, markets and culture uncovering insights and trends to envision user-centric products, brands, comms and services. Right now she is working across five continents on a study about financial inclusion and empowerment.