Team

Michael Shamiyeh

Michael Shamiyeh holds degrees from Harvard, AA London and TU Vienna and is head and professor of DOM Research Laboratory and CEO of Shamiyeh Associates. This firm concerns itself with sensing, creating and implementing desired futures in organizations.

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Position vacant - to be appointed soon.
DOM is always interested in offering positions to exceptional people who are committed to high quality. Applications are welcome. Please send digital applications only (German/English) via email (dom-contact[at]ufg.ac.at).

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Reinhard Kannonier

Präsident and Professor University of Arts and Industrial Design
Advisory Board

Gerfried Stocker

Director Ars Electronica Center
Advisory Board

Horst Hoertner

Director Ars Electronica Center/ Future Lab
Advisory Board

Alexandra Furtner

Communications

Elisabeth Egger-Mann

Communications

Business Partners

Claus Zerenko

CEO Reklamebuero

Regina Leutgeb

Head Network Design & Media
Clusterland Oberösterreich GmbH

Thomas Duschlbauer

Siemens VAI
Communication Management

Research Partners and Guest Speakers

Albin Kälin (CH)

Albin Kälin, born in 1957 is former president of Rohner Textil AG and president of EPEA (Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency). He is a Swiss pioneer in the field of Sustainable Development and claims an integrated management, balancing economic, ecologic and social aspects.

Alejandro Gutierrez (UK)

Alejandro Gutierrez is an Associate Director at Arup Urban Design leading a range urban development projects globally. The projects take place in Dongtan Eco City-Shanghai, Wanzhuang Eco City-Beijing and Port Regeneration Strategy-Copenhagen.

Andreas Ruby (D)

Andreas Ruby studied History of Art at University of Cologne/Germany before undertaking post-graduate studies in Theory and History of Architecture at the Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture Paris with Paul Virilio and at Columbia University New York with Bernard Tschumi. He is currently Visiting Professor for Architectural Theory at University of Kassel, Germany.

Arnab Chatterjee (CDN)

Arnab Chatterjee graduated with an honours degree in Chemistry from Oriel College, University of Oxford in 2000. Between 2000 and 2004, he worked for Professor John Foord, in the Oxford Centre for Surface Science, developing novel semiconductors for use in electrochemical applications.

Bernhard Franken (D)

Architekt (AKH), Dipl-Ing. Arch. TU Darmstadt. 1995-1996 Artist in Residence, Städel, Institut for New Media, Frankfurt. Since 1996 own office. 1996-2000 collaboration with ABB Architekten. 1996-1999 scientific assistant TU Darmstadt, FG CAD (Architecture). 1999/2000 Visiting professor at the University Gesamthochschule Kassel, FG Darstellende Geometrie/CAD.

Bill Buxton (CDN)

Bill Buxton is a designer and a researcher concerned with human aspects of technology. His work reflects a particular interest in the use of technology to support creative activities such as design, film making and music. Buxton's research specialties include technologies, techniques and theories of input to computers, technology mediated human-human collaboration, and ubiquitous computing.

Bill Moggridge (UK)

Co-founder of IDEO, a consulting firm dedicated to the user-centered design of products, services and environments. Bill founded his design firm in London in 1969, and added a second office in Palo Alto in 1979 in California's Silicon Valley. He designed the first laptop computer, the GRiD Compass, and pioneered Interaction Design as a discipline to be an integral part of product development.

Bruce Fisher, Marc Rosa, Matthias Hollwich (US)

Matthias Hollwich is co-founder of etekt and has worked as an architect in several internationally recognized architecture and urban design firms, including: OMA in Rotterdam, Netherlands; Eisenman Architects in New York; and Diller+Scofidio in New York City.

Carel Weeber (NL)

Prof.ir. BNA BNSP BDA, Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. Born 1937 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He studied Building Engineer at the Technical University (TU) Delft.

Christian Kühn (A)

Christian Kühn was born in Vienna in 1962. He studied architecture at TU Vienna (Dipl.Ing) and at ETH Zurich (Dr.sc.tech.). He is assistant professor at the department for Building Theory and Design at TU Vienna. He has been board member of the Austrian Society for Architecture since 1995 and is chairman of the Austrian Architectural Foundation since 2000.

Christian Presslmayer (A)

Christian Presslmayer is multi-project- and process-manager at the voestalpine Stahl Service Center in Linz since 2007. Now he is additionally responsible for Strategic Planning and Organisational Development. In the years before he was project leader at the Red Cross in Upper Austria at the department for EDV.

Cyrill Gutsch (D)

Born in 1971. Since 1995, Cyrill Gutsch has been working as an independent creative concept developer for strategy and design for major international companies. From 1995 until 1997, he realised several art projects in co-operation with the performance artist Flatz in Munich.

David Griesbach (CH)

David Griesbach is Senior Consultant of the Strategic Knowledge Group (SKGROUP) in Zurich and writes his dissertation in the context of RISE Management Research and in cooperation with the Swiss Institute for small and middle-sized companies of the University St. Gallen. The topic of his dissertation is „Strategic Agility: Managing the Balance between Continuity and Change“.

Dennis Kaspori (NL)

Dennis Kaspori is an architect and a founding member of The Maze Corporation, an office for research and design on issues related to the urban condition, public space and housing.

Dennis R. Shelden, Frank O. Gehry (US)

Dennis R. Shelden is Senior Associate at Gehry Partners, where he been responsible management and strategic direction of the firm’s computing efforts during the past five years. His efforts at Gehry’s firm have included project applications, process and software development initiatives, and R&D. In 2002, Mr. Shelden joined Jim Glymph and Mr.