Conference Organizers

Conference Chairs

Paolo Ciuccarelli, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Paul Hekkert, TU Delft, NL

Program Chair

Colin M. Gray, Indiana University Bloomington

Content Committee Leads 

Paolo Ciuccarelli, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston (Committee Chair)

Estefania Ciliotta Chehade, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Colin M. Gray, Indiana University Bloomington

Strategy Committee

Paolo Ciuccarelli, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston (Committee Lead)

Paul Hekkert, TU Delft, NL (Committee Lead)

Estefania Ciliotta Chehade, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston (Committee Lead)

Annabelle Tocco, Northeastern University, Boston (Committee Lead)

Julie Farkas, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Laura Forlano, Northeastern University, Boston

Aashita Jain, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Brittani LeBel Rousseau, Northeastern University, Boston

Sara Lenzi, University of Deusto, ES

Peter Lloyd, TU Delft, NL

Nikita Saner, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Event Organizing Committee

Estefania Ciliotta Chehade, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Julie Farkas, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Ceci Menchetti, Northeastern University, Boston

Anna Nasi, Northeastern University, Boston

Bonnie Parrott, Northeastern University, Boston

Brittani LeBel Rousseau, Northeastern University, Boston

Nikita Saner, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Jasmine Sun, Northeastern University, Boston

Annabelle Tocco, Northeastern University, Boston

Keynote Event Committee

Laura Forlano, Northeastern University, Boston (Committee Chair)

Paolo Ciuccarelli, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Viviane K. Kim, Northeastern University, Boston

Kristian Kloeckl, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Michael Arnold Mages, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Paper Committee

Colin M. Gray, Indiana University Bloomington (Committee Chair)

Miso Kim, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Michael Arnold Mages, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Conversations Committee

Sofía Bosch Gómez, Northeastern University, Boston

Kees Dorst, University of Technology Sydney, AU

Miso Kim, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Frederick Van Amstel, University of Florida

Federico Vaz, Royal College of Art, UK

Workshops Committee

Estefania Ciliotta Chehade, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston (Committee Co-Chair)

Catalina Cortes Loyola, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), Chile (Committee Co-Chair)

Liz Allen, Northeastern University, Boston

Sara Carr, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Northeastern University, Boston

Paulina Contreras, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), Chile

Miso Kim, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Alejandra Poblete Perez, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile

Mariluz Soto, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), Chile

Ignacio Galvarino Toledo Roman, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), Chile

Labs Committee

Estefania Ciliotta Chehade, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston (Committee Co-Chair)

Sara Lenzi, University of Deusto, ES (Committee Co-Chair)

Mark Araujo, The Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM), Boston

Arlene Oak, University of Alberta, Canada

PhD Event Committee

Ryan Bruggeman, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Laura Forlano, Northeastern University, Boston

Luis Garcia, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

Sofía Bosch Gómez, Northeastern University, Boston

Alayt Issak, Northeastern University, Boston

Michael Arnold Mages, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston (Faculty Advisor)

Jules Rochielle Sievert, Northeastern University Boston

Performance & Exhibition Committee

Kristian Kloeckl, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Laura Forlano, Northeastern University, Boston

DRS Fringe Committee

Sofie Hodara, Northeastern University, Boston

Kristian Kloeckl, Center for Design, Northeastern University, Boston

Ann McDonald, Northeastern University, Boston

Anna Nasi, Northeastern University, Boston

Bonnie Parrott, Northeastern University, Boston

Annabelle Tocco, Northeastern University, Boston

Event Volunteers

Jasmine Sun (Vounteer Lead)

Matthew Blanco (Tech Support Volunteer Lead)

Kimberly Do (PhD Consortium, Conversations & Papers Vounteer Lead)

Isabela Fox-Mills (Social Events Volunteer Lead)

Shannon Haley (Workshops Volunteer Lead)

Charles Madden (Registration Volunteer Lead)

Manju Adikesavan

Sakshi Bankar

Molida Chan

Herun Chen

Yi-Ting Chen

Zeya Chen

Jonathan Chinen

Susan Dinh

Mithravinda Kalpetta Gramathil

Jiayi Guo

Mahshid Hasankhani

Aashita Jain

Jeongha Joo

Esther Krupp

Olga Lackner

Manxueying Li

Ellen Liu

Ruchita Arvind Mandhre

Chinmay Shrikant Pade

Akshita Jayesh Patel

Sonja Rattay

Petra Salaric

Nikita Saner

Chandni Tandon

Ianthe van Alkemade

Alistar Xiao

Qingyu Zhang

Partners

Mark Araujo, The Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM), Boston

Roi Salgueiro Barrio, Morningside Academy for Design, MIT, Cambridge

Indigo Casais, Museum of Fine Art, Boston

Elizabeth Christoforetti, Graduate School of Design, Harvard, Cambridge

Marion Cunningham, Morningside Academy for Design, MIT, Cambridge

Michelle Fisher, Museum of Fine Art, Boston

Liana Mestas, Design Museum Foundation, Boston

Janessa Mulepati, Master in Design Engineering, Harvard, Cambridge

John A. Ochsendorf, Morningside Academy for Design, MIT, Cambridge

Jennifer Spungin, Morningside Academy for Design, MIT, Cambridge

Maria Villafranca, Design Museum Foundation, Boston

Andrew Witt, Graduate School of Design, Harvard, Cambridge

Adélaïde Zollinger, Morningside Academy for Design, MIT, Cambridge

DRS International Advisory Council 

Anna Vallgårda (Chair)

Kristina Andersen

Stella Boess

Rebecca Cain

Lin-Lin Chen

Paulina Contreras Correa

Catalina Cortés Loyola

Hua Dong

Kees Dorst

Martyn Evans

Jodi Forlizzi

Tincuta Heinzel

Sampsa Hyysalo

Sabine Junginger

Cecilia Landa-Avila

Sara Lenzi

Dan Lockton

Juan Giusepe Montalvan

Tek-Jin Nam

Arlene Oak

Alejandra Poblete Perez

Johan Redström

Heather Wiltse

Toshimasa Yamanaka