Vladan is the co-founder of Share Foundation and Sharelab, as well as a distinguished professor of arts and design from Novi Sad, Serbia. Over the past few years, his collaborative projects with Kate Crawford gained critical acclaim, with their ground-breaking Calculating Empires research and exhibition being awarded the Silver Lion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice in 2025. His work blends critical and system design, data investigations, counter-cartography, data visualization, and numerous other disciplines, and is included in the permanent collections of the MoMA in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Design Museum in London and the Rijksmuseum in Twenthe, as well as in the permanent exhibition of the Ars Electronica Center.

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In Slovenia, Meta Štular led the creation of one of Europe’s largest hubs for sustainable design and manufacturing – Center ROG in Ljubljana – which earned her team the Eurocities Innovation Award. For over 20 years, she specializes in social innovation, public space regeneration, and building sustainable creative ecosystems. Her expertise includes stakeholder engagement, strategy development, participatory design, and the implementation of transformative cultural programs. She will be sharing with us Center ROG’s stories of sustainable approaches to maker culture, and innovative ways of nurturing creative communities.

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Simone Rebaudengo is the co-founder of studio OIO, where his research focuses on exploring the implications of living with networked and somewhat smart products that change, grow, and are intelligent enough to make their own decisions and show a point of view. His works have been published internationally in Wired, Fastcompany, The Atlantic and Designboom, and he has won two 2014 IXDA Interaction Awards for “Addicted Products”, and a 2015-2016 Internet of Things Award for Best Design Fiction for his “Ethical Things” project, to name just a few.

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Pierre Bastien builds his own machineries, at the cross between music and visual art that blends live trumpet sounds with screen projections of on-site, mechanical sound sculptures in a very poetic way. His work is described as “a timeless sounding orchestra, both futuristic and slightly dada, conjuring ancient traditions in its surprisingly sensuous music.” Bastien has been called a “mad musical scientist with a celebrity following” by The Guardian. Collaborating in the past with filmmaker Pierrick Sorin, fashion designer Issey Miyake, singer and composer Robert Wyatt and Aphex Twin (who released three of his albums on his label Rephlex) to name a few, he is one of the most influential experimental musicians working in the field. In 1986 he formed his own self made one man orchestra, Mecanium and made over 30 records over the years

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Henriëtte Waal is an artist and designer known for her interdisciplinary work in artistic research, environmental design, and community engagement. She is the artistic leader of Veenweide Atelier and the co-founder of Atelier LUMA, the bio design lab of LUMA Arles in the south of France, focused on bioregional practices and material engineering. She is author of Water Works (Waal & Driessen, Valiz, 2025), a book that positions water infrastructures beyond the mere technical, and explores ecosocial design approaches to freshwater challenges through collaborative, place-based practices. Henriëtte has led fieldwork in Mediterranean wetlands, collaborating with remote wetland communities. Combining a system-level approach with embodied practice, her work spans co-fabrication systems for beverages, footwear, colors, crafts, and spaces, as part of an ongoing search for new ecosocial balance. Her projects have been exhibited internationally, highlighting her dedication to social and environmental resilience.

Igor Simić blends fine art, cinematography, video games and music into a thought-provoking transmedia entity, developed somewhere between New York and Belgrade. He is the co-founder and creative director of Demagog Studio which, among other things, produces video games with an eco-critical angle. In 2022, his visual art was featured as part of Manifesta 14, while his video game “The Cub” was in the official selection at Tribeca Film Festival. Igor fuses lecture, cinema, art and performance into a unique format. His performative lecture Everything is Content will give us a provocative look at the impact that the ubiquity of platformized content has on our daily lives.

Demagog Studio Profile 

Olivia is a designer and an education specialist for SDG creative, hands-on activities using technology and design, for kids and adults. She has 16 years of experience in the education sector as a senior lecturer, consultant, educational designer, coordinator, manager, head of department in university. She is passionate about creative projects encouraging critical thinking, interdisciplinarity and empathy and I advocate the SDGs by generating creative sessions for meaningful making, value-driven activities that promote sustainability, inclusion and well being. Being active in the Fab Lab network since 2009 and after having initiated Fab Labs in Europe, her latest project is SYN Fab Lab (2021), the first mobile Fab Lab in Greece that focuses on co-creating societal change all around the country.

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Silvia Brandi is an architect, cultural manager and co-founder of FarmLab, a rural creative hub in Southeast Austria that combines traditional crafts, digital fabrication and nature-based practices. Originally from Italy, she spent almost twenty years in Barcelona working at the intersection of architecture, education, innovation and culture. Her previous roles include faculty member and General Manager at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Director of the international Fixing the Future Festival, and Director of Educational Projects at Abacus Cooperativa.
Today, Silvia develops artistic residencies, workshops and international collaborations at FarmLab, exploring how creativity, local resources and emerging technologies can contribute to more resilient and regenerative futures. Her current work focuses on the relationship between making, learning and the seasonal cycles that shape rural life.

FarmLab Instagram Profile

Tom is director of The Making Rooms, a multidisciplinary makerspace in Blackburn England, featuring labs in ceramics, textiles, device repair, plastic recycling and a full Fab Lab that opens to the public for free every weekend. He is currently leading a £1.5m expansion of the building to support growing demand and further develop these labs.
Being involved with makerspaces since volunteering at the UK’s first Fab Lab, Tom has since visited over 50 makerspaces to share experiences. With a degree in Computer Science and background in educational electronics development, Tom helped to develop the BBC micro:bit, CodeBug, and PiFace platforms – supporting millions of learners worldwide.
He has since led his team in creating projects with university researchers, local and international partners. In the last 4 years, he has focused the space towards training and sustainability research.
In 2023 he led a week-long workshop in Blackburn for 15 ECHN hub leaders from 11 countries to learn from his team, their local partners and each other – distilling this into the ECHN Makerspace Toolkit. As an ECHN board member, Tom leads the Makerspace cluster.
Tom has led the development of youth makerspaces in 8 towns across England with more in development. He has long supported young people into making and sustainability, this forming the topic of his recent TEDx talk.

The Making Rooms

Ariel Facundo Uzal is co-founder and the lead maker at TransfoLAB BCN. Faku is a versatile professional, and his experience extends from photography and filmmaking (his vocation by education), audio-visual production, design and construction of custom-made high-end vehicles and professional carpentry. In the last 16 years his primary focus is on development of environmentally friendly production methods in fabrication (metalwork, carpentry, plastic moulding…), through the application of upcycling, reuse, transformation, and circular economy. Faku was also the co-founder of Transfodesign (2009 – 2019), an architectural studio focused on circular economy, and the founder of FaKuZa image&design (2010 – 2015), studio focused on photography and audio-visual production.

TransfoLAB BCN

Nada Tozija is co-founder of TransfoLAB BCN and in charge of circularity and sustainable design. A graduate architect, Nada has completed master’s studies in Entrepreneurship and International Trade at the Université d’Orleans, France, as well as master’s degree in Independent Program studies by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona (MACBA) and Universitad Autonoma de Barcelona. Her 18 years of international experience extends from short architectural projects in Tunisia, Brazil, and Wales, to urban development projects in the United States of America, villa design in Mallorca and housing and interior design projects in North Macedonia. Having had experience in the contemporary practices of design and production, she shifted her focus towards sustainability, circular economy and making, first by co-founding her studio Transfodesign (2009-2019), and later by co-founding TransfoLAB BCN and TransfoLAB ATH, the first Center for Trash Investigation. Nada currently holds a position within the Managing Board of Ensemble – the Network of Productive and Collaborative Spaces in Barcelona, and is co-leading the Makers Cluster within ECHN.

TransfoLAB BCN

Jeremy Morris is an English, South African and Swiss architect and visual artist. Traveling along with his camera, analysing the built environment and witnessing different contexts as a result of his multicultural background. He created a social and environmental awareness that drives him in his projects. Fahrenheit.works (also operating as Fahrenheit 180º) is an architectural collective and design studio founded by Jeremy and Portuguese-Swiss architect Luca Carlisle. Based in Lisbon, Portugal, they focus on regenerative architecture, ecological design, and building with alternative, earth-based materials. Their headquarters are based in Lisbon, Portugal.

Fahrenheit.works

Neda is the co-founder of TransfoLAB ATH/BCN, Centers of Trash Investigation exploring circular economy, sustainable design/fabrication, and material innovation. With over 20 years of experience in product, project, and organizational management, she has worked across telecommunications, technology, and innovation, managing key products for T-Mobile Macedonia and leading international multidisciplinary teams delivering digital solutions for global brands including Microsoft, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, AT&T, and Verizon.

Today, her work focuses on rethinking how products, projects, and organizations are designed and managed through the lens of circularity and sustainability. By combining systems thinking, innovation, and practical implementation, she develops approaches and projects that generate positive social and environmental impact.

TransfoLAB BCN

Rafael Calado is a Portuguese architect, innovation strategist, and community builder working at the intersection of the bioeconomy, circular economy, digital fabrication, design, and citizen innovation. He coordinated FabLab Lisboa (2014–2021), co-founded Repair Café Lisboa in 2016, and has developed international residencies, courses, and workshops with institutions including RISD, The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), and ATÖLYE Istanbul.
In 2022, Rafael founded BioLab Lisboa, Portugal’s first Citizen Lab, established through a partnership between Lisbon City Council, the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, and FCiências.ID Association. He promotes international residencies, internships, workshops, research, and community-driven innovation projects. He received two Participatory Budget awards supporting maker entrepreneurship for people with disabilities and the creation of a Circular Economy Hub. Rafael is a former Maker Ambassador at Maker Faire Rome and a former Fellow of Urban Arenas for Just and Sustainable Cities. He is a founding member of the Vulca Association and the European Creative Hubs Network (ECHN).

FabLab Lisboa

Sofia Koudouni is an EU Project Manager at Odyssea with a strong interest in social inclusion, community empowerment, and participatory learning. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a Master’s degree in European Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Alongside coordinating European projects in the fields of civic engagement, sustainability, migration, and gender equality, she has extensive experience as a non-formal education trainer and facilitator. Over the years, she has designed and delivered interactive workshops for diverse groups, including young people, migrants, and women with refugee and migrant backgrounds, using creative and participatory methodologies to foster dialogue, confidence, and inclusion. She is particularly interested in the role of storytelling, culture, and collective creativity as tools for empowerment, intercultural exchange, and social change.

Odyssea 

Guillermo Orduña is co-founder of Munkun, a design and research studio working at the intersection of art, science, design, technology and learning. Before Munkun, he spent over twenty years as a science communicator, translating complex research into stories, formats and campaigns that reach the public. At Munkun he leads narrative strategy, proposal architecture and long-term partnerships across European research and cultural ecosystems specially the New European Bauhaus.

Munkun

Agustín Jamardo manages Anceu Coliving, a rural coliving in Anceu (Galicia, Spain) for remote workers and creatives. The community shares coworking spaces, communal dinners and everyday village life, connecting local rural culture with an international creative community.

Anceu Coliving

Dilara Güney is an architect, researcher, and R&S coordinator at Aks Creative Hub, where she develops international collaborations across architecture, culture, and sustainability. Her work focuses on designing participatory processes, fostering cross-sector partnerships, and creating platforms that bring together public institutions, academia, creative professionals, and local communities to tackle urban and environmental challenges through innovation and participation. Alongside her work at Aks, she is pursuing a PhD in Architecture, exploring participatory design and just urban transitions. Her work bridges research and practice, turning ideas into collaborative projects with real-world impact.

Aks Creative Hub 

Ninu Dramis has worked across fashion and communication design, co-founded two creative studios, and was part of the label Maars. Drawing on her broad experience in the fashion industry in several fields, she works as a Creative Director. Since 2024, she has been strategically building FABRIC, where she leads Concept, Collaboration, and Program Curation.

Fabric Hamburg 

Lisa Spelge is working at the intersection of cultural management and urban development. Having spent several years at Hamburg’s Cultural Funding Agency (Kreativ Gesellschaft), where she coordinated real estate projects and networks for stakeholders in the creative industries, she has worked as a project manager for the FABRIC Future Fashion Lab since 2026. She is particularly interested in how creative ecosystems, new usage concepts, and strong communities can contribute to sustainable urban development processes.

Fabric Hamburg 

Nacho Márquez is co-founder and president of Rural Hackers, a hub based in a village of 102 inhabitants in Galicia (Spain), working against rural depopulation through technology, creativity and community. Rural Hackers leads programmes in AI literacy, entrepreneurship and creative residencies across rural areas.

Rural Hackers 

Ilias Saltiel is the co-founder and Director of Athens Makerspace, a non-profit makerspace founded in 2016. He grew up in Athens and studied Mechanical Engineering (BEng) at the University of Edinburgh, later worked in Bulgaria as a supervisor on photovoltaic park foundations for a project led by Aktor S.A. Inspired by a visit to the HackSpace in London and further research into the international Maker Movement, he set out to bring the democratization of tools and fabrication technology to Athens.

In the winter of 2015 he took part in the “Entrepreneurship in Action” seminar and competition at the University of Athens, placing second, and shortly after founded Athens Makerspace with an educational vision and a social mission. Under his leadership, Athens Makerspace has grown into a hands-on hub for both traditional and digital fabrication — 3D printing, laser cutting, woodworking, electronics, CNC, and more — with a particular focus on turning plastic waste into useful products through its Precious Plastic Lab. Ilias brings a practical, collaborative approach to making — bridging design, fabrication, and circular economy principles — and is always open to new partnerships that push sustainable making forward.

AthensMakerspace 

One of the co-founders of Nova Iskra, where from the very beginning she is actively engaged in creating special educational programs for the wider community of our hub and the general public. Nana is devoted to creating special educational programs with the aim to provide young professionals with the skill sets necessary in an increasingly fluid and shifting job market, as well as challenging economic and social circumstances, not only on the local but on the global level. Nana is designing programs, projects and partnerships which are contributing to empowering individuals and teams through education, one that expands our knowledge and experience, improves skills, and contributes to our overall personal improvement and development.

Nana holds an MA in Management in Culture, Interculturalism and Mediation in Balkans (University of the Arts Belgrade) and BA in Art History (Philosophical Faculty of Belgrade University). She has great professional experience in public, private and civil society organizations in the fields of art, culture and cultural industries. She is also the founder of the KidsPatch festival for children, and was a guest professor at the Faculty of Media and Communications in Belgrade, as well as one of the mentors in the Creative Mentorship program.

Nova Iskra

Anna sees culture as a practice and creativity as both an expression of personal needs and a response to them. With a degree in Information Design, studies in Art History, and over a decade of experience in the arts and creative industries, she has worked at the intersection of established cultural institutions and grassroots initiatives. After contributing to institutions such as MAK, mumok, Vienna Design Week, and neunerhaus in Vienna, she returned to South Tyrol in 2022, where she has worked with Museion, BASIS Vinschgau Venosta, Allianz der Kultur, Museion Art Club, and Cultura Libera Freie Kultur, alongside her independent practice. As an independent cultural manager and communication strategist, she works as an external Project Curator for BASIS and represents the organization on its board. A self-described militant crocheter and fiber activist, she advocates for the social and political potential of craft, encouraging everyone to embrace and share their creativity—regardless of skill level. Interested in simple subversive practices and sociopolitical cultural expression, she is an untangler of the tangible.

BASIS Vinschgau Venosta

Joana Carvalho is an architect and founder of DINAMO10 Creative Hub. She started this community with the belief that collaboration and cooperation are the fundamentals for creative work and business success. After 4 years abroad, she returned to her hometown to establish her studio and to kickstart one of the first co-work spaces in Portugal in 2010, aiming to scale on impact rather than in size. Recently, she has combined her architectural expertise with creative-community management to deliver 360º consultancy for collaborative spaces.

DINAMO10

Maria Shirshova is a social entrepreneur and co-founder of Sami Residence in Tbilisi, Georgia. For almost five years, she has been exploring how language can bring people together and help them build a new life in a new country.
What started as a Georgian language school has grown into a vibrant community where more than 3,500 migrants and newcomers have found friends, launched projects, built collaborations, and discovered a sense of belonging. Maria is also the founder of the social enterprises My Sisters and Remarka, supporting women artisans and displaced communities through creativity, design, and entrepreneurship. She believes that language is only the beginning. Real change happens when people feel connected, valued, and part of a community. In a rapidly changing world, she sees human relationships as one of the most sustainable resources we have.

Sami Residence

Sanna Lilie is the Managing Director of STPLN, a hub for independent creators, where she leads the organization’s vision and strategic direction to foster sustainable, inclusive, and community-driven environments. Her background spans culture-led urban development, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and strategic project management, with extensive experience driving cross-sector collaborations across the public sector, non-profit initiatives, and business. Over her career, she has spearheaded regional creative initiatives, produced international knowledge hubs such as WorldPride House, and advised organizations on inclusive organizational culture and leadership. With an academic foundation in the social, behavioral, and gender sciences, Sanna’s work bridges strategic vision and community practice to build spaces where creative capacity and social innovation can thrive.

STPLN

Edo Sadikovic started Sende, pioneer of rural coworking & coliving space. Located in the Spanish mountains, Sende became a second village for world creatives. Later on Edo started a second space in Portugal, a coliving camp for creative events. Constantly involved in creating new concepts and building new creative spaces with people from all over the world. Edo is also an educator with a background in conflict-transformation and working with people from conflict stricken countries.

Sende

Joanne Attard Mallia is an archaeologist, cultural manager and Head of the Valletta Design Cluster, a community hub in Malta that combines design, social innovation, community and maker-culture. She has spent over two decades working at the intersection of cultural production, heritage, and community engagement. In her previous roles she led the programming and production of cultural and artistic projects for Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture and the Valletta Cultural Agency and served as Curator of World Heritage Sites at Heritage Malta.

Today, Joanne develops workshops, public engagement initiatives, and international collaborations at the VDC, exploring how creativity, strategic partnerships, and maker practices can contribute to more resilient and vibrant urban environments. Her current work focuses on the relationship between hands-on making, collaborative learning, and the participatory practices that shape community life.

Valletta Design Cluster 

Hannes Götsch is a social entrepreneur and developer of transdisciplinary strategy processes, a music enthusiast, and a lifelong advocate for nightlife as a catalyst for social change. For over two decades, he has been active within the regional and international club and subcultural networks, co-founding initiatives, festivals, and collectives such as SPUNK, Kognitiv, and Revoltekk. As an insomniac, he brought his deep jungle / drum and bass selections to dance floors across Europe. As founder and Chief Visionary Officer of the hybrid hub “BASIS Vinschgau Venosta”, Hannes continues to shape the organization’s future while championing the transformative power of culture. Through the multifunctional studio venue “KASINO”, he creates spaces where nightlife, community and creativity intersect, driven by the belief that shared cultural practices and the switch from pure consumption to production can connect layers and inspire lasting socio- ecological change and wealth distribution.

BASIS website

Alba Fernández Arias is an architect and founder of Espazo A Maceta, a creative and innovation hub in Muros (Galicia) where culture, entrepreneurship, and sustainability come together to strengthen local communities. With an international career in architecture, heritage regeneration, and sustainable design, she returned to her hometown to reimagine how creativity and collaboration can drive rural development and community regeneration.

Drawing on participatory methodologies, cultural innovation, and creative entrepreneurship, she designs and leads initiatives that empower women, activate rural territories, and foster collaboration between local communities and European networks. Her work explores how creativity can become a driver for regeneration, resilience, and meaningful social change.

Espazo A Maceta

Manuela is the co-founder of Universosud and Comincenter—a cultural and creative hub where digital innovation, career guidance and territorial development intertwine, collaborating with European networks on digital transition and hybrid skills.

Coming from visual communication and publishing, her experience spans graphic design, brand identity, and the construction of iconographic and color systems. For nine years, she led communications for a bank, redefining its narrative through visual identity, storytelling and digital strategy. Today, Manuela helps companies and organizations integrate generative AI into their creative and marketing processes. Her background in literature and philosophy has taught her that every word constructs reality, every image directs the gaze, and every narrative produces identity. This is why she designs communication strategies and creative pipelines where AI does not replace thought, but amplifies it. As an ASNOR-certified career counselor, she also works on professional transitions and evolving identities.

Today, her work focuses on rethinking how products, projects, and organizations are designed and managed through the lens of circularity and sustainability. By combining systems thinking, innovation, and practical implementation, she develops approaches and projects that generate positive social and environmental impact.

Comincenter
Universosud

Juan Barbed is the co-founder of Rooral, a Creative Hub turning small Spanish villages into regenerative hubs for remote work and rural innovation. After working remotely across 40+ countries, he realized the most powerful human lessons have come from rural areas. Today he and his team design village-based coliving experiences in southern Spain that help digital workers and artists slow down, belong, and co-create impact with local communities, positioning Rooral as a launchpad for new energy in the countryside. Rural is sexy.

Rooral

Raine Heikkinen has an extensive history in supporting and creating art. Originating from squatted buildings and organizing free raves, he has been involved in countless projects. He joined the team of Kaapeli in 2007 and since then he has been in various roles. Today he works as a Head of Property. He has a long history on developing customer experience in creative centers. He is also involved in creative networking in Europe, most importantly in Trans Europe Halles (three terms in the board) and European Creative Hubs Network (Alternate member in the board). Raine has a Master´s Degree in Culture / Event Production from HUMAK, University of Applied Sciences. He has been involved with event production and creative facilitation for more than 25 years. In Kaapelitehdas he administered event spaces over 10 years. Raine is also advocating creative and cultural policies around Europe and has been lecturing in several Universities. He was also deeply involved in establishing EIT Culture & Creativity North and designing and constructing of Dance House Helsinki.

Kaapeli

K.atou has been the strongest female voice in the local Greek scene for more than a decade. After spending time in London and Berlin, she moved back to Athens in 2009 and established residencies at Six d.o.g.s., co-presented a series of parties under the name “No Expectations”, regular appearances at the queer mobile parties “Qreclaim” and as a resident DJ at PTX Athens with her second moniker “Janet Davis”. Meanwhile, her international DJ schedule blossomed, with performances across Europe, South and North America. She has performed three times at Glastonbury Festival while also she has performed in Zukunft (Zurich), Recyclart (Brussels), Bassiani takeover @ Block (Tel Aviv), Marble Bar (Detroit) to name a few. She also currently holds two residencies on Fade Radio and Movement Radio. With her mind focused on carving this dedicated path through DJing, K.atou maintains her position at the forefront of the electronic music scene. The ingredients of her particular sound can be attributed to the classic realms of the 90s house and techno from Detroit, Chicago and Frankfurt, with a penchant of the trippy, dubbed out and sublime.

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Ivanol is following the trends of anti-music. The noise soundscapes do not use melody, harmony or tempo. Subtle sounds of crackles meet brutal attacks of fuzzed bassy noise. The performance is improvised – you never know what you get. Ivanol is based in Copenhagen and is loosely connected to the noise scene around Mayhem and Supernoise. The performance at Supernoise X in 2025 will be released in the fall of 2026.

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Yorgos Mouftoglou is an EU Project Manager and grant proposal writer specializing in the Cultural and Creative Sectors. With an academic background in Political Sciences and Legal Theory, he has extensive experience designing and managing European-funded projects. His work focuses on cultural innovation, international cooperation, capacity building, and social impact, supporting artists, cultural organizations, and creative communities across Europe. Alongside his professional work, he is a published poet and cultural researcher exploring the intersections of culture, society, and public policy.

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Adamantios Kafetzis, visual artist, intensive record collector, DJ, owner of the Teranga Beat record label and editor of the Eligo Audio Culture website. Adamantios Kafetzis curates DJ-sets of rare power and true feeling, always presenting unpredictable recordings. After extensive research and regular visits to Senegal and its neighboring countries, he decided to establish Teranga Beat Records, bringing to the fore a well-hidden chapter of West African music. Based in Dakar, Teranga Beat started in 2010, releasing “Diamonoye Tiopité – L’ Epoque De L’Evolution”. To date, Teranga Beat has released 14 releases. Hybrid Grooves from around the world.

Terangabeat Bandcamp

Pepe Peralta Guerrero, originally from Málaga and based between Timişoara and Bucharest, Romania, is an architect, maker, community builder, and bon vivant. His work focuses on two complementary areas: the transformation and reactivation of spaces—exemplified by FABER, the award-winning creative hub he co-founded in a former soap factory—and the cultivation of collective intelligence.

Working at the intersection of digital fabrication, upcycling, and community building, he designs spaces, exhibitions, and scenographies; facilitates collaborative processes and co-creation workshops; manages cultural projects; and connects people, organisations, and ideas across Europe through international networks. He currently serves as an elected board member of VULCA and as Community Manager of the European Creative Hubs Network (ECHN).

Matthaios Tsimitakis is an experienced digital communication strategist and journalist with over two decades of expertise at the intersection of media, technology, and governance. He holds an MA in the anthropology of media from SOAS, University of London. From 2016 to 2019, Matthaios served as the special advisor to the prime minister of Greece on digital communication, where he designed high-level online strategies, managed international digital diplomacy, and directed crisis communication campaigns during major national events.. His op-eds and reported analyses on the Greek crisis and global current affairs have been featured in premier global outlets, including The New York Times, Al Jazeera, BBC, Deutsche Welle, and Vice. He is currently the Managing Editor of Creatives Unite, developing its editorial agenda.

Creatives Unite Platform

Vasilis Charalampidis is the founder and director of the cultural organization bios, as well as a founding member and President of the Board of Directors of the European Network of Creative Hubs. He is an acclaimed graphic designer and urban planner whose work explores the impact, boundaries, and intersections of culture and creativity within the urban environment. As an expert in the cultural and creative sectors, innovation, and social cohesion, he is actively engaged in policy development and advocacy for these fields.
He is also a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences and has received numerous awards and distinctions for his work in graphic design.

BIOS website  ECHN website