Connect: Design for an Emphatic Society

About Dick van DijkSabine Wildevuur

Sabine Wildevuur works as Head of Waag Society's Creative Care Lab. She has an academic background in Medicine and Mass Communication and works as a programme manager researcher and writer. She is passionate about innovation in the interdisciplinary field of healthcare design the arts new media and ICT. Dick van Dijk is Creative Director at Waag Society. He is interested in the crossover between virtual and physical interactions in creating a narrative space a place for imagination. Dick has a background in Business Economics and History of Art and is currently extending his creative skills in the context of an Arts Academy. Thomas Hammer-Jakobsen is Chairman of Copenhagen Living Lab and has previously held top-level positions in the Danish Broadcasting Corporation for more than 10 years. Thomas is a specialist in welfare innovation. As such he has initiated and led many national and international projects in the field of elderly care and independent living. Mie Bjerre is a partner at Copenhagen LivingLab which assists public and private organisations in realising innovation and business potential. Mie has a background in European ethnology realising while travelling that understanding cultures people and why people are doing what they're doing holds great value when innovating Anne Ayvari D.Sc. (Econ.) currently works as a Principal Lecturer at Laurea University of Applied Sciences Finland. Her main responsibilities include managing RDI projects aiming at developing services and procedures in the social and health care sector. Her research interests include small firm networks networking abilities and learning in networks. Jesper Lund has worked with digital innovation and user-centric design since 2004. He is currently working as a teacher and researcher at Halmstad University in Sweden where he has been involved as a researcher in several R&D projects within the health technology field.