Richard Barbrook is Senior Lecturer of Politics at the University of Westminster and author of Imaginary Futures (2007). His essays focus on the clash between commerce and cooperation within the Internet.
Consultant and project manager in the area of media, web 2.0, cultural projects and events. He is the editor of “THE 100.000 EURO JOB” (http://100.000-euro-job.de).
Usman Haque, director Haque Design + Research Ltd, founder of Pachube.com and CEO of Connected Environments Ltd has created responsive environments, interactive installations, digital interface devices and mass-participation performances.
Under the psudonym Byetone, Olaf Bender creates his music digitally, assembling sine tones to generate complex sound fabrics and using digital clicks and effect plug-ins to create rhythms and an artificial world without any physical effort.