Speakers
2023–24 Academic Year
Pedro Ignacio Alonso
Associate Professor of Architecture
Kelli Anderson
Designer
Jeanette Andrews
Artist, Magician, Researcher
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/18e11603f4ad53f978f9a078d602234e6f6fcdaa-4500x6000.jpg?rect=1118,824,1970,1970&w=800&h=800)
Lynda Barry
Award-winning Author & Artist
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/cb3bea76c362fdf37650bb6c2fc3dd4e8cc0737d-3961x2407.jpg?rect=2221,334,1740,1740&w=800&h=800)
Benjamin Bratton
Professor of Philosophy of Technology and Speculative Design
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/6fc7b52032f45b6f0aa263383d3bd80330a0201f-1365x2048.jpg?rect=211,46,1154,1154&w=800&h=800)
Dario Calmese
Designer
Tiffany Cheng
Designer
Teddy Cruz
Professor
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/6adff3415cca6863b6e9faaab50b577544e606b0-8688x5792.jpg?rect=1496,742,2856,2856&w=800&h=800)
Catherine D'Ignazio
Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/35cd6a1552ec552be81e3b702c8c1e2f02a05517-1080x1080.jpg?rect=155,30,841,841&w=800&h=800)
Paula Ehrlich
DVM, PhD, President & CEO
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/2d20a1079b1002cba4a808cc3380d920f44bc7d6-1500x1500.jpg?rect=213,147,1287,1287&w=800&h=800)
Behnaz Farahi
Architecture, Fashion & Interactive Design
Fonna Forman
Professor
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/6adff3415cca6863b6e9faaab50b577544e606b0-8688x5792.jpg?rect=4321,1110,2565,2565&w=800&h=800)
Janelle Knox-Hayes
Professor of Economic Geography and Planning, MIT DUSP; Director of the Resilient Communities Lab
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/49639e405c82fa7ffa66fea957f64d0a01f9bbc1-480x564.jpg?rect=0,42,480,480&w=800&h=800)
David Sun Kong
Synthetic biologist, bio designer, community organizer, musician, and photographer
Dennis Liu
PhD, Vice President of Education
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/b403ec404d170946c656bfb77efc9968a4ebec43-142x183.png?rect=0,21,142,142&w=800&h=800)
Adriana Mallozzi
Entrepreneur, Technologist, Passionate advocate for disability inclusion
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/a52086d15bb9821a3c7d45f89b98d79458c974b3-1466x1466.png?rect=316,158,1150,1150&w=800&h=800)
Gita Manaktala
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/55074069ceb0c8d93c861a3a3a2c9ab720720c9a-250x273.jpg?rect=49,31,201,201&w=800&h=800)
Aditya Mehrotra
Mechanical Engineer
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/c29981a1cc59805d5dce914ae123cc22cd4a719e-900x600.jpg?rect=225,57,348,348&w=800&h=800)
Ayr Muir
Founder, CEO
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/82693d0730f45389ad67d4e42adb8270ce76c5b8-1389x1505.png?rect=0,59,1389,1389&w=800&h=800)
Dietmar Offenhuber
Designer, Urban Planner
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/1de66407d257ac1a6a8dd5e32da7d70840244d31-750x1000.jpg?rect=100,6,650,650&w=800&h=800)
Hugo Palmarola
Associate Professor of Design
Richard Perez
founding director, Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking, University of Cape Town
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/98b9a74e61f9591c2bbb14b65d1a5da9607ebaa8-1752x2048.jpg?rect=367,0,999,999&w=800&h=800)
Jesse Louis-Rosenberg
Artist, Computer Programmer, Maker
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/f2024b8293382de2a49e04643d626b53af855326-500x500.jpg?w=800&h=800)
Jessica Rosenkrantz
Artist, Designer, Programmer
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/a0c4457231e81a5cf673854e266616348d7840e4-500x500.jpg?rect=31,0,438,438&w=800&h=800)
Hannah Wong
Master of Architecture Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Project Manager, Critical Design Lab
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/3995a7a9ee5e00696b1eb41da68fed7bfcc06d2f-560x560.png?w=800&h=800)
2023 Power of Design Conference
2022–23 Academic Year
Maria Aguiar
MIT SEVT Vice-Captain
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/845e89065996d8b480412014e6bec7e2975b21d7-4152x4454.jpg?rect=839,543,2496,2496&w=800&h=800)
Saeed Arida
Co-founder and Chief Excitement Officer, NuVu
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/95f8c9ee312f45cc1c0c4ddea42affc5c0300550-4500x3000.jpg?rect=750,0,3000,3000&w=800&h=800)
Maria Yang
Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Associate Director, Morningside Academy for Design
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/31fad0056a54b9e129277f95d3543b1ebf310b9b-1024x768.jpg?rect=128,0,768,768&w=800&h=800)
Norhan Bayomi
Environmental scientist, architect, inventor, electronic music producer, and Trance DJ
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/23c74527bbb1c3e11184fb8570893a5095fa93dd-5688x5688.jpg?w=800&h=800)
Justin Brazier
Architect, Environmentalist
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/79726b090d288a9edec54b691c768d03ebca316e-1140x1425.jpg?rect=0,143,1140,1140&w=800&h=800)
Cynthia Breazeal
Professor Media Arts and Sciences, Media Lab; MIT Dean for Digital Learning; Director, MIT RAISE Initiative
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/9f2c9f058d8932c7d27e49adbe504078356e8d0f-2721x1814.jpg?rect=907,0,1814,1814&w=800&h=800)
John Cary
President and CEO, Eames Institute and The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/64bd245f546cf94b5e56ea2348ab1eb737985220-2503x3129.jpg?rect=0,149,2503,2503&w=800&h=800)
Natsai Audrey Chieza
Founder and CEO, Faber Futures
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/2da86626af833161e7948892b1e50777a8a5b803-907x1134.jpg?rect=70,112,837,837&w=800&h=800)
Svafa Grönfeldt
Professor of Practice, SA+P; Faculty Director, MITdesignX
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/8e13c3bb1db20b8c16ee92901af3831887a410c7-4870x2244.jpg?rect=2089,0,2244,2244&w=800&h=800)
Sara Hendren
Writer, Design Researcher, Artist, and Cultural Producer; Associate Professor, Northeastern University
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/3eab51509a3a4695a83c5d63e2ac85c32a76dc05-1280x853.jpg?rect=293,0,853,853&w=800&h=800)
Tony Hu
Director of MIT’s Integrated Design & Management Master’s Program
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/6d59982fbe6234a954270e40359611adad2c0a2d-8000x10667.jpg?rect=0,26,8000,8000&w=800&h=800)
Sheila Kennedy
MIT Professor of Architecture, innovator and educator
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/75ab9e05198476d2f090ce233d77efb5d40326e3-1744x2203.jpg?rect=0,44,1744,1744&w=800&h=800)
Bon Ku
Marta and Robert Adelson Professor of Medicine and Design, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/fa8dc52963eba7f8832e7864e9cc160dbb865c6c-4000x6000.jpg?rect=15,515,3970,3970&w=800&h=800)
Jae Rhim Lee
Design Strategist, Entrepreneur, Senior TED Fellow at TED Conferences
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/9ba6747caca18ef2619e43ec10b9ecaaece9f9fb-1440x1003.jpg?rect=219,0,1003,1003&w=800&h=800)
Miho Mazereeuw
Associate Professor, Architecture and Urbanism; Director, Urban Risk Lab at MIT
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/83524f236d7ed19990f03d75c00e1d551a8c7f93-1091x1200.jpg?rect=62,68,1029,1029&w=800&h=800)
Michael Murphy
Thomas Ventulett Chair of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/c8ba07ac3af5f5f165334dca09bbebc8cd68c361-3000x4495.jpg?rect=0,176,3000,3000&w=800&h=800)
Dava Newman
Apollo Professor of Astronautics; Director, MIT Media Lab
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/63b05e56a87626e176c97dc983c0144abbec686c-4000x5337.jpg?rect=852,276,3148,3148&w=800&h=800)
Maria Nicanor
Director, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/6e1f1eae77815ddbbf7550e0be1ff6bd3f459f9e-3000x3110.jpg?rect=450,24,2550,2550&w=800&h=800)
Kristala L.J. Prather
Arthur Dehon Little Professor, MIT Department of Chemical Engineering Executive Officer
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/d7bc4d5916fe129ba7d7461fac3538c7d263b0a8-1435x1435.jpg?w=800&h=800)
Mark Rober
Engineer, Educator, YouTuber
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/aa5d3251c3919956fa3cc316f4b14a223732fc53-7610x5076.jpg?rect=2990,682,1332,1332&w=800&h=800)
Jana Saadi
Engineer, Designer
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/5d50fccb957337d35fbd50f2370ceece18ada2de-6000x4000.jpg?rect=2171,884,3116,3116&w=800&h=800)
Arvind Satyanarayan
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/293880e6f1e7f565dfd7a2b360caa5a868130d37-2083x2083.jpg?w=800&h=800)
Adam Savage
Maker, Designer
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/551e31ef4d7b59dc89c6020f9f47e7a2db370c28-732x929.jpg?rect=0,99,732,732&w=800&h=800)
Amy Smith
Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering; Founding Director, MIT D-Lab
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/7d24dcaf8cc1684cba4fbd1e47750e364ba3049b-2304x1728.jpg?rect=0,267,957,957&w=800&h=800)
Daniel Sweeney
D-Lab Research Scientist, Biomass Fuel & Cookstoves; Lecturer
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/eca34b90bbb829e2995b3d385dd700aacb21be8f-343x412.png?rect=85,0,247,247&w=800&h=800)
Skylar Tibbits
Associate Professor, Architecture; Director, Self-Assembly Lab at MIT; Assistant Director for Education, Morningside Academy for Design
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/628eaae88cf11dd71930a27b8ca23facaf66af04-1013x1298.jpg?rect=14,0,986,986&w=800&h=800)
Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall
Dean of the Faculty of Design at Ontario College of Art and Design University
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/d1c9050c18eb27d1b7d83868f206c679cfc06ba5-6838x4561.jpg?rect=2596,935,1838,1838&w=800&h=800)
Fernanda Viégas
Professor at Harvard, data visualizer, computational designer, speaker
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/29a044b2595b50939fcaa9fa35b574e1372cae96-3003x1998.jpg?rect=1517,441,1414,1414&w=800&h=800)
Martin Wattenberg
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Havard
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/29a044b2595b50939fcaa9fa35b574e1372cae96-3003x1998.jpg?rect=231,48,1512,1512&w=800&h=800)
Rosa Weinberg
K-12 Design Education Lead
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/4633f90ab891ab4ab962c394a05cd3914978df97-3678x5517.jpg?rect=0,920,3678,3678&w=800&h=800)
Patrick Whitney
Professor in Residence, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Steelcase Endowed Chair and Dean Emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/1a04841dd7850bbcb1fc3d87133b32bd5aa296bd-871x1225.jpg?rect=0,100,871,871&w=800&h=800)
Sarah Williams
Associate Professor, DUSP; Director, MIT Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/4e4fab181d4d67f23315dcf4e7c7b0f805b7279c-1512x2016.jpg?rect=0,252,1512,1512&w=800&h=800)
Jonathan Zong
Computer Scientist, Artist
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/s7wdvm3i/production/8f86bff896f3cb36fd3b5e2d1a0569a28ec49faf-1536x2049.jpg?rect=0,257,1536,1536&w=800&h=800)
2022 Power of Design Conference