17 practitioner (higher education) speakers on Mezzo — including Tega Brain, Jenny Odell, and Anne Pasternak. Each with the talks, gig history, and co-appearances to back it up.
Together they've given 31 talks across 17 events.
109 speakers · showing 1–24
Tega Brain
Environmental Engineer and Artist | Co-author of Code as Creative Medium
🇺🇸New York, NY7 talks
Climate Action & Net Zero
Creative Thinking
CV
Christine Vallaure
Design systems educator | Founder of moonlearning.io, bridging design and development
🇩🇪Berlin, Germany7 talks
Accessible & Inclusive Design
Building High Performance Teams
LH
Libby Heaney
Quantum Physicist Turned Artist | First to Use Quantum Computing as Art Medium
🇬🇧London, United Kingdom5 talks
Creative Thinking
Design Thinking
PX
Portrait XO
Transdisciplinary Musician and AI Researcher | Data Activist
🇩🇪Berlin, Germany7 talks
AI Ethics & Governance
Creative Thinking
Jenny Odell
Artist and Writer | Author of How to Do Nothing
🇺🇸Oakland, CA4 talks
Creative Thinking
Culture Design & Transformation
Morehshin Allahyari
3D Printing as Counter-Colonial Archive | Stanford Digital Media Professor
🇺🇸Bay Area, CA2 talks
Creativity
Culture Design & Transformation
Tarja Turtia
UNESCO Programme Specialist | Global Cultural Innovation
🇫🇷France1 talk
Culture Design & Transformation
Purpose Driven Business
Anne Pasternak
CEO of Creative Time | Empowering Art to Move, Motivate and Inspire
🇺🇸United States2 talks
Creative Thinking
Culture Design & Transformation
RF
Rebecca Fiebrink
Creator of Wekinator | Professor at UAL Creative Computing Institute
🇬🇧London, United Kingdom4 talks
Creative Thinking
Design Thinking
MA
Maggie Appleton
Design lead at Elicit | Visual essayist making complex ideas accessible, digital gardens pioneer
🇬🇧London, United Kingdom11 talks
Content & Storytelling (Marketing)
Creative Thinking
Ellen Jorgensen
Biotech Entrepreneur | Democratizing Biotechnology
🇺🇸United States2 talks
Entrepreneurship
Healthcare Transformation
Kimberly S. Reed
Diversity & Inclusion Executive | Best-Selling Author & Culture Strategist
🇺🇸United States1 talk
Culture Design & Transformation
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Chris Christie
Former Governor of New Jersey | Nonpartisan Political Analyst
🇺🇸United States2 talks
Crisis Leadership
Executive Leadership
Christine Renaud
CEO of Braindate | Bootstrapped Edtech Entrepreneur
🇨🇦Montreal, Canada1 talk
Corporate Innovation
Corporate Learning
KA
K Allado-McDowell
Writer Who Co-Authors with AI | Founded Google Artists + Machine Intelligence
🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA5 talks
Artificial Intelligence
Creative Thinking
Catherine D'Ignazio
Data Feminist and MIT Professor | Author of Data Feminism
🇺🇸Cambridge, MA1 talk
AI Ethics & Governance
Accessible & Inclusive Design
Mimi Onuoha
Artist and Researcher | Creator of The Library of Missing Datasets
🇺🇸Brooklyn, NY3 talks
AI Ethics & Governance
Data Privacy & Compliance
Sonita Alizadeh
Human Rights Activist | Music and Advocacy
Afghanistan1 talk
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Growth & Scale
Charlotte Marian Pearson
Inclusive Brand Strategist | Driving Social Impact Through Entrepreneurship
🇺🇸United States1 talk
Brand Strategy
Creativity
Lemn Sissay
Award-Winning Playwright | Athletic Performance Insights
🇬🇧United Kingdom1 talk
Building Personal Brand
Creative Thinking
Leland Melvin
Former NASA Astronaut | Inspiring Stories of Perseverance
🇺🇸United States1 talk
Executive Leadership
Growth Mindset
Frank Gehry
Legendary Architect | Design Innovation & Visionary Thinking
🇺🇸United States2 talks
Creative Thinking
Culture Design & Transformation
Erin Gruwell
Inspiring Educator | 'The Freedom Writers Diary' Author
🇺🇸United States2 talks
Education
Wealth & Investment
Bill Strickland
MacArthur Genius | Social Innovation & Community Transformation
🇺🇸United States1 talk
Nonprofit Leadership
Purpose Driven Business