KLAUS KRIPPENDORFF
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
«Scientific Research, and the Exploration, Creation, and Communication of Design Space»
ROLF PFEIFER
Artificial Intelligence Lab, University of Zurich
«How the body shapes the way we think: Design Principles for Intelligent Systems»
MICHEL ZAI
etoy corporation
«MISSION ETERNITY: an artistic exploration of risk (and loss)»
NIGEL CROSS
Department of Design and Innovation, The Open University, London
«Creative Strategies: Designerly Ways of Knowing and Thinking»
CHRISTIAN GÄNSHIRT
Berlin
«New Tools for Ideas. Research on Architectural Design»
FRÉDÉRIC DEDELLEY
Institute of Interior Design and Scenography, Academy of Art and Design, UAS Northwestern Switzerland in Basel
«Design Detective: From Image to Project» 
RUEDI BAUR
Intégral Ruedi Baur et Associés, Paris and Design2Context, Zurich University of the Arts
«Design to Context: New Perspectives for Design Research and Design Practice»
JAN TORPUS
Institute for Research in Art and Design IDK, Academy of Art and Design, UAS Northwestern Switzerland in Basel
«Design Fiction: Exploring Mixed Realities»
ALAIN FINDELI
École de Design Industriel, Montréal and Université de Nîmes
«The Eclipse of the Object: Consequences for Design Research»