Katherine Isbister (US) is Professor of Computational Media at UC Santa Cruz, where she directs the Social Emotional Technology Lab https://setlab.ucsc.edu/. Her team creates interactive experiences at the intersection of Human Computer Interaction and Games/Play to heighten social and emotional connections and wellbeing, with over 150 peer-reviewed publications. Isbister is a recipient of MIT Technology Review’s Young Innovator Award, an ACM Distinguished Scientist, and a member of the SIGCHI Academy.

Talks

• Keynote – Katherine Isbister: Research through Design at the Intersection of HCI and Games