Gonzalo Tampier is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Naval and Maritime Sciences at the Austral University of Chile (UACh) and director of the Hydrodynamic Testing Channel at the same university (CEH-UACh). A Naval Engineer (UACh) and Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Technische Universität Berlin), he has focused his academic and professional career on the hydrodynamic study of ships and marine technologies, integrating numerical and experimental methodologies. His work has been linked to teaching, applied research, and technological innovation. As a researcher at the Marine Energy Research and Innovation Center (MERIC), he has dedicated himself to the field of renewable marine energy, as well as to the exploration of new approaches to naval architecture and hydrodynamics. Due to his interest in interdisciplinarity, he has sought to promote initiatives that connect engineering, marine sciences, and public policy, seeking to generate comprehensive knowledge applicable to the maritime field.
Alberto García Piquer is an archaeologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain. Since 2018, he has participated in and promoted various archaeological projects in the Última Esperanza region, Magallanes, Chile. His research focuses on the study of landscape and social space in prehistoric and historic hunter-gatherer societies, particularly in maritime and coastal environments. In recent years, he has developed a particular interest in recovering and understanding the role of navigation and nautical technology as a central element in shaping social and environmental relationships, as well as worldviews, in the past and present of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, drawing on multiple sources and approaches. He recently edited the book The Archaeology of Seafaring in Small-Scale Societies: Negotiating Watery Worlds (University of Florida Press, 2025).
I graduated as a Veterinary Doctor in 2007. Since then, I have worked as director of the Transdisciplinary Center for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Human Development (CEAM) at the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia. Currently, I am also the director of the Honors program of studies on Environment, Society and Climate Change and I am part of the Cabe Horn International Center. My research interests are in biocultural ethics, mountain ecosystems, and transdisciplinary research on socio-ecological strategies for the sustainability of southern forests.
Creative technologist with a background in visual arts and data architecture. Her practice focuses on the design and implementation of interactive digital experiences that transform complex information systems into intuitive, narrative-driven applications. She specializes in creating engaging interfaces for archives and multimedia content, exploring the potential of technology to represent place and memory.
Developer and artist specialized in system design for interactive media. He is focused on creating novel forms of data visualization and interactive experiences that combine clarity and usability with a drive to explore new modes of interaction. His work seeks to open new possibilities for storytelling and research through digital tools.
D’Elía holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of the Republic of Uruguay and a PhD in Biology from the University of Michigan, USA, and has an extensive academic background. He is currently a Full Professor in the Faculty of Sciences at the Institute of Environmental and Evolutionary Sciences at the UACh, where he leads the research group in Systematics. His research focuses on the characterization of biodiversity at the genetic, specific, and phylogenetic levels, as well as exploring the processes involved in differentiation at these levels. He is also responsible for and curator of the Mammal Collection, a valuable source of data for the study of biodiversity.
Director of Casa Taller la Pausa, Director of Galería Barrios Bajos, Director of Fragua: Arte Contemporáneo Sur, Producer and cultural manager for various projects, Head of Education at MAC Valdivia.
Since 2017 curator of the international osteological collection an co-curator of permanent exhibitionof the Natural History Museum Vienna. 1998-2016 she was at the Bioanthropology Lab head and professor at the Bioscience Institute of University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain in 1982. Majored in traditional and computer animation at Media Art Institut and ECIB, Barcelona, between 2000 and 2003, and digital video postproduction at CEV Madrid in 2010. Based in Berlin since 2011, his work lives permanently transitioning from the physical to the digital realm, working in the fields of animation, virtual reality, painting, sculpture and experimental filmmaking. His work is heavily influenced by science fiction and posthumanism, exploring the tensions between the technological and the human in an absurdist way.
