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Without a doubt, this Ústí nad Orlicí native deserves to be called the queen of Czech design - an unofficial title she's held for the last 10 years. She worked on the design of the iPhone and iPod, NASA's Mars Rover, Seimens' phones, and spent several years at the California-based design studio, Ideo. And all before the age of 30.

Cennydd Bowles is an independent digital product designer with over 13 years of experience in the industry. He was also the very first designer hired by Twitter outside the US. During his time there, he was responsible for the design of Tweetdeck 2.0 and 3.0, and helped to establish the global design priorities of Twitter. He’s also worked as a senior user experience designer at Clearleft. web / twitter / linkedin

Gregg Bernstein leads qualitative research for MailChimp. He spends his days listening, thinking, collaborating, writing, and then listening some more. Before this, he taught design, branding, and typography for university students. In a previous life, he designed for clients in the music and advertising industries. Gregg earned his MFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art & Design, where he researched the design of tax return forms and digital legal agreements. He’s been hooked on product research and design ever since. He resides with his family in Athens, Georgia. In his spare time, he runs early and often. web / twitter / linkedin

Brandon Velestuk is the Design Director over at Slack, responsible for product design and branding across all platforms. He previously worked as the Creative Director of MetaLab, a web and interface design firm whose client list includes impressive names like TED, Disney, Walmart…and Slack! twitter / linkedin

Tobias spent the last few years as a product designer for Spotify and GitHub. He currently works on usability at Lookback, an app for mobile user testing. Although a designer at heart, he's been dabbling in web and iOS development (he created the word game SpellRush in his spare time). He frequently hosts waffle parties. web / twitter / linkedin

Alie is one of the founders of the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID), with an impressive 16 years of experience in interaction design, marketing, innovation, and business & technology research. Before moving to Denmark in 2006, she worked at the Interaction Design Insitute Ivrea. In addition to the managing the educational activities of CIID, Alie is also responsible for the institute's extensive international network of academics, professionals, and partner organizations. web / twitter / linkedin

Ed Macovaz is Head of Design at Ableton, where for the last six years he has worked with the design teams responsible for Live, Push, Ableton’s brand, and Ableton.com. He previously worked for Three Australia in their UX and Editorial teams. He’s also a recovering synthesiser addict. twitter / linkedin

Paul is an independent graphic designer and front-end developer, whose clients include BBC, Unicef UK and eBay. When he’s not writing for publications like net magazine, A List Apart and 24 Ways, he can be found working on side projects (he’s currently digitizing George Bradshaw's railway guide) or blathering on Twitter. web / twitter

Avi is a digital design professional with over 13 years of experience and the owner of the independent resource for the Internet of Things, the IoT News Network. He's passionate about the intersection of the physical and digital worlds, and he often gives talks about emerging Design and UX trends. Currently, he works as an independent UX consultant and is the founder of UX Salon, an international UX design conference in Tel-Aviv. web / twitter / linkedin

Jiří has worked as an interaction designer at BBC Research & Development for 2 years, where he prototypes new technology and user experiences for discovering new content. He leads UX team for Mobile Apps in Telegraph Media Group from September. He's worked as a UX consultant on a number of products and services for end-users and corporate clients, including interfaces for set-top boxes, smart TVs, mobile apps, and cloud services. In his free time, he organizes the popular London research and design meetup, twitter / linkedin