People

Node Leaders

Node Leaders are experts in many fields hosting public projects at dinacon that you can collaborate with! 

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Scott (Seamus) Kildall

Scott (Seamus) Kildall is a new media artist (www.kildall.com) who creates installations about how nature interacts with humans, including creating…

Amit Zoran

[July 1-8] Hybrid (digital, molecular yet local) Gastronomy. Dr. Amit Zoran is Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering and…

Rob Faludi

Robert Faludi is an advisor and consultant for connected device companies. He is currently head of product for Perceptive Things,…

Mar Alzamora

Coming from nearby Panama City, Mar is a musician, writer, sound artist, speaker, educator and cultural manager. An advocate of…

Kitty Kelly

Kitty Kelly (Quitmeyer) (wellreadpanda.com) is a librarian turned professional yarn-crafter. Her interests lie in sustainability, knitting and crochet, books, and…

Julian Stirling

I am a physicists specialising in instrumentation. I have worked on experiments ranging from blue skies measurements of the Universal…

Leah Buechley

August 4-10 Leah Buechley is a designer, engineer, and educator. Her work explores integrations of electronics, computing, art, craft, and…

Andrew Coates

Andrew Coates is a specialist in Tropical architecture that is sustainable (Cresolus.com). Gamboa is home, office and inspiration since 2002….

Deren Guler

Deren Guler is a researcher and educator who specializes in designing accessible technology solutions and tools. She holds a BS…

Marko Peljhan

Marko Peljhan is a theatre and radio director, conceptual artist and researcher. He founded and co-founded several still active arts organizations…

Valerie Harris

Valerie is the Director of the Wildlife Cancer Observation Network and a PhD student at Arizona State University. She studies…

Joel Murphy

Joel is the engineer behind the Pulse Sensor www.pulsesensor.com and OpenBCI www.openbci.com. Joel designs and hacks electronics and specialize in…

Maggie Kane

]Maggie Kane (http://www.streetcat.media/) is an experimental artist that specializes in the design and development of sustainable social systems via technology…

Sjef van Gaalen

Design researcher. Futures & Fiction, Collage & Camouflage. Structure & Narrative. Some of you might remember the mess of a…

Josh Michaels

Dates: August 18th-28th Hello world! My name is Josh Michaels, I’m a creative polymath with a bias toward technology from…

Daniëlle Hoogendijk

Daniëlle is an international field researcher, environmental educator, paraveterinarian, and soon-to-be tropical forester from the chilly Netherlands. Dani not only…

Madeline Schwartzman

Madeline Schwartzman (www.madelineschwartzman.com,  @seeyourselfsensing)  is a New York City writer, filmmaker, and architect whose work explores human narratives and the…

David Bowen

[June 02 – 14] David Bowen  is a studio artist and educator whose work has been featured in numerous group…

Jonathan Gill

I plan to develop a low-cost, open-source platform for testing the perceptual and cognitive abilities of animals in the wild….

Mónica Rikić

Aug 25-31 Bio: I’m a new media artist and creative coder from Barcelona. I focus my practice in code, electronics and…

Craig Durkin

[ May 27 – June 9 ] Craig Durkin (http://www.highcube.org/) is a renaissance man of design and fun adventure. During…

Tiare Ribeaux

During DINACON, I am interested in a few different avenues of exploration: studying symbiotic relationships and mutualism in different species…

ART±BIO Collaborative

ART±BIO Collaborative is an artist and scientist-led nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, MA that fosters the integration of Science, Nature, and…

Josh Michaels

[Aug 18-28] Josh Michaels is a multi-disciplinary artist & scientist who works with time as a medium. Josh perceives of…

Production Team

Production Managers

These are the folks we hired to help smooth day-to-day operations. They will help you get checked in, oriented, and ready to rock dinacon!

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Carolina Gómez

August 1st – August 12th I am a biologist in love with bees! My passion for these amazing insects has…

Amanda Savage

August 8th – August 31st I’ll be playing with different ways to capture elusive and unusually quick moving bats in…

Documentation Team

This is the team we have hired that will help you with Rule #2 of dinacon – document your projects! They are one of the most valuable resources we have!

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Nate Walsh

[August 1 – August 15th] Background in advertising and psychology. I currently live in Austin, Texas, USA, working at a…

Jorge Medina Madrid

Jorge Medina Madrid, es un estudiante de 24 años que cursa el último año de la carrera de Biología Animal…

Ananda Gabo

I am here as part of the documentation team for DiNaCon 2 (2019) to help archive some of the collaborative…

Participants

Here are the amazing junglepunks that will rock DINACON 2 with you!

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Trevor Silverstein

(Aug 13-21) I’m a filmmaker/comedian from the USA but based in Berlin, Germany. I’ll be…

Hiroo/iRaa Komine

Period: 8/18~8/31 Project: several brain stormed ideas: 1: procuring medicine from ayurvedic point of view;…

Mike Grusin

Hey everyone, I’m honored to be a part of Dinacon and will be joining you…

Cherise Fong

8/24 – 8/31 Project: Field sound recording along Pipeline Road in order to create a…

Tully Arnot

23-31 August I’m an Australian visual artist, working with kinetic sculpture (cheap servos, Arduino, pretty…

Nancy Nowacek

Dates: 8/14-8/20 Project: Chris Manzione and I will be making 3D scans of the jungle…

Stephanie Rothenberg

Dates: August 13-26 Hello! I am Stephanie, an artist and prof from Buffalo, NY. I…

Marta Verde

Dates: 26/08/2019 – 01/09/2019 Project: Rainforest digital paintings I´m a creative coder and visual artist…

Madeline Blount

Dates: August 24th-31st coder/technologist, explorer, researcher, artist. very much looking forward to meeting others at…

Grace Grothaus

Dates: Aug 25-31 Project: The Future Within, a sculpture series inspired by Karel Capek: “the…

Michael Ang (Mang)

Dates: Aug 13-31 Project: Unnatural Language During Dinacon I will create environment-specific sonifications using the…

Peter Marting

Dates: 5-8, 11-14 Aug 2019 I am a behavioral ecologist currently based in Foz do…

Anna Carreras

I’m a creative coder and a pseudo-new media artist based in Barcelona interested in experimentation…

Päivi Maunu

Dates: 21-31.8.2019 Project: Biomimeticx2 is creating a link between visual art and bioinformation on a…

Phillip Hermans

Dates: 8/19 – 8/25 Project: Sonification of Rainforest Sensor DataI plan to create a software…

Kristina Dutton

Bio: I’m a composer, musician, and interdisciplinary artist whose work focuses on film and collaborative…

Ray LC

August 19 to 22. Generative Dance in the Wild and EEG Sonification. Part One: How…

Susan Booher

Dates: 04/8-10/8 Project: Susan will be recording her travels to and around Gamboa, Panama as…

Ashlin Aronin

Dates: 8/17/19 – 8/31/19 Hey Dinacon! I’m a sound and software artist based in Portland,…

Lucinda Dayhew

August 8 – 22 (approx.) Hi, I am an artist originally from the subtropics (Sydney),…

Irene Ródenas

Dates: 04th August 2019 – 10th August 2019 Hello everyone! I’m Irene and I will…

Michal Sahaf

August 4th – 10th 2019 I’ve recently finished my PhD on plant biomechanics. I studied…

Friedrich Kirschner

Hey hey. I’m Friedrich. I will be at DINACON from the 25th to the 31st…

Mara Elana Burstein

dates: 08/04/19-08/10/19 project: I’m thinking about doing a layered project with Leah Buechely (coder/designer) Evan…

Heriberto Pinzón

Dinacon dates: august 3-7 project: A musical composition exploring the history and nature of Gamboa…

Wythe Marschall

Dates: August 6–16, 2019. Project: I plan to research and write an ethnographic article about…

Jason Bond

Attending August 2nd—16th 2019 I’m a digital interactive media (“videogame”) artist with a special interest…

Mary T. Miller

Dates: August 25-31 I am a writer, musician (Dezmediah), social worker, and amateur programmer. At…

Marcus Banks

Project: Marcus will be working on two potential projects. First, working with natural materials and…

Conference Chairs

L Wilkins

L Wilkins is a cyborg based in Toronto, Canada. They are currently a PhD student at the University of Toronto, chair at Site 3 coLaboratory, and co-executive director of Little Dada.

I’m interested in exploring the relationship between the senses at nature through cybernetics. I want to explore magnetic fields and translating them into physical experiences. I plan to create at least 2 devices that translate these fields into sensory experiences, and contrast this data with other environments.

Andrew Quitmeyer

Dr. Andrew Quitmeyer is a hacker adventurer studying intersections between wild animals and computational devices. He left his job as a tenure track professor at the National University of Singapore to start his own Field Station Makerspace in Gamboa Panama: Digital Naturalism Laboratories (dinalab.net). Here he blends biological fieldwork and DIY digital crafting with a community of scientists, artists, designers, and engineers from around the world. He runs mobile workshops called “Hiking Hacks” where participants build interactive technology in outdoor, natural contexts. The Digital Naturalism Conference (dinacon.org) is his research’s largest event, pulling in over 100 participants annually from all fields to collaborate on finding new ways of interacting with nature. His research also inspired a silly spin-off international television series he starred in for Discovery Networks called “Hacking the Wild.”

Tasneem Khan

Tasneem has spent the last decade facilitating interdisciplinary initiatives in the fields of ecology, conservation, education and science communication. Her formal training in marine zoology and practice in the development of experiential learning pedagogies was translated into active programs during the eight years spent as director of the Andaman and Nicobar islands Environmental Team. Tasneem’s photography and writing are visible across scientific and popular publications, book contributions and development of learning materials.

Beyond the scope of research and field based education, she believes that learning and working across subject boundaries is fundamental. Her participation in public speaking and leadership programs is an effort to explore these pathways.

Past Participants

Over 100 people from every part of the globe came to Dinacon last year!

Hopefully you will be able to join us this year! Apply Now!

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Shahab ud din

Shahab ud din is a young nanotechnologist and studying as a doctoral student at King Mongkut’s…

Shreyasi Kar

Dates- 29th May to 5th June Project(s)- Interspecies communication with plants and collaborative mapping of…