Marcel Zaes Sagesser (also known under his artist name ‘Marcel Zaes’), Assistant Professor of the School of Design at Southern University of Science and Technology, is an artist and researcher working at the intersection of digital media, sound art, technology, and human listening. He holds a PhD in Computer Music and Multimedia from Brown University, and MA degrees in media arts and in music composition from Bern Academy of the Arts and Zurich University of the Arts, respectively. Both his research and his artistic practice focus on the manifold ways in which humans craft their relationships with sounding media technologies. He is the co-director of the Sound Studies Group at SUSTech School of Design. His publications include research on sonic materiality, advanced online user interfaces, human-computer interaction; and his research has been published in prestigious venues such as the Designing Interactive Systems Conference, the Tangible Embedded Interactions Conference, the International Conference on Design, User Experience and Usability, or at the International Computer Music Conference. His artwork, mostly digital media installations and multimedia performances have been showcased at Shanghai Jiaotong University, at the UABB Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, at the Hong Kong Arts Center, the Shunde Food Museum, Sandford University, Columbia University, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Chicago, at Fridman Gallery New York, at Gray Area San Francisco, at the Biennial of Contemporary Arts Lisbon, at ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, or at the House of Electronic Arts Basel. Marcel received a number of international prizes and acknowledgments for his artwork and his research, among others the Fulbright Fellowship by the United States of America.

Kent Poon is a recording producer, engineer and entrepreneur. He is one of the speakers for the Hong Kong DELF2023 (Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum). His company “Square Wave” group distributes more than 15 top consumer and pro audio brands in Asia region with multiple direct retail offices. He is involved in Hi-Res Immersive audio technologies, including the new streaming platform “Artist Connection”. Kent is CTO of “Montreux Jazz Festival China” (MJFC). He is the co-founder of the records label “Jazz World Records”.