Academic Organizing Committee
Meet The Chairs
Get to know the people behind the Academic Mindtrek Conference 2026!
Çağlar Genç
General Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Jonna Häkkilä
General Chair
University of Lapland, Finland
Vincenzo Idone Cassone
Program Chair
Future University Hakodate, Japan
Velvet Spors
Program Chair
Technical University Munich
Emma Jane Pretty
Organizing Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Tippayaporn (Anns) Pavavimol
Organizing Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Yuxi Chen
Proceedings Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Eshtiak Ahmed
Proceedings Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Beste Demircan
Social Media and Design Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Dongwen Cai
Social Media and Design Chair
University of Helsinki, Finland
Aska Mayer
Workshops Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Arka Majhi
Workshops Co-chair
Tampere University, Finland
R. Prageeth Amarasinghe
Technical Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Moses Nderemani
Student Activities Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Mariam Tharwat
Student Activities Co-chair
Tampere University, Finland
Shiva Jabari
Social Activities Co-Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Matilda Kalving
Social Activities Co-Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Sarah Meronen
Accessibility Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Hanna (Utriainen) Heinonen
Industrial Track Chair
KONE
Mila Bujic
Doctoral Consortium Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Kaisa Väänänen
Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair
Tampere University, Finland
Matt Jones
Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair
Swansea University
Jasmin Niess
Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair
University of Oslo
More chairs to be announced soon!
ACADEMIC MINDTREK STEERING COMMITTEE
Oğuz ‘Oz’ Buruk
Markku Turunen
Juho Hamari
Mattia Thibault
Mila Bujic
Vasiliki Mylonopoulou
Sanni Siltanen
Jochen Meyer
Linda Lehto
Velvet Spors
Ferran Altarriba Bertran