Martin J. Eppler, Prof. Dr.

is a full professor of information and communication management at the University of Lugano (USI), conducting research on knowledge management, knowledge visualization, and knowledge communication. He is also a guest professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) in Beijing and a fellow of Cambridge University (UK), as well as a lecturer in the MBA programs of the University of St. Gallen and Geneva and in the graduate programs of the ETH Zurich and the universities of Lausanne, Berne and Krems. He has been an advisor to organizations such as the United Nations, Philips, UBS, the Swiss Military, Ernst& Young, KPMG, Swiss Re, Daimler and others. Martin Eppler studied communications, business administration and social sciences at Boston University, the Paris Graduate School of Management, and the Universities of Geneva and St.Gallen. He has published more than 70 academic papers and eight books, mostly on knowledge communication, management, and visualization. Latest Book Publication: Ways of Knowing (Wissenswege, Huber, 2008).

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Sabrina Bresciani

is a PhD candidate at the University of Lugano, Switzerland, at the Institute of Marketing and Communication Management. Currently she is a visiting research fellow at the National University of Singapore, until February 2010. She has been a visiting research student also at Harvard University (Boston) in March 2009, and at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) in spring 2007. She holds a Bachelor degree in Communication Design from the Politecnico di Milano and a Master in Corporate Communication from the University of Lugano. Her international experience also includes a semester at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, working experience in Leipzig (Germany), a semester in Franklin County High School, Virginia (USA), and extensive traveling in all continents. With regards to her previous experiences she worked in the field of graphic design, video-editing, institutional promotional communication, international and database marketing. Her research interest focuses on investigating the role of visualization for supporting group knowledge work and decision making in organizations, in computer mediated face-to-face meetings.

is a PhD candidate and teaching assistant at the University of Lugano, Faculty of Communication Sciences, where she has recently obtained her master degree in Communication and Economics, with the mention summa cum laude. Her previous experience includes an internship at the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, a consulting activity for a multinational pharmaceutical company, and collaboration in an e-learning project at University of Lugano. Her doctoral research focuses on inter-organizational collaboration for innovation development, with particular emphasis on the role of visual communication in supporting knowledge-intensive teamwork among partner organizations.

Jeanne Mengis, Dr.

Jeanne Mengis is currently a senior researcher at the Warwick Business School, Warwick University, and a lecturer at the University of Lugano, Faculty of Communication Sciences. Previously, she was a post-doctoral visiting fellow at Boston University, School of Management.  She is part of the Research Unit on Innovation, Knowledge and Organizational Networks (IKON) at the University of Warwick. She gained her PhD in February 2007 from the University of Lugano (awarded with a summa cum laude). Her PhD was an integral part of a 3-year long research project on the integration of knowledge in decision making, of which she was co-project manager. In her research, she aims to develop a communication approach to the management of knowledge in organizations. In particular, she focuses on knowledge-intensive conversations, the use of visual language and methods in the co-construction of knowledge, on knowledge integration and the role of boundary objects and boundary spanning practices. From 2003 to 2006, she was co-project manager of a three-year research project on the integration of expert knowledge in decision making. During 2004/2005, she was a doctoral visiting fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Jeanne has teaching experiences at the master, executive master and bachelor level, thaught at the universities of St.Gallen, Lausanne, and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. She further conducted executive training for organizations as - among others - the United Nations, the Chamber of Judges and Attorneys of Ticino, UBS, or the St.Gallen Cantonal Bank. She has several publications in well regarded international journals and contributed chapters to books on knowledge management and knowledge communication.

Andreas Schmeil

is a PhD candidate at the University of Lugano, Faculty of Communication Sciences. He holds a German Master's degree in Computer Science from Ulm University and has a strong background in
Human-Computer Interaction, especially in the field of Collaborative
Virtual Environments and Augmented Reality. After finishing his
Master's project at Fraunhofer FIT he worked as a freelancing software
engineer, as a research associate at Fraunhofer IAO and most recently
as a research assistant at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory
New Zealand, HIT Lab NZ. His research focuses on Visual Collaboration
and Learning Practices in Virtual Environments. He aims to help
improve remote team collaboration through visual knowledge communication and e-learning. He has published several academic papers at leading conferences in the field of Human-Computer Interaction.