Luís Silva (P) is currently a Curatorial Fellow at Rhizome (New York) and a curator of an online programme at Lisboa 20 Arte Contemporanea (Lisbon). He studied Social Sciences at the Universidade de Lisboa and has a post-graduate degree in Communication, Culture and Information Technologies from the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE). He has curated several new media projects, namely Online - Portuguese Netart 1997-2004 (Lisbon, 2005) (http://www.atmosferas.net/netart), I tag you tag me: a folksonomy of Internet art, (TAGallery, Vienna, 2007) (http://del.icio.us/i_tag_you_tag_me), FW: Re: Re: (Rhizome, New York, 2008) amongst others. In 2006 he created the Lisbon node of the Upgrade!, an international network of gatherings concerning art, technology and culture (http://www.lisboa20.pt/upgrade) and is currently curating LX 2.0, Lisboa 20 Arte Contemporanea's net art program (http://www.lisboa20.pt/lx20). He published extensively reviews and texts addressing the issues of art and technology and developed his curatorial activity producing contemporary art shows since 2003, mainly of Portuguese contemporary artists.

Marta Rupérez (ESP / UK) was New Media Curator at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), Liverpool (UK) (2005 – 2008). Currently she works as production manager for TAO (TheArtOganisation) and other freelance projects. Trained as an art historian (UAM, Spain, 1999) and an arts administrator (MA [Ruperez 2003] - Fulbright Scholar; NYU, USA, 2003) her focus is on the study and production of contemporary creative expressions that incorporate technology. During her time in the US, she held temporary positions at institutions such as Rhizome.org, Guggenheim and the SFMoMA; she was also the editor of Artscape Magazine and regularly contributed to this and other periodical publications. Marta has coordinated and produced exhibitions and events at the Kate Ganz Gallery, NY; International House, NY; Havana Biennial 2003, Cuba; basis voor actuele Kunst, Utrecht; ARCO 2004 & 2005 (Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid); the Angel Orensanz Foundation, NY; UNDEAF, Rotterdam (2007). FACT exhibitions include: Human Computer Interaction (Spring 2006), Experimenta (Summer 06): Under the Radar (2006), Chelpa Ferro (Winter 06/07), David Rokeby (Spring 07), Re: [Video Positive] (Fall 07) and sk-itnerfaces (Winter 08). http://theartorganisation.co.uk/

Manuela Moscoso (COL/ES) born in Bogotá, 1978, is an artist and a curator. She studied (BA) Fine Art at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London, UK. Since the beginning of 2008 she has been working as part of the LaAgencia team producing and coordinating Art and Technology projects. Simultaneously, she leads an independent curatorial project los29enchufes (Madrid) currently collaborating with the S.M.A.K Museum (Belgium) on a Curatorial Residency and Symposium in Madrid for September 2008. From February 2008, Moscoso, together with Ramón Mateos and Joseba Moso, launched the audiovisual online/DVD art magazine JULIO (http://www.thisisjulio.com/). She has been nominated for the Curatorial Bonaldi Art Prize in Bergamo (Italy) 2007 (Jury: Dan Cameron, Ralph Rugoff and Giacinto Di Pietrantonio).

Joasia Krysa (PL/UK) is an independent curator, founder of KURATOR (since 2004) (http://www.kurator.org), as well as lecturer/researcher at AZTEC (Art Science Technology Consortium), University of Plymouth (UK). She is co-editor of the DATA browser book series (http://www.data-browser.net); a curatorial advisor and member of management boards including WRO Center for Media Art Foundation (Wroclaw) and Curatorial Network (with Arts Council England, UK); and recent jury member at the ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair (Beep New Media Art Award 2007; Vocento Arte 2.0 2008, Madrid) and Share Prize (Share Festival 2007, Torino). She edited Curating Immateriality (Autonomedia, New York 2006); regularly contributes to publications (most recently Software Studies: A Lexicon edited by Matthew Fuller, MIT 2008, and Curating New Media edited by Christiane Paul, University of California Press 2008); conferences and panels (most recently, Computer Art Congress at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico 2008, and forthcoming ISEA 2008, Singapore). http://www.kurator.org/wiki/main/read/Joasia+Krysa

Gianni Corino (IT/UK) developed openKURATR site using Drupal (http://www.drupal.org). He is an artist, programmer and currently an Associate Lecturer at the University of Plymouth (UK) contributing to AZTEC (Art Science Technology) teaching and research group. Previously he was a lecturer and researcher at the Turin Polytechnic. Prior to moving to academic work he was involved in media industry working for corporate clients and projects. His background is in performance, media and social studies, graphics and electronic communication but interests are broad from cinema to music, art to wine. More specifically, research interests are in space, memory and social agency in the field of interaction design and digital art. Recent works includes a collaboration project with visual artist Chiara Boeri on a installation Metrobosco based on the idea of participatory and ecological approach to urban redesign that was selected for Siggraph Art Galley 2007.

LaAgencia is an independent new media art production company created in 1998 in Madrid (ES). Its mandate is to respond to the new structural needs required by the incorporation of new technologies in art. LaAgencia is engaged in programmes and projects in Spain, Europe, USA and Latin America, focused on new media art as an alternative paradigm of research and knowledge. LaAgencia has been collaborating with ARCO since 1999, and is currently in charge of the technical coordination of EXPANDED-BOX (the new media art section at ARCO). LaAgencia is also responsible for developing and managing the programmes organised by ARCO related to new media art, such as the ARCO-BEEP Electronic Art Prize and the Arte 2.0 Competition of Ideas organised by Vocento, as well as sponsorship and technological alliances. As a production company, LaAgencia is a forerunner in the field of new media art collaborating with major organisations and artists. It is presently engaged in the production of the exhibition Máquinas y Almas for Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. http://www.laagencia.org

KURATOR is a curatorial agency and research platform established in 2004. It has a particular interest in the emerging discourse and practice that links curating with software and networks. KURATOR’s core activities include: research (in partnership with the Art and Social Technologies research group, http://www.art-social.net); publishing(in partnership with DATA browser book series, http://www.data-browser.net); public events (for instance, the series of public art commissions Social Hacking, 2007); software development of online curatorial platforms (openKURATOR, http://open.kurator.org; kurator software, http://software.kurator.org); professional development (such as the Curatorial Network http://www.curatorial.net, with Arts Council England); and provides online resources and hosting (http://platorma.kurator.org). http://www.kurator.org/