Santiago Ortiz
Interactive Designer
Santiago Ortiz is an interactive designer, information visualization researcher, inventor and entrepreneur. He uses his background in mathematics and complexity sciences to push the boundaries of information visualization and data based storytelling. He specializes in networks, conversations and knowledge. He was born in Colombia, where he began creating images out of code when he was eight. In 1999 he co-founded Moebio, an innovative interactive studio. In 2001 he moved to Madrid, Spain, where he worked as consultant in interactive development, teaching art and interactive design at various universities, and working as an interactive artist collaborating in several exhibitions. In 2005 he co-founded Bestiario (Barcelona), the first company in Europe devoted to information visualization. In 2012 he started working as an international consultant, helping organizations with analyzing data and developing information communication strategies, especially in the US. In 2016 he co-founded Drumwave in California. Since 2021 he has lived in Dénia, Spain.
Santiago Ortiz
Interactive Designer at Moebio
Santiago Ortiz is an interactive designer, information visualization researcher, inventor and entrepreneur. He uses his background in mathematics and complexity sciences to push the boundaries of information visualization and data based storytelling. He specializes in networks, conversations and knowledge. He was born in Colombia, where he began creating images out of code when he was eight. In 1999 he co-founded Moebio, an innovative interactive studio. In 2001 he moved to Madrid, Spain, where he worked as consultant in interactive development, teaching art and interactive design at various universities, and working as an interactive artist collaborating in several exhibitions. In 2005 he co-founded Bestiario (Barcelona), the first company in Europe devoted to information visualization. In 2012 he started working as an international consultant, helping organizations with analyzing data and developing information communication strategies, especially in the US. In 2016 he co-founded Drumwave in California. Since 2021 he has lived in Dénia, Spain.
Creative Technology and Education
We're developers. Many of us have or will have kids. And we want them to become proficient in technology because we know the world is just becoming more and more complex. We also know the risks that technology brings to kids' education, communication, privacy and content exposure. Tech humanize and dehumanize. We, as developers, love tech because we can build new ideas with it, but most people are just users. We want our kids to be more than tech users, to learn technology and science from the lens of curiosity and creativity. In this talk, I'll share my experiences and ideas to use technology as a medium of creation, expression, exploration and learning. We'll fly over multiple media and ways to use technology creatively and as a medium to learn scientific ideas.
