Ela Kagel ist freiberufliche Produzentin & Kuratorin in Berlin. Als Programmkuratorin hat sie für die transmediale.10 den Free Culture Incubator entwickelt, ein Modell für ein Kulturunternehmen der Zukunft. Für die transmediale.11 entstand die "Open Zone", eine Modellstadt rund um Free Culture und das Offene Web. Ela ist Mitglied von Public Art Lab und Initiatorin von Upgrade! Berlin.

Verena Kuni is a scholar in the field of History, Theory of Art and Media Cultures, and a professor for Visual Culture at Goethe University, Frankfurt Main. From 1995 to 1999, she co-curated the video section of the Kasseler Documentary film and Video Festival, where, since 1999, she has been the director of the yearly interfiction summit for art, media, and network cultures. She has written for international publications (print & online), and has published widely on electronic arts. Her research is dedicated to transfers between material and media cultures, media of imagination, technologies of transformation, DIY cultures, and games, play and toys as tools.

Tobias Leingruber (tbx) is an artist and free communication designer using viral media, popular culture, amateur aesthetics and client-side browser software in his work. As an advocate for openness and freedom online he has worked with many artists and organisations including the F.A.T. Lab, Artzilla.org and Mozilla. Best know for Pirates of the Amazon and China Channel he has exhibited work worldwide and has been featured by the NY Times, LA Times, Wired, Spiegel, 3sat(TV) or Liberation.fr.