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Tjarnabío
Tjarnargata 12
101, Reykjavík
Iceland

Atla Hrafney

This talk a discussion on how using solely textbooks to teach a multitude of subjects harms a student's ability to learn and helps create an environment that disproportionately harms students in a lot of invisible ways. When we discourage children from engaging different mediums for the sake of learning, we disenfranchise them from approaching education, and the world in general, on their own terms. We must, both as individuals and as a community, take greater value into these different mediums, and help them be seen as valid tools of education in our schools, as well as our lives.

Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson

Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson is Professor Emeritus in Icelandic Language and Linguistics at the University of Iceland, where he held a permanent post from 1986-2018. He has written books and articles on Icelandic phonology, morphology, and syntax. He is a pioneer in Icelandic language technology and has participated in a number of domestic and multinational projects in that area. During the past few years, he has been an active participant in research and discussion on the status and prospects of the Icelandic language.

Gógó Starr

Gógó Starr is the reigning Drag Queen of Iceland and the country's brightest boylesque starr. An entrepreneur within the Icelandic entertainment scene, producer and co-founder of Drag-Súgur, Iceland's biggest drag variety show, Gógó has toured the U.S. and Europe and is a core member of the incredible Reykjavík Kabarett. An amazingly fierce, funny and fabulous performer, Gógó effortlessly mixes drag and boylesque (draglesque for short) in the most bootyful ways - Classy, sassy and gassy!

Hans Johannsson

Hans Johannsson has made classical stringed instruments since the late seventies. Since gaining a diploma of distinction at the Newark School of Violin Making in the UK in 1980, and receiving a masters diploma from the Icelandic Arts Council in 1982, he has made instruments for professional musicians in many countries. He has lectured on violin acoustics in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, taken part in design exhibitions, produced and participated in television documentaries on violin making and a BBC radio programme documenting the use of technology in traditional violin making. He has participated in the violin acoustics research team at Oberlin, Ohio, and takes part in the group of instrument makers and scientists that meet for lectures and discussions at Cambridge University Engineering department.

Holly Kristinsson

Dr. Holly T. Kristinsson has a Ph.D. in Food Science. She currently serves as a Consultant of Research and Innovation and serves as a 3D food technical chef at Matís. Holly has served as director of food facilities with responsibilities relating to quality control, technical services, research and development, business development and marketing. Holly has a specialization in finding new solutions and opportunities in functional foods and ingredient applications. Her professional and personal passions are moving the food industry forward, sustainability and food security, and improving the connection between consumers and their food. She has developed a significant connection with Iceland and is eager to be a part of advancing the raw materials and foods of Iceland.

Jacky Mallett

Jacky Mallett is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Reykjavik, and the author of Threadneedle, the first economic simulation of the Banking System to accurately capture its behavior using double-entry bookkeeping.

Mohammed Al-Taie

Mohammed Al-Taie was born in Iraq, where he completed his B.Sc. studies in Engineering before moving to China. In Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he studied Information and Communication Engineering and finished his M.Sc. studies in 2015. He moved to Iceland in 2016 and received international protection as a refugee. He now works as a technician at Borealis Data Center and volunteers at the Red Cross in support programs for asylum seekers.

Rannveig Magnúsdóttir

Rannveig Magnúsdóttir has a PhD in mammal ecology and works as a project manager at the environmental NGO Landvernd (Icelandic Environment Association). Her passion in life is nature conservation and her work focuses on environmental education and awareness on topics like ecological restoration, climate change, biodiversity, food waste and plastics. One of Rannveig‘s projects, Hreinsum Ísland (Keep Iceland Clean), aims to highlight and combat plastic pollution in the oceans and has been nominated for the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2018.

Sveinbjörn Finnsson

Sveinbjörn Finnsson was born and raised in Iceland and has an M.Sc. degree in Energy Science and Technology from ETH in Switzerland. He works as a business analyst at Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland. He has volunteered at the Red Cross in Reykjavik since 2016.