Neil Leach

FIU Architecture Professor

Neil Leach is an architect, scholar, and tenured professor of Architecture at Florida International University (FIU). He is also a Visiting Professor at Harvard GSD and Tongji University, a Professor at the European Graduate School, a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Fellow, and a member of the Academia Europaea. Neil has taught at leading institutions worldwide, including SCI-Arc, Cornell, Columbia GSAPP, and USC. An accomplished author of 27 books translated into multiple languages, he has also curated prominent exhibitions such as those for the Architecture Biennial Beijing. With strong ties to China and a career spanning architecture, academia, and innovation, Neil continues to shape the future of design and technology. Learn more about his work and practice here.

Manuel Jimenez García

CEO / Co-founder of Nagami

Manuel Jimenez García is the co-founder of the robotics manufacturing company Nagami.Design (3D printing) based in Spain and principal of madMdesign, a computational design practice based in London. His work has been exhibited worldwide in venues such as Centre Pompidou (Paris), Canada´s Design Museum (Toronto), Royal Academy of Arts (London), Zaha Hadid Design Gallery (London), Clerkenwell Design Week (London) and X Spanish Architectural Biennale (Madrid). Learn more about Manuel and Nagami.Design here.

Wanyu He

Founder / CEO of XKool

Wanyu He is the founder and CEO of XKool Technology and the Chief Executive Officer of LookX AI. With a visionary approach that combines creativity and structured planning, she leads innovative efforts at the intersection of architecture, technology, and artificial intelligence. As Wanyu describes, her work embodies the art of crafting science fiction narratives, designing architectural marvels, and building technology enterprises—each contributing to the creation of groundbreaking and influential masterpieces. Learn more about Wanyu and XKool Technology here.

Blaise Aguera y Arcas

VP / Fellow, Google Research

Blaise Agüera y Arcas is an American artificial intelligence researcher, software engineer, architect, and author. He is a vice president and fellow at Google Research, where he leads a team focused on fundamental AI research and the development of AI-driven products and technologies. Blaise also founded Google’s Artists and Machine Intelligence program, which fosters collaboration between artists and AI engineers to create innovative works of art. Prior to joining Google in 2013, he was an engineer at Microsoft, where he played a key role as the architect of Bing Maps and Bing Mobile. For more information about Blaise, click here.