Speakers

Prof. Dr Keith Bright

Keith Bright has undertaken an extensive portfolio of consultancy and research projects related to access issues and the development of inclusive environments, work that continues in several current consultancy and research projects. He is regularly asked to comment on complex pan-disability issues relating to the physical aspects of accessibility or how the implementation of current and proposed legislation impinges on the obligations of owners and managers of buildings, and service providers.

He has over ten years of experience as a consultant and is the founding Director of Keith Bright Consultants Ltd, which was established in 2003.

Before entering academia in 1981, Keith spent eighteen years working in the construction industry in nationalised industries and local government and, latterly, as a senior building surveyor in private practice. He joined The University of Reading in 1988 and founded the Research Group for Inclusive Environments in 1993.

Keith is a past winner of the Chartered Institute of Building Gold Medal for Innovation in Research for the work undertaken in developing design guidance on the use of colour and luminance contrast to assist visually impaired people when using buildings.

Keith publishes widely in both academic and practice journals and, as a highly regarded educator and trainer, is regularly invited to speak both nationally and internationally on topics including user needs awareness and issues related to the development of inclusive environments. He has delivered in-house training courses for large national companies, and more general continuing professional development programmes.
http://www.keithbrightconsultants.com/

Dr Christof Brugger

For many years Christoph Brugger’s main research interest has been related to public information and safety symbols. From 1977 on he worked as a consultant concerning research on pictograms for several committees of the Austrian Standards Institute (ON), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and other organizations like the Austrian Railways (ÖBB). He conducted numerous research projects related to pictograms, and he has been supporting IIID and the Danube University Krems in their research for the In-Safety project.
He contributed significantly to the development of the first and second edition of ISO 9186, a standard on testing of graphical symbols.
Currently Christoph Brugger is head of research concerning psychology at the Austrian Armed Forces.
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/

DI Dr Norbert Deweis

Born 1959 in Vienna
HTL Mödling field civil engineering until 1978
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna until 1985
1986 to 1998 working at the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology
1993 dissertation on the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
1998 to 2004 Division Manager for Planning, Building and Maintenance by ASFiNAG
Since Nov. 2004, Managing Director of ASFiNAG Verkehrstelematik GmbH
http://www.asfinag.at/

Prof. Dr Heiner Erke

(1) Born in Halle/Westphalia August 6th1939.
(2) University of Münster/Westphalia, 1959-1967 (diploma and Ph.D.): Studies of psychology (main emphasis on visual perception); relevant aspects of visual perception in physiology, physics, history of art.
(3) Saarland University, Saarbrücken, 1967-1970 (assistant): Temporal and causal aspects of perception; spatial organization of visual information.
(4) Technical University of Braunschweig, 1970-2001 (professor): Applied psychology unit: organization and engineering; traffic; visual communication.
(5) Braunschweig University of Fine Arts, 1970-1976 : Giving lectures on visual perception and motivation (> Learning by Teaching!).
(6) Munich, freelance work as consultant, 2001 ff.

Relevant projects, ( ) design partners:
(1) Aéroports de Paris, 1989-1991: Principles of traffic guidance systems and passenger information for Roissy and Orly (ADSA, Paris; Albrecht Design, Braunschweig).
(2) ALCATEL, Wien/Stuttgart, 2002-2003: COMMAND 900: Remote Control for the Vienna Metro Line (fuenfwerken design ag, Wiesbaden).
(3) Autoroutes du Sud de la France, Paris, 1974-1976: Signalisation d’animation touristique (Jean Widmer, Paris).
(4) Berlin public transport services, 1992: Passenger informatin sytem - audit and consulting (Metadesign, Bruno Schmidt, Erik Spiekermann).
(5) Bosch/Blaupunkt, Hildesheim/Stuttgart, 1976-1992: Navigation Systems.
(6) City of Braunschweig, 1985-2001: Traffic and parking guidance systems (Albrecht Design, Braunschweig); tourist guidance system for cultural monuments (Albrecht Design, Braunschweig); information systems for public buildings (Albrecht Design, Braunschweig).
(7) Daimler-Benz, Research and Development, Berlin, 1986-1992: Driver information systems and navigation.
(8) Debis Immobilien Management, Berlin, 1996-1997: Information and guidance system Potsdamer Platz (Albrecht Design, Braunschweig; aesthetica Heinz Jürgen Kristahn, Berlin; Kurt Weidemann, Stuttgart).
(9) Deutsche Bahn AG, Frankfurt/Berlin, 1995: Audit static and dynamic passenger information.
(10) Deutsche Bahn AG, Hannover, 1996: Program management and media planning for the airport railway terminal (Conceptlicht Peter Andres, Hamburg).
(11) Hannover Airport, 1994-2004: Traffic management; directional signing; parking: organization of facilities, fares, signage (TransTec, Hannover).
(12) EXPO 2000, Hannover, 1995-2000: Traffic management (TransTec, Hannover).
(13) City of Duesseldorf, 2003-2004: LTU Arena: Information management, program planning, directional signing, evacuation strategies (VSU, Herzogenrath).
(14) Federal Ministery of Transport, Bonn/Berlin, 1972 ff: Principles of traffic guidance systems (layout, arrows, signs for route-number-signs and exit-signs, pictograms, variable message signs for directional signing, directional signing for tourists (Jochen Gassner, Berlin; Klaus Schmidt, London; Gisela Sonderhüsken, Braunschweig; Harald Stegmann, Braunschweig).
(15) Munich Airport, since 1974: Traffic management, static and dynamic directional signing, parking management and signage (Otl Aicher, Rotis; Albrecht Design, Braunschweig; Hautum Infrastruktur, München; Rolf Müller, München; Eberhard Stauss, München).
(16) City of Munich/BMW Group, since 2004: Direction signs for the Munich urban ring road, bicycle routes: masterplan, network and direction signs (Hautum Infrastruktur, München).
(17) Technical University of Braunschweig, 1993-2001: Information management and signage systems (Albrecht Design, Braunschweig).
(18) T-Mobile, Bonn, 2003: Direction signs and road side dynamic information.
(19) University of Göttingen/City of Göttingen 1976-1978: Directional signing for urban public roads, medical centre, parking, wayfinding in the centre (Karl Duschek, Stuttgart; Jochen Gassner, Braunschweig; Anton Stankowski, Stuttgart).
(20) Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, 1976-2001: Navigation systems, direction signs, voice operated driver information systems.

Ing. Wolfgang Ernst

Education:
1966 - 1974: Secondary Academic School (AHS)
1974 - 1977: Technical University Vienna (Computer Science)
1978 - 1980: Institute of Higher Technical Education College
(electronic-engineering; HTL)
1980 - 1982: Technical University (engineering mathematic)

Qualification andResponsibility:
1975 - 1977: Company Mascher Software - programmer
1982 - 1987: self-supporting work in the field of installation-engineering
and reconstruction of old houses
1987 - 1990: Company Rupp - chief of installation department
since 1990 employee of Swarco Futurit
http://www.swarco.com/

Mag. Martin Hoffer

Born in Vienna October, 24th 1964.
studies at Vienna University finished 1992
since 1993 lawyer at the Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle and Touring Club.

Specialized on:
traffic and transport law, public and local transport policy, telematics and costumer protection.
http://www.oeamtc.at/

Olaf Hoffmann

CV - Olaf Hoffmann 12/06/1953 - born in Stuttgart/Germany Learning carpenter until the first stage of professional 1978 - 1983 studing Industrial Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd 1983 - 1986 Job Industrial Designer at Neumeister Design Munich 1986 Opening my Design Office "Olaf Hoffmann Industrial Design" in Munich. 1986 - 1988 Member of the board of the "Verband Deutscher Industrie-Design e.V."(VDID) 1990 - 1993 Teaching Industrial Design for Interior-architects at a private school in Munich. 1992 - 1996 Member of the board of "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Selbständiger Industrie Designer e.V."(ASID) since 1988 member of IDZ Berlin since 1992 member of ASID since 2001 member of the Design Center Munich ICSID Interdesign workshop participations: - 1985 "Design for Basic Medical Equipment for Developing Countries". (Belgium) - 1996 "Wood: Global Resource". (Latvia) - 1999 "Design for Body and Mind". (Korea) - 2002 "From vineyard to palet" Design for the Chilean Wine Industry(Chile) Also I was viting almost all ICSID congresses since 1986. Some publications in design journals. Some Design Prizes from: - if Hannover, - red Dot Essen, - Braking Barriers Prize Brussels
htttp://www.olaf.hoffmann-design.de

Keiichi Koyama, BE

i Design inc. is a professional design firm which specializes in signage design of public facilities. The projects include New Tokyo International Airport, Central Japan International Airport, Central and West Japan Railway Companies, and many environmental design fields.
Keiichi has been working as a managing director for 14 years and also works as a secretary of the Graphical Symbols Committee of Japanese Standards Association.

DI Hans Peter Marchlewski

Mr. Peter Marchlewski has been the General Counsellor at Galileo Joint Undertaking, since September 2003. He was born in Cuxhaven in September 1947 and is married with three children.
As a qualified civil engineer, his professional experience was mainly in the German Federal Ministry for Transport, Regional Planning, Building & Urban Development. Mr. Marchlewski held a position in the German Permanent Representation to the EU within the Transport Unit over several years.
http://www.galileoju.com/

Prof. Paul Mijksenaar

Paul Mijksenaar (58) is professor and head of the Visual Information Group at Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands and owns a visual information design consultancy 'Bureau Mijksenaar' with a staff of 15 people in Amsterdam and New York. His work focuses on wayfinding and complex information interfaces like maps, forms and screen interfaces.

Among his clients are Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Metro Amsterdam, Metro Rotterdam, Concertgebouw Amsterdam several hospitals and museums like the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for their three airports JFK, Newark and LaGuardia as well as their bus terminals, bridges and tunnels. He also advised some other US airports in the USA, Europe and -recently- the Emirates in the Arabic peninsulary.
He published two books: 'Visual Function', a (brief) introduction to information design (Princeton Architectural Press) and 'Open Here, the art of visual instruction' (with Piet Westendorp), Joost Elffers Books/ Thames and Hudson/ Könemann.

Paul Mijksenaar is an internationally acknowledged speaker and visiting professor in among others Aspen, Barcelona, Beirut, Brussel, Copenhagen, Coventry, Denver, Genk, London, Magdeburg, New York, Pittsburg, Providence (USA), Reading, Salzburg, Southampton, Tokyo, Vienna and The Netherlands.
http://www.mijksenaar.com/

Dr Per Mollerup

Born 1942
Dr Tech., Managing Director, Mollerup Designlab A/S

Per Mollerup has written a number of books on design including: Marks of Excellence, The history and taxonomy of Trademarks, Phaidon, London 1997. Collapsibles, A design album of space saving objects, Thames & Hudson, London 2001. Wayshowing, A Guide to Environmental Signage, Principles & Practices, Baden CH, 2005.

Mollerup Designlab A/S, Designers & Consultants, is a Copenhagen based graphic design office. It works primarily with branding. and information design. Wayshowing commissions include airports in Copenhagen, Oslo, and Sweden, as well as railways, hospitals, and museums.
http://www.mollerup-designlab.com/

DI Dr Karin Siebenhandl

Researcher at DUK, Degree in landscape planning and architecture from the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in 1997 and doctorate at 2004. Course director of traffic telematics at DUK. Main interests: Usability and applications of traffic telematics, perspectives on sustainable technology design.
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/

DI Peter Simlinger

Peter Simlinger is principal of Simlinger Informations-Design GmbH, Vienna, Austria, director of the International Institute for Information Design (IIID) and Past-Chairman of the Austrian Standards Institute Committee 133 "Graphic Public Information".

Peter Simlinger's focus is on orientation systems, corporate design and on what may be called multimodal communication systems.

Peter Simlinger was instrumental in the IIID submission of SOMS "Substituting/Optimizing (variable) Message Signs for the Trans-European Road Network" which got merged with IN-SAFETY "Infrastructure and Safety": In this project which is developed within the 6 Framework Programme he represents IIID as Lead Contractor of Work Package 2 "Implementation scenarios and concepts towards self-explaining road environments".
http://www.iiid.net/

Vincent van der Heijden, MSc

Born 1965

Education: Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, specialization Information Technology (University of Technology Eindhoven, 1990)

Career stages:
1993-1997: Dutch Ministry of Transport, worked partly as a project manager for infrastructural projects and partly as technical expert.

1997-2003:Logica BV (now LogicaCMG) as consultant for The Transport Research Center of the Ministry of Transport on traffic monitoring and the euroregional project Centrico; for the Water Union board on a millennium project.

2003- City of The Hague, programme manager Dynamic Traffic Management. Realisation projects (Traffic management centre, travel times measurement systems, a full colour information panel, parking guidance systems). Management of existing systems, development of traffic management in relation with the regional and national partners.
http://www.denhaag.com/

Bw. Clemens von Braunmühl

Clemens v. Braunmuehl joined NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH in 2001.
As Section Manager Product Management Europe he is responsible for Product Marketing and Product Development for the entire Desktop and Public Displays product line. This includes the management of product launches and -strategy, product marketing activities as well as market observation among other things. Clemens v. Braunmuehl started his career as Sales Manager for Mobile Computing Devices at GVC and has been working as Product Manager for Ingram Micro. He holds a degree in business economics of the Wirtschaftsakademie Hamburg.

DI Walter Wasner

Born: 28.11.1974
Education:
* Technical school for electronically engineering (1998-2004)
* Technical university of Vienna, Master of Regional planning (Dec. 2000)
- major focus: public transport

Stages of career:
* Consultancy field regional planning and integrated transport planning (1998-2001)
* ÖBB-Postbus GmbH: Product- and Quality Manager (2001-2006)
* Conception and realisation of Quality Management Systems
* Planning systems and operative strategies
* Development of Transport Telematic Systems, Project Management R&D projects (I2 - Intelligent Infrastructure)
* Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology;
Unit of Mobility and Transport Technologies (Aug. 2006)
http://www.bmvit.gv.at/