Andres Colmenares, IAM

Andres Colmenares is a strategist and creative researcher based in Barcelona, working at the intersection of collaborative learning design, strategic foresight and responsible innovation, while exploring socio-ecological impacts of digital technologies. He is the co-founder of the creative research and strategic design lab IAM, where he splits his time shaping grant programs and impact narratives at The Supporting Act Foundation and leading the Master in Design for Responsible AI at ELISAVA. As a curator, educator, and foresight consultant, he has collaborated with organizations such as Tate, BBC, Nesta, SPACE10 and Ars Electronica, where he served as a STARTS Prize jury member.

IAM is a creative research + strategic design lab helping organisations develop responsible innovation using futures as design tools to anticipate challenges and opportunities, make better decisions and collaboratively imagine better tomorrows. Since 2015 we have been exploring the socio-ecological impacts of AI systems, digital technologies and the internet(s) through collective learning initiatives, partnerships and commissioned projects

“We understand designing for responsible AI as a team sport so MDRAI has been designed as a very interdisciplinary experience driven by collaboration and exchange between peers.”