Invited Speakers
BA in Communication Design (2003), MA in Multimedia Art (2007) and PhD in Digital Media (2013) from the University of Porto. In 2020, he completed a Post-Doctorate in Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. He is currently Associate (tenured) Professor at the School of Design of the Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave (IPCA) and Director of the MA in Digital Design.
He is an Integrated Researcher of the Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture (ID+), where he has focused his research in the area of Communication Design for Digital Media. He is currently Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of the project "HERIC 2D - Health Risk Communication: Design and digital communication of official public health sources to guide citizens in pandemic situations" funded by FCT (Ref. 2022.06008.PTDC); was Principal Investigator (PI) of the project "ECHO - Echoing the Communal Self: designing the dissemination and replication of self-initiated practices in underprivileged urban communities in a post-pandemic world", funded by FCT (EXPL/ART-DAQ/0037/2021); and has participated, as a team member, in several funded research projects.
He is the Founder and Chair of DIGICOM - International Conference on Design & Digital Communication (http://digicom.ipca.pt). He is member of the editorial board of several scientific journals and was co-editor of more than several scientific publications in the area of Communication Design, namely chapter books and proceedings of international conferences.
He has won numerous awards, namely: 3 Graphis Gold Award (2021, 2015 and 2014, USA); 2 Graphis Silver Award (2020 and 2014, USA); 1st prize - Mascot of the Oceanário of Lisbon; 1st prize - Mascot of the Water Pavilion of Porto; 1st prize - Porto Digital logo; 1st Prize "Winner Online" in the contest Webdesign 2004, promoted by ESTAL; and 1st Prize in the Contest "Papies 2006" (category "Papies of the Internet). Some of his design projects appear in over two dozen books on Communication Design, published in Hong Kong, Germany, Spain, USA, Austria, Netherlands, France, China and UK.
Edwin P. Christmann earned his PhD from Old Dominion University and an Advanced Diploma from the University of Cambridge (UK). He is a professor in the Helms School of Government at Liberty University, where he serves as Director of Research Methods and teaches courses in research methods and statistics. Dr. Christmann has served as a contributing editor for the National Science Teachers Association’s middle school journal, Science Scope, and is a member of the editorial review boards of several research journals. He is the author of Technology-Based Inquiry for Middle School and Beyond the Numbers: Making Sense of Statistics. He has also coauthored Interpreting Assessment Data: Statistical Techniques You Can Use; Designing Elementary Instruction and Assessment: Using the Cognitive Domain; Designing and Assessing IEP Instruction for Students with Mild Disabilities: Using the Cognitive Domain; and Designing Middle and High School Instruction and Assessment: Using the Cognitive Domain. In addition, Dr. Christmann has written over 100 articles and is a frequent speaker at international conferences. He is an active Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and holds certification as a statistician through the RSS.
