Keynotes

Sarah Robinson

is an architect, writer, and educator. She was the founding president of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture Board of Governors. Her books - The Architecture of Resonance: from Objects to Interactions (2025) Architecture Is a Verb (2021), Mind in Architecture: Embodiment, Neuroscience and the Future of Design with Juhani Pallasmaa (2015), and Nesting: Body, Dwelling, Mind (2011) - have been among the first to explore the connections between the embodied cognitive sciences and architecture.She teaches and serves on the Scientific Board of NAAD at IUAV, Venice; she is an Adjunct Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark; and she sits on the Advisory Board of ANFA.

Natalia Olszewska

Co-Founder of IMPRONTA, a research and consulting studio dedicated to merging neuroscience and architecture through an evidence-based design approach. She is physician with over 10 years of experience, with a unique educational background in medicine (Jagiellonian University & Tor Vergata), neuroscience (University College London, École Normale Supérieure, Sorbonne), and neuroscience applied to architectural design (Università IUAV). Collaborated with Faculty member of the NAAD (Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design) Master program at Università IUAV. Gained experience working on projects for global companies such as Arup, Skanska, Google.