Ingi Helgason is studying towards a PhD in Interaction Design at Edinburgh Napier University, where she works as a researcher and part-time lecturer. She also teaches technology design and innovation at the Open University. Her research interests focus on investigating interactions with new-media art installations, and technology-mediated social interactions in public and urban spaces. An active member of the executive committee of the Create series of IxD conferences, Ingi is on the program committee of the BCS HCI conference for 2012. She is one of the organisers of This Happened Edinburgh, a series of events focusing on the stories behind interaction design.