" Geert Lovink (born 1959, Amsterdam) is a Research Professor of Interactive Media at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA), a Professor of Media Theory at the European Graduate School, and an Associate Professor of New Media at the University of Amsterdam (UvA).[1] Lovink earned his master’s degree in political science at the University of Amsterdam, holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne and has been a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Queensland.[2]

Lovink is the founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures, whose goals are to explore, document and feed the potential for socio-economical change of the new media field through events, publications and open dialogue.[3] As theorist, activist and net critic, Lovink has made an effort in helping to shape the development of the web. " (wikipedia, Geert Lovink @ Wikipedia)

http://www.egs.edu/faculty/geert-lovink/biography/

avec Pit Schultz, 5CYBERCONF, homepage :
http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/es/at/elovink.html