Nicolas Nova is a user experience researcher at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne). His work is at the crossroads of cognitive psychology/ergonomics and human-computer interaction; relying on those disciplines to gain better understanding of how people use technology such as mobile and ubiquitous computing. He co-founded Simpliquity, an EPFL spin-off that offers consulting work about emerging technologies user experience and foresight. Finally, he is one of the co-organizer of this conference.