About Us

Daisy Tam is Associate Professor at the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing at the Hong Kong Baptist University where she teaches and researches urban food systems and practices with a particular focus on food security.

Mart is a Principal at Droste, a Hong Kong-based data science consultancy he founded in 2014. As Principal, he leads their client engagements with a human-centred approach to data science.

Sherin Siew is a digital creative passionate about designing experiences bridging purpose, form and feasibility to create value for people and businesses.

Claudio Canzonetta is a business manager by trade, who spends most of his spare time supercharging Hong Kong NGOs and social enterprises. He is passionate about fixing our environmental crisis and helping his fellow humans to obtain adequate nutrition, health & shelter.

Arsen Soroka is a full-stack developer with 7+ years of experience. He worked in 2 companies and now is a self-employed professional working with individuals and agencies from the USA, Australia, Europe and China.

Tomas Holderness is managing partner of the Urban Systems and Environments Research Group, a worker-owned research cooperative based in London and Berlin.

Dickson Kwong has been working as a Senior Data Scientist in Information Technology and Utilities sectors since graduating with a BSc in Computer Science from University of Washington.

Leo Pang is a food studies researcher. His main research interests are sustainable food systems, farmers markets, restaurants and chefs, cuisine, and food and globalisation.

The founding director of transverse studio, Melissa Cate Christ is a registered landscape architect (Ontario, Canada) and a Research Assistant Professor of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Melissa’s design research and practice explores mechanisms of critical intervention at the juncture of landscape, culture, urbanism, and infrastructure.