Prof. Dr. Steffen P. Walz is a designer, creative director, producer and explorer of novel types of gameful engagement and intervention, across media, technologies and genres. He holds a PhD in Computer Aided Architectural Design and a Master’s in Cultural Anthropology, Rhetoric and Political Science. Steffen is Adjunct Professor of (Game-Based) Design Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology (AU), Fellow at the University of St.Gallen’s Executive School of Management, Technology and Law (CH), and Visiting Professional at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center (USA). He co-owns patents in areas as diverse as intelligent mobile first-aid; in-car gaming; and object-recognizing, location-based Augmented Reality. Now, Steffen serves as an Explorer for Volkswagen Group’s digital transformation subsidiary diconium/CARIAD, where he connects the dots between topics such as next-generation mobility-based content, gaming, health & wellbeing, and emerging technologies, for clients including Volkswagen Group Innovation, Kodak Alaris and Bosch
