We are excited to announce our keynote speaker for IECC 2026, Dr. Andy Quitmeyer!
Dr. Andy Quitmeyer designs new ways to interact with the natural world. Quitmeyer has worked with large organizations like Cartoon Network, IDEO, and the Smithsonian, taught as a tenure-track professor, and even had his research turned into a (silly) television series called “Hacking the Wild.” distributed by Discovery.
He now spends most of his time volunteering with smaller organizations and communities, and recently founded the field-station/makerspace, Digital Naturalism Laboratories (https://www.dinalab.net/). In the rainforest of Gamboa, Panama, Dinalab blends biological fieldwork and technological crafting with a community of local and international scientists, artists and engineers. Their current project is the open-source insect biodiversity monitor, the Mothbox (mothbox.org).
Mothbox is awesome! Dr. Andy’s excitement is infectious! We can’t wait for you all to meet him!