Gerfried Stocker has been artistic director and chief executive of the Ars Electronica Center since 1995. Hannes Leopoldseder is the co-founder of the AEC and the Linz Klangwolke and initiator of the Prix Ars Electronica (1987) and the Ars Electronica Center (1996). He is also co-editor of the Ars Electronica catalogues. Lois Lammerhuber is a photographer and editor. Since 1984 he has been working closely with GEO magazine, a cooperation that has greatly influenced his take on photography. His photos have been published in hundreds of books and magazines and repeatedly brought him international awards. He has won the Graphis Photo Award for the best reportage of the year there times. In 1996 he founded the Edition Lammerhuber publishing company. Lois Lammerhuber is a member of the Art Directors Club New York. Nico Fernando lives in London, working as a photographer, and in Qatar, where he was in charge of the multi-media productions of the Museum of Islamic Art. He took his master's degree at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and studied at the University of Cinema, Buenos Aires. He is a member of the Asterisco.org group.

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