Jutta Fortmann is a passionate Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience expert. Since 2021, she is professor for
user experience design at IU International University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Jutta Fortmann holds a master’s
degree in Computer Science and a Doctor of Engineering, which she received for her research on the design of wrist-worn
wearable technology, in particular smart digital jewelry. Before working at the IU International University of Applied
Sciences, she has been working as senior UX engineer at the peak lab, where she was responsible for the integration of
human-centered design activities into agile environments. Further, she drove the human-centered design activities in the
energy transition project enera, one of the most extensive funding projects in Germany. At the same time, she held a
teaching position for usability and user experience at the IBS IT & Business School Oldenburg. Before, she was working
as research assistant in the field of Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Oldenburg and the OFFIS Institute
for Information Technology. Jutta Fortmann is the author of 30 peer-reviewed publications in the field of human-computer
interaction.
Adelka Niels is professor for user experience design at IU International University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Germany. She was previously working as a senior UX architect at Habermaass GmbH, where her responsibilities included setting up a usability lab and analyzing and optimizing the usability of the company’s online stores and various enterprise systems. One focus of her work was to integrate UX into existing IT processes. In 2018, she received her Doctor of Engineering from University of Bremen. Her dissertation focused on attributions in HCI; how user perceive success and failure when working with interactive systems and how this perception influences their behavior. She earned a diploma degree at the Technical University of Lübeck and completed part of her studies at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK-Zurich). Before and during her dissertation, she worked and taught in Lübeck in the Information Technology and Design international (IGi) program. In addition, she has been an independent media designer and consultant in UX process management since 2006. Her (research) interests are ethology research in human-computer interaction, UX process optimization and benchmarking, and UX education.