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Matt Edgar - http://matt.me63.com - @mattedgar I'm up for leading the walkshop, but if numbers go over 10 or so, will need assistance from volunteers to break it up into smaller groups. My interest and qualification comes from my 12 years’ work on mobile and more recently specifically NFC, which is a key bridging technology between the digital and physical worlds. I’m convinced that the future of mobile is not as a standalone technology, but as a part of bigger end-to-end service experiences. I’m interested in, for one evening, putting this experience together with the skills of designers more used to working with built environment and public space and seeing what service insights and opportunities emerge.

Andy Turner - http://www.akaturner.net - @agdturner I'm a researcher based in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds where in 2011, a new and evolving undergraduate level one course component about studying the city of Leeds has started running. My research in the last few years has focussed on geographical modelling at national and city scales. I and am hoping to help develop Linked Open Data (LOD) for the city of Leeds and am trying to encourage the university to: develop its data about its sub-organisations, people and facilities; and interface better on a LOD level with other organisations especially within the city region. I specialise in computational geography and program mostly open source using Java. I am a family man and have lived in Leeds since 1993. I am interested especially in improving safety especially for children and road users. I would also like the city of Leeds to develop to be more sustainable, peaceful, friendly and green.

Simon Wilson - http://flavors.me/idlesi - @IdleSi Although my time will be more limited in the lead-up due to my commitments across the digital festival in November, the Walkshop provides what I find to be an alluring and natural bridge between the "digital" and the "real". I have always believed the gap would narrow, and we find ourselves at a cusp where "digital" is a mainstay of our lives, an almost invaluable aid (and indeed aide). The exploration of this connection fascinates me, none moreso when people look beyond the obvious. That mobile phone in your hand? Apparent. But where else does digital entwine with our lives? I will be up for helping and assisting on the day as needed. If I have any more time I will be able to dip in as needed.

Monica Tailor - http://kilo75.com - @monicatailor I'm a director at a small digital agency in Leeds and have been coming along to Service Design events since the beginning. I also took part in the Global Service Jam. The Walkshop sounds like just the kind of thing I'm interested in and I'm be happy to help and lead a walkshop if it's really popular.

Simon East - http://drivegain.com -@SimonAtWork I'm the co-founder of DriveGain - we make an iPhone app that helps people save fuel as they drive. I'm interested in usability and the design of mass market services - normally with some kind of mobile angle. Also since starting DriveGain I have become very interested in the pyschology behind how people use services and how they can change their behaviours.

Imran Ali (imranali.name / @imran) I think everyone here knows me… founder of LSx and Carbon Imagineering; FutureEverything conference director; ex Orange/FT; written for TechCrunch, GigaOm; various advisory boards and non-exec roles blah blah… So a lot of my recent work has been oriented around understanding open data, civic software and cities as platforms at TEDxLeeds09. At FUTR, cities are an ongoing conference theme and has given us DataGM as well as access to some really interesting artists.

A couple bits of background for this group, that might be useful…

• Chris Heathcote's 35 Ways To Find Your Location & Six Ways to Never Get Lost In A City 
• The notion of Immaterials, as defined by BERG's Matt Jones, illustrated by the Light Painting Wifi project.
• Obscura Digital's Connections for Facebook.

Might be useful to get the guys behind Our City Our Music and BBC Leeds' Chris Nriapia (Big Screen manager) involved too… [thanks - feel free to forward the details to them :)  Matt]