Participants

Kanil Dias Abeyagunawardene is a maker, designer and entrepreneur with a current focus on seaweed as a versatile and sustainable resource in product design and making.

Mary Abisha is a seaweed cultivator from Valaippadu who works alongside her family in seaweed farming as their primary livelihood.

Shahdia Jamaldeen is an architect and artist specializing in modular structures, design-based solutions and creative documentation.

Sanali Jayalath comes from a background in biomaterial research, with hands-on experience in bacterial fermentation, PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoates) production, and waste valorization.

T. Krishnapriya is a visual artist born and raised in Jaffna, surrounded by rich traditions, textures, and visual culture that naturally shaped her artistic sensibilities from a young age.

Sivaram Kulendran is a biotechnologist, agribusiness professional, and pioneer of seaweed aquaculture in Sri Lanka

Sanjai Madushanth is a landscape architecture graduate whose work engages with the intersection of ecological systems, community practices, and material innovation. 

Anushka Shinde is a product designer from India who works across living materials, visual culture, publication, play, and provocation.

Tashini Vithanage is a Sri Lankan marine biotechnologist who has been transforming seaweed into high-value, sustainable solutions through her marine innovation company TESHVO BIOTECH.

Sanjani Wijekoon is a service designer and systems thinker with a deep curiosity about how value, power, and resources flow through communities, not just through products.

Gayumi Wijewardana is a product and industrial designer who explores the vast potential of seaweed as a sustainable material through rigorous testing, modular thinking, and hands-on prototyping.