Tomas Diez Ladera is a Venezuela born Urbanist who specializes in digital fabrication and its implications in the future of cities and society. He is co-director and member of the board at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (http://www.iaac.net) where he also is a senior researcher and tutor. He collaborates in projects, events, and programs with the Fab Foundation (http://www.fabfoundation.org), such as Fab City (http://www.fab.city), Fab Conferences and Fab Academy (http://www.fabacademy.org) worldwide. He is now the Strategic Director of Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC, co-director of the Master in Design for Emergent Futures, as well as the founding partner and Executive Director of the Fab City Foundation, and the Meaningful Design Group Bali.