Adriana Cabrera is a senior consultant in innovation and Product development at matrix GmbH & Co., as well as a researcher for FabLab Kamp- Lintfort, Germany, at the Rhine–Waal University of Applied Sciences. She is a global lecturer in the soft robotics field in the Fabricademy, part of the Academany advanced training programs offered by the FabFoundation.

Adriana has collaborated in the FabLab community for many years by actively offering activities in the fields of fabrication for health care, smart textiles, and research materials in digital manufacturing, shown in the Fabmaterials library. She has also participated in the exploration of prototyping in isolated environments with the MIT Design and Computation Group during the opening of FabLab Austral in the Chilean South Antarctic.

Originally from Colombia, she works in diverse areas of design and tangible interaction. Having a background in industrial design, she complemented her studies with an MFA in Media Art and Design at Bauhaus University Weimar and later with an MA in Surface and Textile Design at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, focusing on materials research. She is implementing sustainable experimentation by exploring new bio-inspired designs, including the impacts of today's prototyping.

An owner-led, independent service company with headquarters in Schloss Elbroich, Düsseldorf, and an additional location in Oelde, Westphalia, matrix is a social innovator and industry facilitator in North Rhine-Westphalia that has been advising customers from the private and public sectors for over 35 years. matrix’s portfolio includes corporate, regional, and political consulting; communications work; product design; and innovation management. The Innovation Team at matrix supports the development of innovation processes within companies and the maturity of business solutions through needs assessment, concept development, and implementation of ideas into new products, services, and business models. Its objective is to improve organizations’ internal structures and to strengthen innovation culture. Taking a sustainable and benefit-centered approach, matrix aims to achieve the broadest possible social and entrepreneurial impact. With its network of partners, matrix is a pioneer in the North Rhine-Westphalia region in collaborating in open-knowledge environments, such as FabLabs and business incubators, matrix is an engine of innovation in the maker movement. The core team at matrix is currently composed of 40 dynamic staff members. The team is interdisciplinary, with employee backgrounds in design, technology, engineering, information, natural sciences, economics, law, social sciences, communication, and organization sciences. It embraces a genuinely international and intercultural perspective by seeking to be as participative and inclusive as possible in its activities. Our mission for all our projects is to help people to live and work in a more autonomous environment. The thematic spectrum of our work ranges from economics and technology to education, and regional, social, and cultural aspects, promoting broad social change by helping companies realize their own innovations. www.matrix-gmbh.de