Interface Cultures congratulates Dr. Hideaki Ogawa, to his appointment as new director of the Sapporo International Art Festival (SIAF) in Japan scheduled for the winter 2023-24. Ogawa has been involved in advanced media art initiatives for years at Ars Electronica, known as a global cultural institution in art and technology. Today, he is a co-director of the Ars Electronica Futurelab, an R&D division of Ars Electronica.