Peter Kirn is a musician and creative technologist. Classically trained in composition, his work now encompasses a range of expressive technologies. He is the founder and editor of CDM (http://createdigitalmusic.com), for more than ten years a leading source of music and live visual technology information. He is also co-developer of the open source MeeBlip synthesizer and libpd mobile sound library, and leads collaborative workshops and hacklabs around the world.

He has presented as a technologist at TED@BCG, OFFF, SONAR, NEXT, FIBER, South by Southwest, Reeperbahn Festival, and re:publica. As an artist, his music, visual performances, and visual installations have covered the gamut from techno to experimental, including collaborations with Robert Lippok (raster noton), Nerk/Kirn (Snork Enterprises), and others.