Per September 2013 the HDCA thematic group Technology and Design will have a new coordinator: Sammia Podeva, PhD student in the area of ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London. With Sammia becoming one of the coordinators, Justine Johnstone and Ilse Oosterlaken, who have been involved as coordinators of the groups since its establishment in 2009, have decided to step down. Sammia will coordinate the group together with Atanu Garai, who joined as coordinator in 2012.