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Chiara Faini is a cultural and innovation manager. She has been working within the cultural and creative sector in Belgium and Italy since 2008, especially focusing on social economy issues, urban regeneration processes and creative hubs development and management. In 2019, Chiara joined Fondazione per l’Innovazione Urbana where she is Head of Cultural Innovation and Urban [...]

Theatre historian and literary translator. 40 years experience in designing and managing cross-disciplinary contemporary arts project linking the local and European dimension. 20 years experience in art-based non-formal educational projects.

Andrea Panzavolta is a facilitator, consultant and trainer. He facilitates complex and integrated processes: planning, projects, decision making, evaluation and communication process. His professional background it’s oriented toward child inclusion in participatory practises and participatory budgeting. Founder and member of FORM_ATTIVA, a project which focuses on the theme of non violent communication and teamwork through

Silvia Ferrari is a facilitator and theatre curator. She earned a PhD in Italian Literature from the University of Ferrara and is a freelance journalist. She deals with international projects, and social innovation and she coordinates e and develops audience

Gerardo de Luzenberger is a passionate facilitator, consultant, and trainer and an IAF - Certified™ Professional Facilitator | Master. He works in different sectors and industries, supporting organisations in developing stakeholders’ engagement strategies and programmes, in redesigning their working processes using participatory approaches, in implementing Agile transformations. He teaches participatory project management at the University

Sandro Mezzadra teaches political theory at the University of Bologna and is adjunct fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society of the Western Sydney University. He has been visiting professor and research fellow in several places. His recent work has centered on the relations between globalization, migration and capitalism, on contemporary capitalism as well

Cecilia Colombo is a project manager at Kilowatt (Bologna), where she focuses on social impact evaluation and sustainable business design and development. She graduated in Economics and Management for Arts, Culture and Communication at Bocconi University, Milan and holds a Master Degree in Urban Studies (University College London). Before becoming part of Kilowatt, she worked in the

Mikey Martins has worked in the arts festival industry for more than two decades, across Europe, Canada and Australia. He has worked on numerous high-profile national and international cultural events and organisations, including the Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Sydney Festival, Out There Festival, Montreal - Just for Laughs, Melbourne Festival and as a creative producer with

Ben Twist, combining 25 years’ experience as a theatre director with in-depth climate change knowledge, is the Director of Creative Carbon Scotland, a charity putting culture at the heart of a zero-carbon Scotland. He was Artistic Director of Manchester’s Contact Theatre, a member of the Board of the Scottish Arts Council, Chair of Scotland’s leading contemporary

Pierluigi Musarò is Full Professor of Sociology, Culture and Communication at the Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna, Italy. He is Honorary Professor at Melbourne University, and Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, at the Institute for Public Knowledge-New York University (USA), and at Monash University (Australia).