In Lombardini22 Franco’s fields of intervention are strategy, human resources and marketing. He is also committed to developing high profile communication strategies based on interdisciplinary cultural events capable of always injecting new lymph into the company’s lifeblood and propagating it outside in a continuous exchange with the local territory.

Francesco worked as a programme manager for the United Nations and for other public and private international organisations. Since 1990s he has been a promoter of ethical finance and has managed microcredit and social finance organisations. He was vice-president of FEBEA (European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks). Francesco is widely published on sustainable finance and international co-operation. He is a PhD graduate in political and economic geography from the University of Padova.

Giuseppe Roma is present President of the think tank RUR (Urban Research Institute). He is a professor of urban management (since 1997), Vice President of Touring Club Italiano and Coordinator of the International Scientific Committee of the Cittaslow World Network. He has served for 20 years (1993 – 2014) as Director General at CENSIS Foundation (1993 – 2014). He was editor of the “Report of Social Situation of Italy” (1994 -2013) and published Industry of Beauty (2018) Global Fears ( 2009), The richness of Italian territory (i 2003).

Michela Balconi, PhD, is Professor of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Faculty of Psychology of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart – UCSC, Milan. She is also Director and Scientific and Educational Coordinator of the Second-level Master Program in Clinical Neuroscience. She is the Head of the Research Unit in Affective and Social Neuroscience, which – thanks to its international, young, and active team – carries out basic and applied research in the fields of neuropsychology and of affective, cognitive and social neurosciences. Michela is also founder and Editor-in-Chief of the international peer-reviewed journal Neuropsychological Trends

Alice Hollenstein is the founder of Urban Psychology Consulting & Research. She is also the deputy managing director of the Center for Urban & Real Estate Management at the University of Zurich and lecturer for Urban Psychology at the TU Berlin. Previously Alice has worked in marketing. She holds a MSc in Psychology, Economics and Environmental Sciences.