Senior evaluation expert. Consultant and trainer in project and program design and evaluation (using the Project Cycle Management approach used by the European Commission).

Consultant and trainer in project and program design and evaluation (using the Project Cycle Management approach used by the European Commission). Facilitator of participatory design workshops, working groups, and focus groups.

Trainer of teachers and facilitators. Founding Member of the GOPP Moderators Association and member of the International Association of Facilitators. Associated with PCM Group (Process Consultants and Moderators) in Brussels.

Working languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Since 2019, he has been a consultant in the design, management, and evaluation of European projects at ETM Services Srl. He regularly evaluates projects within the European ALCOTRA IT-FR program funded by the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund). He is also involved in monitoring calls for proposals on various European funds and programs and follows the design and management of projects within European programs ERDF, Erasmus, LIFE, and Creative Europe.

Since 2007, he has directed Wolf Project, a company specialized in adopting project management processes and best practices and in professional certification training.

He has over 20 years of experience in project management, consulting, and training across various sectors and project types, both nationally and internationally, participating in social innovation projects for the European Commission.

In the field of education, for over 15 years, he has been an associate professor at University of Alicante and University Miguel Hernández (Elche) and has participated as a speaker at various events and conferences on project management and innovation

Graduated in Technology for Architecture from University of Rome, where she began her professional career, she joined the European Commission in 1991, where she followed the development of the Framework Programs for Research, Development, and Training year after year.

She has also consistently dedicated herself to gender issues, both in the fields of science and research and in decision-making related to mobility and transport.

He currently works for the Europe Project Forum Foundation in Amsterdam (European Register of Europroject Designers).

He has experience since 1997 as a project designer and boasts the approval of numerous social and cultural projects that have received significant funding for the creation of business incubators, festivals, readings, and active student participation campaigns at various levels.

Entrepreneur and director of Europa BS since 2019, is also a storyteller and copywriter.

Arianna returns to Rimini, after having lived and worked in Amsterdam and Brussels, where the other sites of the school are located. She travels a lot.

She holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy from the “Università Statale di Milano”, a Postgraduate diploma in Storytelling from the Holden School of Turin, and an Executive Master in Events and contemporary art curatorship from the IED of Rome.

Her work revolves around education, writing, marketing and alternative museum teaching. Her two passions? Correct syntax and well-written stories.

Passionate Project and Operations Manager with 20 years of experience in innovation, scientific research, as well as the publishing and creative industries.
She specializes in projects and grants management and controlling, with a track record including national, european and international wide networks. Ensuring effective and trusted liaison with
stakeholders, clients, funders, and institutions to promote synergies and new opportunities to grow is one of her main ambitions. Her skills include project writing and overseeing grant reporting and compliance, including on the financial level.
Beyond project management, she has a proven track record in fundraising, risk management, and process optimization—guided by PMP methodologies and her knowledge of Economics and International Relations. She has a background experience in the UK, South America, and other European countries beyond Italy and loves working in international environments.

In her role as EU project manager at European Bioplastics (EUBP), Estela develops project proposals and implements EU projects, generally leading and coordinating activities related to outreach, communication, and training, along with stakeholder engagement and co-creation.

She has a background in humanities and holds a master’s in European Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe.

With a long-standing career as a Coordinator and Senior Expert in European Projects, Maria Elisa has specialized in several areas, including: Urban sustainable development, environment and climate change, participatory processes and Agenda 21, collaboration with local authorities, sustainable agriculture, food systems, and related policies.

He is passionate about innovation and product development processes, adopting a customer-centric vision throughout all projects. He is certified as a SCRUM Master by the International Scrum Institute™.

She has worked for 22 years as a designer of EU-funded projects, first at the Emilia-Romagna Region and later as a civil servant for the Municipality of Bologna, within the European Projects Office. She has developed strong skills in identifying the project needs of clients and in matching those needs with relevant European programmes and calls for proposals. Over the years, she has written and managed numerous projects funded by different programmes, covering a wide range of topics (social innovation, culture, tourism, gender-based violence, sustainable mobility, urban agriculture, among others).

Trainer and lecturer with over ten years of experience in European project design and EU policies, for public and private entities, universities, and professional associations. Speaker at several international conferences.

Graduated in International Political Science, she earned a Master’s degree in European Project Design in 2000 and a Master’s in Local Authorities Management at SDA Bocconi School of Management in 2008, with honours.

She is currently involved in developing and implementing numerous EU and national projects, primarily in the fields of awareness, participation, and education. She serves as the national contact point for the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values program in Slovenia and is a member of the monitoring committee for the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia 2021-27 program.

In 2021, she studied International Relations and Foreign Policy at INESEM Business School and Nebrija University in Madrid. She is currently continuing her training in this field, as she considers the combination of law, economics, and relations between institutions and countries essential for her line of work.

Since 2023, she has worked for Lextranslate, handling legal translations of various documents in both English and Italian, both translated into Spanish, and participating in tenders with the European Parliament.

She combines her work with collaboration at Sinergia Connect, a company dedicated to securing grants and subsidies for companies, as well as consulting, project management, training, and organizing courses and events.

Her strength has always been building relationships between individuals and companies, as well as enhancing their activity in the national and international context through various existing institutions like Icex. With a solid background in law, finance, and languages, she can offer any client a comprehensive solution for their training, development, and project execution needs.

Since then, he has dedicated himself to organizing European events and projects, collaborating with cultural associations, public administrations, and technology companies on research projects. In 2014, he began working on company training with Grupo Clave and various Spanish academies. He also served as editor-in-chief of the magazine El Europeista (2012-2017), covering European policies, international cooperation, and current events.

In 2022, he taught at the University of Cantabria, and in the same year, he founded his company Sinergia Connect, specializing in grant research, project management, training, course and event organization, and translations. He collaborates as a translator for several publishing houses in Spain and Italy and is an active member of ASETRAD – the Spanish Association of Translators.

His strength has always been combining cultural aspects with the successful implementation of projects, as he believes that cultural knowledge provides added value in understanding a country’s dynamics, social interests, economic priorities, and management strategies. Additionally, he values the ability to create synergies between entities from different countries for the execution of joint projects.

Among the most important events, Alessandro participates in the Web Marketing Festival, Social Media Strategies, AdWorld Experience, SMAU, Inbound Strategies, Training Week, Startup Saturday, and Tiscali Open Campus with Isole in Rete. He is also the author of the complete guide to Email Marketing with MailChimp.

After a brief experience at Omnitel 2000, he worked for four years as a business development manager at Lycos Italia, managing agreements aimed at enriching the portal both editorially and in terms of revenue streams.

Since April 2004, he has been involved with Pangora (later acquired by the American group Become), extending its partnerships, brand recognition, and business volume.

Author of the books “Tecniche di web-marketing” (www.facciamoecommerce.it), “Portare clienti nel nostro negozio con Internet”, and “Fare politica Digitale”, published by Franco Angeli, he is a trainer specializing in e-business, social media, and digital publishing.

Since 2007, I have worked at Proforma, a communication agency in Bari that, in recent years, has handled many center-left electoral campaigns. But fortunately, life isn’t only about politics: recently, I have been a curious observer of the evolution of pop culture in our country, the elective place of anomalies.

And so, I became pop myself, and so did the things I write about: not only communication but also music, taste evolution, television, data analysis, journalism, the blending of languages and contradictions, online and offline, back and forth.

An enthusiast and scholar of web marketing, he has worked as a freelancer since 2001 and, in 2003, founded IM Evolution srl, a consulting firm specializing in Search Marketing.

Over the years, he has assisted various companies across different sectors, from tourism to industrial. In recent years, he has complemented his consulting activities with training, participating in conferences and industry events.

An expert in Behavioral Marketing and Neuro-Marketing, he has studied decision-making processes for years and how these are influenced by perception. He assists merchants, freelancers, entrepreneurs, and managers in optimizing the positioning and repositioning of their brand in the market.

Creator of numerous successful national training events, he has collaborated and continues to work with international brands such as Nikon, Epson, Autodesk, X-Rite Pantone, Wacom, Kodak, Canon, as well as with various Universities, Professional Orders, and Trade Fairs.

She gained experience in the web sector, eventually reaching the position of editorial coordinator for special magazines published by La Freccia (Italian State Railways), covering fashion, beauty, and design sectors. Today, she collaborates with major Italian publishing companies (Mondadori, Condé Nast, and Hearst Magazine), focusing on fashion, beauty, and lifestyle.

Maurizia Cacciatori, former captain of the Italian National Volleyball Team, collaborates with Italian companies in the field of human resources, using sports metaphors to enhance the value of collaboration, communication, change, and team spirit.

Author of the book “Senza Rete” published by Roi Edizioni, she worked for years as a sports commentator and is now a highly successful motivational speaker.

In the corporate sector, she specializes in training in Human Resource Management, Team Building, and Diversity Management.

In 2011, she founded Social Media Marketing Italy, the first and largest community in Italy dedicated to Social Media, Digital Communication, and Web Marketing, with over 20,000 active members.

She is the author of the book Crisis Management 2.0 – Online Survival Manual and has edited many other digital marketing books, including Sport Digital Marketing and E-Commerce Manager.

She specializes in Facebook campaigns, innovative strategies, monitoring and reporting services, event organization, and Crisis 2.0 management and consulting.

My name is Riccardo Scandellari and I live in Ferrara, a small town in Emilia, the cradle of the Renaissance. I started working on the web in 1998. In the following years, my main activity was creating websites for companies. I learned the basics of programming, graphics, database management, and search engine optimization on the job.

During this journey, I realized that, in the future, individuals would play a significant role in digital conversations. Those who understood the value of their own Brand and knew how to enhance it are now enjoying greater opportunities and the ability to attract attention. My current activity involves training sales networks, consulting companies, and spreading knowledge.

Author of the marketing and communication blog skande.com. The blog, founded in 2012, is now a reference point for many industry professionals.

In 2012, together with Rudy Bandiera, I founded the company NetPropaganda S.r.l..

Author of the books “Rock’n’Blog” (2018), “Promote Yourself” (2016), “Net Branding” (2015), and “Make Yourself a Brand” (2014).

I collaborate with the Amazon Audible platform, for which I have created content and Podcasts on Marketing.

Speaker at major Italian events in digital communication and marketing, including the Philip Kotler Forum, Brand Festival, InspiringPR, SMAU, Automotive Dealer Day, Web Marketing Festival, and Social Media Week.

Author of LinkedIn Formula and LinkedIn for Students (Amazon), she uses her social channels to educate companies on using LinkedIn professionally.

Some of her institutional collaborations include: Chamber of Deputies, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, University of Brescia, University of Macerata, University and Noble College of Goldsmiths St. Eligio of Rome, ISIA Design Florence, Chamber of Commerce of Reggio Emilia, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Czechoslovakia, Confartigianato of Forlì.

Margherita Restelli is an author and screenwriter specializing in branded content for social causes.
After specializing in narrative techniques and storytelling at the Scuola Holden in Turin,she attended intensive screenwriting courses at the Centro Sperimentale in Rome and in London.
Her writing is like weaving: if the needs for communication and awareness are the warp, the weft is always present—a deeper, more intimate, and poetic dimension that engages the audience emotionally.
In her stories, themes of illness and care are recurring.

In 2021, she wrote the animated film “Lupo racconta la SMA”, aired on Amazon Prime, featuring the voices of Fabio Volo, Luca Ward, Francesco Pannofino, La Pina, the Trio Medusa, and Maurizio Merluzzo. Video link

At the 2021 edition of the Rome Film Festival, the short film she scripted, “Paura del buio”, premiered, starring Eleonora Giovanardi.
The film is a tribute by MSD to honor the commitment of anesthesiologists during the pandemic. Video link

For Lilly and Scuola Holden, she curated the anthology “La porta,” a volume of narrative medicine inspired by stories from doctors and patients with psoriasis, and the video “Nascere ancora,” dedicated to dermatologists caring for psoriasis patients.

She wrote the web series aimed at raising awareness about living with multiple sclerosis, “Io non sclero”, winning the Rome Web Award 2015 and the Ariano International Film Festival 2015. Video link

She is the author of the short film “Quella Volta Che” for QVC (video link)
and the first season of the weekly program “Startup Economy”, aired on La7 and hosted by Carlo Massarini.

She also scripted “Surfers”, a 10-episode series aired on MTV.
In addition to writing several commercials, she has created 360-degree content, including “L’A.S. Roma è Roma”, featuring Daniele De Rossi, and a video celebrating Juventus’ victory in the 2016/2017 championship, featuring Gigi Buffon.

Francesco Tomasinelli holds a degree in Environmental Sciences and is a photojournalist specializing in science, travel, and nature. He collaborates with various publishers and photo agencies, and has written and illustrated with his own images around twenty books on animals and protected areas. He also designs scientific exhibitions such as Predators of the Microcosm, Kryptòs – camouflage and deception in the animal world, Warrior Plants, Aliens, and Amphibia, displayed in several Italian museums.

He also works as a contract university lecturer and consultant on biodiversity studies and environmental communication activities, and is a regular guest on the RAI3 TV program GEO as an expert in animals and ecology.

Senior Researcher at the CNR Institute for the Study of Anthropogenic Impacts and Sustainability in the Marine Environment (CNR-IAS). She is a marine biologist and she
works on the assessment of anthropogenic impacts on the marine environment. The impact of maritime activities on the marine environment, the presence of emerging contaminants
(microplastics, drugs etc) in the Sea and their effect on the organisms are her priority research topics. For several years she has been a member, as an expert, of the Italian delegation to the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is the United Nations agency dedicated to promoting maritime cooperation among member countries and ensuring the safety of navigation and
protection of the marine environment. She is member, representing the CNR, of the European Marine Board Communication Panel. She is the scientific referee and coordinator of several national and international research Projects and of monitoring and awareness
campaigns. She has authored dozens of scientific articles in national and international journals (more info).

Sabina Airoldi, a researcher at the Tethys Research Institute since 1987, has devoted over 35 years to the study of cetaceans. She founded two research projects in the Mediterranean Sea and, since 2000, has been leading the Cetacean Sanctuary Research project, a long-term study on the socio-ecology of cetacean species inhabiting the western portion of the Pelagos Sanctuary. In addition to her work as a researcher (with over 110 scientific contributions), she has always been committed to education and public awareness through numerous seminars, conferences, and events. Sabina also collaborates with several newspapers, radio stations, and television broadcasters.

She is a national expert in cetacean conservation and a member of several working groups supporting the Pelagos Sanctuary Agreement. She has received numerous awards for her commitment to cetacean research and conservation, and for her achievements, she was awarded the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, with special recognition from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.