Roberto Casalbuoni

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Roberto Casalbuoni has held a number of management positions in the INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics) and in the University of Florence. His research has always been in the field of elementary particles both in Italy at the INFN Florence, at the University of Florence and University of Lecce and in many foreign institutions, including the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Stanford Linear Accelerator in California, Geneva University, Hamburg DESY Laboratory and CERN, Geneva.

Anchise Tempestini

Art historian, Anchise Tempestini has worked as photographic archivist at the Kunsthistorisches Institute in Florence for 36 years. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Aix-en-Provence, Krakow, Helsinki, Ljubljana, Saint Andrews, Salzburg, Siena and Verona and has published books on Giovanni Bellini and Anton van Dyck. He collaborates with the Prints and Drawings Department of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Harvard University Center for Advanced Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti and with the Roberto Longhi Foundation for Art Historical Studies.

Giada Rodani graduated in Art History at the University of Florence. After several invaluable experiences abroad in the art world, in particular in France and the United States, she now works as a freelance curator of art exhibitions for public and private institutions.

Giada Rodani
Alberto Righini is Associate Professor in the Department of Astronomical Matter in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Florence. With his colleagues at the Arcetri Observatory, he has participated and organised international campaigns for the finding of optimal sites for the construction of new generation observatories. Alberto Righini is also a scholar of the History of Science and leads an intensive activity of popularising the subject; he also holds many lessons on the humanistic and scientific aspects of Galileo in schools and for the public.

Alberto Righini

Director and screenwriter, Ugo Chiti has worked with many of the key protagonists in the world of theatre and cinema. He created the theatre company, Compagnia dell'Arca Azzurra Teatro and has received many prestigious awards including the IDI award (from the Institute of Italian Drama), the David di Donatello award and the Nastro dArgento film award, to name just a very few.

Ugo Chiti
Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Cultural Heritage at the University of Florence, Director of the Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff" and Member of the Academic Senate in the University of Florence. Scholar of chemistry of matter and nanotechnology applications and the conservation of cultural heritage, he is the author of more than 100 scientific articles published in specialised international journals. President of OpenLab, he plays a fundamental role in the divulgation of science through lectures, books and theatrical performances. As a journalist, Gabriele Rizza covers the culture and entertainment pages for various newspapers, periodicals and magazines. He is a member of the national union of cinema critics and is on the jury for the Ubu theatrical award. Gabriele Rizza can cite in his curriculum that over the years he has collaborated with, worked at and in some cases, managed: Cineclub Spazio Uno, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Festival di Radicondoli, Mediateca Regionale Toscana, Fondazione Toscana Spettacolo, Estate Fiesolana, Festival dei Popoli, France Cinma, Balkan Florence Express, to name just a few. Currently, together with SNCCI, he organises the Premio Fiesole, an award given to important figures in the world of cinema, and together with the Association Anmic, Rizza works on various initiatives including the reviews, Visions off and Il lavoro si rappresenta.

Luigi Dei

Gabriele Rizza