Massimo Pontoriero

Polyhedric musician (composer, author, guitarist, bassist, arranger) and teacher with proprietary methodologies. He was a trade unionist at FeLSA CISL Spettacolo & Comunicazione. Active as an entrepreneur and publisher in the entertainment, communication and technology sectors. He defines himself as a self-taught researcher with expertise in copyright management and business strategy. He is the founder and president of UNISCA, an independent space for aggregation and coordination in the creative, arts, and live performance sector. It acts as a category representation, aiming to analyze the sector, propose concrete solutions and be a reliable voice towards institutions to support its development and professionals.

Matina Magkou

Post-doc researcher at the SIC.Lab Méditerranée of the University Cote d'Azur (Nice, France). She sholds a PhD in Leisure, Communication and Culture from the University of Deusto (Bilbao, Spain). Her current research focuses on creative spaces and hubs, cultural and creative industries, cultural relations and cultural policies. She examines these through the lenses of care and fairness. She has worked for large scale-events and (Olympic Games Athens 2004, European Capital of Culture Patras 2006, International Expo Zaragoza 2008) and for public institutions such as the European Parliament, the Greek Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Athens. She has collaborated as consultant with various cultural organisations and networks (such as EUNIC, European Theater Convention, ENCATC and IN SITU) evaluating projects, facilitating learning processes and managing complex projects.

Francesca Martinelli

PhD in ‘Human Capital Formation and Labour Relations’ at the University of Bergamo in co-tutorship with Paris VIII Vincennes-St.-Denis. She also holds a master’s degree in Philosophy and Ethics. Today, she is the director of the ‘Centro Studi Doc Foundation,’ where she is in charge of research and development and advocacy. In addition, she is also in charge of research, institutional communication and international relations at the Italian cooperative ‘Doc Servizi’, also serving on the board of ‘Doc Creativity’. Since the beginning of 2019, she is part of the direction of CulTurMedia, the association of Legacoop dedicated to cooperatives operating in the cultural, touristic and media fields. Since the end of 2020, she sits on the advisory board of the ‘PICO Foundation’, which promotes the goal to support innovation and digitalization in Italian cooperatives. In 2018, she was awarded the prize ‘Astrolabio del sociale – Pierre Carniti,’ granted by the Centro Studi CISL, for an essay on innovative forms of cooperation and workers’ representation in a European perspective. She presented her research in conferences and seminars all over the world.