Carla Brisotto, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER) and Assistant Scholar at the School of Architecture at the University of Florida (UF) Carla is an urban theorist and environmental storyteller. She works with communities within the Florida Resilient Cities Lab to understand dynamics of spontaneous urban transformation. Her goal is to inform how to design places to address the climate asymmetric impacts on population. Currently, Carla is leading the international project “ReclaiMEDLand” funded by the Department of State of the United States of America. She holds a Ph.D. in Design, Construction, and Planning from UF and a M.Arch degree from the University IUAV of Venice.

Ornella Iuorio is Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano (IT). Formerly, Full Professor and Chair of Architecture & Structures at the University of Leeds (UK). Iuorio passion and experience are in developing sustainable and resilient building systems, with special attention to lightweight systems, prefab, circular
economy, and digital constructions. She was recognized as one of the “Top 50 Women in Engineering: Invertors & Innovators” by the Guardian in 2022 for the development of innovative lightweight construction systems with high structural performance and low embodied carbon, that are finding large applications in mass manufacturing.

Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira is an Associate Professor in Urbanism at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His areas of expertise include nature-based solutions, green urbanism, and sustainable and resilient cities. He is the author of “Green Wedge Urbanism: History, Theory and Contemporary Practice”, and co-editor of the books “Nature-based solutions for sustainable urban planning”, “Re-imagining Resilient
Productive Landscapes” and “Planning Cities with Nature: Theories, Strategies and Methods”.

PhD (Portsmouth), is a senior researcher at Auckland University of Technology. Previously postdoctoral researcher at the University of Porto. He was a member of the curatorial team of the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2021. He has more than ten years’ experience as a registered architect and urban designer and a chartered member of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Merida (Mexico). In addition, he was a co-founder of the IMPLAN-Merida (Municipal Institute of Urban Planning in Merida City). His research and professional experience include works in Mexico, Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He focuses on research topics related to informality in the urban landscape, architectural exaptation, as well as studies on urban sustainability and resilience. Antonio has published several academic articles and books highlighting the impact of the transformation of the built environment at the streetscape level towards the diversity of temporary appropriation in cities.

Jing Ma, Ph.D., Associate Senior Lecturer at Architecture Group, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. Jing has a background in Landscape Architecture, with great interests in design and management of urban Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI) in conjunction with human health and wellbeing. Her research involves spatial data analysis and the social benefits of urban GBI in policies and practices for sustainable urban development.

Alessandro Marata, founder of the professional studio Architecture Technology Environment, is Professor at the
Department of Architecture of the University of Bologna, journalist and director of the Editorial series “SEED Design
Action for the Future”. He was president of the Order of Architects of Bologna and National Councilor Coordinator of the Environment and Sustainability Department. He is the author of numerous scientific publications and has been awarded
in national and international architecture competitions.

Barbora Melis (Foerster) graduated in Urban Planning in 2010 at the Technische Universitaet in Berlin after a period of study at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia.
She has over ten years of experience as an urban planner at an international level, both on behalf of public bodies, such as the Veneto Region, and in professional practice in Italy, Germany, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA. Barbora carries on academic activities, at the University of Portsmouth (UoP, UK) and at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT, USA) on the themes of inclusion and diversity as tools of urban resilience, from the female perspective in city planning. Barbora is currently doing her PhD research with UoP in collaboration with the NYIT and the Pratt Institute (USA). She was a member of the Curatorial Team of the Italian Pavilion “Resilient Communities” at the Venice Biennale 2021.

Maria R. Perbellini ha conseguito il Master in Architettura presso il Pratt Institute. Possiede anche una Laurea in Architettura ottenuta presso l’Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, in Italia. Prima di entrare a far parte del New York Tech, ha ricoperto il ruolo di Associate Dean per i programmi post-laurea nel College di Architettura presso la Texas Tech University (TTU), dove ha sviluppato un curriculum per il Master in Architettura con quattro certificazioni post-laurea, oltre a un Master post-professionale in Scienze dell’Architettura con specializzazioni in progettazione e produzione digitale, progettazione urbana e comunitaria e progettazione e salute.
Ha inoltre coordinato il programma interdisciplinare di dottorato in Pianificazione del Territorio, Gestione e Progettazione. Perbellini ha insegnato a vari livelli di studi di progettazione architettonica e corsi avanzati di tecnologia per laureati. Presso la TTU, ha cofondato il programma di progettazione digitale e produzione digitale per i laureati. Per diverse estati, ha diretto il programma di studio all’estero a Verona, in Italia. Ha anche implementato una sequenza di media digitali per gli studenti universitari e workshop digitali per laureati per supportare e integrare i corsi di progettazione e costruzione; questa iniziativa ha avuto un impatto significativo sulla direzione pedagogica del College di Architettura. In precedenza, Perbellini ha insegnato presso l'Università del Texas ad Austin e presso il Yeungjin Jr. College a Taegu, in Corea del Sud. Gli interessi di ricerca di Perbellini includono le strutture parametriche a superficie, il processo di progettazione, la progettazione e la produzione digitale e l’architettura intermedia. È socia di Pongratz Perbellini, una società multidisciplinare riconosciuta a livello internazionale. Prima di avviare la sua pratica, ha lavorato per Peter Eisenman e John Reimnitz a New York, ha collaborato alla progettazione di prestigiosi edifici commissionati e ha partecipato a competizioni di progettazione internazionali e invitate. Frequente espositrice e relatrice, Perbellini è co-autrice di numerose pubblicazioni.

Massimo Pica Ciamarra 1997/2011 v.Presidente IN/Arch; tra i fondatori dell’Istituto per la diffusione e la valorizzazione della cultura scientifica. Dirige Le Carrè Bleu, feuille internationale d’architecture; Professor International Academy of Architecture.
Fra i libri: Poetica del frammento e conversione ecologica, CivETS 2021.
Ultima monografia: A.I.Lima, The Architecture of Pica Ciamarra Associati. From Urban Fragments to Ecological Systems, Axel Menges, Stuttgart/London 2019.

Master Degree in Architecture, Ph.D in Architectural Composition at University Iuav of Venice. He has been Research Fellow at IR.IDE (Infrastructure Research Integral Design Environment) at University Iuav of Venice, currently he is Senior Lecturer at LTU Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. Winner of the Lerici F. Grant in 2020 and Canon F. Research Fellowship 2023. Within the professional activity he has been nominated at the EU Mies Award 2019, curator of Grenada Pavilion at the 17 Biennale of Venice and co-author of Georgian Pavilion at the 18 Biennale of Venice.