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Giuseppe Colangelo is a Jean Monnet Professor of European Innovation Policy and an Associate Professor of Law and Economics at University of Basilicata (Italy). He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Markets, Regulation and Law at LUISS (Italy). He is fellow of the Stanford Law School and University of Vienna Transatlantic Technology Law Forum (TTLF), the scientific coordinator of the Research Network for Digital Ecosystem, Economic Policy and Innovation (Deep-In), and an academic affiliate with the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE).

He graduated in Law from LUISS, earned an LL.M. in Competition Law and Economics at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam (the Netherlands), and a Ph.D. in Law and Economics at LUISS.

His primary research interests are related to innovation policy, intellectual property, competition policy, market regulation, and economic analysis of law.

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Riccardo de Caria is an Associate Professor of Economic Law at the University of Turin, Department of Law. He is or has been visiting professor at several foreign universities: Université Jean Moulin, Lyon 3; FGV Direito SP (São Paulo); Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London (Georgetown Law). He co-founded and co-directs the Journal of Law, Market & Innovation. He is Co-Chair of the Italian hub of the European Law Institute. He is PI of the Jean Monnet Module Reshaping Education for Tomorrow’s European Lawyers (RETEL) funded by the European Commission and was PI of the Startup Legal Lab Project: legal innovation from theory to practice funded by the CRT Foundation of Turin. He is the author of numerous publications in leading national and international scientific journals and deals mainly with issues related to economic freedom and the regulation of new technologies.

Silvia Ferreri is Full Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Turin, Department of Law. She has been teaching the Anglo-American Law course in English for many years. She previously taught in Venice (Ca' Foscari) and Alessandria (Eastern Piedmont). At the beginning of her career, in the 80s, she was a researcher at Bocconi University in Milan.

She taught in Louisiana in 2008 (as a visiting professor) in Baton Rouge for the Louisiana State University and in London, 2012, in the international course of the CTLS (Center for Transnational Legal Studies) administered by Georgetown Law School with numerous other law faculties, including King's College, London. During her stay in London she participated in the activity of the IALS (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies) teaching in the "master programme". In autumn 2012 she taught in the international program of McGill University (Montreal). She taught in English in Lyon (2019) an introductory course to legal comparison in the joint program between Lyon Jean Moulin and Louisiana State University. 

She has published several monographs in the area of private law, with particular regard to the intersection of foreign and national sources, the interpretation of contracts, the language of law. In this context she published the volume "Falsi amici nelle corti. Reading Common Law judgments and avoiding linguistic traps" (Giappichelli editore, Turin, 2019). 

She has participated in numerous research projects of national importance ("co-financing" ministerial for research of relevant interest) and in international projects such as the project of the Acquis Group (Research Group on the Existing EC Private Law) commissioned by the EU Commission to harmonize the European directives on contracts, to extract some common principles to be applied in the field of contracts.

She is a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, a correspondent of the ELI (European Law Institute) and an "expert" of REI (Network for the excellence of institutional Italian), a member of SIRD (Italian Society for Research in Comparative Law) and of the Association Henri Capitant des amis de la culture Française, as well as of other cultural institutions. In 2010 she was General Reporter at the XVIII "Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law" (Washington) on the theme "Complexity of transnational sources", with a report appeared in the volume edited by K. Brown, D. Snyder (eds.), General Reports to the XVIII Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York, 2012,  p. 29-56, ISBN978-94-007-2353-5. She was Chair person of a session of the same Academy in Vienna and speaker for Italy at the Fukuoka congress (2018), the report appeared in the volume Comparative Law and Multicultural Legal Classes: Challenge or Opportunity? Berlin: Springer, (2020) pp. 79-100.

She has acted as national evaluating commissioner in several State selection processes to appoint law professors and in 2015 as a member of the Evaluation committee on the quality of teaching in Law schools and colleges in Israel (only European member with 5 members from the USA). In 2022 she was appointed as a member of the Italian VQR (Valutazione qualità della ricerca) Committee.

Roberto Leombruni is Associate Professor in Economic Statistics at the University of Turin, where he teaches Public Policy Evaluation, Econometrics and Business Analytics in various undergraduate and Master’s degree courses. È also a researcher at the LABORatorio R. Revelli – centre for employment studies, and promoter of the academic Spin-off Metro-Polis srl. His main areas of research concern labour and pension policies, the relations between work and health, the use of Big Data and simulation models to support public policy design and strategic decisions.

Cristina Poncibò is Professor of Comparative Private Law at the Law Department of the University of Turin, Italy and Faculty Member at the Georgetown Law Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) in London. She is Fellow of the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum (Stanford Law School and Vienna School of Law). She teaches Comparative Law, The Law & Policy of Emerging Technologies (CTLS), Contracts and EU Competition Law. Her most recent edited books include: Contracting and Contract Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Hart, 2021, with M. Ebers and M. Zou) and The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms (Cambridge University Press, 2019, with L. Matteo and M. Cannarsa). Cristina is a member of the International Association of Comparative Law (SIRD) and Delegate of the Law Department (sponsor institution) to the American Association of Comparative Law. She is also a member of ELI, Juris Diversitas and the SECOLA. She regularly acts as an expert for European institutions and international organizations and she is the scientific coordinator of the Master in International Trade Law, co-organised with ITC-ILO, in cooperation with Unicitral and Unidroit. Cristina is a graduate of the University of Turin (MA) and Florence (PhD) and was an associate in an international UK-based law firm and a fellow at the Italian Competition Authority. In her career, she has been a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow from the European Commission for EU Networks (Université Panthéon-Assas) and a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.

Andrea Piletta Massaro is currently research fellow at the University of Turin’s Law Department and adjunct professor at the University of Bologna and at the Université Catholique de Lyon (UCLy). He obtained his Ph.D from the University of Trento (Ph.D in Comparative and European Legal Studies) with a thesis titled ‘Competition Law Between Old Goals and New Challenges. New Tools for a Multi-Value Approach vis-à-vis Digitalisation, Inequalities, and Climate Changes. He received his degree in law summa cum laude, with academic distinction, from the University of Turin with a final dissertation titled ‘Competition Defence, Private Enforcement Tools: Are They Effective?’.

Since then, he collaborated as trainee lawyer in the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s Milan office. He is admitted to the Italian bar.

His areas of interest are the impact of digitalisation and the green transition on competition law, private enforcement of competition law and collective redress. He recently published a manual in the field of Comparative Law (S. Ferreri – A. Piletta Massaro, Casi di comparazione giuridica, Giuffrè, 2024).

Monica Rossolini is Associate Professor of Banking and Finance at the Department of Business and Law - University of Milano-Bicocca, where she teaches Financial Markets and Financial Portfolio Management. She holds a Master in Corporate Banking from the University of Parma and a Ph.D in Banking and Finance from the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She is the scientific head of the SME Taxonomy Lab established at CESISP (Center for Studies in Economics and Regulation of Services, Industry and the Public Sector) and a Crypto Asset Lab faculty member. Her main research interests and recent publications focus on the following topics: corporate finance (market instruments, digital assets, crowdfunding), public guarantees for access to credit and sustainable finance.

Luca Bellardini is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Department of Business and Law. In 2023, he was a research fellow at LUISS Guido Carli's CASMEF center, working on supervisory sanctions on banks; in 2021-22, at Bocconi University's GREEN center, on the financial aspects of the circular economy. He has been collaborating to multiple courses held at LUISS, Bocconi, and Statale di Milano, where he was co-chair of Economics of Financial Institutions in the 2022-23 academic year. As a professional, he has worked alongside universities, research centers, and think tanks. Member of Assiom Forex, he sits in the Scientific Committee of the Guido Carli Association of Economic and Political Culture. His research activity revolves around the banking sector (in particular: institutions’ ownership structure, credit risk), sustainability (in particular: the circular economy), and fintech (in particular: crypto-assets), with a focus on regulation.

Paolo Tedeschi is full professor in Economic History at the University of Milano-Bicocca where he also teaches History of European Integration and History of Financial Markets. About the PRIN DeTOKoDE his researches focus on the history of European institutions and policies concerning currencies and financial markets.

Marco Bellucci is an Associate Professor in Accounting at the University of Florence. He holds a PhD with distinction in Business Administration and Management from the University of Pisa. His research interests include corporate social responsibility, stakeholder engagement, sustainability reporting, new technologies for business research and practice, social enterprises and third sector organizations. He is a member of the council of the BABEL Blockchains and Artificial Intelligence for Business, Economics and Law research unit.

Enza Cirone is an Adjunct Professor of EU Law at the University of Florence, where she earned a PhD in Law, defending a thesis titled "Building a techno-legal Framework for Blockchain Technology and Data Protection under EU Law".
During her doctoral studies, she carried out research periods at the European Commission (DG CONNECT - Unit for Digital Innovation and Blockchain), the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, and the Court of Justice of the European Union. She is a member of BABEL - Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence for Business, Economics and Law, a research unit focusing on Artificial Intelligence and blockchain technology in business, economics, and law.
She is also an experienced data protection lawyer registered with the Bologna Bar Association.
Her primary research interests relate to the interplay between fundamental rights and emerging technologies, particularly from an EU law perspective.

Vincenzo Vespri is Full Professor in Mathematical Analysis at the University of Florence, where he teaches Analysis, Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, Blockchain Technology and Mathematical Finance in various undergraduate and Master’s degrees. He is also STEAM subject teaching advisor for the Minister of Education and Merit and is a member of the self-evaluation group of the University of Salerno. His main areas of research concerns the structural properties of elliptic and parabolic equations, blockchain technology and the relationship between mathematics and the Divine Comedy.

Filippo Zatti is an Associate Professor of Economic Law at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Florence. He is the Chair of BABEL, a working group project focusing on Artificial Intelligence and blockchain technology in business, economics, and law. Professor Zatti's teaching areas include Economic Law, Business Law, Innovation and Sustainability, Blockchains and Economic Law of Digital Assets. He has coordinated the Professional Training Course in Economics and Law of Digital Assets for three editions and is a lecturer for the Master in Digital Transformation. As a supervisor at the National PhD in Blockchain & DLT, he leads the research unit for the DeTOKoDE project at the University of Florence. His contributions to the academic and professional community include participation in the evaluation body of the Fintech Milano Hub 2022 call for proposals, consultation for the bicameral commission of the Parliament of the Italian Republic (18th Legislature) on banking and the financial system, and collaboration in two research projects financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation in the field of blockchain technology. Professor Zatti's research commitments abroad include those as an academic fellow member of the European Banking Institute and an individual fellow of the European Law Institute. He is also an academic advisor for INATBA. He has been a visiting scholar at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh and invited for seminars at UCL CBT, University of Zurich, IALS (University of London), University of Neuchatel, University of Valencia, University of Alicante, and the EUI. Professor Zatti's research interests lie in the legal nature of digital assets and the phenomenon of CBDCs. To learn more about Professor Zatti, please visit his webpage at the University of Florence, ORCID, or LinkedIn profile.