Erminio Seveso. Master Degree in mathematics at Università di Milano; he started his professional activities in 1969 at SIT Siemens (now Italtel) focused on simulation models for telephone exchange.
From 1971 to 1976 Erminio worked in Sperry Univac (now Unisys) as project leader for manufacturer companies and public administrations. From 1976 he was engaged in management of BTicino (now Legrand Group) where he was COO and CIO. From 2003 Erminio is the Presidente of the Italian Association "Aused, Associazione Utilizzatori Sistemi e tecnologie dell'Informazione". From october 2008 is President and Partner of OpenKnowledge. 

e-mail: erminio.seveso [at] open-knowledge.it

Norman Lewis. With over ten years experience in Telecoms innovation, Norman is recognised worldwide as an expert on future trends and user behaviour around Voice and Messaging and digital lifestyles. He has been a keynote speaker on this at O'Reilly Emerging Telephony, eComm, Telco2.0, 3G World Congress and Mobility Marketplace, the Global Billing Association and many other events. Norman is also the Chief Strategy Officer, Wireless Grids Corporation. Prior to joining WGC, he was the Director of Technology Research for Orange, formerly the Home Division of France Telecom where he was at the forefront of developing an innovation framework for an integrated Telco approach to the emerging Web2.0 ecosphere. He is an Associate Director of STL Partners Ltd, the group behind the Telco2.0 initiative. He was also previously an Executive Board member of the MIT Communications Futures Programme and is the Chairman of the ITU TELECOM Forum Programme Committee. He holds a Masters (1st Class) and a DPhil in International Relations from the Universities of Kent at Canterburyand Sussex.

e-mail: norman.lewis [at] open-knowledge.it

Sheila Lewis. Sheila is an experienced Management Consultants with over twenty years experience. Sheila has worked as a senior management consultant in two of the Big Four management consultancies; Deloittes and KPMG. She currently also manages Volanti, a management consultancy working with public and not-profit organisations.

e-mail: sheila.lewis [at ] open-knowledge.it

Emanuele Scotti (1965). Semiotics Phd, Open University Master; Mete/Allos, Isvor Fiat. Learning processes supported by technologies and a community management specialist. He lead project on Competence management, learning design, Internal communication, Social Network Analysis, Community management for italian and international enterprises. Emanuele is speaker in universities and in conferences about Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0. Co-author of "Community management" (Apogeo, 2007).

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e-mail: emanuele.scotti [at] open-knowledge.it
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Blog: http://socialknowledge.wordpress.com/

Rosario Sica (1965). Cybernetic Physicist with a Master Degree in Marketing and Social Communication, ex-CEO of Semantic Internet Innovation Ltd. He has vast experience in experimentation with innovative pedagogical methods. He has acted as a consultant in the South Pacific Islands (Fiji) as well as a Project Manager in Chile for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs . In Vietnam, he worked for Médecins sans Frontiers, and his experience in Italy includes a role in Learning Technologies - A. De Little, RSO, Ministry of Social Affairs and ELEA. He has published many articles relating to the application of new technologies in learning processes and he is co-author of the book “Il computer elementare" (elementary computer) edited by Apogeo, (2003) and co-author of the new book "Community Management Processi informali e  tecnologie Web 2.0 per la gestione della conoscenza nelle organizzazioni" ( Formal and Informal learning) (Apogeo, 2007).He is a member of the Scientific Committee for TOWL (Time Ontology Web Languages) Project and is also involved with the OKI team of MIT in Boston.

e-mail: rosario.sica [at] open-knowledge.it
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Blog: http://socialknowledge.wordpress.com/

Emanuele Quintarelli (1978). Computer Scientist with a Master in Multichannel User Experience. Medialogic, Accenture, Reed Business Information. Technologies, UX and Enterprise 2.0 paradigms specialist, Emanuele has an extensive experience doing evangelization, research & development and analysis of innovative Web 2.0 base business models. He is the founder of Facetag, an international researcj project on the evolution of social tagging systems and of Netwo, the italian hub for web 2.0 startups. Emanuele brought up to Italy the Information Architecture Summit and organized the first business focused conference on Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 in our country. He published more than 20 articles on Web 2.0 for Apogeo, he is blogging at www.socialenterprise.it and wrote the Enterprise 2.0 chapter for the book "Web 2.0 Internet has changed. What about you?" of Il Sole 24 Ore. 

e-mail: emanuele.quintarelli [at ] open-knowledge.it
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Blog: http://www.socialenterprise.it 

Laurence Lock Lee (Australia). Phd, University od Sydney. Over 35 years of experience in management consulting, Laurence is accredited as an international expert in knowledge management and intellectual capital. A consultant for universities in Australia and Europe, he has published many publications in international periodicals.

Giuseppe Lisena(1976). Laureato in Filosofia. Specializzato presso Istituto Italiano degli Studi Filosofici. Master in Marketing & Service Management. Esperto di progettazione di sistemi di apprendimento e sviluppo organizzativo. Studia l’evoluzione del settore terziario e delle forme di servizio all’interno delle comunità e delle imprese. Per grandi aziende italiane e internazionali ha curato eventi e progetti di community management, comunicazione interna, formazione, analisi e progettazione organizzativa. Si interessa di outdoor training, teambuilding, formazione esperienziale e forme innovative di apprendimento. Da marzo 2009 è Associate Partner di OpenKnowledge in qualità di Project manager & Community manager.

 

Elisa Bellotti. Phd in sociology and methodology of social research, is research associate at the University of Manchester. Her main research interests are in Social Network Analysis and qualitative methods, which she has applied in several contexts, like youth cultures, the production of science and the public sector. Her recent publications include: What are friends for? Elective communities of single people, in "Social Networks" (2008) and Amicizie. Le reti sociali dei giovani single, Franco Angeli (2008).

Stefano Mizzella. (1980) PhD in Information Society at Bicocca University in Milan and  co-director of the Social Media Lab at IULM University in Milan. After some experiences as freelance Social Media Consultant and Researcher, he’s now Social Media Strategist in Open Knowledge.Specialties: Social Media Marketing & Strategies, Community Building & Management, Digital Ethnography, Interaction Desing. His recent publications include: I nuovi media e il web 2.0, Guerini (2010).

e-mail: stefano.mizzella [at ] open-knowledge.it

Enrico Stara. (1977), Software Architect. Researcher at the CRS4 until 2001, he gained ten years experience in design and development of distributed applications. Expert in Web 2.0 technologies and Rich Internet Application, has used the strong skills in user experience design for design user interface ergonomic and usability. He has worked in the architectural design of enterprise information systems and, with the use of agile methodologies, coordinated the development and integration of libraries and frameworks.

e-mail: enrico.stara [at ] open-knowledge.it

Paola Mazzone.  Arts degree with specialization in Linguistics and Semiotic. Master in Advertising Scuola Superiore delle Comunicazioni Sociali Università Cattolica. Master in Business Administration SDA Bocconi. Expert in strategic marketing applied to media and communications field. Strategic marketing Director at Mondadori and Manzoni. Consultant in several projects related to media and communication area: company and products positioning, evaluation of entry in new markets, develop planning, media planning, evaluation of the advertising potential, sales support and formation, integrated analysis of the researches quali / quantitative, semiotic analysis of the media contents. 

e-mail: paola.mazzone [at ] open-knowledge.it

Elena Carreri (1967). Development Manager. Worked in eSolutions and from 2000 to 2009 she was Account Manager in IDC where she followed the “Innovation Forum” a project between PA and ICT Vendors in order to create virtual cycle on Innovation in Italy. Mother of four children, Graduated in economics at Bocconi University.

e-mail: elena.carreri [at ] open-knowledge.it

Luigi Gioni After his graduation  at Luigi Bocconi University in business administration started his career as assistant professor SDABocconi Business School on e-business issues. Employee n°2 at XOOM.COM Italy in the new economy era, business partner in E-tree one of the biggest Italian web agencies, entered the sport industry and spent eight years at F.C. Internazionale  Milano in charge of the media business development. More recently advisor at SMAU (major italian Ict trade show)  and Business Development Manager at Xing.com Italy the italian branch of the biggest european player into the online business social networking business. Digital culture activist is in charge of ClubIN association a well reknown 2.0 Business Club. Since 2010 into Open-knowledge as business development manager.

e-mail: luigi.gioni [at ] open-knowledge.it