He received his first pair of skis at the age of five. Despite his best efforts, he did not become a Bode Miller and had to settle for a career as a journalist. For a quarter of a century he has worked in the Milan editorial office of 'La Stampa' as a mountaineering and show business journalist.
Promoter and main supporter of the slow-ski movement, he has a passionate, sustainable and cost-effective approach to the snow.
Sacrifices are already made at work during the week: why on earth complicate life in our free time by getting up early to take the first chairlift or skiing when the wind is blowing and the storm is raging?
He loves his cat, 80s music and mixed boiled meats. The ultimate indulgence? Off-piste skiing in spring with Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy the Silence' on his headphones.
Full Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics (DAIS), Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Since 2021 he has been coordinator of the three-year degree course Hospitality Innovation and e-Tourism.
His main research activities concern the areas of Explainable AI, Data Mining, Information Retrieval and Large-Scale Data Processing.
He has published over 100 papers in international journals and conferences. In 2015, he won the Best Paper Award at the ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval.
He teaches courses in data mining and high-performance computing at the DAIS computer science degree courses and has taught at the University of Florence, the University of Pisa and the IMT Alti Studi Lucca School.
He has participated in or coordinated activities in both European and national projects.
Professional journalist and theatre author. After graduating in philosophy, she obtained a Master's degree in Educational Psychology. She is the director of GreenPlanner, both in the online and paper versions, and collaborates as a columnist for Il Sole 24 Ore. On LinkedIn, she is recognised as one of the Best Voices on environmental issues. During her career, she has received two journalism awards: the Smau (1990) and the Pentapolis Award – Journalists for Sustainability (9th edition). Her main areas of expertise are sustainability, the circular economy and scientific-technological innovations – in particular biotechnologies – aimed at combating the climate crisis and reducing the impact of humans on the planet. She has designed and led several formats, including Pink&Green (pinkandgreen.it) and Planet Art Camp. Her personal interests include botany, theatre and cinema. A passionate reader, she reads at least twenty books a year. She lives and works in Milan, where she travels daily by bicycle, as she has "always" done.
Emanuele Bompan is an environmental journalist and geographer specialising in circular economy, climate change, water management, food security, energy, sustainable mobility, green economy and US politics. He is editor-in-chief of Materia Rinnovabile – Renewable Matter, the first international magazine dedicated to the circular economy and the bioeconomy. He collaborates with various publications, including National Geographic, Il Sole 24 Ore, Lifegate and Oltremare. He is the author of numerous volumes, including Atlante geopolitico dell'Acqua (Hoepli, 2019), Watergrabbing – Le guerre nascoste per l'acqua del XXI secolo (EMI, 2018), Economia Circolare (Ed. Ambiente, 2016) and Bioarchitettura (Hachette, 2013). During his career, he has received important awards, including the European Meteorological Society Journalism Award (2024), the support of the Google DNI News Initiative (2016), four IDR Grants from the European Journalism Center, the Middlebury Environmental Journalism Fellowship, and was named Journalist for the Earth in 2015. He has carried out reports in 83 countries, both as a journalist and as an analyst, and has extensive experience in the issues of international cooperation and the environment. He collaborates with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and, thanks to his doctorate in geography, offers advice to ministries, foundations, think tanks and clean-tech incubators.
Head of North-East Lombardy – BPER Banca Private Cesare Ponti. A professional with extensive experience in the banking sector, Mauro Toti began his career in 1989 at Banca Popolare di Bergamo and later at UBI, where he developed solid skills in Retail Banking, Corporate Banking and Private Banking. In 2021, he joined the BPER Group as Area Manager, and currently holds the role of Executive and Head of North-East Lombardy at BPER Banca Private Cesare Ponti, with responsibility for coordinating and managing the regional area.
Born in Cortina d’Ampezzo, where he currently lives, he is an engineer by profession. For several years he was engaged in municipal development and Institutional Building in various developing countries for NGOs, the World Bank, FAO and other organisations. He went on to become involved in the development of tourism in the mountains; he is a consultant at international level for the planning and development of ski resorts. He designed, planned and co-ordinated the creation of the Lagazuoi, Sasso di Stria and 5 Torri Great War Open-air Museum.
The designer of the Lagazuoi Expo Dolomiti, conceived as a means of valorising and promoting the values and culture of the mountains, currently is the president of the Cortina Delicious Consortium, councillor and CEO of various ski lift societies and consortiums in the Dolomites.
