Alberto Lastrucci was born in Florence (Italy) in 1968.

During his studies at the University of Florence, he started working with the Festival dei Popoli – International Documentary Film Festival – being the curator of the catalogue and of some retrospectives. In the following years he joined the Selection Committee and was festival coordinator from 2006 until 2010. In 2011 he was appointed co-director.

In 2012 he was appointed director of the Festival dei Popoli. Since then the festival has organized several retrospectives and tributes to filmmakers of international fame such as: Marcel Łozinski, Paweł Łozinski, Jos de Putter, Vincent Dieutre, Mary Jimenez, Wojciech Staroń, Danielle Arbid, Sergio Oksman, Kazuhiro Soda, Roberto Minervini.

He was member of the Jury in the following film festival: BIFF – Busan International Film Festival, Jihlava IDFF, Etnofilm Ethnographic Film Festival, Siciliambiente.

Kay Meseberg studied Political Science at University of Potsdam in Germany. He developed since the end of the 90s on many award-wining audiovisual digital productions. Since 2013 he is working for ARTE in Strasbourg, France. After his contribution to the world-first VR-documentary Polar Sea 360 in 2014 he is working on immersive media and other innovative forms and heading the ARTE unit dedicated to the TV of after tomorrow called Mission Innovation.

Kay is a visiting artistic lecturer for the Center of Collaborative Arts and Media at Yale University and Ambassador of Innovation of the IMZ, the International Center of Music and Media in Vienna, co-founded by the UNESCO.

Roberto Pisoni has worked for Sky Italia’s cinema channels since its launch in 2003, first in production and then as part of the creative direction, helping to define the brand and the network identity.

Since 2009 he has held the role of Programming Manager of Sky Cinema. He previously worked for the Studio Universal channel as an author, programmer, director and promo producer. He has been the director of Sky Arte HD since 2012, the channel’s starting year, and has directed the Sky Arts Production HUB (international hub for the production of cultural content) since its creation in April 2015. His work on television has been rewarded on numerous occasions.

Among the prizes won: 4 Gold Promax Awards, 3 Silver Promax Awards, 2 Silver Telly Awards, 1 D&AD Award, 2 Eutelsat Awards, 1 Gold and 1 Silver Award at the New York Festival.

Rachael Strecher is Director of Storytelling Grants and Fellowships at the National Geographic Society, where she leads grant making to support photographers, writers, film makers, data visualization experts, cartographers and other storytellers. Prior to her time at National Geographic, she launched and ran the Aspen Institute’s New Voices Fellowship, a program designed to bring expert voices from the developing world into the global development discussion.

Rachael began her career as a photojournalist in the Middle East, where she covered stories for the Associated Press and other outlets. She has a particular interest in innovative media and expanding the roster of who tells the world’s stories.

Dan Tucker is an award winning digital director and curator with over 20 years of experience working with broadcasters, digital agencies, startups and international artists. Passionate about interaction and story, Dan works in the intersection between multiple screen industries, from television documentary to virtual reality.

His experience spans the production of TV projects like Charlie Brooker’s How Videogames changed the World to digital projects like the interactive drama Our World War and the VR documentary Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel for the BBC. As Curator of Alternate Realities for Sheffield International Documentary festival, Dan creates a touring exhibition of digital art and documentary. Showcasing ground breaking immersive and Interactive works from the Guardian, Greenpeace, BBC and National Film Board of Canada.

Tom Burton is an award winning Executive Producer and Interactive Director with a specialism in innovation and 20 years experience in the digital industry. He is currently the Head of Interactive at BBC Studios and founder of BBC Studios Digital unit. He has worked across the BBC in strategic planning and new business leading on landmark projects.

He was previously an agency founder and consultant for businesses, startups and organisations. He is advising BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) on immersive entertainment and is a trustee and founder of Raucous, a theatre and creative technology collective.