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A cultural heritage manager with over 20 years' experience in the conception and development of business models and enhancement, communication and marketing projects for museums, cultural districts, archaeological sites, monuments, castles, villas and historic gardens. He specialises in the management of museum services, has been a museum director and has organised of over thirty exhibitions throughout Italy.

A graduate of Cambridge (UK), he holds a Master's degree from the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). He was awarded Archeoclub d'Italia Onlus' 2021 International Prize in the category 'Cultural Communication'. He is the author of numerous articles, essays and scientific publications, including Il Terrore nell'Arte (2019) and Simboli nell'arte (2014). He conceived and organised innovative cultural events in the Italian museum scene, including the first Escape Room in an Italian museum (Il Fantasma della Villa, 2022), the 3D feature film Il Grand Tour e le origini del 3D (2016) and the multisensory video installation Finestra sul Paesaggio (2018). He was a promoter and signatory of the Manifesto for the Accessibility of Cultural Heritage, towards the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.

Director of the Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino since 2019, in his strategic vision he concentrates the experience of manager, author and curator, with a focus on new media and immersive exhibition experiences, also promoting innovation and dialogue with new generations. He has collaborated with prestigious figures such as Peter Greenaway, Brian Eno, Daniel Libeskind, David Cronenberg, Dario Argento and Tim Burton. He advocates digitization to preserve the past and inspire new artistic visions.

For the Museum, he initiated international projects, exhibitions and master classes with artists from different backgrounds, bringing the institution into a thriving global network. Attentive to the development of new organisational processes and core competences, he is committed to creating the Museum of the future: receptive, adaptable and in relationship with its audience.

Previously, he was CEO of Volumina, Coordinator of the Image Office at the Venaria Reale and post-graduate teacher at the University of Milan and Venice. He encourages creative thinking and experimentation.

He is a functionary of Ales S.p.A., a company of the Ministry of Culture, and carries out technical-specialist-legal activities in the legal office of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the provinces of Caserta and Benevento, at the Reggia di Caserta. 

After graduating in Law at the Federico II University in Naples, he qualified as a lawyer in 2003. In 2012, he obtained a Master in "Management of territorial health, social and socio-assistance structures: organisational and management models" at the University "Federico II" of Naples . In 2015 he obtained a Master's Degree in Political Science at the University "SUN" of Naples "Jean Monnet" department. In 2017 he obtained a Master in Cultural Heritage Law, Culture 4.0 at Link Campus University.

Since 2017, he is a member of the teaching staff of the Master in Cultural Heritage Management.

In 2022 he held seminar classes in Cultural Heritage Law within the framework of the subject  Museography and Museology.

He is president of Archeoclub d'Italia Onlus, founded in 1971 as an Archaeological Documentation Centre with the aim of supporting archaeology scholars and experts in the dissemination of knowledge of the past, and which over the years has become a leading player in the protection of Italy's cultural and environmental heritage. By Presidential Decree N. 565, 24 July 1986, the Association is a body with legal personality and by Decree of the National Civil Protection Department, 10 January 2020 it is a voluntary Civil Protection organization.

Rosario Santanastasio is a geologist, an expert in geoarchaeology, and has developed studies, research and publications in the field with working groups supported by universities and superintendencies in both emerged and submerged environments.

He has acquired significant experience in the underwater sector and has participated in geological and archaeological survey campaigns with research organizations.

He is Editorial Director of Palombi Editori, founded in 1914, one of the historical and most authoritative Italian publishing houses in the field of art, tourism and cultural publishing, specializing in art and architecture books, exhibition catalogues and monographs, children's series and guidebooks. He coordinates the production, distribution and creative sectors of the publishing house, is responsible for sales, manages the distribution network and the promotion of bookshops throughout the country. He also supervises and animates the various commercial networks used, including mail order and online sales.

He has been a consultant since the first edition in 2018 for the cultural programme and commercial organisation of the Rome Museum Exhibition, the most important sector event in Italy dedicated to cultural venues, which takes place annually in the city of Rome in November.

Furthermore, he is expert in institutional relations, in particular with the cultural and political representatives within the territory of Rome, from the Mayor of Rome to the Governor of the Lazio Region and the respective councillors for cultural policy, tourism and the environment.

He was appointed president of the Rome section of Italia Nostra Onlus since January 2016, after having been a member of the board since 2009. He is a Knight of the Italian Republic, an Officer of the Italian Republic and a member of the Academy of Forest Sciences. He is a lecturer at the Pontifical Gregorian University for subjects related to environmental protection and the enhancement of cultural heritage and the landscape, a member of the teaching staff of the State Forestry Corps now Carabinieri, and is currently the Scientific Director of the Research Centre on remotely piloted aircraft systems (Drones) at Link Campus University and lecturer for subjects related to environmental safety and the use of technologies to combat crimes against the environment. Currently, he is Commander of the Nucleo Informativo Antincendio Boschivo, a highly specialised structure of the Forest Protection Command - Carabinieri, a position he already held at the State Forestry Corps since 2013 as the officer in charge of the Nucleo Investigativo Centrale Antincendio Boschivo of the National Operations Centre and the Centre for the Development of Investigative Technologies at the State Forestry Corps. He is also technical director of the Castel Volturno forest fire simulator.

Managing Director of APICE, Italy's leading company in the specialised transport of works of art. He began his career as a freelance journalist, before moving in 2006 to the Logistics of Works of Art and Cultural Heritage, working for the best Italian agents and curating over 7,000 art exhibitions; in 2003 he opened his own company in Florence, which in 2009 joined other leading companies in Milan, Venice and Rome to found APICE, which in 2023 was taken over by the ITAGO Investment Fund. Lapo Sergi is also currently a consultant for GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group) for the Cultural Heritage Logistics sector.

Furthermore, he is a member of the Steering Committee of ICEFAT, international association of art transporters where he also controls the Green Subcommittee. Elected in 2016 in Geneva as representative for Europe, confirmed in office in 2019 in Washington and in 2022 in Athens for a third term.

Since 2006, he has been teaching Cultural Heritage Logistics for postgraduate courses in Rome (Link Campus University) and Florence (Palazzo Spinelli Institute), holds a specialised online evening course and has participated as a speaker at numerous conferences worldwide including La Sapienza University, Civita, Mudec, Richmond College, ARCS New Orleans, Tsinghua University Beijing.

Founder and CEO of Capitale Cultura Group and ARtGlass (Verona, Lugano, Monza, Roma, Catania, Richmond). He is an entrepreneur, manager, professional journalist and professor. Capitale Cultura is an international group operating in the field of cultural and tourism development supporting leading museums and institutions and developing innovative companies, the most important of which is ARtGlass, currently an international leader in Augmented Reality for art and culture. Previously, he worked at the Gruppo Sole 24 Ore, first as Managing Director of 24 Ore Cultura (production of exhibitions, prestigious publishing and cultural enhancement projects) and Alinari 24 Ore (valorization of photographic archives) and then as Director of Synergies and International Markets. Before that, he was General Manager Content and Editorial Coordination for 10 years at De Agostini Editore.

He directed and coordinated various websites and local and national newspapers (Sapere.it, Repubblica.it, Il Nuovo.it, Mediasetonline.com, La Notte, Sei Milano TV).

He is also President of Capitale Cultura International, swiss sister company of the Group he founded and board member of ArtGlass US. He is adjunct professor of Business Modeling, Marketing, Digital Heritage and Fundraising at Link Campus University, Istituto Europeo di Design, Treccani Accademia, Formaper Lombardia.
 

Desirée Sabatini is associate professor of Performing Arts at the DAMS Course (Disciplines of Figurative Arts, Music, Entertainment and Fashion), Link Campus University, where she was a research fellow for the project “L’audiovisivo teatrale. Documentazione e identificazione di metodologie di restauro dello spettacolo digitale" between 2017 and 2021. In 2007, she attained the Doctorate in History, Theory and Technique of Theater and Performing Arts (Scienze Digitali dello Spettacolo) at the University of Rome, where between 2012 and 2015 she became research fellow for the European Eclap project "European Library of Artistic Performance" and for the project: “Tecnologie e metodologie di analisi e restauro dello spettacolo digitale”. 

Currently, she is a technical member of the commissione per i contributi allo Spettacolo dal Vivo; and of the commissione per i contributi per interventi regionali per lo sviluppo del Cinema e dell'Audiovisivo: digitalizzazione e restauro di film e audiovisivi. Direzione: cultura, politiche giovanili e Lazio creativo, Regione Lazio.

She is an expert for visual education at school within the framework of the Piano Nazionale Cinema e Immagini per la Scuola promoted by the Ministry of Education - Direzione Generale per lo Studente, l’Inclusione e l’Orientamento scolastico e dal Ministero della Cultura - Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo e finalizzato alla promozione della didattica del linguaggio cinematografico e audiovisivo.

Expert of distance learning, and educational, communicational and formative learning. Philosophical Counselor (Sicof) and Accredited Guidance Counselor (SIO), licensed by PerformanSe. Phd in Social and organizational systems, and analysis of public policies (2004). Coordinator of the Master's Degree Course in Language and Communication Technologies (LM59). Founder and director of the Research centre Digital Technologies, Education & Society and the magazines Quaderni di Comunità. Persone, Educazione e Welfare nella societò 5.0, Eurilink University Press, Rome. Winner of the Award ROMEI 2019; Honorary Professor of ;. Kozybayev Notrh Kazakhstan State University, 2019. Her research activity is mainly focused on three thematic cores: The education system intended as an integrated macro-system (school-education-labour-transitions); the digital revolution and its influence on people, organizations and communities; the Quality Assurance Systems in the educational field. The common thread of the aforementioned areas of expertise os represented by the centrality of the individual. She participates to various research groups on a national and international level, even within the framework of transnational cooperation projects.

She manages the following courses: Social Innovation & Transformation Design, Sociologia del Linguaggio, Sociology of Media and Communication, Culture and Media, Business Communication & Advertising.