Bogdan Nistoreanu is an associate professor at FABIZ. The core topics of his teaching are business administration, strategic management, change management and entrepreneurship. Current research projects include transformation in education and gamification. His work has been published in various top scientific journals and conference proceedings. At the Masters of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries he will be helping guide the students through the internship seminar, a course that is supposed to help students gain a practical approach on the creative economy.

CORINA PELAU is Professor Ph.D. and Ph.D. coordinator at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, UNESCO Department for Business Administration. Her main research field is consumer research, with focus on the relation between consumers and artificial intelligence, neuroscientific approaches of consumer behavior and sustainable consumption. Her research has been published by several indexed journals. Her research work has been rewarded with the Best Paper in an Economic Journal Award by AFER (Association of Economic Faculties in Romania) in 2018, the Opera Omnia Award for Excellence in Scientific Research by the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (2019). She is member of the Association for Consumer Research (since 2015) and member of the European Marketing Academy (since 2018). Starting with 2021 she is part of the Executive Committee of the European Marketing Academy as National Representative for Romania and co-coordinator of the Climber Community Interest Group at EMAC.

Costin Ciora is a PhD Assistant Professor at the Department of Financial Analysis and Valuation from The Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He has more than 12 years’ experience in business consulting and organizational training and he is a Prosci Change Management Practitioner and Certified Professional TriMetrix Analyst. He was a guest researcher and lecturer at Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Alicante Spain and University Dauphine in Paris. He is the author of more than 30 research papers as well as 3 books including “Performance analysis through value creation”. At the Masters of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries she/he will be teaching „ Budgeting and KPIs for cultural and creative initiatives” a course that help students have a practical approach on the story behind the numbers.

Cristian Negruțiu is Founding Partner at Sparking Capital, a venture capital fund aiming to help innovative start-ups to scale up and develop. Cristian Negrutiu has extensive managerial experience acquired through various positions in different companies at the executive level since the year 2000. In the period 2010-2019, he was Logistics Country Manager for DSV Solutions in Romania. In this capacity, Cristian served as a Board Member, fully responsible for the strategy and P&L of his division. He managed more than 500 people and lead several local and regional projects, ranging from IT implementation to capacity expansion. Cristian has a double background, in economics and law, followed by an MBA at the University of Sheffield. Currently, he is an associate lecturer, Ph.D., at Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

Dalia Poleac is a PhD student at The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, and the founder of Future Jobs – a career design program, dedicated to creative workers. She teaches Design Thinking at the Faculty of Business Administration in foreign languages and has been guest lecturing at Hoseo University Seoul, Istituto Europeo di Design Roma and Richmond University Florence. Dalia owns a Realm Academy Certificate which attests her mastery of the Metaverse, NFT and Web3 ecosystem.

Elena PREDA is a senior lecturer at The Faculty of Agrifood and Environmental Economics, Head of the Research Centre for Sustainable Development. The core topics of her teaching are Ecology, Sustainable Development, Environmental Management. Current research projects include development of new sustainable business models in the ecological restored areas, renewable energy sector & green mobility. Her work has been published in high level scientific journal like Ecosystem Services, Environmental Science& Policy, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Hydrology and others. At the Masters of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries she will be teaching Sustainable management of arts and culture in community settings, a course that is responding to the needs of creatives to upskill knowledge, competencies and abilities to sustainable manage the arts, culture and cultural heritage in a wider, integrated community settings.

Ionela is a PhD candidate in Law at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, associate assistant professor at the Faculty of Law at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, teaching Intellectual Property, Roman Law and General Theory of Law. Over her experience as practitioner in the field of Intellectual Property, she assisted clients in trademarks and design proceedings in front of various intellectual property offices in Europe – OSIM, INPI, IPI CH as well as in front of the European Intellectual Property Office, in drafting IP agreements and negotiations.

Ionela Dumitru, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Faculty for Business Administration (with teaching in foreign languages), the UNESCO Department for Business Administration. She published as author or co-author two university textbooks in Management and two books on organizational intellectual capital. She published over 20 articles in international journals or proceedings of international conferences. She is a founder member of Society for Business Excellence. She teaches at both undergraduate and graduate levels (Entrepreneurship, Organizational and Consumer Behavior and Supply Chain Management). At the Master of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries she will be teaching Cultural and creative entrepreneurship and business models, a course whose main purpose is to to introduce the students to the entrepreneurial process, from the opportunity recognition step until the challenges of growing the business.

Madalina is Professor PhD at the Faculty of Business Administration in foreign languages and also Vice-Dean of the Bucharest Business School. The main field of her teaching are Marketing and Management. At the Masters of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries she will be teaching Ethics and Academic Integrity, a course that aims to bring understanding of the particularities of the scientific style for the elaboration of academic projects. At the end of this course, students will be able to apply an adequate management of information sources, select the necessary information and process it critically, understand the standards of academic ethics and apply tools in economic research.

Marius Matei is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration in Foreign Languages (FABIZ - Department of Business Administration in Foreign Languages, UNESCO Chair) of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, also an econometrician and high frequency data specialist, with publications in leading academic journals. He also works as Principal Economist in the Systemic Risk Monitoring Division, Financial Stability Department of the National Bank of Romania and as Senior Researcher, grade 1, at the Romanian Academy. He holds a PhD in Management Sciences (core in Financial Econometrics) (from ESADE Business School, Spain) and a PhD in Economics (from the Romanian Academy), with postdoctoral studies at the University of Tasmania (Australia) and the Romanian Academy. He graduated a Master program in Finance (at ESADE Business School, Spain), one in Economics (at Carleton University, Canada) and one in International Relations (at NSPAS, Romania). He taught undergraduate and graduate (at the Master, MBA and Honours levels) courses in Econometrics, Finance, Business Administration and Economics units at Macquarie University, University of New South Wales and University of Tasmania (Australia), Barcelona Business School and Valencia Business School (Spain), Carleton University (Canada) and Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He also worked in Asset Allocation and Investments (Mine Super, Australia) and was the Senior Economist of UniCredit Romania bank. He published in the Journal of Econometrics, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Economic Record, and Econometrics journals. He has been Visiting Fellow at Stanford University (United States) and at the Center for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES) of Århus University (Denmark).

Mihail Busu is an Associate Professor at FABIZ. The core topics of his teaching are Investment and Risk and Quantitative and Qualitative Methods for Business. Current research projects include Diversification and modernization of existing business support structures in the Romanian economy. His work has been published in Mathematics, Symmetry, Processes and Physica A. At the Masters of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries she/he will be teaching Scientific Seminar, a course that help students identify, analyze, interpret and develop business administration concepts, in correlation with information technology trends.

Mireille Rădoi is an associate professor at FABIZ, the general director of the „Carol I” Central University Library in Bucharest and has been the president of the „Carol I” University Foundation for the last 12 years. This multifaceted experience provides her with in-depth knowledge concerning the cultural and creative environment at a national and international level. The core topics of her teaching and research revolve around international negotiations and sociology. At the Master of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries she will be teaching “Globalization, cultural diplomacy, and the creative and cultural industries” a course that aims at giving students an overview of the cultural and creative industries through the filters of globalization and international relations.

Roxana is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. The core topics of her teaching are business law and European law, having expanded the said research to marketing business law. The current research projects include business and financial articles that tend to analyze the current state of the market. Her work has been published in various journals and she has participated in numerous conferences where she has presented articles of great interest. At the Masters of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries she will be teaching Intellectual Property Law a course that responds to the legal challenges posed by the market for persons who tend to develop new products and/or services in the creative or cultural industry.

Roxana Codnițchi studied Business Administration at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and got a master’s degree in International Relations with the Babeș Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca. After graduating her PhD studies, she continued collaborating with the Bucharest University of Economic Studies to become a university lecturer and vice‐dean of the Faculty for Business Administration (FABIZ). Prior to her engagement with the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Roxana worked for more than 10 years for the European Commission and the German Chamber of Commerce, gaining experience in the management of several international projects with regard to resource efficiency, environmental technologies and renewable energy. Her research interests cover Eco and Energy Economics and Decision Making. She calls herself a philocalist and globetrotter on her way to becoming a global citizen.

Simona Goia is an Associate Professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. She holds a PhD in the field of Business Administration since 2011 and teaches in various Bachelor’s and Master’s programs within the German and English Stream of the Faculty of Business Administration in Foreign Languages (FABIZ). Her scientific and teaching interests include: human capital and talent management, social entrepreneurship, educational policies. Simona Goia has extensive international research and teaching experience (including several years spent in Germany and Spain) and she is engaged in various projects especially in the field of social entrepreneurship and education/ training carried out in collaboration with national and international organizations. At the Masters of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries she will be teaching „Organisation and leadership in creative and cultural industries”, a course that is aimed at delivering to creatives basic knowledge in the field of general management and leadership, helping students to have a practical approach on how to organize a business in the creative and cultural sector and how to effectively manage and lead teams and people.

Valentina is an Associate Professor, Ph.D., at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. The core topics of her teaching are Human Resource Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, and Organization and Team Management. Current research projects include studies on leadership proximity, labour force procurement before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how to avoid functional psychopaths applying for a job. Her work has been published in national and international journals such as The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, Management & Marketing journal. Challenges for the knowledge society, Quality - Access to success, Business Management Dynamics, International Journal for Quality Research. At the Master of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries, she will be teaching Artist management and development, a course that provides knowledge on and develops practical skills related to the effective management of employees with creative abilities. The students have a practical approach to the peculiarities of managing employees with creative abilities and developing the necessary basic skills. They will also better understand the role of leadership in the manifestation of creativity and the use of the complementarity of different types of creativity.

Violeta Mihaela Dincă is a full university professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Faculty of Business Administration, in foreign languages. The core topics of her teaching are European Business Environment, International Business, Creativity in Business, Cultural Economics etc. Current research projects include two focused on Knowledge transfer in SMEs and on Social inclusion of students with special needs, respectively. Her work has been published in Journal of Intellectual Capital, Amfiteatru Economic, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Business Economics and Management, Transformations in Business and Economics, Sustainability, Energies etc. At the Masters of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries she will be teaching Economics of the creative and cultural industries, a course that will develop students' ability to analyse the cultural and creative industries from an economic and social point of view. This course will familiarise students with the economic specificities of the cultural and creative industries and will provide them an overview of the economic contribution of the cultural and creative industries to the national and world economy.

Holding a PhD in Communication Sciences (specialization in Organizational and Strategic communications) from Universidade do Minho, a Master degree in Communication and Image, and Bachelor in Marketing and Advertising from IADE, Alexandre Duarte is an Assistant Professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, researcher at ICNOVA/UNL and Invited Professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, where he coordinates the Postgraduation Courses in Communication and Advertising Creativity, and Service Design. He has worked in several multinational advertising agencies, such as TBWA, Saatchi & Saatchi, W/Brasil, Lowe&Partners or Ogilvy for more than 20 years as a Senior Creative Copywriter. He was Tutor of the Young Marketers Academy of the EUROBEST Festival, CEO of RESTART – Institute of Arts and Creativity and advisor to SUPERBRANDS Portugal. Since 2018, is a member of the Board of EDCOM - European Institute for Commercial Communications Education.

Carla Figueira, BA MA PhD FHEA FRSA, is an academic in the field of international cultural relations and cultural and linguistic policies. She is the Director of the MA in Cultural Policy, Relations and Diplomacy and of the MA in Tourism and Cultural Policy at the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London. She is a trustee of Arts Cabinet – Art and Enquiry (https://www.artscabinet.org/), a charity raising awareness of the critical state of cultural production through arts and culture exchange programmes that draw on challenges posed by global issues. Carla is a member of ENCATC, the leading European network on Cultural Management and Cultural Policy education. She is a Chevening Alumna and Buddy.

Cristiana Sappa is associate Professor in Business Law at IÉSEG School of Management. The core topics of her teaching are Intellectual Property; Contract Law to different target publics. Current research projects include Cultural Heritage in the digital realm and metaverse and copyright issues, Fashion and trademarks collaborations, Trade secrets and algorithmic society. Her work has been published in well ranked journals, publishing in English (such as JIPITEC, EIPR, GRUR Int.), in French (RTD Com.) and in Italian (AIDA, NLCC, Giur. It.), as well as in books published by Elgar. At the Masters of Business Administration in Creative and Cultural Industries she will be teaching Intellectual Property Law, a course that gives students an overview of the international and comparative legal framework of IP, providing information on the theoretical framework and hands-on activities in the different fields of IP.

Daniela Marzavan is a pioneering Pracademic, seamlessly blending practical expertise with academic insight. As co-founder of the international innovation agency, Change Darer, she leads an interdisciplinary network of business consultants, designers, and educators, challenging leaders and organizations to transform perspectives and practices. Daniela's diverse clientele spans automotive, pharmaceuticals, city governments, national ministries, global development aid, universities, K12 schools, startups, and individuals. Her academic pursuits explore the intersection of design, management, organizational studies, and social practice theory. A fervent guest professor at prestigious institutions in Lisbon (IADE and ISCTE), Berlin (ESCP), Bucharest (ASE), Helsinki(Laurea), and Oslo(Kristiania), Daniela Marzavan's work can be described as harmonious fusion of theory and hands-on experience in the realm of innovation and change.

Since 2005 Gudrun Heymans is engaged within the Department for Culture, Youth and MEDIA - Flemish Regional Government Belgium, as Coordinator of the Creative Europe Culture Desk Flanders and staff member of the Team International Relations. In this position, she aims to reach the cultural and creative sectors from Flanders, promoting and facilitating the European Support programme towards their international cultural cooperation. Through intensive and pro-active networking, campaigning and in-depth assistance and administrative coordination during her 18 years of cultural work now, she has built up a consistent database of reliable professional contacts and an open communication with local and international stakeholders. As a result, she has been able to steadily enhance the number of submitted and selected European cultural cooperation projects with Belgian / Flemish participation. She is a non-executive board member of a regional cultural organisation (School of Gaasbeek) and former staff member of Openbaar Kunstbezit in Vlaanderen (Public Art Collection Flanders), Ghent.

With a PhD at the National University of Arts in Bucharest, Liliana ȚUROIU became, in 2017, the first woman president of the Romanian Cultural Institute. During this mandate, she was responsible with the strategy, coordination and implementation of some of the most important cultural diplomacy projects Romania has abroad in the recent period, including the International Arts Festival Europalia Romania 2019-2020, the RCI cultural events included in the France-Romania Season 2018- 2019, as well as a series of large-scale cultural projects dedicated to the Centenary of Romania, organized with RCI branches on three continents. She is ENCATC Ambassador, member of the University Foundation from Belgium, also member of the International Council of CIF (Creative Industries Federation) London and the Scientific Council of Sapienza Foundation. Before becoming a voice in the field of cultural diplomacy, Liliana Turoiu was known as a successful entrepreneur and fashion designer focused on cross-border cultural dialogue and the research of different European traditions and crafts. Liliana Țuroiu was nominated, in 2019, as Romanian General Coordinator for the EUROPALIA Romania Arts Festival and its exhibition dedicated to Constantin Brancusi hosted by BOZAR. She is a strong believer in the key role played by cultural diplomacy and the creative industries in the international community. Dr. Liliana Turoiu gave keynote speeches at the NATO International Conference held at Egmont Palace, in February 2020, at the Annual Meeting of Romanian Diplomacy (RADR) in 2017 and 2018, at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, in 2018, and in many other academic events from different countries, focusing especially on the relationship between the contemporary art and diplomacy. She was decorated as Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.

Journalist, lecturer and curator, Paolo is  focused on cultural innovation between fashion and design. After graduating in contemporary art at the University of Bologna he has been a researcher for over 15 years at Future Concept Lab, a leading institute in trend forecasting and strategic consulting. He teaches the “Fashion and Industrial Design” course at the University of Bologna (Polo di Rimini) and at the Accademia Costume & Moda in Rome. He has lectured in fashion and design schools in Italy and abroad, including Politecnico di Milano, Milano Fashion Institute, Domus Academy, Istituto Marangoni, Creative Academy, SDA Bocconi, IULM, Università La Sapienza, Central Saint Martins UAL London, ECAL. He is European editor for Cool Hunting. He also collaborates with national and international publications such as Interni, Vogue Italia, Marie Claire Maison, Eye Magazine. He worked with the national Commission for the Promotion of Italian Fashion Culture at MiBAC (Ministry of Artistic and Cultural Heritage) and he was part of the scientific committees of Milano Design Award and Brera Design Days. Since 2018 he hosts the podcast Parola Progetto.

Patrizia Boglione is a Brand & Creative VP, Brand strategist, Trend researcher, and Creative Education designer. She works as a Brand & Creative VP at Translated where she focuses her activity on brand strategy and cross-culture intelligence, being Creative Director of Imminent, Translated's Research Center: imminent.translated.com. In 2021 she has founded TrendAlchemy, a creative Trend&Brand lab where she studies trends and future narratives to help companies to find the best brand positioning in their way to the future. Before embracing cultural intelligence, she has developed all her career in communication in McCann Erickson and branding, in Angelini Design, as strategic brand director, working for Italian, European and Asian markets. She's a lifelong learning student, a Bachelor in Arts, a Master in Economy for non profits, a Master in digital marketing. Focusing her work on disrupting creative education, in 2016 and 2017 she worked as Director of the Communication School at IED of Rome. She is a Creative Personal Branding certified practitioner, and helps people to optimize themselves and their projects. She helps them to fully realize their potential in their chosen fields. She represented Italian advertising and design in international contests: Member of Press&Poster Jury at The International Advertising Festival in Cannes 2004, President of Print and Outdoor Jury in 2008, of Design Jury in 2012 , and of Innovation &Integration in 2013 at ADCE AWARDS in Barcelona. For 6 years Vicepresident of ADCI, Italian Art Directors Club, 9 years board member of ADCE, focusing her activity on design hybridization and creative education.

Pippo Ciorra is an architect, critic, and professor, and was a member of the editorial board of Casabella from 1996 to 2012. He collaborates with journals, reviews, and national press, and is the author of many essays and publications. In 2011, Ciorra published an overview of the conditions of architecture in Italy, Senza architettura, le ragioni per una crisi (Laterza). The author of numerous books, he published monographic studies on Ludovico Quaroni and Peter Eisenman, and books on museums, cities, photography, and contemporary Italian architecture. He teaches design and theory at Scuole di Ateneo Architettura e Design–University of Camerino, and is the director of the international Ph.D. program Villard d'Honnecourt (IUAV). He is a member of International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) and advisor for the Mies van der Rohe Prize and the Gold Medal of the Italian architecture. Ciorra has chaired or participated in national and international prizes and competition juries. In 2016 he was part of the jury for the Venice Biennale of Architecture. He has curated and designed exhibitions in Italy and abroad, and, since 2009, he is the senior curator of MAXXI Architettura in Rome. Among his major exhibitions are Re-cycle; Energy, Food; The Japanese House; and Piccole Utopie, a traveling show realized in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2018 he cocurated Bruno Zevi. History and Counter-History of Italian Architecturem, and cofounded the interdisciplinary research program Housing the Human, based in Berlin. He curates the Italian edition of the Young Architects Program, the MoMA PS1 international program for young architects.

Sofie Jacobs obtained her PhD in 2017 (University of Antwerp, Belgium) with a thesis on different roads to success for small-sized creative organizations. Since her PhD, Sofie was a researcher and lecturer at the University of Antwerp (BE), Antwerp Management school (BE) and the Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL). At this moment, Sofie is Professor HRM & Creative Industries at Antwerp Management School and guest lecturer HRM at the University of Antwerp. She teaches several HR-related courses, is a coach in the Global Leadership Skills Program and Academic Mentor in the Executive Phd Program. Current research projects include sustainable careers from a stakeholder perspective, challenges pertaining to non-standard careers, flexible talent management, career development and career mobility. Furthermore, Sofie is specialized in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Sofie has 10 years of academic and professional experience. She is an experienced lecturer and published her research in several academic journals. Sofie provided research and consultancy services for government authorities, foundations and organizations in Europe, with a focus on HR topics and a diverse range of topics within the creative industries.