Daniele Bodini received a Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of Rome in 1968 and a Masters in Architecture in 1970. Mr. Bodini came to the United States in 1971 to attend Columbia Business School, receiving an MBA in 1972. In 1987 he received an O.P.M. from Harvard Business School. He is chairman of American Continental Properties Group, a diversified real estate group in North America and Europe. Mr. Bodini is the Chairman of the American-Italian Cancer Foundation. Mr. Bodini is on the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School. He represents the Republic of San Marino at the United Nations.

B.A., Columbia, 1964 Ph.D., Sociology, Columbia, 1969 Adolphe Quetelet Professor of Social Science, 1989 to 2001 Professor of Sociology, Columbia University from 1976 to present Adjunct Professor, Rockefeller University, 1983-1985 Vice President of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, 1987-1989 Provost and Dean of Faculties, Columbia University, 1989-2003. Director, Center for the Social Sciences, 1979-1987 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1975-76 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 1975-76 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992 Cavaliere Ufficiale in the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, 1996 Commendatore in the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, 2003 "National Associate" U.S. National Academies of Sciences, 2003. Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2003. Member, American Philosophical Society, 2005 Served on multiple national committees of the NSF, NRC, and NAS. Recent Board Memberships: Urban Justice Center, 2003 JED Foundation, 2003 President of Reid Hall Inc., Paris, 1989-2003 Marconi International Fellowship Foundation, 1997. Some publications in the sociology of science, science policy, and higher education, include: Social Stratification in Science (with Stephen Cole) (1973) Peer Review in the National Science Foundation: Phase One (1978) and Phase Two (1981) of a Study (co-authored) Fair Science: Women in the Scientific Community (1979) The Wages of Writing: Per Word, Per Piece, or Perhaps (1986) (co-authored) The Outer Circle: Women in the Scientific Community (1991) (co-edited and author) The Research University in a Time of Discontent (co-edited and author)(1994) multiple journal publications on similar topics. Currently working on a book on the critical importance of American research universities and why they are under threat.

Jane Ginsburg is the Janklow Professor at Columbia University's School of Law and Co-Director of its Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts. She teaches Legal Methods, Copyright Law, and Trademarks Law, and is the author or co-author of casebooks in all three subjects. With Professor Sam Ricketson, she is the co-author of INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS: THE BERNE CONVENTION AND BEYOND (Oxford University Press 2006). Other books include FOUNDATIONS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Foundation press 2004), with Professor Robert P. Merges, and INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STORIES (Foundation Press 2005), with Professor Rochelle Dreyfuss. With Professor Dreyfuss and Professor François Dessemontet, she is also a Co-Reporter for the American Law Institute project on INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: PRINCIPLES GOVERNING JURISDICTION, CHOICE OF LAW AND JUDGMENTS IN TRANSNATIONAL DISPUTES. Professor Ginsburg has taught French and U.S. copyright law and U.S. legal methods and contracts law at the University of Paris and other French universities. In 2004-05 she held the Arthur L. Goodhart Visiting Chair of Legal Science at the law faculty of the University of Cambridge, UK. A graduate of the University of Chicago (BA 1976, MA 1977), she received a JD in 1980 from Harvard, and a Diplôme d'études approfondies in 1985 and a Doctorate of Law in 1995 from the University of Paris II. She is an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

Ira Katznelson is Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University, where he received his BA in 1966 and first taught after completing his Ph.D. in History at Cambridge University in 1969. Before returning to Columbia in 1994, he was a member of the Departments of Political Science at the University of Chicago (where he was chair) and the New School for Social Research (where he was Dean of the Graduate Faculty). In 2003-4, he served as Acting Vice President and Dean of the Faculty for the Arts and Sciences at Columbia. His most recent books are When Affirmative Action Was White (2005), and Desolation and Enlightenment: Political Knowledge after Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Holocaust (2003). Other books include Black Men, White Cities (1973), City Trenches (1981), Schooling for All (with Margaret Weir, 1985), Marxism and the City (1992), and Liberalism's Crooked Circle (1996). He has co-edited Working Class Formation (with Aristide Zolberg, 1986), Paths of Emancipation: Jews, States, and Citizenship (with Pierre Birnbaum, 1995), Shaped by War and Trade: International Influences on American Political Development (with Martin Shefter, 2002), Political Science: The State of the Discipline, Centennial Edition (with Helen Milner, 2002), and Preferences and Situations: Points of Intersection Between Historical and Rational Choice Institutionalism (with Barry Weingast, 2005). Professor Katznelson was President of the American Political Science Association for 2005-2006. Previously, he served as President of the Politics and History Section of APSA, President of the Social Science History Association, and Chair of the Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.

Edward Mendelson is the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and the Literary Executor of the Estate of W. H. Auden. His books include Early Auden, Later Auden, and The Things That Matter:What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life. He has written widely on literature and the arts, and is a contributing editor of PC Magazine. He has written for The New York Review of Books, TLS, The London Review of Books, The New York Times, The New Statesman, The New Statesman, and many other publications.

Nicholas J. Turro is the William P. Schweitzer Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University, where he has been since 1964. He was born in Middletown, CT and attended Wesleyan University, where he received a BA in Chemistry before obtaining his PhD in Chemistry at Caltech in 1960. He is the author of "Modern Molecular Photochemistry," a standard text in the field, and has published over 800 research papers in established scientific journals. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sixty students have obtained a PhD degree and 160 postdocs and over 100 undergraduates have been trained under his supervision.

Turro is an internationally acclaimed pioneer and leader in the art and practice of physical organic chemistry and organic photochemistry. His intellectual and experimental contributions have been a major factor in providing the theoretical and experimental paradigms on which the fields of modern mechanistic organic photochemistry and chemiexcitation of organic molecules, the theory of organic photochemical reactions, supramolecular organic photochemistry and organic magnetochemistry have been built. Through the agencies of his classes, public lectures, text books and research publications, Turro has made a major impact on the education of recent generations of physical organic chemists and photochemists both nationally and internationally.

Turro is an exceptionally productive chemist who has been able to achieve distinction and create excitement in a wide range of areas of chemistry. He has made deep intellectual and scientific penetration by examining the interface of organic chemistry with chemical physics and materials science. His research has been characterized by a striking breadth, encompassing synthetic organic chemistry, colloidal and interface chemistry, chemical physics, magnetic resonance theory and applications, and mechanistic aspects of molecular and supramolecular organic and inorganic chemistry. His significant achievements and substantial contributions to chemistry include pioneering development in the fields of cyclopropanone chemistry, mechanistic organic photochemistry, chemiluminescent organic reactions, a general theory of organic photochemistry, magnetochemistry of organic molecules, direct spectroscopic detection and characterization of carbenes and biradicals, organic photochemistry in micelles, photochemical characterization of dendrimers and DNA, supramolecular control of radical reactivity through supramolecular and magnetic effects, the use of EPR to elucidate organic reaction mechanisms and the use of photochemical methods to elucidate long standing issues in polymer chemistry.

Turro's accomplishments have been recognized by his peers through his selection for major national and international awards in the fields of photochemistry, organic chemistry, physical organic chemistry and surface and colloids chemistry.

In addition to his signal accomplishments as a research scientist, Turro has published an important analysis of the way science is performed and is recognized as an educational leader who has made a national impact. He has pioneered the use of information technologies and computers for the enhancement and enrichment of undergraduate education in chemistry. His educational ideas and products are employed at universities and colleges across the nation. These accomplishments have been recognized in his selection as a Distinguished Teacher Scholar by the National Science Foundation for 2002; by Columbia University with a Presidential Teaching Award; and by the American Chemical Society in his selection for the Pimentel Award in Chemical Education.

Before joining the Gruppo SACE, which provides a wide range of insurance and financial products and services for companies and banks, in September 2009, Giovanni Castellaneta served as Ambassador of Italy to the USA and to the Bahamas, as well as Italy's Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States in Washington, DC. From 2001 until 2005, he was appointed Foreign Policy Advisor of Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and later of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Prime Minister Berlusconi also designated him as his personal representative (Sherpa) for the G8 summits. From 1998 until 2001, he was Ambassador to Australia and the Pacific Islands. From 1996 until 1998, he coordinated the international activities of the Italian Regions and was subsequently Special Envoy to Albania for the Italian assistance program. From 1992 until 1995, he was Ambassador of Italy to Iran. In 1989, he was appointed Diplomatic Advisor to Treasury Minister Giuliano Amato. Subsequently, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gianni De Michelis designated him as Spokesman and Head of the Press and Communications Department until 1992. Prior to that time, he held various positions in Rome among which Special Assistant to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Senior Advisor in the Office of Prime Minister Bettino Craxi. He also served in a number of other posts, including Somalia, Portugal, France, and Switzerland, as Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to International Organizations in Geneva. Ambassador Castellaneta was Vice Chairman of Finmeccanica and is a member of its Board of Directors on behalf of the Italian Government. With an advanced Degree from the Università "la Sapienza" Law School in Rome, he pursued further specialization in International Legal Affairs and Economics. In 2005, Ambassador Castellaneta was decorated Knight of Grand Cross, the highest honor of the Republic of Italy. He has been bestowed with several foreign decorations, such as Officier de la Légion d'honneur of France.

Roberto de Mattei was born in Rome in 1948. He graduated from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with a degree in political science and later went on to become a professor of modern history at the University of Cassino. He currently holds the following positions: Vice President of the National Council of Research, in charge of Human Sciences Special Advisor to Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs Gianfranco Fini on Institutional, Political and Cultural Relations member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Institute of Human Sciences, representing the Ministry of Education and Research, and of the Board of Directors of the Italian Historical Institute for the Modern and Contemporary Age Editor-in-Chief of the international historical review "Nova Historica". He is the author of numerous publications translated in a variety of languages as well as a regular contributor to Italian and foreign newspapers and periodicals.

Born 1953, Renato Miracco graduated with a degree in art history in 1975.
Art historian, critic, and curator, he is the author of several books and a contributing editor and writer for numerous art catalogues, magazines and academic publications.
He is curating the Metropolitan Museum's exhibition on Giorgio Morandi (opening September 16, 2008). Formerly the Curator of the Estorick Collection for Modern Italian Art in London, he has served as guest curator for Italian modern art at the Tate Modern, London. In Rome he has served since 1997 as an advisor of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August, 2007, as advisor and president of the Scientific Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and is an advisor and member of the art direction of Rome's "Polo Museale del Chiostro del Bramante."

Born in 1956, Stefano Parisi holds a degree in Business & Economics from Rome's La Sapienza University. From 1992-1997 he was Head of the Department of Economic Affairs for the Italian Prime Minister's Office. In 1994 he was Secretary General of the newly created Ministry for Telecommunications during the period in which the incumbent operator was re-organized and the mobile telephony market was liberalized. He was Head of the Department for Information and Press of the Prime Minister's Office (1996) and a member of the RAI Board of Auditors (1994-1997). From 1997 to 2000 Stefano Parisi was City Manager of Milan, and from 2000 until July 2004 he was Director General of Confindustria (the confederation of Italian industry). Stefano Parisi is also active in the academic world. From 1996 to 2001 he was acting Professor at the faculty of Business & Economics at the University of Milan.

Giovanni Puglisi, born in Caltanissetta (Italy) in 1945, has been Rector of IULM University, Milan, since 28th March 2001 and is President of The Italian National Commission for UNESCO. After taking a degree in Literature, he was appointed Assistant Professor of History of Philosophy. Starting 1972 he has been Associate and Full Professor at the University of Palermo, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, teaching, in sequence, Philosophy of Language and Aesthetics. He was Professor of History of Philosophy (1976), Dean of the Faculty of Education Sciences at the University of Palermo (1979-1998), and Chairman of the Deans Conference of the Italian Faculties of Education Sciences (1983-1998). In 1993 he became Full Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Palermo. He is President of the University Advisory Board for Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature. He has been Full Professor of Comparative Studies at IULM University since 1998.
Other Professional Experiences: He is President of: the Bank of Sicily Foundation the IULM University Foundation the ISIDA (Institute for the Higher Education of Managers, Palermo) the International Mondello Award for Literature the Società Siciliana per la Storia Patria (Sicilian Society for the History of Italy and its Origins). He is Vice-President of: the National Commission for the Promotion of Italian Culture at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the CittàItalia Foundation the Biondo-Stabile Theatre of Palermo. He is member of the UNESCO-ROSTE Steering Committee in Venice. He is member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee at the Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia G. Treccani. He is an honorary member of Società Geografica Italiana (The Italian Geographical Society). Former Councillor for Culture at Palermo municipality. He is member of the Rotary Club (Roma Sud) and he was awarded with the Paul Harris Fellow recognition. Since 1972 he has been member of the Italian Journalists Association.
Research fields: Aesthetics and Philosophy, Cultural and Comparative Studies, Cultural Policies, Cultural Heritage Organization and Promotion, Art Trends.
His numerous publications include:
* Strutturalismo, Roma 1970 II ed. 1976
* Poetica e Retorica del Mondo Antico, Napoli 1976
* Intervista a Charles Poletti, in Gli anni difficili dell'autonomia, Palermo-Siracura 1993
* Un nuovo interlocutore nei rapporti tra Filosofia e Poesia: l'Estetica computazionale di Hofstadter, in Filosofia '95, edited by Gianni Vattimo, Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1996
* Le immagini del pensiero, in Poesia e filosofia, Franco Angeli, Milano 2000
* I Modi della Moda, Editore Sellerio, Palermo 2001
* Le città di carta, with Paolo Proietti, Editore Sellerio, Palermo 2002
* Una nuova immagine dell'Italia all'estero nel secondo dopoguerra: il "made in Italy". Le "multinazionali della cultura", in L'Italia fuori d'Italia - Tradizione e presenza della lingua e della cultura italiana nel mondo, Salerno Editrice, Roma 2003
* Tomasi di Lampedusa, La letteratura e gli altri, in L'Anello Che Non Tiene Journal of Modern Italian Literature, Spring-Fall 2001-2002
* ntroduction to I"Viaggio sentimentale di Yorick lungo la Francia e l'Italia" Edizioni Università IULM, 2004
* He is Director of the series Le parole e le cose, edited by Sellerio (Palermo), of the series Hermes (on Inter-Cultural and Comparative Studies), edited by Armando Armando, Rome of the series Bel Paese edited by the Polygraphic National Institute and of the Collana degli Anniversari edited by Edizioni Università IULM.

Salvatore Rebecchini was born in Rome on May 19, 1955. He received his High School degree from Collegio S. Giuseppe-Istituto De Merode in Rome and his College degree in Economics from Università; di Roma La Sapienza in 1979. In 1980 he completed the MBA Program at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. From 1982 to 2003 he worked for Banca d'Italia (the Italian Central bank) and was posted in Washington DC and in Paris. Since leaving Banca d'Italia in 2004 he was appointed Chairman of the board of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Spa, a large Financial Institution owned by the Treasury; he is now a commissioner of the Italian Antitrust Authority. He lives in Rome, is married to Elvira de Leone and is father of four children.
Memberships:
President, Istituto Thomas More - Italia
Unione Cristiana Imprenditori Dirigenti, Roma
Centro di Orientamento Politico, Roma
Fondazione Magna-Carta, Roma
Board of Gurantors, Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University, New York