I am currently Registrar for Collections and Exhibitions at Fondazione Pistoia Musei - the private museums system of Fondazione Caript - where I am responsible for the management of outgoing loans and incoming exhibitions but also for the logistic of collections between depots and the four exhibition and museum venues. I am President of Registrarte - the Italian Association of Registrars of Artworks since 2022 and I am a member of the ARCS’ Global Connections Committee. I also previously worked as Registrar Assistant at the Venice Biennale Foundation and at the Musei Civici of Venice and as Registrar at the Marino Marini Foundation. I have a master’s degree in History of Art, a Master for Registrar at IED and an Internship at Apice Scrl. I am also teacher in different institutions focused on registrars’ training.

Francesca Tasso studied in Milano and Torino; she has a degree in Humanities, a three years long master in History of art and of decorative arts and a Ph. D. in History of Art. She has been curator in the Museum of Decorative Arts and of Musical Instruments in Castello Sforzesco, Milano, since 2000, and chief curator of the Artistic Museums in Castello Sforzesco since 2009. Since August 2023 she is the Director of the Museums of Castello Sforzesco, Archeological and Museum of Risorgimento of the Municipality of Milan-I; from March 2024 she has been the Director ad interim of the Theatre Department. She taught as visiting professor History of Medieval Art, History of Modern Art and Museology at the University of Milano. Since 2024 she is president of the scientific and technical committee for the restoration of the Sala delle Asse painted by Leonardo in Castello Sforzesco; from 2009 to 2023 she has been vice president of the same committee. Her studies focus on late gothic sculpture, medieval decorative arts and the constitution of museums in Milano. She published with Alessandra Squizzato the catalogue of the ivory sculptures collection of the Trivulzio family between XVIII and XX century; she curated with Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi and Marc Bormand the exhibition “Il Corpo e l’Anima, da Donatello a Michelangelo. Scultura italiana del Rinascimento” (Paris 2020, Milan 2021) and edited the catalogue.

Marzia Piccininno is cultural heritage and management policy expert with a focus in continuous education and training at Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali. With a background in archaeology, she joined the Italian Ministry of Culture in 2002 as a project manager for EU funded projects on digitisation policies and programmes. From 2008 to 2018 she worked at the Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of the Italian Libraries (ICCU) as a project manager in several national and international digitisation projects and was responsible for supporting European cultural institutions in the content aggregation for Europeana.

Edouard Gouin is the CEO and co-founder of Convelio, a pioneering, tech-enabled fine art shipping and storage company with offices in Paris, London, and New York. Convelio is renowned for launching the first instant fine-art shipping price algorithm in 2018, now trusted by prominent art institutions like Sotheby’s and Christie’s, along with thousands of galleries worldwide. Recently, Convelio introduced the art industry’s most advanced inventory management software, empowering clients to seamlessly visualize and manage their collections in storage, whether with Convelio or external providers, track complex customs processes, and access shipping quotes even more efficiently. Edouard holds degrees from Bocconi University and IE Business School and has been recognized in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 and Apollo’s 40 Under 40 Art & Tech for his impactful contributions to the art and culture sector