Andrea Grignolio, Ph.D. in History of Science, he is professor on contract in History of Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”. In 2004 he studied at the Centre Cavaillès of École Normale Supérieure in Paris, in 2006-2007 was a Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University, and in 2009

Elena Cattaneo was born in Milan in 1962. Married with two children. In 1986 she graduated cum laude in Pharmacy at the University of Milan, and later obtained a PhD in Biotechnologies Applied to Pharmacology. Since December 2003, she has been Full Professor at the University of Milan, where she teaches biotechnological applications in pharmacology

Clara Sattler de Sousa e Brito is a Patent Attorney with a specialization in biotechnological inventions. Following her studies of physics, philosophy and law and research activities at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Germany and Yale Law School, USA, she is now a partner at the patent law firm Liermann-Castell.

Oliver Brüstle (born 1962) is Professor of Reconstructive Neurobiology at the University of Bonn. He is also Co-Founder and Scientific Director of LIFE & BRAIN GmbH, a biomedical enterprise serving as translational hub of the University of Bonn Medical Center. Trained as an M.D., Oliver Brüstle conducted research and clinical work in neuropathology and neurosurgery

PhD, University of Costa Rica. Doctorate in Environmental law, University of Alicante Official of the judiciary, serving as: Judge of Montes de Oca, San Sebastián y Curridabat Court clerk in Family Tribunals 1 and 2, San José Judge of the Mixted Tribunal of Goicoechea Substitute judge of Civil Court of Alajuela Substitute judge of Criminal