Alberto Fornasari, (PhD in Educational Dynamics and Political Education) qualified as full professor is Scientific Coordinator of several European and international projects, and principal investigator of GEMMA Erasmus Plus KA220-HED “Game based learning for Enhancement of new skills using Micro-Moocs for Academic staff. Furthermore, Fornasari is Head of Interuniversity Center of Research and Training on “Population, Environment, Health”, Department Delegate for the Third Mission, Director of the Intercultural Pedagogy Laboratory, member of the Experimental Pedagogy Laboratory of the University of Rome Tre. Member of the PhD board in Human Sciences (UNIBA) and PHD board in Leadership, empowerment, and digital innovation in education and learning (LEDIEL), member of the board of the Italian Society of Research on Media Education (SIREM). REPRISE evaluator for MIUR (Italian Ministry of the University); IF4TM- Institutional Framework for Development of the Third Mission of University in Serbia; INSO- Innovation in Society: training and development of human capital in Sudan; Erasmus Plus KA201 “Innovation and Transformation” (University of Bari Aldo Moro); Interreg Greece-Italy 2014/2020 PALIMPSET (Post Alphabetical Interactive Museum using Participatory, Space-Embedded, Story-Telling, University of Bari Aldo Moro); Horizon European Seeds PG4I (Pervasive Game For Integration, University of Bari Aldo Moro). Author of 100 scientific publications, speaker and keynote speaker at national and international conferences. His research lines range from intercultural education to media education, innovative teaching, teaching technologies, e-learning, inclusive didactics (professor within the university courses for the training of teachers for students with special needs, support with laboratory teaching on ICT, teaching technologies, sensory disabilities and special pedagogy). Winner of the Italian Pedagogy Award (SIPED) in 2019 for the book “Intergenerational meetings. Reflections and empirical data”. Member of the scientific committee of various period (top level A) journals (Cadmo, QWERTY, REM), director of the series “Traiettorie di Pedagogia Sperimentale per Franco Angeli. Visiting in numerous European and non-European universities (Strasbourg, Seville, Lisbon, Bucharest, Belgrade). Director of several masters at University of Bari Aldo Moro.

Joanna Kic-Drgas graduated from linguistics and economics and is employed as an Associate Professor in Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes in the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literature of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Joanna Kic-Drgas has fifteen years of experience in teaching languages for specific purposes and has authored and co-authored academic and professional papers focused on teaching methodology, intercultural communication, multilingualism and international cooperation. Since 2017 she has been a tutor for incoming Erasmus students from Germany.

Marta Miragall, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment at the Universitat de València (UV) since September 2020. She is a research member of the research group I-PSI-TEC (Laboratory of Research in Psychology and Technology and the CIBEROBN group “Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition” (CB06/03/0052), an initiative of Carlos III Health Institute. In 2012, she obtained a predoctoral FPI fellowship (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MINECO, 2012-2016) to conduct her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Dr. Rosa Mª Baños at the UV. In July 2018, she obtained her PhD in Psychology” with the qualification of Excellent Cum Laude with International Mention. She has published more than 30 articles in journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Moreover, she has contributed to the dissemination of the research findings through more than 80 posters and oral presentations at national and international conferences. She has participated in the design and execution of 3 Spanish national projects, 2 regional projects at the Valencian Community, and 3 European Erasmus + Project.

Ilias Michail Rafail is a Counselor / Psychologist (BA in Psychology) and Adult Educator (M.Ed in Adult Education). In December 2021 he started his Doctoral Thesis in Clinical/ Positive Psychology. He is the Training Manager at IASIS NGO and Senior Project Manager in National and European Training and Consulting Programs. In his 27-year career time he has been involved in a) the provision of counseling services b) the participation and coordination of a significant number of national and transnational projects as project manager, c)the development of Vocational Guidance tools and educational and support material, d) elaboration of several studies.

Jouni Smed holds a PhD in Computer Science and acts as a University Lecturer and Adjunct Professor at the University of Turku, Finland. He has organized and taught game development on diverse topics, spanning from game algorithms and networking in multiplayer games to game software construction, game design, and interactive storytelling. His research interests range from code tweaking to software processes and from simple puzzles to multisite game development.

Raffaele Di Fuccio is an Associate Professor in Special Pedagogy at Pegaso University (Italy). He is a biomedical engineer with a Ph.D. in Human Mind and Gender Studies from the University of Naples – Federico II (Italy). His research interests focus on enhancing learning through the application of innovative technologies, particularly in the use of a multisensory approach to teaching, enhanced by digital tools, leveraging the potential of Mixed Reality systems and, in particular, the Tangible User Interfaces (TUI) paradigm. He is also interested in the application of serious games in training and education. Co-founder of Serious Games Factory and he collaborates in the company as project manager.
Raffaele Di Fuccio also has experience in the drafting, participation, and management of funded projects, primarily EU-funded projects in the FP7, H2020, Erasmus+ programs, where he has participated both as a Principal Investigator and as a unit leader.