European and international cultural cooperation goes hand in hand with a reflection on the construction of cultural identities in current-day Europe, increasingly shaken by tensions and conflicts. He is particularly interested in Euro-Mediterranean integration and cultural relations with the countries on Europe's eastern border. He has held a number of positions in public performing arts institutions.

Maciej Hofman is an EU Affairs Advisor for Amsterdam-based European Cultural Foundation, working with the Foundation on its Cultural Deal for Europe campaign and European Cultural Deal for Ukraine appeal. He also works independently as external expert for the European Commission and for EU-funded projects in Poland. Since 2022, he is also the Jury Member of the European Heritage Awards (Europa Nostra Awards). In 2015-2021, Maciej worked at the Cultural Policy Unit of the European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC). During his time at the Commission, among others, he was involved in negotiating COVID-19 national recovery and resilience plans, supervised peer-learning schemes for local authorities and led the revamp of the Commission’s communication on culture and EU funding. Prior to this, Maciej worked at the Polish Ministry of Culture; Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the EU; British Council offices in Paris and Warsaw as well as a freelance translator for Polish film festivals, museums and cultural urban projects.

With a doctorate in European Ethnology (Humboldt University, Berlin), Corinne Poulain has been Director General of Champs Libres in Rennes since September 2018. Prior to this, she was Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of Rennes and Rennes Métropole. She was also Director of Culture for the city of Aubervilliers and the Val-de-Marne Departmental Council, and worked as an advisor to Ministers of Culture Aurélie Filippetti and Fleur Pellerin. She is a member of several boards of directors and is co-founder of FNADAC, the national federation of organisations of cultural directors.

Alongside “Circulo de Bellas Artes”, Valerio Rocco Lozano is a member of the Culture Council of the Madrid Region, of the Social Council of the Rey Juan Carlos University and of the Advising Committee of the Royal Theatre of Madrid. He is also Associate Professor of History of Modern Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where he has been Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation (2015-2019) and Director of the MA in “Philosophy of History” (2011-2019). His main research interests are: History of Modern Philosophy (in particular German Idealism –Hegel–), Philosophy of History and Philosophy of Europe, Philosophy of Failure. He is currently Tasks Leader of the European Research Project (Horizon 2020) entitled “FAILURE. Reversing the Genealogies of Unsuccess, 16th-19th Centuries”. He has recently published a book entitled La vieja Roma en el joven Hegel, Madrid, 2011, and he has edited the work of Franco Volpi: Martin Heidegger. Aportes a la filosofía, Madrid, 2011.

Graduated in art history from the Faculty of Management of Visual Culture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Currently works in the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw as a researcher and curator of public programs. He is particularly interested in postartistic practices, the relationship between technology and art, art in the face of the planetary climate and environmental crisis and contemporary ecological thought. Jakub is one of the creators of the Atlas of the Anti-fascist Year - a social archive of anti-fascist and anti-war activities and attitudes in culture, art and other walks of life, as well as a co-founder of the Office for Postartistic Services and Sunflower Solidary Community Center.