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Francesco Nicoli is assistant professor of political science at the Politecnico Institute of Turin. He also serves as professor of political economy at Gent University and he is affiliate fellow at the department of economics of the University of Amsterdam as well as visiting fellow at Bruegel.

He holds a PhD in political economy, and his research focuses on the role of long-term, fundamental socioeconomic challenges (such as technological change and globalization) in shaping processes of integration at European and international level. His work has appeared on leading scientific outlets such as the Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP), the Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS), Economic Policy, European Union Politics, the European Journal of Political Economy, Policy and Society, the European Journal of Public Health, Comparative European Politics, and others. He specializes in experimental survey research, econometric analysis, counter-factual methods, as well as a range of theory-based approaches.

Mario Monti is the honorary president of the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University. He is a former Prime Minister of Italy, a former European Commissioner, and he is also a Senator for life. He has been Rector and President of Bocconi University. 

Giuliano Amato is a President emeritus of the Italian Constitutional Court. Member of Parliament for 18 years, as well as Minister of the Interior, he served two terms as Minister of the Treasury and two terms as Prime Minister. He was also Chairman of the International Commission on the Balkans from 2003-2005, and Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe from 2002-2003.

Sir Jonathan Faull KCMG is Chair of European Public Affairs at the Brunswick Group. He's former Director General in the European Commission. Author of many articles on European law and policy and co-editor of a leading work on European Competition Law. Visiting Professor at King’s College London and College of Europe, Bruges; Emeritus Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Board Member/Fellow, Centre for European Reform, Institut Jacques Delors, Centre for Competition Policy, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, European and International Analysts Group.

Senem is a Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Sabancı University and Senior Scholar and Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator at the Istanbul Policy Center. She is currently based at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin as a Richard von Weizsacker Fellow.

Her main research interests include European Foreign Policy, Turkish Foreign Policy, EU-Turkey Relations, discourse studies and identity in International Relations and particularly in European Foreign Policy. Senem has also conducted research and published in the field of International Democracy support, both in the context of European Foreign Policy through enlargement and Turkish Foreign Policy.

She holds a Ph.D. from Vrije Universiteit Brussels, an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA from Boğaziçi University.