Julia Baumhauer

born in 1981, is a social anthropologist and has worked in the international development cooperation. Since 2013 she is leading together with Anna Maria Olsson the association "Give Something Back To Berlin". The association promotes civic engagement and social participation of young Berliner originally from the EU and third countries. The aim is to strengthen social cohesion and neighborhood in changing districts of Berlin.

  

Leontine Meijer-van Mensch

is Deputy Director of the Museum of European Cultures, National Museums in Berlin since May 2014. Previously, she worked as a lecturer in museology and museum ethics at the Reinwardt Academy (Academy of Arts) in Amsterdam and is active on the Board of COMCOL (Committee for Collecting) at the International Council of Museums ICOM.

 

Jean-Philipe Laville

born in 1963 in Saint-Maur, France lives and works in Berlin since 29 years. He is a graduate of the European Business School - EAP (Paris, Oxford, Berlin. Professionally he is employed as a group leader for application software at the STADT UND LAND Wohnbauten-Gesellschaft mbH. Among others he is the founder of the German-French children day care center Loupiot in Neukölln and one of the founding member of the BürgerStiftung Neukölln.

 

Federica Gazzola

was born in Bassano del Grappa (Italy). She has studied stage design at the Art Academy of Venice. Then she moved to Paris to study 3D animation. During a seven-month stay in Vancouver BC, Canada, she discovered the Traditional painting for herself. Today she is a freelance painter in Berlin.