Hedwig Fijen
Director of Manifesta

Hedwig Fijen holds a degree in History and History of Art from the University of Amsterdam. She founded Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, in 1993. Under Fijen's direction, Manifesta, which will celebrate its 15th edition in Barcelona in 2024, has become one of the most influential biennials in the world. During this period, Fijen has transformed the biennial from a contemporary art platform to an interdisciplinary platform for social and cultural change.

Filipa Oliveira

Independent curator of solo and group shows, including the co-curation of the Coimbra Biennial in Portugal in 2021, and curatorial assistant of the 28th São Paulo Biennial. Visual Arts Programmer and Conservator of the Almada Town Hall, responsible for the artistic direction of the Casa da Cerca Art Centre, the Municipal Art Gallery and the Caputxos Convent.

Oliveira's professional career has been linked to very relevant projects in the artistic field such as the Fórum Eugénio de Almeida d'Évora, Portugal, Belém Cultural Center (Lisbon), Kettle's Yard (United Kingdom), John Hansards Gallery (United Kingdom), Tate Modern (United Kingdom), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Centro de Arte Moderna (Lisbon), Fundação Carmona e Costa (Lisbon), Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian (France), Berardo Museum (Lisbon), Crac Alsace (France), Kunstverein Springhornhof (Germany) ), Ffotogallery (UK), Mead Gallery (UK), Frieze Projects (UK), Stills Gallery (UK), among others. She has also published an extensive list of essays, catalogues and publications.

Elvira Dyangani Ose
Director of MACBA, Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona.

Graduated in History of Art from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Dyangani Ose holds a PhD in History of Art and Visual Studies from Cornell University, New York, and a Master's in Theory and History of Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona. She has an extensive career in the artworld and has been director and chief curator of The Showroom in London and curator of the 8th edition of the Gothenburg International Biennale of Contemporary Art, among many other collaborations. She has curated for Tate Modern, where she played a leading role in the development of Tate's African art collection. Dyangani Ose has published and lectured on modern and contemporary African art and contributed to art magazines such as Nka and Atlántica.

Erzë Dinarama

Architect, researcher and interdisciplinary designer, part of the Carlo Ratti Associati team.

Erzë works at the intersection of architecture, landscape and urban design. She has taught at several institutions, including the Polytechnic University of Milan, Piacenza, the Polytechnic University of Turin, the Milan School of Design and the Domus Academy Milan. Additionally, Erzë has collaborated with several architecture, landscape and urban design studios in Europe.

Annelies Broekman

Freelance consultant on Water Management Policies, citizen participation and promotion of social movement networks.

An agricultural engineer by training, she has developed her professional career in collaboration with organisations and entities of different types, such as NGOs.

Her priority line of research is related to water management policies in the context of global change. Since 2013, Broekman has been a member of CREAF's research group on Water and Global Change and a member of the Foundation for a New Water Culture. She has extensive experience in the promotion of participatory processes and the creation of deliberative spaces.