Pier-Luigi Emiliani

Pier-Luigi Emiliani is currently Associated Research Director in the Institute of Applied Physics "Nello Carrara" (IFAC) of the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy. Previously he was Director of the CNR Research Institute "Electromagnetic Waves (IROE)" (1997-2002); Director of the CNR Research Institute "Applied Physics - Nello Carrara (IFAC)" (2002-2008); President of the Florence CNR Area (2002-2008).

He has experience in the theory and applications of digital signal processing and information technology, with main emphasis o applications of ICT in eInclusion and on ambient intelligence.

He is co-author of over 180 scientific and technical papers.

Pier-Luigi Emiliani currently serves as a member of the N.E.T.S Board of Trustees.

Aleco Christakis

Years of service	2008 Present
Service type	Board member Member of Advisory Board for Act Beyond Borders N.E.T.S. Board of Trustees



Field(s) of Study	BA in theoretical physics,Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics
University(ies)	Princeton University, Yale University
Specialization(s)	Social scientist, Systems scientist, Cyberneticist

Notable Achievements	Co-founder of the science of dialogic design

For a detailed curriculum vitae of Dr. Christakis click: Full CV.

Aleco Christakis , PhD has 35 years experience in developing and testing methods for engaging stakeholders in productive dialogue. He is the author of over 100 papers on stakeholder participation, books such as “How People Harness their Collective Wisdom and Power to Create the Future” (2006). He is past President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (2002). He is member of the Board of the Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO), Advisor to the AIO and a advisor to the Ambassador’s leadership program for engaging tribal leaders from the USA and internationally and member of the Board of Future Worlds Center. He travels across the globe to facilitate structured dialogues and promote the science of dialogic design.

Publications:

Christakis has published over 100 papers on the management of complexity in refereed journals. He is also the co-author of three books on "Technology Assessment". Books:

2009. The Talking Point:Creating an Environment for Exploring Complex Meaning. With T.R. Flanangan. Boston, MA: Information Age Publishing.
2006. Co-laboratories of democracy: how people harness their collective wisdom to create the future. With Kenneth C. Bausch. Boston, MA: Information Age Publishing.
2005. Pragmatic Design Dialogue.

Articles and papers, a selection:

1970. "The Predicament of Mankind Quest for Structured Responses for Growing World-wide Complexities and Uncertainties". With co-authors like Hasan Özbekhan, Erich Jantsch, Peccei, ...and others (PDF)
1987. John N. Warfield, and Christakis, A.N. "Dimensionality," Systems Research 4, pp. 127–137
2004. "Retrospective Inquiry of the predicament of menkind prospectus of the Club of Rome"
2009. Interview: Learnings and Vistas based on revisiting 40 years of the "Global Problematique" [2] Interview in Europe'sWorld by Heiner Benking [3], November, 2009
2011. Interview: The Predicament of the Individual, Communities, and Humankind in the 21st Century[4] by Heiner Benking [5], September 2011

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