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+- Diptarka Hait
+- Katharina Boguslawski
+- Hugh Burton
+- Paola Gori-Giorgi
+- Pina Romaniello
+- Neepa Maitra
+- Claudia Filippi
+- Tim Berkelbach
+- George Booth
+- Eric Neuscamman 
+- Denis Jacquemin 
+- Xavier Blase
+- Julien Toulouse
+- Emmanuel Fromager
+- Peter Gill
+- Giuseppe Barca
+- Tim Gould