Massimo De Marchi - Director of the professional Master on "GIScience and Unmanned System for the integrated management of the territory and the natural resources". Assistant Professor of Methods of Environmental Assessment (Master in Natural Sciences), Environmental legislation and Laboratory of Cartography and GIS for Biodiversity (Degree in Natural Sciences). Researcher at the Department of Civil and Architectural and Environmental Engineering. Member of the scientific committee of PhD regional school on historical, geographical and anthropological studies (University of Padua, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University of Verona). Responsible of Erasmus exchange with universities of Sofia, and Wroclaw (Poland). Evaluator of research project for the National research Agency of Poland. Master in Forestry Sciences (1988, University of Padova), PhD in Human and Environment (2000, University of Padova). Research activities on participatory processes and environmental conflict management in complex territories with high biological and cultural diversity, land and environmental policies, sustainable local development, tourism and regional sustainability. He integrates approaches of GIS Science with qualitative and participatory methodologies, adopting a not extractive perspective, empowerment and involvement of the actors in the research process. He worked as a researcher and consultant in Italy, in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Canada.