Stefano Boeri

Stefano Boeri, architect and urban planner, is Professor of Urban Planning at Politecnico di Milano and heads the Future City Lab at Tongji University in Shanghai. He is President of the Scientific Committee of Forestami, the urban forestry project in the Milanese metropolitan area and, since 2018, he has been President of Triennale Milano.Architect of the Bosco Verticale, built in Milan in 2014, Stefano Boeri is among the main protagonists in the debate on climate change in the field of international architecture. Stefano Boeri is known for his research and visions on the future of the urban condition in the world, which have seen him involved in designing regeneration and development plans for metropolises. In 2023, in the context of the European Respiratory Society’s International Congress, Stefano Boeri is awarded the ELF Award, a recognition from the European Lung Foundation “for his work to improve air quality in urban environments”.

Sandro Mazzola

Sandro Mazzola is a legendary Italian footballer renowned for his versatility and tactical intelligence. Spending his entire professional career at Inter Milan, he became a central figure in the "Grande Inter" era under coach Helenio Herrera, contributing significantly to the team's domestic and international successes. Mazzola's playing style defied traditional positional definitions. While often deployed as an inside-right forward, his role encompassed attributes of both a false 9 and a classic number 10. He combined the goal-scoring instincts of a striker with the creative vision of a playmaker, often dropping deep to orchestrate attacks and then surging forward to finish them. This hybrid role made him a constant threat to opponents and a linchpin in Inter's tactical setup. His career highlights include winning four Serie A titles, two European Cups, and two Intercontinental Cups with Inter Milan. Individually, he was the Serie A top scorer in the 1964–65 season and finished as the runner-up for the Ballon d'Or in 1971. On the international stage, Mazzola earned 70 caps for Italy, scoring 22 goals, and was instrumental in Italy's victory at the 1968 UEFA European Championship and their runner-up finish at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Mazzola's innovative approach to the forward role, blending creative playmaking with clinical finishing, has left a lasting impact on football tactics and inspired generations of players who operate in similar hybrid positions.

Eduardo Terrazas

Eduardo Terrazas' reflections of our contemporary world have been characterised by fifty years of substantial contributions to the fields of art, architecture, design, and urban planning. Spirit, beauty, order and technique serve as the cornerstones of his visual universe. These investigations, combined with the appropriation of techniques from Mexican folk art, resulted in a unique language that navigates both contemporary art and craft traditions to the present. Terrazas’ career is multifaceted and includes both iconic design efforts, as the logo and the Identity Program for the Olympic Games held in Mexico in 1968, and the Football World Cup Poster Mexico’70. Terrazas’ broad artistic production includes works as heterogeneous as his most iconic series, Possibilities of a Structure (1974 – present), with its subseries: Cosmos, Nine Circles, Diagonals, Grid, and Bar Code. He has at this moment more than 700 works only from the Cosmos subseries. He has produced more than 30 different series, which have been exhibited all around the world. In 2023, the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Mexico, honoured the artist with a retrospective exhibition. The following year, his work was featured in Foreigners Everywhere, the 60th edition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Adriano Pedrosa.