Albertino has a master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Paris V-Sorbonne (1981) and a doctorate in Sociology from Universidade do Minho (1994), where he aggregated in the Sociology disciplinary group (2005). He has been teaching, since 1982, subjects in the field of social sciences methodology and cultural sociology, lifestyle and the arts. Coordinator of the post-graduation courses at Institute of Social Sciences, a member of the founding committee of Casa Museu of Monção and researcher at the Studies Center Communication and Society.

José graduated in History at the University of Taubaté, SP (1969) and has a doctorate in Social History from the University of São Paulo, USP (1975). Retired professor of the Department of History, he coordinates the NEHO/USP (Centre of Oral History Studies), linked to DIVERSITAS/USP. He is currently a professor at the post-Graduate Program of UNIGRANRIO, in Duque de Caxias, RJ and a research developer on “Dreamlike Manifestations of migrants to the Baixada Fluminense region”. He has experience in the field of History, with an emphasis in oral history, acting mainly on the following topics: population displacement of vulnerable groups, international prostitution, life stories of people at risk and identity negotiation. Having written and published on oral history, in addition to thematic approaches, he dedicates himself to theoretical reflections and has books on the subject. Also acts as a soap opera consultant for television from the perspective of Public History

José has a doctorate in Social Sciences – Anthropology. Attended higher education studies in Cinema and Video at Escola Superior Artística do Porto. Professor of Anthropology, Visual Anthropology and Media and Cultural Mediations at Universidade Aberta. Researcher at the Centre of Studies for Migrations and Intercultural Relations at Universidade Aberta where he is responsible for the Research Group Media and Cultural Mediations. He has done field work in Cape Verde and the urban peripheries of Lisbon and Porto, in Brazil, Cuba and Argentina. Coordinator at the International Film Conference of Viana do Castelo, of the International Seminar Imagens da Cultura/Cultura das Imagens. Coordinator of Imagens da Cultura/Cultura das Imagens network. Collaborator with DIVERSITAS-USP. Visiting Professor at European and Latin American Universities.

José Vieira, film director of Portuguese origin, lives and works between Portugal and France. He has directed around thirty documentaries since 1985, namely for France2, France3, La Cinquième and Arte. His body of work, dedicated mainly to the issue of emigration, has been shown in various international film festivals. José Vieira has given visibility to the story of one million Portuguese people, who left the country in the sixties, most clandestinely - "on the hop", as it was called - in what was the largest human migration in twentieth century Europe.

Manuel has a degree in Psychology from Universidade Complutense, Madrid 1977. Former Director at I.F.P. Allariz (1979-83), where he carried out the first experiments in school video in Galicia. He worked as a television producer and director of programs for TVG during the 80’s. Participated in the investigation and cataloging of the audiovisual memory of Galician emigration. Among other titles, he’s published the book: Documentos para la Historia do cine en Galicia (1970-1990). Creator and director of School of Image and Sound in La Coruña (1990-1998). Teacher at the Master’s degree in audiovisual production and management from Universidade de Coruña (1998-2015). He has participated in numerous events, festivals and audiovisual showings, as well as conferences and seminars in national and international forums about the relations between cinema and education. Honour Prize Fernando Rey at the Agapi awards 1999, for his “contribution to the development of the Galician audiovisual industry” and Fernando Rey from Academia Galega do Audiovisual (2014). Associate Professor at the faculty of Audiovisual Communication at Vigo University (2005-2007) and Director at Axencia Audiovisual Galega of the Council of Culture and Sport of Xunta de Galicia (2005-2009).
Nowadays he teaches History classes at IES “Concepción Arenal” in Ferrol.
He also manages the video channel of Historia de España Cliphistoria and collaborates as adviser and contents creator in the web project cooperation “Fálame de San Sadurniño”.

Manuela has a doctorate from the University of Beira Interior and is a professor at the University of Beira Interior / Dept. of Communication and Arts, Bachelor's Degree course in Cinema and researcher at Labcom (www.labcom.ubi.pt). Founding partner of the Working Group in Film Studies SOPCOM – Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences. Among its publications, stands out the online book: The documentary paradigm: Antonio Campos, director, edited by LivrosLabcom, 2009. Co-editor of the DOC Online magazine (www.doc.ubi.pt).

Margarita is a Professor of audiovisual communication at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, USC, and director of the "Audiovisual Studies" group in the same University. Principal investigator of the project "Cinema, Diversity and Networks" from the National I+D Plan (2008-2011) and I+D+ i of INCITE "Lusofonia: interactivity and interculturalism" program. Her line of work in the fields of geo-linguistic and multiculturalism led her to lead several European studies like the one that originated the book, co-authored with Jacques Guyot and Roland Michon, Production télévisée et identité culturelle, PUR, Rennes, 2000. Co-editor, with Professor Tapio Varis, of Galicia-Finland: mindsets, CCG, Santiago de Compostela, 2002. Her studies about the politics of representation in photographic and film documentary image are reflected in works such as Cine de Fotógrafos, Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 2005, "Fundació Espais d'Art Comtemporani" Award; Del Cine Ojo a Dogma 95, Paidós, Barcelona, 2004; Photography Documentary, Cátedra, Madrid, 1998, and Contemporary Photographic Documentary: From innocence to lucidity, Xerais, Vigo, 1995. Chairs the Galician Association of Researchers in Communication, AGACOM. Senior Vice President of the Spanish Association of Communication Research, AE-IC and sits on the board at the Lusophone Federation of Sciences of Communication, LUSOCOM and the Iberoamerican Association of Sciences of Communication, ASSIBERCOM.

Maria was born in Faro, has a master’s degree in Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences from ISCSP/Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, a doctorate in Sociology from the Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de Paris - Université René Descartes - Paris V (Sorbonne) and is Aggregated in Sociology from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCSH).
Professor at Universidade Aberta, where she founded (1994) the Migration Studies Center and Intercultural / CEMRI Relations, I&D Unit at the Foundation for Science and Technology from the Ministry of Education and Science. Scientific Advisor to the Museum of Emigration and Communities of Fafe. Holder of the Ordre National du Mérite of France, with the degree of Chevalier, the Medal of Merit of the City of Fafe and the Grand Cross of the Order of Public Instruction, Portugal.

Maria is an all-terrain explorer of the paths uniting audiovisual and the internet, from digital narratives to promotion and online distribution. She’s a partner at digital communication company A Navalla Suíza and co-editor at EMBED.at, a working collective dealing around contemporary audiovisual and open culture.
She works independently as a researcher and teacher of digital narratives, also designing content and communication strategies for a number of different projects related with online audiovisual. Among the most recent examples are the activities coordination at the festival of digital contents Carballo Interplay, a start-up from the Screenly platform for the distribution of films in low demand rooms and the coordination of the audiovisual archive Doc Next Network Media Collection.

Mariano is a Mexican Anthropologist, Universidad Veracruzana (1983); master’s degree in social anthropology from CIESAS (1993) and a doctorate in social sciences from Universidade Estadual de Campinas SP, Brazil (2000). Senior Professor and researcher at CIESAS-Gulf, coordinator of Workshop Anthropological Perspectives (2001). Main lines of work: indigenism, visual anthropology, intercultural communication, intellectual itineraries and professional career paths of Mexican Anthropology. Filmography: Corazón Indio/Indian Heart. Indigenous youth at the Universidad Veracruzana (2003) Ba'ax ka Wa'alik young Mayas of Yucatan (2006) Solomon Nahmad, Malinowski Award 2011, Gonzalo Aguirre Beltran, Utopia and Revolution (2010).

Sérgio is a Professor of Communication Sciences at the School of Communications and Arts - USP. Doctorate in Sciences from the Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Human Sciences - USP. Post doctorate in Communication and Semiotics from PUC-SP and the Freie Universität Berlin. Professor of Audiovisual Production (Advertising - ECA-USP) and Knowledge Production in Hypermedia (Post-graduate in Social Communication (ECA-USP). Visiting Professor at Stanford University 2013 - 2014. For 15 years he was a professor and tutor of the doctorate in post-graduation in Communication and Semiotics at PUC / SP. Head of CEDIPP / USP (Digital Communication and Shared Research Center) certified by CNPq. Author of the books Multimedia (Global ed.), Interdisciplinary - hypermedia, education and cultural history (Futura ed.), Theories of Communication and Marketing (Futura ed.), Hypermedia, Psychoanalysis and History of Culture (EDUCS ed.), sonic Textures: audio hypermedia (Hacker ed.), among others. Consultant in the field of Semiotics Analysis, Interdisciplinary.

Zilda has a master’s degree and PhD in Social History from the University of São Paulo. She is a professor in the Department of History at the Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Human Sciences at the University of São Paulo, in the field of History of Independent Brazil, acting mainly along the research lines of History of Relations and Social Movements, on the themes of education, farmers’ struggles, public policy, contemporary immigration, humanities, duties and other legitimacies. She currently coordinates the Diversitas Studies Center of Diversity, Conflict and Intolerance and the Graduate Program Humanities, Rights and Other legitimacies.