Prof. Cesare Oliviero Rossi was born in 1974 in Cosenza, Italy. He received his Degree in Chemistry, cum laude, in 1997 at the University of Calabria, and his Ph.D. in “Chemical Sciences” in 2002 at the same University, working on the structural characterization of lyotropic systems. From 2002 up to now he has worked abroad as team member or research leader, running different research projects, at University of Lund (Sweden), University of Coimbra (Portugal), ETH Zurich, High Research Institute of Kazakhstan.
In 2015 he was awarded the gold medal for contribution to the Road Science by the High Research Institute of Kazakhstan.

His publication track record, including more than 140 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, is impressive. Nowadays, his major area of expertise is the study of colloidal systems. In particular, he has recently been focusing on the chemistry of bitumen and its additives, approaching the open challenges in this area of research from a chemical point of view, also making use of investigation and analytical techniques never used before to study asphalt binders.

Dr. Piotr Prus

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Piotr Prus, PhD is employed at the Laboratory of Economics and Agribusiness Advisory (Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland). His scientific interests are focused on issues related to the broadly understood concept of sustainable development of agriculture and rural areas, as well as the functioning of agricultural advisory systems. In 2007 he defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Individual farms functioning according to sustainable development principles on the example of selected groups of farmers”. For many years he has been cooperating with the Baltic University Program - a network of universities in the Baltic Sea region, which is coordinated by the secretariat at Uppsala University (Sweden) and is focused on sustainable development, support for democratic processes and protection of the natural environment. He has repeatedly conducted guest lectures at foreign partner universities in Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, the Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Greece and Turkey. He conducts didactic classes (lectures, exercises, workshops and seminars), among others in the following subjects: Agricultural Consulting, Multifunctional Rural Development, Sustainable Development etc.

Special Issues in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Sustainability: Sustainable Development of Rural Areas and Agriculture
Special Issue in Agriculture: Contemporary Challenges of Agriculture and Rural Areas in the Context of Sustainable Development
Special Issue in Agriculture: Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture, Rural Areas and Agri-Food Supply Chain under Conditions of Uncertainty
Special Issue in Energies: Green Economy and Sustainable Development of Regions: Economics, Energy, and Politics—The Essence of Interdependenc

Dr. Marta Pasquini is a Chemist by training and she earned her PhD in Computational Chemistry from the Università degli Studi of Milan in 2018. Afterwards, she also completed a post-doc at the Politecnico of Milan. She joined MDPI in July 2020 as an Assistant Editor, and since October 2020 she has been acting as Scientific Officer and as the Publishing Manager for a portfolio of journals. In October 2021, she was also appointed as Chair of the Publishing Statistics Committee.

Speakers/Presentations

Time CET

Cesare Oliviero Rossi

Special Issue

3:30pm-4:10pm

Piotr Prus

My experience as a Guest Editor in MDPI journals

4:10pm-4.40pm

Marta Pasquini

Special Issue Project - Quick Steps

4:40pm-4:50pm

Q&A and Conclusions

Attendees are welcome to type in their questions in the Zoom Q&A section.

4:50pm-5.30pm