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Lucia Pannese is one of the founding partners of 'imaginary'. She is in charge of organisational and marketing tasks and she is involved in some international research projects in which 'imaginary' designs learning simulations and competency-based business processes simulations. Maria Carlesi collaborates with 'imaginary' with modelling and business analysis responsibilities. Address for correspondence: imaginary srl c/o Acceleratore d