Rui Maria Pêgo. 36 years old. Seventeen of them spent between Radio, Theater, and Television. He holds a degree in History from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a Master of Fine Arts in Professional Acting from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (UK), with a specialization in Shakespearean performance at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (UK). He is the author of Filho da Mãe, a satirical series that premiered on Canal Q in 2015. Rui Maria Pêgo has presented programs on all three generalist television channels in Portugal and has created several others on different radio stations — Rádio Radar, Sudoeste, Mega Hits, and Rádio Comercial. On the latter, since 2023, he has hosted Debaixo da Língua, an interview podcast of his own creation. His artistic path includes participation in the advanced theater program École des Maîtres, the Passaporte Lisboa initiative, productions for BBC Radio Three (All I Was When I Wasn't Anyone) and RTP (Erro 404 and Prisma), as well as stage performances in Avenida Q, Henry VI – Days of Rebellion, Water Party, and Metamorfoses. Soon, he will be part of Titus, a reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, directed by Estrutura, premiering in November 2025 at Teatro do Campo Alegre in Porto, and in 2026 at Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon. He first entered ModaLisboa at the age of 15, and has never stopped returning since.

Guta Moura Guedes (Torres Vedras, 1965) is a curator, strategic designer, and cultural manager whose mission is to affirm culture as an essential pillar of a sustainable and egalitarian society. With more than 25 years of professional experience, she stands out nationally and internationally in culture, design, and architecture, conceiving and directing projects, consultancies, and conferences, while also writing regularly for the press. She co-founded Experimenta in 1998 and has served as its President since 2000, being responsible for the association’s entire activity. She is also a columnist for the weekly newspaper Expresso, Vice President of Terra Heritage (2021), and Artistic Director of Terrafoundation (2022). For 18 years, she was Co-Director and Director of the experimentadesign biennale in Lisbon and Amsterdam, and has held key positions at Casa da Música, CCB, and Torino 2008 World Design Capital, among others. Recognized for her cultural contribution, she has received distinctions from Portugal, France, and Italy. Her studies include Piano, Biology, Hospitality Management, Design, and Cobol 74.

Isabel Costa began her academic path with a degree in Food Engineering – Biotechnology from the Universidade Católica do Porto, complemented by executive training in management, business, and marketing at institutions such as Harvard, London Business School, INSEAD, and AESE/PADE. For 20 years, she was part of Sonae Distribuição, where she held various roles, mainly in the commercial area, eventually becoming a Member of the Board of Directors. In 2011, she became an entrepreneur, creating projects for economic and cultural regeneration in Portugal’s interior, most notably Burel Factory, which revived an old wool factory in Manteigas, and Penhas Douradas Food, dedicated to gourmet products from the Serra da Estrela region. From tourism initiatives came Casa das Penhas Douradas and, in 2018, Casa de São Lourenço, the first five-star hotel in Serra da Estrela, which originated the Burel Mountain Hotels group. In 2021, reinforcing her mission to preserve textile heritage, she acquired a finishing and dyeing factory in Covilhã, founding A Transformadora. She is recognized for her global vision, determination, and creative capacity.

Olga Noronha (Porto, 1990) is a visual artist, designer, and researcher, holding a PhD in Design Research from Goldsmiths College, University of London (2017), after completing a BA in Jewelry at Central Saint Martins. She works between Portugal, London, and Italy, collaborating as visiting professor and lecturer at institutions such as the Royal College of Art, Central Saint Martins, Winthrop University, UCA Rochester, POLIMI, and ESAD. She is a curator at the Museo del Gioiello Vicenza and Principal Investigator of two projects funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, focused on the application of filigree to biomedical jewelry and bone fixation plates. Creator of the concept Medically Prescribed Jewellery® (2011), she develops an artistic practice that bridges science and art, combining technological robustness with material delicacy, while reimagining the human body through sculptural objects. With international exhibitions and publications, her work is part of collections including the MUDE, Serralves Foundation, Ilídio Pinho Foundation, and the Museo del Gioiello Vicenza.