Johannes Gutleber develops strategies and sustainable implementation scenarios for future research infrastructure projects at CERN. He coordinates CERN's implementation studies with its host states, France and Switzerland. In the frame of this work, he leads socio-economic studies, an integral part of CERN's future project developments, to identify new tools for measuring and optimizing the different types of societal benefits that stem from investments in large-scale research infrastructures. Before the launch of the FCC study in 2014, he conceived and managed the implementation of a number of key systems for the MedAustron particle-accelerator-based cancer treatment facility. The project was developed as a cooperation between Austria and CERN. It is considered as an example of knowledge transfer from fundamental scientific research to societal applications. Between 1997 and 2008 he developed the online software systems of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), one of the two large experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This was one of the mission-critical subsystems of the experiment that enabled scientists to carry out their scientific research that led to the experimental verification of the Higgs boson.

He holds a doctorate degree and a diploma engineering degree from the Technical University Vienna, Austria in technical sciences and in computer science. Panos Charitos holds a bachelor in Physics and a master degree in Astrophysics from Imperial College London and a MSc in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics. His studies in media and sociology led him to study for a MA and a PhD in Social Sciences. He joined CERN in 2011 as a member of the ALICE experiment Since 2013 he has served as co-editor of CERN's Physics Department. In 2015, Panos was appointed Chairperson of the Future Circular Collider communication network and Chief-Editor for Accelerating News and CERN's EP Newsletter. In 2020 he was appointed member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change. Previously, Panos had worked for major media outlets in Greece and the UK. In parallel his extensive experience in the publishing industry led to the foundation of ROPI Publications, a niche publishing house specializing in the history and philosophy of science.