Maria Chiara Carrozza
Maria Chiara Carrozza is full professor of industrial bioengineering at the Bicocca University (Milan), after having worked for a long time at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, of which she was rector from 2007 to 2013. Graduated in physics from the University of Pisa, and then PhD in bioengineering at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, she conducted research activities in the fields of biorobotics, biomechatronics and neuro-robotics in the Scuola’s Biorobotics Institute. In 2013-2014 she was Minister for Education, University and Research. Since 2021 she has been president of the CNR (National Research Council), the first woman to hold this position.
Virginia Castellucci
Virginia Castellucci is currently Head of Sustainability & Advocay in 3bee. After her Master degree in Innovation Management at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, she worked as a process reengineering consultant in the Healthcare and Pharma sector. Being an expert in new European laws and directives related to biodiversity, she is often invited as speaker in public and private events about biodiversity, climate change and sustainable innovation trends, such as COP16, Point Zero Forum (Zurich) Green&Blue Festival, Value Exchange Forum. She is the coordinator of the Technical Committee 3.4 “Environmental Impact of Road and Transport Infrastructure” of PIARC (World Road Association).
Riccardo Coratella
Riccardo Coratella, after over 15 years in business consultancy, for the last 10 years has worked in the National Research Council, including in the area of technology transfer, before becoming general director of the National Biodiversity Future Center. Graduated in physics and astrophysics, he began working as a researcher in 2006 at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands and subsequently at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. Since 2012 he has taught ”economics applied to engineering” at the Tor Vergata University of Rome.
Alberto Di Minin
Alberto Di Minin is Full Professor of Management at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa. He is also Research Fellow with the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), University of California – Berkeley. He is the Co-Editor in Chief of the R&D Management Journal. He is the Chief Innovation Officer of the National Biodiversity Future Center, Vice Chair and Italian Delegate with the Innovation and Technology Policy Working Party at OECD/OCSE.
Luigi Fiorentino
Luigi Fiorentino is the President of the National Biodiversity Future Centre and Advisor to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Government. Graduated in law, he has held positions of responsibility in various Ministries. He teaches in several Italian universities and is the scientific-editorial coordinator of the “Rivista Italiana di Public Management”. He is an external member of the Board of Directors of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and is the author of numerous publications on various topics of administrative law. He also collaborates with specialized journals, including the Giornale di Diritto Amministrativo.
Federica Foglini
Federica is a senior marine data scientist at CNR-ISMAR in Bologna, specializing in habitat mapping and marine spatial data management. She holds a Geology degree from the University of Bologna and an MSc in GIS and Remote Sensing from Greenwich University. With experience from over 20 oceanographic cruises, she has led geophysical and robotic data acquisition. She currently coordinates and manages the digital portal of the Biodiversity Gateway for the National Biodiversity Future Centre, a platform dedicated to discovering, understanding, and appreciating Italian biodiversity.
Enrico Giovannini
Enrico Giovannini is full professor of economic statistics at the Rome University “Tor Vergata”. From February 2021, to July 2022 he has served as Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility in the Draghi Government. From April 2013 to February 2014, he served as Minister of Labour and Social Policies in the Letta Government. From 2009 to 2013, he held the office of President of the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat). He is the co-founder and director of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), a coalition established to implement in Italy the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. He has played a major role in introducing a new article about biodiversity in the Italian Consitution.
Jeremy Klein
Jeremy Klein, PhD, is the Chairman of RADMA and has been in techno-business consulting since soon after his PhD in medical physics and MBA a few years later. He combines practice with academic interests, having attended his first R&D Management Conference in the 1990s. He currently leads a track on the technology dimension of R&D Management, exploring the relationships between technologies and the practices used to manage them.
Arabella Mocciaro Li Destri
Prof. Arabella Mocciaro Li Destri is full Professor of Economics, Business and Statistics and Delegate for current activities of Third Mission, Strategic Planning and Cooperation with the territory. She is Deputy Director of the dSEAS – Department of Economics, Business and Statistical Sciences at the University of Palermo. She was unanimously elected President of SIMA-Italian Society of Management for the three-year period 2022-2025.
Jacopo Orlando
Since 2013, JacopoOrlando works at Aboca Group as Agricultural Publica Affairs, Impact & Sustainability Manager. His role involves economic assessments & corporate sustainability and project development in Agri-business. Since 2017, he is also Vice President of AssoBio (the Italian Organic Industry Association) and member of the Board of Directors of FederBio Servizi. He earned a PhD at the University of Pisa and, previously, a MSc in Agricultural Economics and a BSc degree in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and at the University of Perugia. Healso studied at Copenhagen University, as well as at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development of Perugia and is author of articles regarding agricultural economics and agricultural policy.
Caroline Paunov
Caroline serves as the head of the Secretariat for the OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy (TIP) within the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation. In this capacity, she oversees the collaborative efforts of 120 country policy delegates and experts, acting as both a convenor and advisor.
Caroline’s current focus spans three key areas. She leads the TIP policy research activity on the development of moonshot green and digital transition technologies. She has also investigated the distributional challenges the digital and environmental transitions pose. Moreover, a cross-cutting theme in her research is identifying practical options for enhanced policy intelligence and agility, including experimentation with large language models (LLMs).
Caroline has an extensive track record in in policy consultation and more than 70 publications, including widely cited academic papers published in leading journals, and 100 international policy events organized. Her academic journey encompasses a B.A. and M.A. (Hons) from the University of Oxford, an M.Sc. from the University Pompeu Fabra, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of London.
Markus Perkmann
Markus Perkmann is a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship and vice-dean at Imperial College Business School. He has published widely on topics including science-based entrepreneurship, technology commercialization and organization theory, and is a founding editor of the journal Innovation: Organization & Management.
Paavo Ritala
Paavo Ritala is a Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the Business School at LUT University, Finland. His main research themes include networks, ecosystems, and platforms, the role of data, algorithms, and digital technologies in organizations, business model innovation, and circular and regenerative economy. His research has been published in outlets such as Journal of Management, Research Policy, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Product Innovation Management, R&D Management, Technovation, Long Range Planning, and California Management Review. He is closely involved with business practice through research projects, executive and professional education programs, and in speaker and advisory roles. Prof. Ritala is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of R&D Management and serves on the editorial review board of Journal of Product Innovation Management. More info available via social media profiles: Google Scholar | LinkedIn | X
Nicola Rossi
Nicola Rossi is Head of Innovation for Enel Group. In his role he leads an international team distributed across Europe, North America and Latin America with the responsibility of innovation at global level, across the overall value chain of the Enel Group (generation, distribution, energy management and retail of energy and related services), with the aim to make energy use more efficient and simplify people’s lives and with a strong commitment towards a transition that leaves no one behind, creating a more sustainable, flexible, accessible and secure energy system.
Nicola Vitiello
Nicola Vitiello is a Full Professor of industrial bioengineering at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, where he co-leads the Wearable Robotics Laboratory. He has co-authored over 110 papers indexed in ISI/Scopus and contributed to over 25 patents and patent applications. He has served as the scientific project coordinator or partner for various national and international research initiatives. In addition to his academic pursuits, Vitiello is a co-founder of IUVO Srl, a spin-off company of SSSA, and holds a position on the Board of Directors of euRobotics AISBL. He has been recently elected as the new rector of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.