
Roberto Ridolfi
President LINK2007 cooperation network, strategic investment and sustainability advisor, former EU Ambassador and Director of the European Commission
- Prior to being appointed as Assistant-Director-General for Programme Support and Technical Cooperation at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) up to Sept 2020, Dr. Ridolfi was the Director of the European Commission for Sustainable Growth and Development at DG for International Cooperation and Development where he launched several policy actions, chaired several investment committees and was the main promoter of the External Investment Plan of the EU in Africa with innovative guarantees linked to the SDGs
- He was also twice Ambassador/ Head of delegation of the European Union
- From 2005 to 2007 he served in Suva (Fiji), where he was in charge of the relations of the EU with 15 Pacific countries and territories, and in 2010 he was appointed in Uganda by the High Representative for Foreign Policy of the EU, where he served till September 2013 . He launched there the first equity fund for small agriculture investments.
- In between as Head of Division at the EC he launched the first ever fund of funds on renewable and energy efficiency GEEREF of which he served as Chair of the investment committee
- Dr. Ridolfi joined the European Commission in 1994 and worked as development and economic advisor in several delegations of the Union, e.g. Malawi, Namibia and Kosovo
- Throughout Accession negotiations (2001-2004), he was the principal coordinator dealing with Environment and Transport in Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) and edited the first successful PPP guidelines
- Dr. Ridolfi holds extensive experiences in the field of blended finance, Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Food security, Human development, migration and asylum, external relations
- He holds a PhD in technology, a MBA and a MSc in Engineering

Roberto Ridolfi
President LINK2007 cooperation network, strategic investment and sustainability advisor, former EU Ambassador and Director of the European Commission
- Prima di essere nominato Assistant-Director-General for Programme Support and Technical Cooperation alla United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (ruolo ricoperto fino a Settembre 2020), il Dr. Ridolfi è stato Director della European Commission for Sustainable Growth and Development presso il DG for International Cooperation and Development, dove ha lanciato diverse azioni strategiche, presieduto diversi comitati di investimento ed è stato promotore dell’External Investment Plan of the EU in Africa con garanzie innovative legate agli SDGs
- E’ stato due volte Ambassador/ Head of delegation dell’Unione Europea
- Dal 2005 al 2007 ha lavorato in Suva (Fiji), dove era responsabile delle relazioni dell’EU con 15 paesi del Pacifico, e nel 2010 è stato nominato in Uganda presso l’High Representative for Foreign Policy dell’EU, dove ha lavorato fino a settembre del 2013. Qui ha lanciato il primo equity fund per piccoli investimenti agricoli
- Da Head of Division presso la Commissione Europea ha lanciato il primo fondo di fondi sulle rinnovabili e l’efficienza energetica GEEREF di cui è stato Chair dell’investment committee
- Il Dr. Ridolfi è entrato nella Commissione Europea nel 1994 e ha lavorato come advisor sullo sviluppo e l’economia per diverse delegazioni dell’Unione, e.g. Malawi, Namibia e Kosovo
- Nell’ambito delle Accession Negotiations (2001-2004), è stato il coordinatore principale delle tematiche Environment and Transport in Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) e ha pubblicato le prime linee guida PPP
- Il Dr. RIdolfi ha vaste esperienze nel campo della blended finance, dell’Energia, dell’Ambiente e del Cambiamento Climatico, della sicurezza alimentare, dello sviluppo umano, della migrazione e dei rifugiati, delle relazioni esterne
Possiede un PhD in technology, un MBA e un MSc in Ingegneria

Paul Collier
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government
Sir Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and a Director of the International Growth Centre, and the ESRC research network, Social Macroeconomics. Furthermore, he is a Professeur invité at Sciences Po.
- - From 1998 to 2003 he took a five-year Public Service leave during which he was Director of the Research Development Department of the World Bank
- - He has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
- - His research covers the transformation from poverty to prosperity; state fragility; the implications of group psychology for development; migration and refugees; urbanization in poor countries and the crisis in modern capitalism, which is the subject of his book, The Future of Capitalism.
- - Paul’s most recent book, Greed is Dead with John Kay was published in July 2020.
- - Sir Paul received a knighthood in 2014 for services to promoting research and policy change in Africa and has been listed as one of the hundred most influential public thinkers.

Paul Collier
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government
Sir Paul Collier è Professor of Economics e Public Policy presso la Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, nonché Director dell’ International Growth Centre, e dell’ ESRC research network, Social Macroeconomics. Inoltre, è Professeur invité at Sciences Po.
- - Dal 1998 al 2003 ha intrapreso un Public Service leave, durante il quale è stato Director del Research Development Department della World Bank
- - Ha scritto per il New York Times, il Financial Times, il Wall Street Journal, e il Washington Post
- - La sua ricerca si focalizza sulla trasformazione della povertà in prosperità e ricchezza; sulla fragilità degli Stati; sulle implicazioni della psicologia di gruppo per lo sviluppo; sulle migrazioni e i rifugiati; sull’urbanizzazione nei Paesi poveri e sulla crisi del capitalismo moderno, che è il tema trattato dal libro The Future of Capitalism
- - L’ultimo libro di Paul - Greed is Dead, scritto con John Kay - è stato pubblicato nel luglio 2020
- - Sir Paul ha ricevuto il titolo di cavaliere nel 2014 per i suoi servizi di promozione del cambiamento della ricerca e delle policy in Africa ed è stato quotato come uno fra i cento più influenti pensatori pubblici

Subhes C Bhattacharyya
Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, De Montfort University, Leicester
- - He has extensively investigated energy access issues in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and has led award-winning research in this area through funded projects. He has also largely worked on energy sector management issues such as energy sector regulation and restructuring in developing countries, and policy issues related to energy security, climate change, natural resource utilisation and sustainable development
- - He is the author of the best-selling book: “Energy Economics: Concepts, Issues, Markets and Governance” (2011). He has also edited a number of other books particularly on rural electrification, mini-grids and energy in Asia
- - Her books have been translated into over 20 languages. She is the recipient of diverse awards and mentions, multiple doctor honoris causa, named lectures, selected for various honors lists. She was awarded the Principe de Asturias 2013 Prize in the Social Sciences, selected as one of the top 100 women in the Sciences in 2018, and awarded the Geneva Picciotto Prize in 2020.
- - His research project “OASYS South Asia” received the Green Gown Award for Community Innovation at the national and international categories in 2015
- - He is Member of the EPSRC Peer Review Panel (since 2009) and Member of the Energy Institute College (since 2015)

Subhes C Bhattacharyya
Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, De Montfort University, Leicester
- - Il Professor Bhattacharyya è riconosciuto a livello internazionale come specialista nell’energia per lo sviluppo internazionale, con più di 30 anni di esperienza nell’ambito delle problematiche globali riguardanti l’energia e l’ambiente, specificamente su studi energetici, regolatori e ambientali, con un focus sui sistemi energetici dei paesi in via di sviluppo
- - Ha studiato approfonditamente le questioni legate all’accesso all’energia nell’Asia del Sud e nell’Africa Sub Sahariana ed è stato a capo di progetti di ricerca in questo ambito. Ha lavorato a lungo anche su tematiche della gestione del settore energetico, e.g. sulla regolamentazione del settore energetico e sulla ristrutturazione nei paesi in via di sviluppo, e su problematiche di policy relative alla sicurezza energetica, al cambiamento climatico, all’utilizzo delle risorse naturali e allo sviluppo sostenibile
- - E’ autore del best seller “Energy Economics: Concepts, Issues, Markets and Governance” (2011). Ha inoltre pubblicato diversi altri libri, sull’elettrificazione rurale, sulle mini-grids e sull’energia in Asia
- - Il suo progetto di ricerca “OASYS South Asia” ha ricevuto il Green Gown Award for Community Innovation nelle categorie nazionale e internazionale nel 2015
- - E’ membro dell’ EPSRC Peer Review Panel (dal 2009) e membro dell’Energy Institute College (dal 2015)

Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and former Chair, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
- - Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and former Chair, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University. She can be reached at sjs2@columbia.edu
- - Her books include Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy (Harvard University Press, 2014; translated into 12 languages); Cities in a World Economy, 5th fully updated edition (Sage); Losing Control: Sovereignty in an Age of Globalization, The Schoff Memorial Lectures, Columbia University Press 1995; New updated edition 2016; Territory, Authority, Rights : From Medieval to Global Assemblages (Princeton University Press, 2008); A Sociology of Globalization (W.W. Norton, 2007); The Global City, (Princeton University Press 1991); The Mobility of Labor and Capital (Cambridge University Press 1988)
- - Her books have been translated into over 20 languages. She is the recipient of diverse awards and mentions, multiple doctor honoris causa, named lectures, selected for various honors lists. She was awarded the Principe de Asturias 2013 Prize in the Social Sciences, selected as one of the top 100 women in the Sciences in 2018, and awarded the Geneva Picciotto Prize in 2020.
- - Web: www.saskiasassen.com

Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and former Chair, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
- - Saskia Sassen è Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology e precedentemente Chair, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University. Il suo indirizzo e-mail è: sjs2@columbia.edu
- - Tra i suoi libri si citano: Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy (Harvard University Press, 2014; tradotto in 12 lingue); Cities in a World Economy, quinta edizione aggiornata (Saggio); Losing Control: Sovereignty in an Age of Globalization, The Schoff Memorial Lectures, Columbia University Press 1995; Edizione aggiornata 2016; Territory, Authority, Rights : From Medieval to Global Assemblages (Princeton University Press, 2008); A Sociology of Globalization (W.W. Norton, 2007); The Global City, (Princeton University Press 1991); The Mobility of Labor and Capital (Cambridge University Press 1988)
- - I suoi libri sono stati tradotti in più di 20 lingue. Ha ricevuto diversi premi e nomine, diverse lauree honoris causa, titolare di diverse named lectures, selezionata per diverse onorificenze. Nel 2013 ha ricevuto il premio Principe de Asturias in Social Sciences, ed è stata selezionata tra le prime 100 Women in Sciences nel 2018. Le è stato inoltre assegnato il Geneva Picciotto Prize nel 2020
- - Sito web: www.saskiasassen.com

Domenico Siniscalco (Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board)
Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Country Head of Italy and Head of Government Coverage EMEA at Morgan Stanley
- Current Position - Since 2006, Domenico Siniscalco is Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Country Head of Italy and Head of Government Coverage EMEA at Morgan Stanley
- Italian Government - From September 2001 to July 2004 he was Director General of the Italian Treasury, to then become Minister of Economy and Finance in Italy (July 2004 to September 2005). In this capacity he was also a member of the Eurogroup of the European Council of Economy and Finance Ministers, member of the G7/G8, and Governor of the IMF
- Other assignments - He was Member of the Board of Directors of Eni, Telecom Italia, of the Grosvenor Group in London and of other Companies. Currently, he is President of the Luigi Einaudi Foundation in Turin, President of the Scientific Advisory Board of FEEM in Milan and President of the Council for the United States and Italy
- Academy - Domenico Siniscalco developed a successful academic career as economist at Cambridge, Louvain la Neuve, Johns Hopkins, LUISS and at Torino University. For several years he has been one of the lead authors of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), winner of Nobel Prize 2007, and a member of the Swedish Academy of Science, Beijer Institute. He was Member of the Board of Directors of the HEC in Paris and President of the Collegio Carlo Alberto. He is author of various academic books and more than 70 Economic Research Papers on international magazines. For many years he was front page editorial commentator for “Il Sole 24 Ore” and “La Stampa”. He currently writes articles for ‘La Repubblica”
- Studies - He obtained a Law Degree from University of Turin and Ph.D. in Economics from Cambridge University

Domenico Siniscalco (Presidente, Scientific Advisory Board)
Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Country Head of Italy and Head of Government Coverage EMEA at Morgan Stanley
- Posizione attuale - Dal 2006 Domenico Siniscalco è Managing Director e Vice Chairman di Morgan Stanley. Nel gruppo guida la filiale italiana ed è responsabile del settore dei Governi EMEA - Governo Italiano - Da Settembre 2001 al Luglio 2004 Domenico è stato Direttore Generale del Tesoro e da Luglio 2004 a Settembre 2005 è stato Ministro dell’Economia e delle Finanze. In questa veste è stato membro dell’Eurogruppo del Consiglio Ecofin, del G7/G8 e Governatore del Fondo Monetario Internazionale - Altri incarichi - Domenico è stato Consigliere di Amministrazione di Eni, Telecom Italia, del Gruppo Grosvenor di Londra e altre Aziende. E’ attualmente Presidente della Fondazione Luigi Einaudi di Torino, Presidente del Comitato Scientifico della Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei di Milano e Presidente del Consiglio per le Relazioni tra Italia e Stati Uniti - Accademia - Domenico ha seguito una carriera accademica da economista. Ha insegnato nelle Università di Cambridge, Louvain la Neuve, Johns Hopkins, LUISS e presso l’Università di Torino. Per molti anni è stato uno dei lead authors dell’IPCC (Panel Intergovernativo sui Cambiamenti Climatici), vincitore del Premio Nobel 2007 e membro del Beijer Institute dell’Accademia delle Scienze di Stoccolma. Domenico è stato Consigliere di Amministrazione del HEC di Parigi e Presidente del Collegio Carlo Alberto. E’ autore di libri accademici e di oltre settanta articoli scientifici su riviste internazionali. Per molti anni è stato editorialista de Il Sole 24 Ore e de La Stampa. Oggi scrive su La Repubblica - Studi svolti - Laurea in Giurisprudenza, Università di Torino. PhD in Economia, Cambridge University

Elias T. Ayuk
Director, The Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (UNU-INRA)
Elias T. Ayuk (PhD) is Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) based in Accra, Ghana since October 2010. On completion of his PhD in 1989 from Texas A&M University in College Station, he served for two years (1990 -1991) at the International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC)-Africa office based in Lomé, Togo as a Visiting Scientist under the Rockefeller Foundation Social Science Fellowship program. In 1992, he joined the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), now known as the World Agroforestry Centre, as a Senior Regional Policy Economist and was posted successively to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1992-1994), Bamako, Mali (1994-1998) and Harare, Zimbabwe (1998-2002). In 2002 he joined the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Dakar as a Senior Programme Specialist where he served until 2010. During this time (2002 -2006) he was also the Acting Executive Director of IDRC’s Secretariat for Institutional Support for Economic Research in Africa (SISERA). His research interests focus on poverty analysis, institutional capacity building and the social, economic and policy dimensions of natural resource management. He has edited and coedited several books and he also serves on the Social Science Advisory Committee of the International Foundation for Science (Sweden) and is a member of the International Resource Panel of the United Nations Environment (UNEP).

Laura Cozzi
Chief Energy Modeller, International Energy Agency
- Laura Cozzi was appointed the Agency’s Chief Energy Modeller in 2018
- As Chief Energy Modeller Ms. Cozzi oversees the Agency’s work on outlooks and forecasts. Ms. Cozzi is part of the senior management team of the IEA. She is also Head of the Demand Outlook Division with responsibility of producing the annual World Energy Outlook, the IEA flagship publication, and the Global Energy Review among others
- Ms Cozzi joined the IEA in 1999, and has been leading several editions of the Outlook, and has been co-author of multiple editions of the report
- Prior to joining the IEA, Ms. Cozzi worked for the Italian energy company ENI S.p.A.
- She holds a Master Degree in Environmental Engineering (from Polytechnic Milan) and a Master Degree in Energy and Environmental Economics (from Eni Corporate University).

Laura Cozzi
Chief Energy Modeller, International Energy Agency
- Laura Cozzi è stata nominata Chief Energy Modeller di IEA nel 2018
- In questo ruolo la Dr. Cozzi è responsabile del lavoro dell’Agenzia riguardo agli outlook e alle previsioni. Fa parte del senior management team di IEA, ed è anche Head of the Demand Outlook Division, con la responsabilità della principale pubblicazione di IEA, i.e. il World Energy Outlook annuale, e della Global Energy Review, tra le altre
- La Dr. Cozzi è entrata in IEA nel 1999, ed è stata responsabile di diverse edizioni dell’Outlook, e co-autrice di diverse edizioni del report
- In precedenza, ha lavorato per ENI SpA
- Ha una laurea in Ingegneria Ambientale (Politecnico di Milano) e una laurea in Economia dell’Energia e dell’Ambiente (Eni Corporate University)
Mark Howells
Director, Energy Systems Analysis (KTH-dESA), Royal Institute of Technology
Mark Howells directs the division and holds the chair of Energy Systems Analysis (KTH-dESA) at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, and is an Honorary Affiliate Prof at the University of Technology in Sydney and Editor in Chief of Energy Strategy Reviews. KTH-dESA spearheads the development of some of the world's premier open source energy, resource and spacial electrification planning tools. Mark he has published in Nature Journals; coordinates the European Commission's think tank for Energy; is regularly used by the United Nations as a science-policy expert; and is a key contributor to UNDESA's 'Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development Policies'. His division contributes to efforts for NASA, IRENA, ABB the World Bank and others. Prior to joining KTH-dESA he has an award winning career with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Mark's graduate and post-graduate studies were undertaken at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Within that time he was also an international research affiliate at Stanford's Program on Energy and Sustainable Development: spokesperson for the World Energy Council's student program; lead RSA's Integrated Energy Planning (IEP) process as well as other national initiatives.

Mariana Mazzucato
Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value and Director, The Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose University College London
Professor Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) holds the Chair in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value and is Director of the Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose, University College London (UCL). Mazzucato’s highly-acclaimed book The Entrepreneurial State: debunking public vs. private sector myths (Anthem 2013; Public Affairs, 2015) was on the 2013 Books of the Year list of the Financial Times. She is winner of the 2014 New Statesman SPERI Prize in Political Economy and the 2015 Hans-Matthöfer-Preis and in 2013 she was named as one of the '3 most important thinkers about innovation' in the New Republic. She advises policy makers around the world on innovation-led growth and is currently a member of the Scottish Government’s Council of Economic Advisors; the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Leadership Council; and SITRA’s Advisory Panel in Finland. Her current research projects include two funded by the EC Horizon 2020 programme: Innovation-fuelled, Sustainable, Inclusive Growth (ISIGrowth) and Distributed Global Financial Systems for Society (Dolfins) and new projects on Rethinking Medical Innovation, funded by the Open Society Foundations, and on mission-oriented innovation policies with the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Her recent research also includes projects funded by the Ford Foundation and the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and work commissioned by NASA, the European Space Agency. She is co-editor of a new book, Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth (Wiley Blackwell, July 2016). Her new book The Value of Everything, will be published by Penguin (Allen Lane) in 2018.

Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Emeritus Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- Nebojsa Nakicenovic is the former Acting Director General and Deputy Director General and Deputy CEO of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and former teniured Professor of Energy Economics at Vienna University of Technology
- Among other positions, he is one of the seven Chief Scientific Advisors of the European Commission; the Executive Director of The World in 2050; a member of the U.S. National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability
- He serves on the Editorial Board of 10 scientific journals
- Prof. Nakicenovic holds bachelors and masters degrees from Princeton University, New Jersey, USA and the University of Vienna, where he also completed his Ph.D. He also holds Honoris Causa PhD degree in engineering from the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Among Prof. Nakicenovic's research interests are the long-term patterns of technological change, economic development and response to climate change and, in particular, the evolution of energy, mobility, and information and communication technologies

Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Emeritus Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- Nebojsa Nakicenovic è ex Acting Director General, Deputy Director General e Deputy CEO dell’International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ed ex professore di ruolo di Energy Economics alla Vienna University of Technology
- Fra le altre cariche, è uno dei sette Chief Scientific Advisors della Commissione Europea; Executive Director di The World in 2050, nonché membro della US National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability
- E’ membro del Consiglio Editoriale di 10 riviste scientifiche
Nebojsa è laureato presso la Princeton University, New Jersey, USA e l’Università di Vienna, dove ha ottenuto anche il Ph.D.
- Possiede inoltre un Ph.D Honoris Causa in ingegneria presso la Russian Academy of Sciences
- Fra gli interessi di Nebojsa nell’ambito della ricerca si annoverano modelli a lungo termine del cambiamento tecnologico, lo sviluppo economico e le risposte al cambiamento climatico, e, in particolare, l’evoluzione energetica, la mobilità e le tecnologie informatiche e di comunicazione
Elke U. Weber
Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Elke Weber is the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Her research models decision-making under uncertainty and time delay in financial and environmental contexts from a psychological and neuroscience perspective. Her expertise in the behavioural decision sciences has been sought out by advisory committees of the National Academy of Sciences on Human Dimensions in Global Change, an American Psychological Association Task Force that issued a report on the Interface between Psychology and Global Climate Change, and Working Group III for the 5th Assessment Report of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She is past president of the Society for Neuroeconomics, the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, and the Society for Mathematical Psychology. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Risk Analysis, the Society for Experimental Psychology, and received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for Risk Analysis. She was elected to the German National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Andrea Prencipe
Deputy Rector, LUISS Guido Carli University
PhD, SPRU, University of Sussex, is a Full Professor of Organization and Innovation at LUISS Guido Carli University (I) and a Visiting Professor at Rotterdam School of Management (NL). Andrea is the Director of the PhD Programme in Management and Leader of the Organisation Group at LUISS. He has held academic positions at SPRU, INSEAD (F), and University Gabriele d’Annunzio (I), and has been a Visiting Professor at SPRU and Imperial College Business School. Andrea sits on the editorial board of Industrial and Corporate Change, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, International Journal of Project Management, Research Policy and Long Range Planning. Andrea’s research interests revolve around the organization of innovation; project-based organizations; and the relationships between regional social capital and firms’ innovation performance. He has published articles on these subjects in management and organization journals – e.g. Administrative Science Quarterly and Organization Science – and in major innovation journals – e.g. Research Policy, Industrial and Corporate Change.

Renato Rota
Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano
- Renato Rota is full professor at Politecnico di Milano since 2002, where he was responsible for the PhD program in Industrial chemistry and Chemical engineering from 2005 to 2010, Head of the Dpt. of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical engineering “G. Natta” from 2011 to 2012, member of the Academic Senate from 2011 to 2019, and Rector’s delegate for the Research infrastructures since 2016
- He carried out his research activities in various fields, such as separation processes, combustion, chemical kinetics, industrial safety and environmental pollution.
- His scientific work is summarized in more than 100 publications in international journals and books

Renato Rota
Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano
- Renato Rota è full professor del Politecnico di Milano dal 2002, dove è stato responsabile del PhD in chimica industriale e ingegneria chimica dal 2005 al 2010, Capo del Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria chimica «G.Natta» dal 2011 al 2012, membro del Senato Accademico dal 2011 al 2019 e delegato del Rettore per le Infrastrutture di Ricerca dal 2016
- Ha effettuato ricerche in diversi campi, e.g. su processi di separazione, combustione, cinetica chimica, sicurezza industriale e inquinamento ambientale
- Ha pubblicato più di 100 ricerche su riviste e libri internazionali

Fabio Vaccarono
Vice President Google, Managing Director Google Italy, and member of Google Emea Management Board
- Fabio Vaccarono is Vice President Google, Managing Director Google Italy, and member of Google Emea Management Board
- Before, Dr. Vaccarono has held various Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director roles at Espresso Group - Manzoni, Il Sole 24 Ore Group, RCS Mediagroup, and Starcom Mediavest Group / Publicis Groupe
- After graduating in Economics and earning a SDA Bocconi MBA, he has worked for the strategic consulting firm Bain & Company
- He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Il Sole 24 Ore, of Pegaso - Gruppo Multiversity, Amcham Italy, Sorgenia Advisory Board, Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, The Scientific Advisory Board of Fondazione Mattei and Assonime Council

Fabio Vaccarono
Vice President Google, Managing Director Google Italy, and member of Google Emea Management Board
- Fabio Vaccarono è Vice President di Google, Managing Director di Google Italy, e membro del Google Emea Management Board
- In precedenza, il Dr. Vaccarono ha ricoperto diverse cariche in qualità di Chief Executive Officer e Managing Director presso Espresso Group - Manzoni, Il Sole 24 Ore Group, RCS Mediagroup, e Starcom Mediavest Group / Publicis Groupe
- Dopo la laurea in Economia e un MBA presso SDA Bocconi, ha lavorato per la società di consulenza strategica Bain & Company
- Attualmente, è membro del Board of Directors de Il Sole 24 Ore, di Pegaso - Gruppo Multiversity, Amcham Italy, Sorgenia Advisory Board, Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, The Scientific Advisory Board of Fondazione Mattei e Assonime Council

Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella
Economist
- Dr. Kandeh Yumkella is a distinguished development economist and an expert in agricultural economics with over three decades of experience
- He is founder and CEO of The Energy Nexus Network (TENN), a regional ecosystem hub for sustainable energy solutions
- Previously Dr. Yumkella served for almost two decades in the United Nations system including as Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and founding chief executive officer for the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Initiative (2013–2015). He also served two four-year terms as Director-General of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO, 2005–2013). In both capacities, among other accomplishments, Dr. Yumkella mobilized global consensus for the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals 7 and 9. These goals deal with ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all, and building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation, respectively
- Currently, he serves on both the Pan-African Parliament and the Parliament of Sierra Leone while continuing his global engagements as a member of various international advisory bodies, boards, and commissions

Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella
Economist
- Il Dr. Kandeh Yumkella è un illustre economista dello sviluppo ed esperto in economia agraria con più di tre decenni di esperienza
- E’ fondatore e CEO di The Energy Nexus Network (TENN), un hub dell’ecosistema regionale per soluzioni energetiche sostenibili
- Precedentemente, il Dr. Yumkella ha lavorato per circa un ventennio presso le Nazioni Unite, tra l’altro nel ruolo di Under-Secretary-General e Special Representative dell’UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All e CEO fondatore dell’iniziativa the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) (2013–2015). E’ stato anche per quattro anni Director-General dell’UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO, 2005–2013). In entrambi i ruoli, tra i diversi traguardi raggiunti, il Dr. Yumkella ha mobilitato il consenso globale sugli SDGs 7 e 9: obiettivi che riguardano la garanzia di accesso per tutti ad un’energia conveniente, affidabile, sostenibile e moderna, nonché la costruzione di infrastrutture resilienti, attraverso la promozione di un’industrializzazione inclusiva e sostenibile, unitamente all’innovazione
- Attualmente, lavora sia presso il Pan-African Parliament sia presso il Parlamento di Sierra Leone, seguendo nello stesso tempo i suoi progetti globali in qualità di membro di diversi organi consultivi, consigli e commissioni