Visionaries 2024

Graduated in Economics at Bocconi University, she currently holds the position of Director of the Intelligent Business Process Automation Observatory and Senior Researcher of the Artificial Intelligence and Big Data & Business Analytics Observatories, at the School of Management – Politecnico di Milano.

Full Professor of Computer Science at the ‘G. d’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara (UdA), he teaches in degree courses in Economics and Business Informatics (CLEII) and in Economics and Business Analytics (CLEBA). Director of the UdA node of the CINI Laboratory on Cybersecurity and Head of UdA for Cyberchallenge.IT. He also deals with software verification, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain.

Ph.D., Full Professor of Business Administration at the Department of Communication Sciences of the University of Teramo, where he is also President of the Master’s Degree Programme in Communication for the Management of Organisations and teaches Management and Business Planning and Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility.
He has taught Business Administration at prestigious Italian universities, such as Federico II in Naples, and also has several international experiences such as that at the Université Catholique de Lille, where he taught Risk Management. In his most recent publications he has been interested in: the impact of digital transformation on business models and business communication; the measurement of corporate reputation with particular reference to the banking sector; sustainability reporting; performance audit; carbon reporting; the assessment of smart learning environments in higher education; analysis by accounting paradigms.

Head of the University’s Information Systems, Technological Innovation and Information Security Sector – Division 9 Computer Science. Responsible for the University's Digital Transition. Contact person of the University for Cybersecurity. Member of the Coordination Committee for Artificial Intelligence – Prime Minister’s Office Lecturer in IT Governance and Big Data at the Department of Business Administration

Originally from Padua, married and father of two children, Roberto Rampazzo is regional director of Coldiretti Abruzzo but also covers the directorships of the provincial federations of Teramo and Pescara. For over 35 years at Coldiretti, he began his career as local secretary in Monselice and was immediately appointed deputy director of the Padua Federation. Since 1995 he has been entrusted with numerous directions including Ancona, Pordenone, Imperia, Vicenza, Venice, Alessandria and Reggio Emilia in which he imposes his leadership for determination and sense of responsibility, always oriented by a strong attention to the needs of companies for the overall growth of the territory both in terms of services and trade union policy. It has been in Abruzzo since 2022.

Particular signs: guitarist at every “cost” (considered what he spends on his guitar collection). It is actively engaged in training and accompaniment to the creation of businesses for aspiring entrepreneurs and companies who want to innovate their business. He created the Young Entrepreneurs group and believes that not only interests, skills and skills are enough to design a good business, but also values, intelligence, sense of humor, level of education, goals and many other things. He is responsible for the Cambiamenti Award, the CNA contest that rewards the innovative thinking of Start Ups. His motto: “Thought creates value”.

Electronic engineer, ENEA researcher, since 2019 she has been leading ENEA’s National Energy Efficiency Agency

Managing Partner of Cloud Accelerator and consultant and trainer on open innovation, venture capital, lean processes and mindset for companies and institutions. Previously he was COO of Digitouch, a listed company, Managing Director of LUISS EnLabs and, even before that, part of the founding team of two international startups

Chief Executive Officer of the Finance Department of the Abruzzo Region, led Abruzzo Sviluppo SpA, is part of the Executive Board of the Ministry of the South for the Special Economic Zone. Technical expert at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, he was president of the National Observatory on Infrastructure and represented the Defence Staff to the NATO States General with a conference on China’s influences in the Mediterranean.

After an international career as an expert in transfer pricing and business models, I decided to fulfil my childhood dream of becoming an entrepreneur. I am CEO @ Popup, a customer experience SaaS that allows SMEs to generate and manage landing pages for NFCs, QR codes and social advertising in just a few clicks and without technical experience. In 2023, we were selected by the Ministry of Tourism as one of the best Traveltech Startups and became a partner of the well-known former footballer Christian Vieri. In 2025, we will open a new ‘seed’ investment round.

Chemist, Data Scientist and co-founder CEO of Trace Technologies. If a compound can be produced from two chemical elements for a reaction, we can also produce information from the combination of data. This is the Alchemy of Data. He has always been fascinated by data, their complexity and the message they can hide inside them. After his PhD in Physical and Chemical Sciences and several years in the research sector, in search of new stimuli Marco has made his passions a reality. Galileo Galilei said: “Measure what is measurable and make measurable what is not” following this thought Marco founded Trace Technologies.

Since March 2023, President of the GSE (Energy Services Manager).  In his career he has served as a director in companies of primary importance such as NORDCOM S.p.A., a company of the Ferrovie Nord group active in the field of ICT (Information Communication Technology), or GRTN S.p.A., a company responsible for the management of the national transmission network, later renamed Electrical System Manager. Since 9 March 2023, he has held the position of President of GSE S.p.A., an entity under the complete control of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which follows the directives of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security to promote the development of renewable sources, energy efficiency and sustainable mobility. Member of the Advisory Board of the Italian Nuclear Association (AIN) since December 2023. Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Startupper, innovator

Sara Moccia received her Master’s Degree cum laude in Biomedical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in 2014 and her European PhD cum laude in Bioengineering from the Italian Institute of Technology in 2018. During her PhD she was hosted at the German Cancer Research Center. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Università Politecnica delle Marche until 2021, when she became an associate professor at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, a position she held until 2024. She is currently Associate Professor in Bioengineering at the ‘G. d’Annunzio’ University of Chieti – Pescara. The aim of its research activities is to unlock the potential of deep learning for the analysis of a wide range of medical images to support clinicians during clinical and surgical procedures. He has received several awards for his research, including the ‘National Bioengineering Group & Patron’ Award for his doctoral thesis. In 2021, she was awarded a L’Oréal Italia for Women and Science scholarship in collaboration with the Italian National Commission for UNESCO. He has participated in numerous national and international research projects as unit manager, and is currently PI for a FISA (Italian Fund for Applied Sciences) project. So far it has had the scientific responsibility of about 1.5 million euros of research funds. She is the author of more than 60 articles in international journals, including Medical Image Analysis and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. He is Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics and Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing.

Full Professor of Administrative Law at the University ‘G. d’Annunzio’ Chieti-Pescara and Delegate of the Rector for Legal, Legal and Litigation Affairs. Principal Investigator of the PRIN “Artificial Administrative Intelligence for territorial equality”. Author of numerous publications and speaker at many conferences.

Chief Executive Officer of the Finance Department of the Abruzzo Region, led Abruzzo Sviluppo SpA, is part of the Executive Board of the Ministry of the South for the Special Economic Zone. Technical expert at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, he was president of the National Observatory on Infrastructure and represented the Defence Staff to the NATO States General with a conference on China’s influences in the Mediterranean.

Journalist. Founder and President of PA Social – National Association for Digital Communication and Information. Founder and President of Fondazione Italia Digitale. Founder of the newspaper digitalepopolare.it. Information guarantor against fake news of the Dire Agency. Expert in digital, communication, social networks and author of the books ‘Digitale. The new era of communication and public information. History and perspectives of the Italian model’ (2021. Giunti Editore), ‘PA Social. Journey to Italy of the new communication between work, services and innovation’ (2017. Franco Angeli Editore), ‘Citizens of Twitter. The new communication in local public services’ (2012, Indiscreto Stefano Olivari Editore), ‘Comune di Twitter’ (Anci Toscana – Polistampa Editore, 2013), ‘WhatsApp in città? The new frontier of public communication’ (Di Costanzo – Marrucci, 2015, Indiscreto Stefano Olivari Editore). Coordinator of the module in Digital Public Communication of the Luiss Master in Communication and Political and Institutional Marketing. Professor of Social Media Management at the University of Camerino. Organizer, speaker and lecturer at numerous national and international events on digital communication and information, on Ai and metaverso. Creator of the national events PA Social Day, States General of the new public communication, the popular digital festival, the Golden Smartphone award, the training courses PA Social Academy and National Academy on Digital Communication and Information, the Italian National Digital Communication and, with PA Social and Istituto Piepoli, the National Observatory on Digital Communication. Creator and host of ‘Publica’, the first Italian docuseries dedicated to digital communication and public information.

Co-founder of eWorking with 16 years in process design and adult training. Since 2022, it has been applying AI to enhance adult learning, combining expertise and innovation to create advanced learning solutions.

Intesa Sanpaolo has been stimulating and trying for years to develop the sensitivity of customers to sustainability and, more generally, to the ESG world through seminars, webinars, commercial offers and ad hoc economic and financial conditions, as well as providing, thanks to qualified partners, advice to grow and further develop these values.

Full Professor of Constitutional and Public Law at the Department of Law of the University of Teramo, President of the Degree Course in Environmental and Energy Law (Lanciano Headquarters), Coordinator of the II level Master in ‘Techniques for drafting regulatory and administrative acts’, Director of the Research Centre ‘Ecological transition, sustainability and global challenges’ and of the Journal ‘Law and climate’.

Artificial Intelligence Disseminator. He is one of the leading Italian experts and speakers on A.I. and his speeches are aimed at understanding and informing the great potential that Artificial Intelligence can have in the business world. It boasts collaborations with Universities and Research Centers, including the SEMEION Research Center and The Artificial Intelligence School in Rome. He is a mentor and advisor for numerous start-ups. Co-author of 4 books. Together with his partner Pasquale Viscanti, he founded ‘IA Explained Semplice’, the largest Italian community – and podcast of the same name – on the topic of Artificial Intelligence dedicated to entrepreneurs and managers. Forbes Italia has defined them as ‘Those of the A.I.’. Co-organiser of the largest event in Italy dedicated to Artificial Intelligence, the AI WEEK, with over 3500 spectators. In 2020, he co-founded the on-demand video platform ‘AI Play’, considered the virtual reference place to discover all the news in the AI field shared by the managers of partner companies such as Microsoft, IBM, MasterCard, Google, Meta, Amazon Web Services, Enel, ESA, Salesforce and many others.

Raffaele Mascella is Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science and Delegate of the Rector for Teaching at the University of Teramo.

I am the contact person for InfoCamere for the Open Innovation initiatives for the Chamber of Commerce system with the aim of implementing and developing innovative solutions, services and technologies that are instrumental in pursuing the company’s mission.

Piero comes from the world of Artificial Intelligence research. He wrote the first neural network from the age of zero to 19. After a period as a researcher at La Sapienza and the CNR, he offers international consultancy, training and mentoring services in the field of machine and deep learning. Disseminate Artificial Intelligence on Youtube and TikTok. He is the founder and maintainer of the open source project Cheshire Cat AI. Piero started in Deep Learning pure research. He wrote his first neural network from scratch at the age of 19. After a period as a researcher at La Sapienza and CNR, he provides international consulting, training, and mentoring services in the field of machine and deep learning. He spreads Artificial Intelligence awareness on YouTube and TikTok. He is the founder and maintainer of the open source project Cheshire Cat AI.

Apulian, married with two children, graduated in Mathematics with an application focus and has always been ‘in love’ with data and their analysis. He started 25 years ago as an expert in analysis and software development until he held the current position of manager in InfoCamere of the “Initiatives for the Advanced Analysis of Data” in which, among others, the Data Scientist and Data Analyst Team is located.