Henna Virkkunen
As Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Ms Henna Virkkunen is tasked with combatting the increasingly complex security threats facing the EU, whilst at the same time strengthening our external borders and our internal security. This goes hand in hand with her responsibility to ensure our freedoms, justice and democracy are strengthened too. […]
Daniele Spinella
Applied mathematician and algorithmic trader with experience in European electricity markets. Previously Vice President at Goldman Sachs, Deputy Head of Market Risk at EWE Trading, and Senior Manager of BESS Expert at PwC. Specializes in optimization, forecasting, and automated dispatch architectures for renewable energy portfolios and storage systems. Focused on strategy and platform development for […]
Andrea Salamon
Andrea Salamon is a Senior Researcher at the INFN Roma Tor Vergata. Early in his career, he worked on the development of analog VLSI circuits for neuromorphic neural networks. He subsequently focused on experimental high-energy physics, participating in various experiments at CERN, including ATLAS and NA62, contributing to the development of detectors as well as […]
Alessandro Berti
Alessandro Berti is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Pisa, where he earned his Ph.D. His research focuses on quantum subroutines for linear algebra and state preparation, with applications to artificial intelligence. He was a visiting researcher at the SQMS Center at Fermilab. Author of more than 15 […]
Roberto Di Candia
Roberto Di Candia is an Academy of Finland Research Fellow at Aalto University (Finland). Previously, he held postdoctoral positions as a Humboldt Fellow at Freie University of Berlin and as a Marie Curie Fellow at Aalto University. Roberto is an expert in continuous-variable quantum information and works at the intersection of theoretical quantum information, experimental […]
Massimo Bertaccini
Dr. Massimo Bertaccini is a highly accomplished Mathematician and Cryptographer (PhD Computational Finance). As Director of the Quantum & Robotics Laboratory at the ITS Olivetti Foundation, he leads cutting-edge research in the intersection of quantum computing, robotics, and AI. Dr. Bertaccini is a published author, inventor with patents in cryptography & cybersecurity, and a recipient […]
Luigi Rucco
Luigi Rucco is Head of Analytical Services for Europe & Emerging Markets at Elsevier. He supports government bodies, public decision-makers, funders and academic institutions worldwide, providing analysis on key technologies and analytical support for national research and innovation strategies, combining high-quality data with quantitative expertise. He is a data scientist specialising in AI and digital […]
Viviana Letizia
Viviana Letizia, who holds a PhD in applied mathematics, is a Publisher at Elsevier specialising in Computer Science, computer communications, networking and microprocessor technologies. She works at the intersection of computing systems, digital infrastructure, data and scientific publishing, focusing on advanced content in hardware architectures, distributed systems and networks. She is involved in AI initiatives […]
Eleuterio Spiriti
Eleuterio Spiriti has over than three decades of research activities in elementary particle physics, medical physics in the field of hadron therapy and technology transfer. He has contributed to the development of instrumentation for research equipment used by various international collaborations at the CERN, LNF, GSI and CNAO laboratories, and has collected various teaching positions […]
Marco Baldi
Marco Baldi is an associate professor of Telecommunications in the Department of Information Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Marche. He is involved in teaching, research, and project work in the field of communications reliability and security, with a particular focus on post-quantum cryptography. He is the co-author of over 200 scientific articles, one book, […]
Gaia Raffaella Greco
Gaia Raffaella Greco coordinates the technology transfer activities of the National Institute of Quantum Sciences and Technologies, an Extended Partner of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. As a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Naples Federico II, she is writing her dissertation on the strategic management of intellectual property rights. She has spent several […]
Ugo Chirico
Ugo Chirico is the CEO and Founder of Quantum2pi, an Italian startup dedicated to quantum-resistant cryptography. He holds a degree in Cybernetic Physics from the University of Naples Federico II and is a PhD candidate in Quantum Technologies. He has over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and digital identity, having contributed to the development […]