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The States General of Innovation were born on the initiative of some associations, movements, companies and citizens convinced that the best growth opportunities for our country are offered by the creativity of young people, by the recognition of merit, by breaking down the digital divide, by State renewal through Open Government.
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The States General of Innovation were born on the initiative of some associations, movements, companies and citizens convinced that the best growth opportunities for our country are offered by the creativity of young people, by the recognition of merit, by breaking down the digital divide, by State renewal through Open Government.
Board of directors
Fulvio Ananasso
Sergio Farruggia
Altheo Valentini
Sandro Fontana
Fulvio Ananasso
Fulvio Ananasso, electronic engineer, has over 40 years of experience in telecommunications / ICT – general management, international negotiations and operations, open innovation, marketing, promotion & business development, … -, with interdisciplinary coverage of technological, legal and socio-economic aspects .
He has held various managerial positions in industry and services — Marketing Director, Research Director, Iridium Program Office Director (personal communications via satellite constellations), General Manager / Chief Executive Officer of Iridium Italia (a Telecom Italia group company for Iridium satellites in Europe and South America).
In the public sector, he was Associate Professor at the University of Rome-Tor Vergata (1987÷1990) and General Director of Studies and Research of the Authority for Communications Guarantees (AGCOM, 2007÷2012).
Since 2013 he has been providing advisory & interim management services (telecommunications & future internet economy), he is an entrepreneur and mentor of ICT-driven initiatives, taking care of entrepreneurial training and open innovation for the development and acceleration of startups and small-medium enterprises.
Author of numerous international publications on planning, development and regulatory / market aspects of electronic communication / ICT systems and services, he is President of the Stati Generali dell'Innovazione Association, Councilor of the Information Technology Executives Club and member of AM/ FM GIS Italy.
Sergio Farruggia
Altheo Valentini
Graduated in ""Publishing, Media and Journalism"" with a thesis on the dissemination plan of European projects, he worked for over 10 years as a consultant in this sector, developing a particular expertise in the design, implementation and coordination of educational projects and in the field of professional training.
In recent years he has developed a particular interest in the exploitation of digital innovations in the social and cultural fields, conceiving and coordinating initiatives such as the Social Hackathon Umbria and Expo ASL Cultura (the first review of projects by Alternanza Scuola Lavoro Culturale), as well as being nominated member of the board of ALL DIGITAL, a European NGO that works in the field of promotion and development of digital skills for all citizens.
Sandro Fontana
Since 1980 he has been involved in Information Technology and Communications Technology (ICT) and since 1995 he has specialized in Information Security and Cryptography. He has published a series of articles on safety in sector magazines, has repeatedly taught safety courses at the Scuola Superiore G. Reiss Romoli (SSGRR); chaired seminars and conferences on security topics; he has been and still is a member of important international technical/scientific organizations, such as IEEE, ACM, ISACA, ISSA.
Specializes in digital security, including authentication, digital signatures, encryption, key management, security policy management, and single sign-on; expert in architectures and issues related to blockchain technology with particular attention to Algorand.
He collaborates as an expert with national (UNINFO) and European (ETSI) standardization bodies, with whom he has worked in working groups dedicated to data security standards.
He has achieved a series of specific certifications in the field of Information Security, such as CISSP (Certified Informations Systems Security Professional), CISA (Certified Information Security Auditor), ISO27001 Lead Auditor and CISM (Certified Information Security Manager).
He filed as inventor and then obtained the following patents in Italy, Europe and the USA, relating to the use of electronic signature in the field of documents and to the use of secure signature devices
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Founders
- Raphael Barberio, Key4biz
- Ernesto Belisarius, Associazione Italiana per l’Open Government
- Mark Calvo, Liber Liber
- Joseph Iacono, Laboratorio dell’Innovazione
- Charles Infante, urban experience
- Stefano Laurenti, A network
- Eugenio Leone, ToscanaIn
- Flavia Marzano, A network
- Charles Mary Medal, Glocus
- Massimo Melica, Innovators
- Bruno Conte, Manager Non Profit, Social4Social, Move4Health
- Michael Missikoff, The Century of the Net
- Antonella Giulia Pizzaleo demote
- Paul Russo, Italy 2050
- Carlo Mochi Sismondi, ForumPA
- Alfonso Molina, Digital World Foundation
- Luke Nicotra, Digital Agora
- Gianni Orlandi, AURIS
- lorenzo orlando, CATTID
- Guido Scorza, Istituto per le Politiche dell’Innovazione
- Michael Vianello, VEGA Science and Technology Park
- Roberto Masiero, THINK!
- Sergio Bellucci, demote