Digital Reality Initiative

Roberto Saracco fell in love with technology and its implications a long time ago. His background is in math and computer science. Until April 2017, he led the EIT Digital Italian Node and then was head of the Industrial Doctoral School of EIT Digital up to September 2018.

Previously, up to December 2011, Saracco was the Director of the Telecom Italia Future Centre in Venice, looking at the interplay of technology evolution, economics, and society. At the turn of the century, he led a World Bank-Infodev project to stimulate entrepreneurship in Latin America.

Saracco is a senior member of IEEE where he leads the New Initiative Committee and co-chairs the Digital Reality Initiative. He is a member of the IEEE in 2050 Ad Hoc Committee. He teaches a Master course on Technology Forecasting and Market impact at the University of Trento. He has published over 100 papers in journals and magazines and 14 books.

Roberto Saracco, 26 July 2022, "Digital Reality Initiative?", IEEE International Symposium on Digital Privacy and Social Media, San Jose, CA, 1 August 2022, pre-record, https://attend.ieee.org/isdpsm-2022/