Francesca Bria

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Francesca Bria, 2019

Francesca Bria (born November 11, 1977 in Rome ) is an Italian computer scientist and consultant for digital strategy, technology and information policy.

She is President of the Italian National Innovation Fund and Honorary Professor at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purposes at University College London (UCL) in London. She is a senior advisor and ambassador to the United Nations ( UN-Habitat ) for digital cities and digital rights. She was Chief Digital Technology and Innovation Officer of the city of Barcelona and is the founder of the Decode project - an EU-wide initiative to regain the data sovereignty of the citizens. As an honorary professor for technology and innovation policy at University College London, she teaches on the topics of digital sovereignty and human-centered intelligent cities.

biography

Bria has a background in social sciences and innovation economics and an MSc in e-business and innovation from the University College of London, Birkbeck. She was a senior project leader in the Nesta innovation laboratory and EU coordinator of the D-CENT project on direct democracy and social digital currencies, as well as the lead researcher in the DSI project on digital social innovation in Europe.

Bria is a member of the Internet of Things Council and advisor to the European Commission on questions of future Internet and Smart City policy. She is also a member of the EC Expert Group on Open Innovation (OISPG) and a member of the European Research Cluster for the Internet of Things (IERC).

Bria advised the city of Rome and the region Latium in the areas of innovation policy , open technology and open cities. She has taught at several universities in the UK and Italy and has worked as a consultant to governments, public and private organizations on issues relating to technology and innovation policy and its socio-economic and environmental impact. She is also active in various organizations that advocate open access, digital rights and decentralized, data protection-oriented technologies.

Awards

In 2018, Forbes magazine named Bria to the list of Europe's Top 50 Women In Tech .

Web links

Commons : Francesca Bria  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vita on the website of the city of Barcelona. (No longer available online.) September 25, 2018, archived from the original ; accessed on May 16, 2020 .
  2. ^ Francesca Bria ( en ) In: the Guardian . Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ UCL: Francesca Bria ( en ) In: UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose . January 11, 2019. Accessed February 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ Francesca Bria ( en ) In: nesta . Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Francesca Bria | the internet of things ( en ) In: www.theinternetofthings.eu . Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ IERC-European Research Cluster on the Internet of Things . In: www.internet-of-things-research.eu . Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  7. ↑ Francesca Bria ( en ) In: nesta . Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  8. ↑ The Top 50 Women In Tech 2018 ( en ) In: Forbes . Retrieved October 13, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Bria, Francesca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian computer scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome