Francesca Bria

Francesca Bria is an innovation economist and digital policy expert. She is in the Executive Board Member of the Italian public media company RAI, Honorary Professor in the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL in London and she is part of the High-level Roundtable for the New European Bauhaus set up by the EC President Ursula von der Leyen to accelerate the EU Green Deal. She is the former President of the Italian National Innovation Fund. She served as Chief Digital Technology and Innovation Officer for the City of Barcelona in Spain from 2016-2019. In this role, she was leading the digital city agenda, and she was one of the founders of the United Nations Cities Coalition for Digital Rights. Francesca has been nominated Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. She has been listed in the top 50 Women in Tech by Forbes Magazine.