Mirella Mastretti

A computer science graduate with a specialization in cybernetics, electronic systems, and artificial intelligence, she has worked at the Central Research Laboratory of a leading telecommunications company since 1989, participating in international standardization committees (VHDL language). She has led advanced R&D projects based on neural networks, fuzzy logic, video coding algorithms, network engineering , and multimedia content delivery.

She subsequently coordinated telemedicine and smart city initiatives in collaboration with research centers and healthcare facilities in Milan. She has conducted research and taught as a consultant for the Polytechnic University of Milan, Cefriel, and the University of Milan. In 2013, she founded Talent4Rise to promote female STEM talent, an association that would become a founding member of the Fondazione Triulza per EXPO2015, of which she was president and is currently president emeritus. She has held the role of Director of Research, Development, and Strategy at several technology companies, applying her experience and expertise to technological innovation in the healthcare sector and for SMEs . She is the founder of AlgoRadar , an interdisciplinary group of independent scientists and researchers studying Artificial Intelligence and its ethical, social, legal, medical, economic, philosophical, and anthropological implications.

Author of numerous scientific publications and books on innovation, ethical artificial intelligence, and research funding, she was named Digital Champion in 2015 and awarded by Milano Ricerche and the Milan Chamber of Commerce for her projects with high social and technological impact.