Andrea Basso, PhD (EPFL CH and Stanford Univ. USA), consultant for the PROGRESS TECH TRANSFER investment fund, CTO of MITO Technology (Italy) and expert for the European Commission and WIPO.

Former CEO of Sisvel Technology and CTO of the Sisvel Group, with 187 patents mainly in multimedia indexing and video coding. Con 22 anni di ricerca presso Bell Labs e ATT Labs–Research USA, ha sviluppato servizi innovativi per IPTV e OTT. Involved in the development of international standards at IETF, ISO/MPEG, and ITU-T, he has published over 60 papers and is a frequent speaker at international conferences.