Matteo Vignoli is Associate Professor of Management Engineering at the University of Bologna. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Padua and was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University (USA) and Ryerson University (Canada). He is the managing coordinator of oper.space, the Design Factory for Open Innovation of the University of Bologna, and is a member of the Design Thinking ME310/SUGAR network and of the CBI initiative @ CERN. Delegate for the University of Bologna Open Innovation Initiatives @Almacube, Academic Director of various BBS Open Programs, Founder and Trustee of the Future Food Institute. Matteo’s focus is “building the future” with Design Thinking Innovation. His work appeared in: Research Policy, Creativity Innovation Management, Computers Operations Research, Production Planning Control and International Journal of Physical Distribution Logistics Management.