Gianna Martinengo

Founder and President of Didael KTS - Creator
President of Women&Tech ® ETS
Board of Technological Innovation and Digital Transformation, Municipality of Milan
Coordinator of the Scientific Committee, MUSA Scarl
Member of the Scientific Committee, UNISALUTE

Entrepreneur, humanist by training, technologist by choice, since 1983 she has adopted the principles of Knowledge-based Artificial Intelligence as a method to address and build pioneering computer solutions.

Applies its philosophy "Inspired by user, driven by science" to the areas of research and business, technological innovation, and female empowerment. "Behind the ideas, always the people and their expertise." Her professional path, challenging but highly rewarding, sees her as an entrepreneur "of action" with a natural predisposition for innovation, which she sees as a great opportunity to bring together ideas and common knowledge and expertise. Proactive in response to societal transformations, she has anticipated the development of technologies serving citizens, with a passionate activity of research and experimentation in new learning technologies, driven by her cultural experience, both humanistic (Bocconi and Cattolica) and technological (Stanford, CA).

A pioneer in her field, she has founded numerous start-ups in Italy and abroad, developed 1000 projects in the fields of business, internationalization, technological and social innovation. Thanks to DIDALAB (research laboratory on Artificial Intelligence co-founded with Prof. Stefano A. Cerri) and the financing of over 70 European projects, she has developed and promoted collaborative research activities with approximately 400 entrepreneurial entities, research centers, and universities in Europe, the United States, Canada, China, and Brazil.

Since 1999, she has been dedicated with extraordinary commitment to supporting women and young people. In 2007, she conceived and implemented the international project "Women&Technologies®" and launched the "Le Tecnovisionarie®" Award. In 2009, she founded the Women and Technologies Association, in 2010 she conceived the "Ready4Future" project, and in 2018 "The Innovation Tram".

From 2020 to 2023, she was a member of the International Advisory Board of STOA, Panel for the future of Science and Technology of the European Parliament. She has been part of numerous Board of Directors, including ISPI and Fondazione Fiera Milano.

Currently, she is a member of the Technological Innovation and Digital Transformation Board of the Municipality of Milan, the Scientific Committee of MUSA Scarl, and UNISALUTE. Among the recognitions and awards received starting from the Belisario Prize in 1995, she loves to remember being awarded the honor of Knight of the Republic, and receiving the Ambrogino d'Oro from the Municipality of Milan for her entrepreneurial activities. She is one of the 50 women listed as InspiringFifty in Italy in 2018 and was named in 2022 among the 50 Most Powerful Women by Fortune Italia.