Michelangelo Baracchi Bonvicini

Baracchi Bonvicini was born in London and grew up in Italy, where he completed his studies at the University of Bologna attaining a bachelors in History.

[9][10] In September 2012, during the negotiations regarding the EU budget for 2014–2020, Baracchi Bonvicini and Giscard d'Estaing together with the former Prime Minister of Spain Felipe González Márquez, jointly signed the letter "For a European Consciousness, For a More Competitive Europe", asking EU member states to increase the budget for research and innovation.

[11][12][13] In 2016, Baracchi Bonvicini promoted together with Massimo Marchiori the set-up of REIsearch,[14][15] a non-profit initiative co-funded by the European Commission, Nokia, Elsevier, and other Atomium partners.

In 2018 Michelangelo Baracchi Bonvicini and the philosopher Luciano Floridi have launched AI4People Institute,[21][22] to shape the debate on AI Ethics in the European Union.

[25][26][27][28][29] In May 2023 Baracchi Bonvicini, Luciano Floridi and Robert Madelin (former General Director of the DG Connect to the European Commission) have founded AI4People Ltd as a spin-off of AI4People Institute.