Paola Pisano

She has been the President of the Company Commission of the IT department at the University of Turin and the Director of the Centre for Multidisciplinary Technological Innovation at the same Ateneum.

[3] In spring 2019 she declined to be the leading candidate for the 5 Star Movement (Movimento 5 Stelle) at the European Elections[4] to keep her position of City Council member (Assessor) under Mayor of Turin Chiara Appendino and therefore to continue working on the projects already started in that constituency.

"What we offer is a shared vision, able to address the Country towards a technological and digital transformation, which involves three challenges: digitalization, innovation, ethical and sustainable development.”[8]A supporter of technologies developed through ethical, inclusive, transparent means, in full respect of civil rights, on 18 February 2020 she signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Fondazione Leonardo to outline the ethical and juridical context within which to develop and apply artificial intelligence, especially to meet the public administration needs of the City council.

She signed on behalf of the Italian Government the ‘Call for Ethics’ by the Pontifical Academy for Life for the development of Artificial Intelligence, together with Microsoft, IBM, UN Food and Agricultural Organization.

In March 2020, to reduce the socio-economic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, she became the driving force behind a project promoting digital solidarity, through which she invited both individuals and public figures to share services, competencies and energy[9] to support Italy's students and workers.