Andrea Alunni is an Innovation Finance Director, with more than 20 years of professional experience in promoting high-tech ventures in the City and in leading world universities such as the University of Oxford. He is currently the special advisor to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Jury Member of the European Investment Council (EIC) Programmes. Andrea is author of the book "Innovation Finance and Technology Transfer" published by Routledge and acts as keynote speaker at seminars, master classes, elective courses on innovation finance, technology transfer, proof of concept funding, start-up ecosystems, globally. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Engineering, as well as MBA, MEng, MSc degrees obtained in Continental Europe.