Roberto Santolamazza is the Managing Director in charge of t2i. in Venice, Italy. He has been supporting innovation in companies and in developing innovative ecosystems for more than twenty-five years both on a European and a local scale. The Open Innovation approach and the Technology Transfer processes as mighty tools to foster innovation towards SMEs and global Value Chains have been the main areas of his work in the last years. Prior to joining t2i – trasferimento tecnologico e innovazione, Roberto had worked in a major multinational consulting firm, Accenture, in a wide famous Italian Car Manifacturer, Ferrari SpA, and in the European Technical Center of a major Japanese multinational electronics company, located in Holland, Omron Corporation. He’s adjunct professor of Innovation and Development Economics at the Cà Foscari University in Venice.