Andrea Latino

22 years old innovation specialist, digital strategist and business consultant interested in technology and politics, strategic studies and public affairs, but mostly about the intersections between these fields.

Currently graduating (bachelor) in Political Science and International Relations at Università Cattolica (Milan, Italy) with a thesis on UAVs-drones (Strategic and Security Studies). Founder of the non-profit, self funded project GSE, for the development of digital literacies in Italy's secondary schools.

Appointed Chief Communications Officer (CCO) of the Rome Hub; personally reported by Arianna Huffington in her coverage of the Global Shapers Community in 2013.

Online columnist on Wired Italy and the Huffington Post Italy; youngest member of the Advisory Board of Stati Generali dell'Innovazione, Italy's biggest innovation-centric association. Also member of RENA - Network for the National Excellence and Green Geek, former participant to the European project Edgeryders. 5+ years of political & volunteering experience, in local and national contexts, and public affairs.

Winner of the Special Jury Prize, Creactivity Award 2012 in Pontedera (Pisa, Italy), finalist in the 2012 Global Youth Challenge, an international contest promoted by the Presidency of the Italian Republic and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEDx speaker at Bath University in 2013 (Somerset, UK).

Languages. Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent), Spanish (basic), French (basic).