Andrea Pestarino got his master degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2004, with a specialization in machinery and control systems. He specialized in Digital Technologies for Energy and he is now the Director of the Donors Financial Institutions Unit. For +10 years he was responsible in RINA of the Research and Development Team dedicated to Energy. Thanks to this experience, mainly carried on within EU Commission’s programmes (FP6, FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe), he had the chance to develop, test and integrate with industrial partners and major energy stakeholders some key emerging technologies in the field of renewables, alternative fuels, automation and environmental technologies.