The New Italian Socialist Party or New PSI is a small political party in Italy which professes a social-democratic ideology and claims to be the successor to the historical Italian Socialist Party,which was disbanded after the judiciary tempest of the early 1990s.
Navdeep Singh Bains is a Canadian politician who served as Minister of Innovation,Science and Industry from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party,he represented the riding of Mississauga—Malton in the House of Commons from 2015 to 2021. He previously represented the riding of Mississauga—Brampton South from 2004 to 2011.
Gianni De Michelis was an Italian politician,prominent member of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI),who served as minister in many Italian governments in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Børge Brende is a Norwegian politician and diplomat,and has been the president of the World Economic Forum since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party,he previously was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2017,Minister of the Environment from 2001 to 2004 and Minister of Trade and Industry from 2004 to 2005. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from 1997 to 2009.
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is "to maximise the impact of science and technology for the defence and security of the UK". The agency is headed by Doug Umbers as its (interim) Chief Executive,with the board being chaired by Adrian Belton. Ministerial responsibility lies with the Minister for Defence Procurement.
Letizia Moratti is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She was president of RAI (1994-1996),minister of Education,University and Research (2001-2006),mayor of Milan (2006-2011) and president of the board of directors of UBI Banca (2019-2020). In January 2021 she was appointed vice president and assessor of Welfare of Lombardy.
Expo 2015 was a World Expo hosted by Milan,Italy. It opened on May 1 at 10:00 CEST and closed on October 31. Milan hosted an exposition for the second time;the first was the 1906 Milan International.
Stephen Andrew Carter,Baron Carter of Barnes,CBE,is a Scottish businessman and politician. Starting his career as CEO of J Walter Thompson UK &Ireland and COO of NTL UK &Ireland,in 2003 Carter became the founding CEO of Ofcom in the United Kingdom. He was subsequently the group CEO of Brunswick Group from 2007 until 2008,when he stepped down to join the administration of Prime Minister Gordon Brown,Initially serving in 2008 as Brown's chief of strategy,principal advisor,and the Acting Downing Street Chief of Staff,he was the Minister for Communications,Technology and Broadcasting from 2008 to 2009. Between 2010 and 2013 he held various management positions at Alcatel-Lucent,and in 2013 he became the group CEO of Informa,an information and events company.
The Centro Nazionale per l'Informatica nella Pubblica Amministrazione or CNIPA was an Italian public body which operated at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for the implementation of the policies of the Minister for Innovation and Technology,with technical autonomy,functional,administrative,accounting and financial and independence of mind. It was established by Legislative Decree 30 June 2003,n. 196 Art. 176 in place of the Authority for IT in Public Administration (AIPA),which retains its powers. It has also been assigned by the Legislative Decree of 5 December 2003,n. 343 tasks,functions and activities carried out by the Technical Centre for the Unified Network of Public Administration (RUPA),including financial resources and equipment,as well as human resources.
Matteo Renzi,is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a Senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has been described as a centrist and as a liberal by political observers. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva since 2019,having been the Secretary of the Democratic Party from 2013 to 2018,with a brief interruption in 2017.
The Microsoft Research - University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI) is a non profit research center located in Trentino,Italy. The Center has two offices:one in Trento and one opened in 2011 in Rovereto,and was constituted on December 6,2005. COSBI is a limited liability consortium,owned half by Microsoft Research Cambridge and half by the University of Trento.
Open Innovations is an annual international forum that focuses on new technologies and perspectives of the international cooperation on innovations.
Satjiv Singh Chahil is an India-born American global inter-cultural and inter-disciplinary innovator and business executive.
The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo,who replaced Paolo Ferrero in 2017. Armando Cossutta was the party's founder,while Fausto Bertinotti its longest-serving leader (1994–2008). The latter transformed the PRC from a traditional communist party into a collector of radical social movements.
The Stanca Act is an Italian law of 2004 that promotes the accessibility of information technology. The law applies also to the Italian government websites.
Gregory David Clark is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee since 2020 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tunbridge Wells since 2005.
Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Madius Tangau is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Chief Minister and State Minister of Trade and Industry of Sabah from May 2018 to the fall of the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) administration led by former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal following its defeat in the 2020 Sabah state election in September 2020. He once served as the federal Minister of Science,Technology and Innovation from 2015 until 2018 and currently the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tuaran,Sabah,.
Giuseppe "Beppe" Sala is an Italian manager and politician. He was CEO of the 2015 Universal Exposition in Milan from June 2010 to December 2015. Afterwards,he was chosen as the centre-left coalition candidate for mayor of Milan in the 2016 municipal election,which he won,becoming mayor on 21 June 2016;in the following 2021 municipal election he was elected for a second mayoral term,obtaining about 58% of votes.
For the Brazilian footballer,see Mário Lúcio da Silva Junior
