LUCIO COLIZZI is an Information Technology Engineer. After graduating from the University of Salento, he worked in the private sector for the company Infobyte Spa in the field of design and development of virtual reality applications. In 2001, he became the director of the computer engineering division of Technologies Design and Materials European Research Centre (CETMA) and directs more than 30 large industrial research projects. His areas of expertise are focused on the development of ICT technologies in Industry 4.0, cultural heritage and biomedical robotics. He is the author of a European patent in the field of mechatronics and several scientific publications. He is CEO of the innovative startup SMARTEDICATIONLAB, which is a spinoff of CETMA that operates in the field of digital fabrication, IoT, and process digitalization and simulation.