Emilio Ferrari is a full professor of logistics and production systems at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna. Over the years, he has held several leadership roles, including president of the Management Engineering program (2004–2007), director of the Department of Industrial Engineering (2007–2009), and deputy rector of the University of Bologna (2009–2015). Since 2011, he has served as president of CINECA, Italy’s largest inter-university computing consortium. He has taught extensively in industrial logistics, production systems, and facility management, both in academic and professional training settings. He also co-authored the textbook “Integrated and Flexible Logistics for Production Systems” (2002).