Gianni Carbonaro is a member of the Scientific Committee and a senior advisor at the Centre for Industrial Studies, Milan, and a fellow at QASER Lab, University College, London. He worked at the European Investment Bank for almost 30 years on the economic and financial assessments of big infrastructure projects. His current specialities include smart city investing, design of financial instruments, PPP evaluation and impact investment strategies. Chiara Pancotti specialises in the evaluation of development projects and in infrastructure investment analysis at the Centre for Industrial Studies and has worked on policy projects with institutions that include the European Commission and European Parliament.