Associate Professor in Management Science and Engineering at the University of Bologna, Matteo received his Ph.D. from the University of Padua, worked at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University (USA) and Ryerson University (Canada). He is a member of the Design Thinking ME310/SUGAR network and of the CBI initiative @ CERN. Delegate for the University of Bologna Open Innovation Initiatives @Almacube, Academic Director of various BBS Open Programs, Founder and Trustee of the Future Food Institute, and Global leader in the Future Food Ecosystem. Matteo’s focus is “building the future” with Design Thinking and Open Innovation. His work appeared in Research Policy, Creativity Innovation Management, Computers & Operations Research, Production Planning & Control, and the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management.