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and policy advisor with a\r\n <strong>30-year working experience<\/strong> in R&D and innovation projects and programmes\r\n at the EU, national and regional levels \u2014 notably on such topics as\r\n <strong>Digital Government, Living Labs, Smart Cities, Culture and Creativity,\r\n Artificial Intelligence<\/strong>. Over this period, he has successfully advised several EU\r\n (and non-EU) national and regional governments in the design, implementation and\r\n evaluation of their R&D and innovation policies and programmes, notably including\r\n <strong>Smart Specialisation Strategies<\/strong> and <strong>Innovative Public Procurement<\/strong> initiatives.\r\n Francesco's background is in public management \u2014 both on the theoretical and the\r\n practical side, including serving for <strong>5 years as director of a mid-sized municipality<\/strong>\r\n and for <strong>7 years as CFO<\/strong> of a local business development agency.\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"bio-divider\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"bio-meta\">\r\n <div class=\"meta-item\">\r\n <div class=\"meta-number\">30+<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-label\">Years of experience<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-item\">\r\n <div class=\"meta-number\">EU<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-label\">Wide coverage<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-item\">\r\n <div class=\"meta-number\">4<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-label\">Working languages<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-item\">\r\n <div class=\"meta-number\">100+<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-label\">Publications<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"bio-tags\">\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Innovation Policy<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Digital Government<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Artificial Intelligence<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Living Labs<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Smart Cities<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Culture & Creativity<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Innovative Public Procurement<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Smart Specialisation<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">EU Project Management<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Capacity Building<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"bio-contacts\">\r\n <a href=\"mailto:mail@francescomolinari.es\" class=\"bio-contact\"><span class=\"ic\">\u2709<\/span> mail@francescomolinari.es<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"tel:+393473337434\" class=\"bio-contact\"><span class=\"ic\">\u260e<\/span> +39 347 333 7434<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"tel:+34623961192\" class=\"bio-contact\"><span class=\"ic\">\u260e<\/span> +34 623 961 192<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9141-3975\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio-contact\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"ic\">\u25ce<\/span> ORCID 0000-0001-9141-3975<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio-contact\"><span class=\"ic\">\ud83c\udf10<\/span> www.francescomolinari.es<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"bio-ctas\">\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F-Molinari-EUROPASS-cv-31-December-2025.pdf\" class=\"btn btn-gold\">View full CV (EN) \u2192<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"mailto:mail@francescomolinari.es?subject=Press%20kit%20request\" class=\"btn btn-ghost\">Request press kit<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"#\" class=\"btn btn-ghost\" onclick=\"window.print()\">\u2b07 Print \/ PDF<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"versions-panel\">\r\n <div class=\"versions-inner\">\r\n <h2>Full Curriculum Vitae<\/h2>\r\n <p>The complete Europass CV is available in three languages. Download the PDF or view the interactive web version.<\/p>\r\n <div class=\"version-cards\">\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F-Molinari-EUROPASS-cv-31-December-2025.pdf\" class=\"version-card\">\r\n <span class=\"version-flag\">\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<\/span>\r\n <div class=\"version-lang\">English<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-desc\">Full Europass CV \u2014 December 2025<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-link\">View CV \u2192<\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cv-MF-Europass-deciembre-2025-ES.pdf\" class=\"version-card\">\r\n <span class=\"version-flag\">\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8<\/span>\r\n <div class=\"version-lang\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-desc\">CV completo Europass \u2014 diciembre 2025<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-link\">Ver CV \u2192<\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cv-MF-formato-europeo-Dicembre-2025-IT.pdf\" class=\"version-card\">\r\n <span class=\"version-flag\">\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9<\/span>\r\n <div class=\"version-lang\">Italiano<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-desc\">CV completo Europass \u2014 dicembre 2025<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-link\">Vedi CV \u2192<\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"topics-panel\">\r\n <div class=\"topics-inner\">\r\n <h2>Key Topics & Speaking Areas<\/h2>\r\n <div class=\"topics-grid\">\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Digital Government & AI for Public Services<\/h4>\r\n <p>Governance frameworks, ethics and practical implementation pathways for AI in the public sector. Advisory, auditing and standards alignment.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Winning EU Funding<\/h4>\r\n <p>End-to-end support from concept to grant \u2014 proposal design, consortium building, submission strategy and post-award management for Horizon Europe and Digital Europe.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Innovative Public Procurement<\/h4>\r\n <p>PCP\/PPI design and tender management. Enabling public buyers to become drivers of innovation. Standards, ethics and stakeholder engagement.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Innovation Policy & Smart Specialisation<\/h4>\r\n <p>Design, implementation and evaluation of regional innovation strategies. Smart Specialisation, territorial development and living lab methodologies.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Culture, Creativity & AI<\/h4>\r\n <p>Exploring the intersection of AI and the cultural-creative industries. Opportunities, risks and strategies for cultural organisations.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Living Labs & Stakeholder Engagement<\/h4>\r\n <p>Co-creation methods, facilitation techniques and multi-stakeholder engagement for local and regional innovation ecosystems.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div style=\"margin-top:28px;display:flex;gap:14px;flex-wrap:wrap;\">\r\n <a href=\"mailto:mail@francescomolinari.es?subject=Speaking%20enquiry\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:var(--gold);color:var(--navy);font-weight:600;font-size:.875rem;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;\">Book a talk \u2192<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"\/es\/contact\/\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:transparent;border:1.5px solid rgba(255,255,255,.25);color:rgba(255,255,255,.75);font-weight:600;font-size:.875rem;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;\">Request consultancy<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n<footer class=\"bio-footer\">\r\n \u00a9 Francesco Molinari 2025 \u00b7\r\n <a href=\"mailto:mail@francescomolinari.es\">mail@francescomolinari.es<\/a> \u00b7\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9141-3975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORCID 0000-0001-9141-3975<\/a> \u00b7\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/\">www.francescomolinari.es<\/a> \u00b7\r\n <a href=\"#\">Privacy<\/a>\r\n<\/footer>\r\n\r\n<\/body>\r\n<\/html>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francesco Molinari \u2013 Short Biography Short Biography \u00b7 Press & Events Francesco Molinari Researcher \u00b7 Independent Consultant \u00b7 Policy Advisor \u00b7 Project Manager in Research & Innovation “ Francesco Molinari is an international researcher and policy advisor with a 30-year working experience in R&D and innovation projects and programmes at […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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and policy advisor with a\r\n <strong>30-year working experience<\/strong> in R&D and innovation projects and programmes\r\n at the EU, national and regional levels \u2014 notably on such topics as\r\n <strong>Digital Government, Living Labs, Smart Cities, Culture and Creativity,\r\n Artificial Intelligence<\/strong>. Over this period, he has successfully advised several EU\r\n (and non-EU) national and regional governments in the design, implementation and\r\n evaluation of their R&D and innovation policies and programmes, notably including\r\n <strong>Smart Specialisation Strategies<\/strong> and <strong>Innovative Public Procurement<\/strong> initiatives.\r\n Francesco's background is in public management \u2014 both on the theoretical and the\r\n practical side, including serving for <strong>5 years as director of a mid-sized municipality<\/strong>\r\n and for <strong>7 years as CFO<\/strong> of a local business development agency.\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"bio-divider\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"bio-meta\">\r\n <div class=\"meta-item\">\r\n <div class=\"meta-number\">30+<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-label\">Years of experience<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-item\">\r\n <div class=\"meta-number\">EU<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-label\">Wide coverage<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-item\">\r\n <div class=\"meta-number\">4<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-label\">Working languages<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-item\">\r\n <div class=\"meta-number\">100+<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"meta-label\">Publications<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"bio-tags\">\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Innovation Policy<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Digital Government<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Artificial Intelligence<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Living Labs<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Smart Cities<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Culture & Creativity<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Innovative Public Procurement<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Smart Specialisation<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">EU Project Management<\/span>\r\n <span class=\"bio-tag\">Capacity Building<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"bio-contacts\">\r\n <a href=\"mailto:mail@francescomolinari.es\" class=\"bio-contact\"><span class=\"ic\">\u2709<\/span> mail@francescomolinari.es<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"tel:+393473337434\" class=\"bio-contact\"><span class=\"ic\">\u260e<\/span> +39 347 333 7434<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"tel:+34623961192\" class=\"bio-contact\"><span class=\"ic\">\u260e<\/span> +34 623 961 192<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9141-3975\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio-contact\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"ic\">\u25ce<\/span> ORCID 0000-0001-9141-3975<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio-contact\"><span class=\"ic\">\ud83c\udf10<\/span> www.francescomolinari.es<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"bio-ctas\">\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F-Molinari-EUROPASS-cv-31-December-2025.pdf\" class=\"btn btn-gold\">View full CV (EN) \u2192<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"mailto:mail@francescomolinari.es?subject=Press%20kit%20request\" class=\"btn btn-ghost\">Request press kit<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"#\" class=\"btn btn-ghost\" onclick=\"window.print()\">\u2b07 Print \/ PDF<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"versions-panel\">\r\n <div class=\"versions-inner\">\r\n <h2>Full Curriculum Vitae<\/h2>\r\n <p>The complete Europass CV is available in three languages. Download the PDF or view the interactive web version.<\/p>\r\n <div class=\"version-cards\">\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F-Molinari-EUROPASS-cv-31-December-2025.pdf\" class=\"version-card\">\r\n <span class=\"version-flag\">\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<\/span>\r\n <div class=\"version-lang\">English<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-desc\">Full Europass CV \u2014 December 2025<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-link\">View CV \u2192<\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cv-MF-Europass-deciembre-2025-ES.pdf\" class=\"version-card\">\r\n <span class=\"version-flag\">\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8<\/span>\r\n <div class=\"version-lang\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-desc\">CV completo Europass \u2014 diciembre 2025<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-link\">Ver CV \u2192<\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cv-MF-formato-europeo-Dicembre-2025-IT.pdf\" class=\"version-card\">\r\n <span class=\"version-flag\">\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9<\/span>\r\n <div class=\"version-lang\">Italiano<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-desc\">CV completo Europass \u2014 dicembre 2025<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"version-link\">Vedi CV \u2192<\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"topics-panel\">\r\n <div class=\"topics-inner\">\r\n <h2>Key Topics & Speaking Areas<\/h2>\r\n <div class=\"topics-grid\">\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Digital Government & AI for Public Services<\/h4>\r\n <p>Governance frameworks, ethics and practical implementation pathways for AI in the public sector. Advisory, auditing and standards alignment.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Winning EU Funding<\/h4>\r\n <p>End-to-end support from concept to grant \u2014 proposal design, consortium building, submission strategy and post-award management for Horizon Europe and Digital Europe.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Innovative Public Procurement<\/h4>\r\n <p>PCP\/PPI design and tender management. Enabling public buyers to become drivers of innovation. Standards, ethics and stakeholder engagement.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Innovation Policy & Smart Specialisation<\/h4>\r\n <p>Design, implementation and evaluation of regional innovation strategies. Smart Specialisation, territorial development and living lab methodologies.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Culture, Creativity & AI<\/h4>\r\n <p>Exploring the intersection of AI and the cultural-creative industries. Opportunities, risks and strategies for cultural organisations.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"topic-card\">\r\n <h4>Living Labs & Stakeholder Engagement<\/h4>\r\n <p>Co-creation methods, facilitation techniques and multi-stakeholder engagement for local and regional innovation ecosystems.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div style=\"margin-top:28px;display:flex;gap:14px;flex-wrap:wrap;\">\r\n <a href=\"mailto:mail@francescomolinari.es?subject=Speaking%20enquiry\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:var(--gold);color:var(--navy);font-weight:600;font-size:.875rem;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;\">Book a talk \u2192<\/a>\r\n <a href=\"\/es\/contact\/\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:transparent;border:1.5px solid rgba(255,255,255,.25);color:rgba(255,255,255,.75);font-weight:600;font-size:.875rem;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;\">Request consultancy<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n<footer class=\"bio-footer\">\r\n \u00a9 Francesco Molinari 2025 \u00b7\r\n <a href=\"mailto:mail@francescomolinari.es\">mail@francescomolinari.es<\/a> \u00b7\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9141-3975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORCID 0000-0001-9141-3975<\/a> \u00b7\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/\">www.francescomolinari.es<\/a> \u00b7\r\n <a href=\"#\">Privacy<\/a>\r\n<\/footer>\r\n\r\n<\/body>\r\n<\/html>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francesco Molinari \u2013 Short Biography Short Biography \u00b7 Press & Events Francesco Molinari Researcher \u00b7 Independent Consultant \u00b7 Policy Advisor \u00b7 Project Manager in Research & Innovation “ Francesco Molinari is an international researcher and policy advisor with a 30-year working experience in R&D and innovation projects and programmes at […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/francescomolinari.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}