Roberto Garavaglia

Independent Strategic Advisor in Innovative Payments and blockchain, for thirty years he’s been helping companies innovate and build new business streams in the Digital Payments industry and blockchain field. In 2014 he was among the first in Italy to deal with blockchain projects in the digital finance sector. Since 2008, he has collaborated with MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business within the framework of "Digital Innovation Observatories" initiatives by contributing with his experience to the analysis of strategies in the field of innovative digital payments, blockchain, and DLT. He occasional lectures at Politecnico di Milano, University of Salerno, Guglielmo Marconi University, University of Rome Tor Vergata, and the University of Bologna. He has written countless scientific publications, published by the Politecnico di Milano and the Bank of Italy, on topics concerning innovation and regulation of innovative payment systems and blockchain. Author of books, he published in Italy for Hoepli the best seller "Everything about Blockchain" (original title “Tutto su Blockchain “) in May 2018 , "Getting to know blockchain" (original title “Conoscere la blockchain”) in June 2021, "Everything about NFTs" (original title “Tutto sugli NFT “) in February 2022. On 13 October 2022, “Todo sobre los NFT” was published by Hoepli Ediciones, a Spanish version translated for the Iberian market of the book on NFTs.