Ronchi Alfredo

Alfredo M. Ronchi bio - professor at Politecnico di Milano (Engineering Faculty), Expert/advisor in e-Services, Head of the JRC S2D2 (Safety, Security, Defence, Disaster Recovery and Management) Politecnico di Milano, General Secretary of the EC-MEDICI Framework of Cooperation, delegate at UNESCO IFAP and active member of the WSIS since the establishment (2003-2022). He is member WSA Grand Jury and President of eContentAward Italy, member of the Scientific Committee of Global Forum (F-USA), Sacred World Foundation (New Delhi), Fondazione Nuove Comunicazioni (Italy).

Mr Ronchi is member of the following Boards of Directors: Global Forum, World Summit Award, European Youth Award, European Education New Society Association (ENSA), Fondazione Italiana Nuove Comunicazioni. Member of the Keio University NoE. Member of the Advisory Board of the School of Law under the aegis of GD Goenka University (New Delhi, India).Ronchi is appointed as an expert by: European Commission (EC), Council of Europe (CoE), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Italian Association of Banks (ABI), National Research Council (CNR). National and international project coordinator. Appointed as Editor at AI and Society Springer Nature.

As Secretary of EC MEDICI Framework Ronchi promoted and coordinated, among the others, the following initiatives: Report to the G7 “On culture in a world-wide Information Society” (1999), “Long-term preservation of digital content” (1999-2007), “Digital preservation of Intangible Heritage” (2005), “Fostering the “Culture” of cybersecurity” (2015), “e-Citizens: being human in the digital age” (2019), “Digital Transformation impacts on Society” (2020), “Digital Humanism” (2024), “Ethics and AI” (2025).
OCCAM UN-ECOSOC - Delegate at United Nations International Centre in Vienna (1996-2001) and United Nations headquarters in Geneva (2002-2016).
WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) - Some initiatives within WSIS are: Best e-Content and Services on the occasion of WSIS 2005, 2010, 2015, High Level Policy Statements 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024. Thematic Workshops “ICTs for Safety and Security” 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 ; Thematic workshops “Digital Transformation” 2020 – 2024, “Ethics and AI” 2025.

ITU (International Telecommunication Union) nominated Alfredo M. Ronchi co-chair of the WSIS Multistakeholder Alliance on ICTs and Older Persons on May 2022.

UNESCO IFAP - Main contributions to initiatives in the field of: Digital Preservation, Multilingualism in Cyberspace, Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Cyberspace, International project to promote African Heritage approved by UNESCO and African Union, Internet and Socio-Cultural Transformations, Media and Information Literacy for Knowledge Societies, Infoethics.

He cooperated as organizer or programme chair in W3C, ACM, IEEE conferences; since more than thirty-five years he organizes and manages international conferences and workshops.Author/contributor of more than 450 papers and various books on: e-Culture, IPR, e-Government, e-Health, e-Learning, e-Services, Safety and Security, Digital transformation impacts on Society.

Career

Politecnico di Milano: Milano, Lombardia, IT - Engineering Full Degree (1975-1980)

Politecnico di Milano: Milano, Lombardia, IT - Post Degree Computer Graphics (1981-1983)

Tecnomare S.p.A.: Milano, Lombardy, IT - Autotrol Tech System ManagerCertificate (Software) (1982-83)

Microsoft Corp: Redmond, WA, US - Microsoft Certified Partner (1990)

Research

Main research domains

• Heritage and ICTs

• e-Services

• ICTs for safety and security

• Digital Transformation impacts on Society

• Ethics and cyber technology

• Digital Humanism

Ongoing Projects

• Fostering a “Culture” of Cyber Safety and Security

• Understanding the drivers of cybercrime

• Artcast4D: unleashing creativity!

• Digital Humanism

• Ethics and AI

Selected Publications

Ronchi, Alfredo, 2025 - Is cyber tech impacting society?. In Tangible and Intangible Impact ofInformation and Communication in the Digital Age - ISBN: 978-3-934377-10-3Conference date: June 25-27, 2025 - 04.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno

Ronchi, Alfredo, 2025 - Digital Humanism: Towards a People-First Digital Transformation. InWSIS+20 Outcomes vol. 2025 - Conference date:7-11 July 2025 -04.1 Contributo in Atti diconvegno

Ronchi, Alfredo, 2025 - Dual and Dark side of AI. In Cyberlaws, CyberCrimes Cybersecurity -ISBN: 288931524X - 02.1 Contributo in Volume

Ronchi, Alfredo, 2025 - ICCCC Opening Ceremony Address 2025. in International Conference onCyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity - Conference date:19/11/2025 - 21/11/2025 - 04.1Contributo in Atti di convegno

Ronchi A.M., (2019), e-Citizens: Toward a New Model of (Inter)active Citizenry, ISBN 978-3-030-00746-1, Springer Nature

Ronchi A.M., (2019), e-Democracy: Toward a New Model of (Inter)active Society, ISBN 978-3-030-01596-1, Springer Nature

Ronchi A.M., (2019), e-Services: Toward a New Model of (Inter)active Community, ISBN 978-3-030-01842-9, Springer Nature

Ronchi A.M., (2018), 21ST Century Cyber Warfare, in International Journal of Information Security, vol.39, ISSN: 1615-5262, Springer Verlag

Ronchi A.M., (2018),, TAS: Trust Assessment System, in International Journal of Information Security, vol.39, ISSN: 1615-5262, Springer Verlag

Ronchi A.M., (2018), Hybrid treats: defence line from the grassroots, NATO STO Issue no. 3: Defence Technology Foresight, Bulgarian Defence Institute, 2 Prf. Tsvetan Lazarov blvd. Sofia, Bulgaria

Ronchi A.M., (2009), e-Culture: Cultural Content in the Digital Age, Springer Verlag

Grants, awards and Honours

Certificate ITU Academy - Internet of thingsCertificate of Recognition . CyberLaw.Net.

Attestato di riconoscimento Ministro delle Telecomunicazioni Federazione Russa.

Attestato di riconoscimento Ministro della Cultura Federazione Russa.

Premios e-Cultura 2023 - Anilla Cultural - UruguayRiconoscimento UNESCO IFAP 2013.

Certificate of Appreciation - Iranian Knowledge Based Companies 2018.

Community Service

University Positions and Roles

Referent Person Outgoing del CCS Management of Built Environment - Gestione del Costruito (MBE) | 20/03/2021 - 31/03/2026

Board of Directors and Scientific Committee (2023 / 2024 / 2025)

Board of Directors

- member of the Executive Board of Directors of the World Summit Award (actually member Emeritus), Salzburg, Austria;

- member of the Executive Board of Directors of European Education New Society Association (ENSA), Paris, France.

- member of the Executive Board of Directors of Global Forum (France - USA)- member of the Executive Board of Directors of Fondazione Italiana Nuove Comunicazioni (FINC), Roma, Italy

Scientific Committee

- member of the Scientific Committee of the World Summit Award (Salzburg, A)

- member of the Scientific Committee of the Global Forum (France - USA);

- member of the Scientific Committee of Fondazione Italiana Nuove Comunicazioni (Roma, Italy);

- member of the Scientific Committee of Sacred World Foundation (New Delhi - India);

- member of the Scientific Committee of International Conference on Cyber Laws, Cyber Crime, Cybersecurity (New Delhi - India);

- member of the Scientific Committee and Editor “AI and Society” magazine University of Cambridge (UK) – Springer Nature publisher.

- member of the steering committee of the Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modelling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Additional roles

- Secretary EC MEDICI Framework

- President of eContentAwardItaly;

- Member of the Grand Jury and Italian delegate at the World Summit Award (178 nations);

- Member of the Keio University Network of Excellence;

- Member of the UNESCO IFAP working group under the intergovernmental committee;

- Active member of the WSIS community since the establishment of the initiative (2003);

- Head of S2D2 Joint Research Centre;

- S2D2 representative at ITU/WSIS;

- S2D2 representative at World Economic Forum - Cyber Future Dialogue.