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Governance
The committee that directs the association's technical work.
The Scientific-Technical Committee (STC) sets the content of the association's programmes, the standards it applies to professional practice, and its international strategy. Its members are named, with their professional backgrounds.
- Training content
- Directed by the STC
- Practice standards
- Directed by the STC
- International strategy
- Directed by the STC
- Research partners
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Section I Members
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Rafael Patron
Chair of the Scientific-Technical Committee
Chief AI Officer (CAIO) | AI Strategy, Transformation & Governance
Chief AI Officer at Intarget DMCC since June 2026. Twenty years across technology, digital transformation and growth; works on enterprise, generative and agentic AI and on AI governance.
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Umberto Luciani
Member of the Scientific-Technical Committee
Marketing Strategist and Digital Innovation
Senior roles at Microsoft and MySpace Italia.
Section II Research and teaching
Partnerships the committee maintains.
Research and training collaborations run with Harvard, MIT, Boston University and MassRobotics. The committee leads that work and the association's international strategy alongside it.
Committee members teach directly: the practical session on the Advanced programme is led by a member of the committee rather than delegated.
Domestically, the AI NEXT programme has reached 1,000+ students through hubs at Talent Garden campuses in eight Italian cities.
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Accredited member, European AI Alliance
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Official Endorser, Rome Call for AI Ethics
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Accredited issuer of European Digital Credentials
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UNI 11621-8:2026 — twelve AI professional profiles
Section III Contact
Correspondence reaches the committee through the seat.
Enquiries for the Scientific-Technical Committee should be addressed to the association's secretariat at [email protected], marked for the committee's attention.