Irene has worked in multidisciplinary ICT research, in academic, public and industry environments, for almost 20 years. With a social sciences background and specialized on one hand in European Affairs and, on the other, in Architecture, her passion is to understand the complex relationship between society, technology and evolving physical and digital environments. Irene thoroughly enjoys networking and the challenges posed by multi-party, multi-country international R&D&I with both commercial and research objectives.