Elisa Cecilli is an expert in innovation, digital culture and new trends. After her studies in Economics and Business Management (Roma Tre University) and the Management of Art and Culture (Trentino School of Management in collaboration with MART), she moved to Montreal where she worked as a researcher for the Canada Research Chair on the socio-organizational challenges of the Knowledge Economy of the Université UQAM.

She has lived in London since 2010 and works as Head of Strategic Insights for Portland Design, a design consultancy company, where she ensures that clients’ projects are future-proof.

She is a regular contributor to Che Futuro! and, along with Francesca Masoero, co-founded STREAM, an online magazine on new trends in the fields of technology, business and new media, that recently received an award from MIT Technology Review for Italian Under 35 Innovators.