Anilkumar Dave

IT specialist by education, European R&D and Tech. Transf. (TT) projects lead by profession. After assignments at the Italian Min. of Industry and Regional Innovation Agency focusing on interaction between Research and Industry, Anil designed and directed the “Innovation and TT” Unit at ASI (Italian Space Agency) working on New Space Economy topics like start-ups, risk finance and IPR. Later he became Open Innovation advisor to the ASI president and coordinator of the ASI OECD team. After he left the civil servant role he founded a Space Economy advisory 'boutique' now working for regional governments, private companies and startups. Former Research Fellow at the Italian Institute of Technology, Anil is currently member of the board of Global Entrepreneurship Network Space (USA) and mentor for business acceleration programs like EU Cassini, EUSPA Space Academy and NATO DIANA.