Roberta Bigliani is a Group Vice President at IDC, and Global Lead for Energy Insights, Retail Insights, and the IDC Industry Hub.

She leads IDC’s global research, data, and custom delivery agendas for energy, utilities, and retail, and oversees the Industry Hub, which drives cross-industry initiatives and collaboration.

A recognized expert in industry and business transformation, with longstanding experience in energy and utilities, Roberta’s work centers on how AI and digital technologies are reshaping the industry – enabling new business and operating models, enhancing operations and customer experiences, and effectively integrating IT and operational technology.

Her work combines deep sector expertise with a cross-industry lens, helping organizations understand how disruption and innovation propagate across sectors and markets.

Roberta regularly advises senior managers and executives at both technology suppliers and end-user organizations, speaks at international conferences, and moderates executive-level discussions.

She is based in Milan, Italy.

Andrea Siviero leads IDC’s European Digital Business and Future of Work Research group. The group provides market research insights to foster a purposeful and fair adoption of technologies supporting digital societies, businesses and workforce and empower tech providers in strategic decision making, planning and go-to-market activities. Siviero also co-leads the IDC Worldwide MacroTech Research program, focused on the intertwined connection between the Economical and Digital worlds – analyzing the impact key MacroEconomic factors have on the digital landscape and viceversa, how technologies are impacting economies around the world.

Siviero advises IT players on building a forward-looking digital business and workforce strategy, while providing an in-depth view on future of work technology adoption, key digital use cases, macroeconomic digital impact, and digital regulations and emerging technology, via qualitative subscriptions and custom consulting projects. He has extensive experience with large strategy and go-to-market projects with IT providers. He is a member of IDC’s global Tech Storytellers taskforce and he is passionate about public speaking and customer engagement opportunities.

He joined IDC’s European team in 2014 and has become a recognized independent analyst across Europe and beyond in the vertical markets and digital business space. He is based in Italy and he holds a joint PhD in mathematics between the Université Bordeaux I (France) and the Universiteit Leiden (the Netherlands). During his PhD, he covered scientific research, academic teaching, and vocational training. He is a native Italian speaker and he is fluent in English and French.

Samuele Zaniboni ricopre il ruolo di Manager dei Sales Engineering presso ESET Italia, dove guida il team tecnico-commerciale con l’obiettivo di offrire soluzioni di sicurezza informatica efficaci e su misura. Entrato in azienda nel giugno 2019 come Senior Pre Sales Engineer, oggi coordina le attività di prevendita, analizza le esigenze dei clienti e supervisiona l’intera gamma di prodotti e servizi offerti dalla filiale italiana.

Con oltre vent’anni di esperienza nel settore IT, Samuele ha maturato una solida competenza in ambito cybersecurity, grazie a un percorso professionale che lo ha visto operare come IT Manager, rivenditore e vendor. Questa esperienza eterogenea gli ha permesso di sviluppare una visione a 360 gradi delle sfide legate alla protezione degli ambienti digitali.

La sua capacità di coniugare competenze tecniche e visione strategica lo rende un punto di riferimento per clienti e partner, aiutandoli a individuare soluzioni di sicurezza avanzate, concrete e perfettamente allineate alle reali necessità delle organizzazioni.

Simone Protano è Senior Presales Manager in Sangfor e vanta oltre 20 anni di esperienza nel settore IT, maturata attraverso un percorso professionale che lo ha portato a ricoprire ruoli di crescente responsabilità.

Nel corso della sua carriera ha guidato team tecnici e progetti di trasformazione digitale, sviluppando competenze nella definizione di strategie infrastrutturali, cybersecurity, cloud e modernizzazione dei data center. L’esperienza maturata sia in ambito operativo sia manageriale gli consente di coniugare visione strategica e profonda conoscenza tecnologica.

Nel suo attuale ruolo in Sangfor, supporta aziende e partner nell’individuazione delle soluzioni più efficaci per affrontare le sfide della digitalizzazione, traducendo esigenze di business in architetture tecnologiche innovative, sicure e resilienti.