Leandro Pecchia is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Electronic and informatics bioengineering (ING-INF/06). He graduated in EEE with specialization in Biomedical Engineering in 2005 at the University “Federico II” of Naples, where he received also the PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Management of Healthcare Services in 2009. After a brief appointment as Post-Doc Research Fellow (PDRA) at UNINA, he moved to the UK, where we joined the University of Sheffield (2008-2009) as Visiting Research Student, then the University of Nottingham as PDRA (2011-2013), and in 2013 the University of Warwick, where he has still a part0time appointment, as Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Since 2014, he directed the Applied Biomedical Signal Processing and Intelligent eHealth Lab (ABSPIE), which focuses on design of medical devices, applications of Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) for Active and Healthy Ageing and for the management of chronic conditions.
Since September 2020, Prof Pecchia is the innovation manager for the non-pharmacological COVID-19 technologies at the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency program (WHE) in the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) unit.
He authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers on journals, books and conferences in the fields of medical devices, biomedical signal processing, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Internet of Things and machine learning and AI applied to active and healthy ageing and management of chronic diseases (Prof Pecchia updated publication list).
Dr Pecchia is a proactive member of several scientific societies and NGOs in official relations with the United Nations.
Currently, he is President (2021-23) of the European scientific society of biomedical engineering (EAMBES), Secretary General (2022-25) of the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE). In the Past he has been the Secretary General (2018-2022) of the International scientific society of medical physics and biomedical engineering (IUPESM), Treasurer (2018-2022) of the IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division, and former IFMBE Healthcare Technology Assessment Division Chair (2015-18) and Treasurer (2012-15).
In 2015, as EAMBES Public Affairs Councillor, he established the first European Parliament Interest Group on Biomedical Engineering (EPIG BME), which is the main forum in the world where BME community and policy makers meet regularly (circa once per year) to discuss relevant topics and inform forthcoming policies in the domain of technologies for health.
Sessions in which Prof Leandro Pecchia participates
Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna
Adrian Quesada Rodríguez, Mandat International (Moderator)
Veronique Cimina, European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) (Speaker)
Prof Leandro Pecchia, UniRoma (Speaker)
Owe Langfeldt, EC DG Justice (Speaker)
Sessions in which Prof Leandro Pecchia attends
Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna
Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)
Adrian Quesada Rodríguez, Mandat International (Moderator)
Ms Annalisa Trama, IDEA4RC (Speaker)
Sergio Guillen Barrionuevo, MYSPHERA (Speaker)
Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna
Ms Magdalena Kogut, Timelex (Moderator)
Ms Selina Zipponi, COCIR/Dedalus Group (Speaker)
Ms Deborah Mascalzoni, Eurac Research (Speaker)
Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna
Giuseppe Fico, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Moderator)
Berta Borràs, Medtronic (Speaker)
Catherine Chronaki, HL7 Europe Foundation (Speaker)
Maria Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer, UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID- LIFE SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES (Speaker)
Adrian Quesada Rodríguez, Mandat International (Speaker)
Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna
Sergio Guillen Barrionuevo, MYSPHERA (Moderator)
Ms Annalisa Trama, IDEA4RC (Speaker)
Ms Cécile Théard-Jallu, International Bar Association (Speaker)
Yiannos Tolias, European Commission (Speaker)
Adam Milward, MetadataWorks (Speaker)
University Ca' Foscari - Sala Archivio
Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)
Mr Cédric Crettaz, IoT Lab (Speaker)
Ms Anna Squicciarini, National Science Foundation (Speaker)
Vasiliki Tsiompanidou, Mandat International / European Centre for Certification and Privacy (Speaker)
Alexandra Ivan, Mandat International (Speaker)
Steve Taylor, University of Southampton (Speaker)
Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna
Vasiliki Tsiompanidou, Mandat International / European Centre for Certification and Privacy (Moderator)
Mr Pierre-Yves Lastic, EFDPO (Speaker)
Ms Karolina Mackiewicz, European Connected Health Alliance (Speaker)
Matthias Pocs, Stelar (Speaker)
Chris Ng, National University Health System (Speaker)
Antonio Palermo, Angelini Holding (Speaker)
Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna
Giuseppe Fico, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Speaker)
Ms Annalisa Trama, IDEA4RC (Speaker)
Berta Borràs, Medtronic (Speaker)
Santa Margherita - Auditorium
Plenary
Luca Bolognini, Istituto Italiano per la Privacy e la Valorizzazione dei Dati (Moderator)
Mr Guido Scorza, Garante per la protezione dei dati personali - Italian Data Protection Supervisory Authority (Keynote speaker)
Santa Margherita - Auditorium
Plenary
Ms Anna Cataleta, P4I - Partners4Innovation - Digital360 (Moderator)
Mr Agostino Ghiglia, Italian Data Protection Supervisory Authority (Speaker)
Ms Laura Liguori, Portolano Cavallo (Speaker)
Ph.D., LL.M. Carlo Rossi Chauvenet, CRCLEX (Speaker)
Mr Marco Scialdone, Euroconsumers (Speaker)
Mr Enrico Pelino, GPA studio legale (Speaker)
Mr Carmine Andrea Trovato, Italian Data Protection Authority (Speaker)
Santa Margherita - Auditorium
Plenary
Luca Bolognini, Istituto Italiano per la Privacy e la Valorizzazione dei Dati (Moderator)
Ms Ginevra Cerrina Feroni, Italian Data Protection Authority (Speaker)
Paul Nemitz, European Commission (Speaker)
Ms Martina Colasante, Google Italy (Speaker)
Prof Giovanni Maria Riccio, Studio Legale E-Lex (Speaker)
Mr Massimiliano Masnada, Hogan Lovells (Speaker)
Prof Oreste Pollicino, Bocconi University (Speaker)
University Ca' Foscari - Sala Archivio
Workshop
Luca Bolognini, Istituto Italiano per la Privacy e la Valorizzazione dei Dati (Moderator)
Mr Claudio Filippi, ITALIAN DPA (Speaker)
Ms Maria Rita Sechi, Fondazione Policlinico Campus Bio- Medico di Roma (Speaker)
Mr Massimo Monturano, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (Speaker)
Ms Selina Zipponi, COCIR/Dedalus Group (Speaker)
Mr Diego Fulco, Italian Privacy Institute (Speaker)
Ms Annalisa Trama, IDEA4RC (Speaker)
Mr Giorgio Presepio, Policlinico San Raffaele (Speaker)
Ms Elsa Catalano, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica (Speaker)
Mr Filippo Bianchini, ASSODPO (Speaker)
Ms Filomena Polito, APIHM (Speaker)
Ms Ilaria Lana, Roche S.p.A. (Speaker)
Mr Stefano Biondi, Menarini (Speaker)
Mr Riccardo Giannetti, INVEO GROUP (Speaker)
Ms Giorgia Masina, Studio Legale Masina (Speaker)
Mr Giorgio Casati, ASL ROMA 2 (Speaker)
Ms Silvia Stefanelli, Clusit (Speaker)