Carlos Chiatti

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ABOUT CARLOS CHIATTI

Carlos Chiatti is an entrepreneur, project manager and researcher with a genuine multidisciplinary background (Master in Economics in 2005, PhD in Epidemiology in 2010, specialization in Geriatric Medicine in 2016) and an active scientific production (over 70 publications, H-index=20 according to Scopus). Since June 2023 he is the Programme Manager of Italian Ageing - Age-It Scarl, a no-profit company created for managing a large research programme funded by the Italian Ministry of University with over 114mil. € of the European Recovery and Resilience Facility (ERRF). Age-It is a research programme that aims at generating a quantum leap, making Italy the leading scientific hub in research on ageing, and a state-of-the-art “empirical laboratory” regarding the ageing process. The initiative is led by the University of Florence, with the collaboration of over 25 top research institutions in Italy. Carlos research interest is the study of how technology can innovate health and social care provision, with a specific interest on rehabilitation. In 2015 co-founded Tech4Care srl, an R&D company working on digital technologies and health. Between 20••••23 he was appointed Chairman of the start-up and led the company to a considerable growth, reaching a turnover of about 1.5 million € / year and 18 employees. In 2022, he co-founded Bended, a second company focused on the use of Virtual Reality for Rehabilitation. Carlos is also senior consultant for World Bank group, responsible to provide technical support and training to the Italian Government in the development of welfare policies for social inclusion. In the past, he has been affiliated at Lund University (Sweden), Newcastle University (UK) and at the Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing (INRCA, Italy).