Francesca Bria is the President of the Italian National Innovation Fund. She is an Italian information technologist who lectures at various universities and is a consultant to the United Nations and the European Commission.
Bria is Honorary Professor in the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL in London. She is a senior adviser and Ambassador to the United Nation on digital cities and digital rights. She is the former Chief Digital Technology and Innovation Officer for the City of Barcelona and founder of the Decode Project, an EU-wide effort to reclaim citizen's data sovereignty. She is an Honorary Professor on Technology and Innovation Policy at University College London, where she teaches about digital sovereignty and people-centered smart cities.