Giorgio Micheletti is Consulting Director in the IDC4EU European Government Consulting unit since October 2013. He previously held several positions in IDC focusing on research and consulting at industry sector level and working on ICT research projects and studies in emerging markets at IDC CEMA (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Micheletti is currently coordinating OPEN DEI  – a CSA under the Horizon 2020 programme supporting the implementation of next generation digital platforms in different industrial domains. He is also managing the European Data Market Study 2021-2023 on behalf of the DG CNECT providing qualitative and quantitative analysis on Europe’s data market and data economy’s size and trends. Giorgio is an experienced PMP- and PRINCE2-certified project manager. He holds has a degree in political sciences with specialisation in macroeconomics from the University of Bologna and a master’s degree in European studies from the Catholic University of Louvain. He completed his MBA from the Open University Business School in the UK and he is presently a PhD candidate in European Studies at Maastricht University.