A High Level Steering Committee (HLSC) has been appointed to design a set of priorities for the Conference and the main message to be promoted through the event. Five main themes were in fact identified by the Committee which contributed to design the programme of the 3 days conference as well.
Luigi Ambrosio is the Chair of the conference.
The Committee is composed of 20 members
- European senior representatives from outstanding Research Bodies and Industries
- Representatives of the Italian Ministry of Research, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development
- Coordinators of the other NMP 2014 Presidency events
- Scientific representatives of the Consortium

Ludovica Agrò

Making European industrial renaissance happen
Ludovica Agrò
Ministry of economic development, Director General of Industrial Policy, Competitiveness and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.

Luigi Ambrosio

Integrating knowledge for competitiveness and new skills
Luigi Ambrosio
Chair of the conference.
Department of Chemical Sciences & Materials Technology, CNR. Director

Ezio Andreta

Annamalai Arun Junai

Manufacturing is the back bone of Europe
Annamalai Arun Junai
EU Manager, TNO Industrial Innovation

Harald Bolt

Carmen Constantinescu

"Digital Manufacturing 4.0”: an anthropocentric approach
Carmen Constantinescu
Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering - IAO, Leader "Digital Manufacturing 4.0"

Susana Figueiredo

Manage projects that promote innovation and partnerships
Susana Figueiredo
Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, Consultant

Maurizio Gattiglio

The empires of the future are those of the mind.
W. Churchill
Maurizio Gattiglio
PRIMA INDUSTRIE S.p.A. Executive Vice President

Rodrigo Martins

Transparent and paper electronics; Mat for Life Science
Rodrigo Martins
Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias (UNINOVA)

Andrea Meloni

Scientific Diplomacy fostering innovation and growth.
Andrea Meloni
General Director for the Country Promotion (Economy, Culture and Science) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Hervé Pero

Alone, we can do nothing... together, we can it all!
Hervé Pero
R&D innovation and education consultant

Cristina Piai

Josep Planell

University should train for not yet existing professions
Josep Planell
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Rector

Lula Rosso

Petra Rudolf

Research shapes our future but it’s also a lot of fun!
Petra Rudolf
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen

Tullio Tolio

Industrial leadership for the solution of society challenges
Tullio Tolio
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)