Marco Camisani Calzolari
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Marco Camisani Calzolari (born March 1969) is an Italian, naturalised British university professor, author and television personality specialising in digital communications, transformation and Artificial Intelligence.
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Born | March 1969 (age 55) Milan, Italy |
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Board member of | Imperial College Advisory board |
Website | https://camisanicalzolari.co.uk |
Camisani Calzolari was born in Milan, Italy where he began his television career co-hosting on local provider LA7 in (2001) and later Sky Italia (2004).[1] In 2008 Camisani Calzolari moved to the UK where he founded multiple digital start ups.[2] He is now a naturalised British citizen and was awarded the "Freedom of the City of London" honouring life-time achievement in June 2022. [3] Camisani Calzolari is now based in the UK but still holds business interests in Italy[2] where he is 'Scientific Coordinator' for the Masters programme in 'Science and Health Communication' at the Universita’ San Raffaele of Milan.[4]
Camisani Calzolari is now an established academic, dubbed the 'digital renaissance man',[5] whose research caught international attention in 2012 after creating an algorithm claiming to identify real Twitter users from fake users of 'bots'.[6] Since publishing his findings from this algorithm in 2012 Camisani Calzolari has produced a series of literature on modern digital media trends and sociological attitudes to social media including Cyberhumanism (2023) and The Fake News Bible (2018).[7]Camisani Calzolari now works in a professional capacity to advise the Italian government and police force on ethical AI use and digital safety.[8][9] On the 14th of May 2024 , Camisani Calzolari was awarded the Knight of the Italian Republic (Order of the Star of Italy).[10]
Alongside his academic career, Camisani Calzolari became a presenter on Italian television and radio covering communications and technology. His first major role came as host of the digital-advice programme "Pronto Soccorso Digitale" on the Italian public television network RAI 1 in 2014.[11] However, Camisani Calzolari is now best known for hosting the digital section of news show Striscia la Notizia.[12][13][14]