Luigi Lo Piparo is the Matchmaking Coordinator of the Smart Cities Marketplace and Partner at Technopolis Group. He has over 20 years of professional experience in the management of large-scale EU-funded projects and programmes, evaluations, strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge management in the areas of environment, circular economy, energy efficiency, climate change, and regional and urban policy. Luigi has worked closely with institutional and private operators at European, national, regional, and local level, either to find financial solutions for investment programmes and innovative projects, or to manage, evaluate, and boost the impact of those initiatives.