Professor David Chiaramonti is professor of Energy Economics as well as Bioeconomy at the Polytechnic of Turin and chairs the Renewable Energy COnsortium for R&D (RE-CORD). He authored >180 publications and participated to a large number of EU projects on biofuels, biochar and bioeconomy. Former member of IEA-Bioenergy, he is member of UN-ICAO task force on Alternative Fuels for aviation, EU ETIP-B and Board member of Italian Cluster SPRING on green Chemistry. He coordinated the DG ENER ART Fuel Forum. He was awarded the Linneborn Prize at EUBCE-2017 in Stockholm.