Giulio Bernetti is an engineer, born in Trieste, Italy with a PhD in Transport Engineering from the University of Trieste. He was a professor for many years at the University of Trieste, and has now worked as manager, designer and project leader of several public works and plans of various Italian cities (Trieste, Milano, Gorizia, Grado). In 2014 he lived in Oman as expert advisor of the Ministry of Transport and Communication of the Sultanate.
He currently holds the position of General Manager in the Urban Planning, Environment, Public Works and Real Estate Department in the Municipality of Trieste and is a member of the Port Authority Committee. He is also president of the URSUS (Urban Sustainable System) consortium, created by the Port Authority, Municipality of Trieste and Regional Administration of Friuli Venezia Giulia to establish a structure dedicated to taking care of the transformation, enhancement, and management over time of the Porto Vecchio area in Trieste.
Giulio will be speaking as part of the European City Exemplars session on Wednesday 29 May.