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Simone Puorto is a technophilosopher, consultant with over 25 years of international experience, and author of five best-selling books exploring the relationship between technology and tourism. He is Head of Emerging Trends & Strategic Innovation at Hospitality Net, the leading global hospitality platform, and board advisor for a dozen international companies, including BWG Strategy, RobosizeME, Sleap, and E23. Founder of Travel Singularity, Rebyū, and Elegia, he organized Polybius, the first hospitality event entirely in the metaverse. In the academic field, he collaborates with EHL, Glion, Les Roches, SHMS, ESSEC, LUISS, 24Ore Business School, IULM, Ca’ Foscari, Roma Tre University, University of Parma, and the Forte Village Five Star Hotel Management Master's program. He has published over 300 articles on Hospitality Net, Skift, PhocusWire, HOTELS, HotelTechReport, HFTP, and Robonomics, as well as ghostwritten around a hundred texts. He calls himself a "digital bodhisattva," combining philosophical inquiry and technological activism to explore the boundaries of human potential.