Dario Sabella

Speaker Bio

DARIO SABELLA works with xFlow Research as Vice President, Technology and Standards, leading the team’s involvement in ETSI, both on standardization and open-source activities, and guiding the strategy to expand in other areas, also for features evolution and prioritization in the company. Since 2025, he is also CEO of the Italian company NEXT G CLOUD, focused on Cloud Cybersecurity and Edge AI solutions for enterprises. Dario is serving since 2021 as Chairman of the ETSI MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing), an international standard body with 200+ members and participants from industry, research and government agencies. In his career, Dario was previously with Intel Corporation for about 8 years as Senior Manager Standards and Research, driving new technologies and edge cloud innovation, where he was also involved in 5GAA as delegate leading edge computing activities. Eearlier he worked for 16+ years in TIM (Telecom Italia group), as responsible in various research, experimental and operational activities on cellular technologies. IEEE senior member, prolific author of several publications (80+) and patents (50+) in the field of communications, energy efficiency and edge computing. Member of the European Task Forces on Cybersecurity and 6G. Member of the Editorial Board of MIT Technology Review Italia.