An internationally renowned expert in communications issues, Roberto Savio has founded numerous news and information projects, always with an emphasis on the developing world: Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency, the pioneering Technological Information Pilot System (TIPS), the network of national information systems for Latin America and the Caribbean (ASIN), the Latin American features service ALASEI and the Women’s Feature Service. He is now IPS President Emeritus. Born in Rome, Savio is an Italian/Argentine citizen. He studied Economics at the University of Parma, and post-graduate courses in Development Economics with Gunnar Myrdal, as well as History of Art and International Law in Rome.