Guests of the 2022 edition

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Atti: Challenges, actors and tools for innovations in Africa

He worked in the Advisory practice of PwC as a management consultant, focusing on banking and capital markets. Previously, he gained experience in export credit, structured trade finance and corporate finance as a Junior Account & Policy Underwriter at SACE, being part of the coverage team for Centre-North Italy. He holds a Master of Science in Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)

16:00 - 17:00 | Sala Atti: Startups and Alumni: protagonists of innovation

Graduated at Politecnico di Milano in mechanical engineering with a Ph.D. at  and post-doctoral researcher at Università di Bologna, he founded AdapTronics together with Camilla Conti and Prof. Rocco Vertechy. The spin-off won the 2021 Start Cup Emilia-Romagna an won the Italian National Innovazion Award in the area of industrial applications (PNI). 

17:00 - 18:30 | Sala Atti: Stories of success. Dialogue between investors and startups

Expert of economic development policies and mechanism supporting innovation of companies and territories, with a particular focus on technology transfer and spin-off creation. Co-founder of META Group, she was member of the Board Director in ITALIA Startup and and Member of the Administration Board of LV.EN. Anna is Italian Member of Expert Jury Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator, she has been member of the Administration council of the “Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria” Foundation and member of the Scientific Board of Italian Institute “Treccani”.

12:00 - 13:00 | Sala Atti: Tools for entrepreneurial development

Alessandro has been at Intesa Sanpaolo’s Innovation Center since May 2018 and is responsible for Innovation Business Development and board member of Investment Committee in Neva Srg, a fund management company of Venture Capital of Intesa Sanpaolo Group. He has worked in three credit institutions, dealing with the corporate segment.

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Impact, sustainability and Agenda 2030: Startup discuss with Big Companies

Antonio is Manager of Enel’s Innovation Hub in Italy. He’s in charge of all collaborations with the startups of Enel Group and the presence in the innovation ecosystems at a national level. Since it’s arrival in Enel in 2015, he gained a significant experience in the energy sector and in particolar in the renewable energies.

15:00 - 16:00 | Sala Atti: Città Metropolitana and entrepreneurship

Manager of Incredibol! – L’Innovazione CREativa DI BOLogna, an ambitious project born in 2010 with the aim of supporting the growth in the cultural and creative sector in Emilia-Romagna.

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Impact, sustainability and Agenda 2030: Startup discuss with Big Companies

In 2014 founded weAR, a startup which was financed by the fumd Club Italia Investimenti 2, Aruba Spa (Italian cloud supplier). In 2019 he was co-founder and CTO of Museum-MIX, a startup focused in extended reality for cultural heritage, while in 2020 he is co-founder and CTO of Faentia Digital LTD, a startup to support the digital transformation in SME and companies around the world.

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Impact, sustainability and Agenda 2030: Startup discuss with Big Companies

From Buenos Aires to Bologna with an idea in mind: to make a change in the food behavior, by changing the work lunch break. Together with her partners she created Pasto Nomade, an artisanal laboratory of veggie organic and local cooking which uses re-usable steel boxes for food delivery. 

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Atti: Challenges, actors and tools for innovations in Africa

With more than 20 years of multifaceted experience in particular in the fields of Intellectual Property, Strategic Management and Public Relationships, he has a legal and economic academic background. In the Intellectual Property field, he worked in the Italian Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office in Germany and in Serbia as External Relations Manager, Project Director and Team Leader. Raffaele has cooperated with EBN since 2007 acting mainly as Senior Advisor and representing the organisation in several events all over Europe and beyond.

12:00 - 13:00 | Sala Atti: Tools for entrepreneurial development

After a semiologist education, he deals with business modeling with social and environmental impact and capacity building for working teams and companies. 

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Atti: Challenges, actors and tools for innovations in Africa

He deals with the project and management of develompent projects for Micro, Small and Medium Companies productive, innovative, inclusive and sustainable in Africa.

12:00 - 13:00 | Sala Atti: Tools for entrepreneurial development

Managing Partner of GELLIFY, B2B Innovation Platform which invests in digital B2B startups. More than 20 years of experience in global technology companies. Adjunct professor at the Bologna Business School and MIP Politecnico di Milano.

11:00-11:30 | Sala Re Enzo: Sustainability and Green Economy

He graduated in Law at the Università di Bologna, enthusiastic about communication, journalism and innovation. He is Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Cubbit, the green cloud which protects the complete privacy of its users. Co-creator of the first editions of StarUp Day.

12:00 - 13:00 | Sala Re Enzo: PNRR, Horizon Europe and funding to companies

Director of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research where, since 1994, he deals with national research policies, creating and managing programmes and resources to support the research activities both public and private at a national level.

11:00-11:30 | Sala Re Enzo: Sustainability and Green Economy

28 years old, psychologist and fourth generation of an entrepreneurial family of the Green Economy, she is co-founder and CEO of Circularity. Camilla is the innovative sprint and the generational move up a gear, which develops in the attention to the environment and in believing that a change of course, in order to create innovation and efficiency, is not only desirable but also possible.

17:00 - 18:30 | Sala Atti: Success stories. Dialogue between investors and startups 

Graduated at Politecnico di Milano he has a PhD in Structural, Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering. Thanks to a research made at the Politecnico di Milano and the MIT of Boston, he founded Phononic Vibes together with his colleagues.

16:00 - 17:00 | Sala Atti: Startups and Alumni: protagonists of innovation

Together with his colleagues of Bank Station he creates podcasts which helps users understand what’s happening the the finance world, not forgetting the past centuries of economic history, telling and making much more clear the economic-financial news.

15:00 - 16:00 | Sala Re Enzo: SDGs and innovative finance

Official of the United Nation Agency for the Industrial Development. Project manager in the agribusiness department, he manages development programmes mostly in Africa.

18:00 - 19:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Unicorn Challenge

He’s been di Council member at Fondazione Alma Mater and he’s been Director of Research and Third Mission Department at Università degli Studi di Torino. In Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna he’s been Head of the Office Funding for the research, in the Sector European Research and Innovation Office (EURO) and of the Office Funding for research and innovation of the European Union 

12:00 - 13:00 | Sala Atti: Tools for entrepreneurial development

He started his professional career as a researcher JVSRP at the NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Now he’s Program Manager in Motor Valley Accelerator.

16:00 - 17:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Investors tell their story

Advisor of the European Commision, inside the project Future Internet Accelerators and in many activities of policy design. He writes about technology, Internet and Venture Capital on Wired, Nova de “Il Sole 24 Ore” and StartupItalia. 

12:00 - 13:00 | Sala Re Enzo: PNRR, Horizon Europe and funding to companies

Dr. Diazzi is an economist with expertise in the analysis and evaluation of territorial systems and public policies. From 2006 she’s General Manager at the Regione Emilia-Romagna, where she deals with policies for the development and promotion of entreprises of culture, tourism, sport, job, culture.

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Impact, sustainability and Agenda 2030: Startup discuss with Big Companies

For many years she's been dealing with sustainability, with an eye to innovation.

10:00 - 11:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Institutional greetings and opening session

She made her professional career in the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, having more and more important positions inside of the different structures of the Banca dei Territori in the group. She also takes part to the project promoted by Valore D, an association of companies which supports the gender balance and an inclusive culture for the growth of the Italian companies.

17:00 - 17:30 | Sala Re Enzo: Benefit Corporate and Company Welfare

Graduated in Law, specializing in labor and trade union law, before turning to private practice, he accrued extensive experience as Head of the Labor Area for Unindustria Bologna and API Bologna. He entered Harvard in 2001, and provides consulting and training on matters of employment law and for the operations staff of the firm and for Customers.

18:00 - 19:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Unicorn Challenge

In Legacoop for 10 years, he mainly deals with social cooperatives and consulting to startups and new cooperatives. 

10:00 - 11:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Institutional greetings and opening session

Senator of the Italian Republic from 2008 to 2014, she is now President of Legacoop Bologna.

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Atti: Challenges, actors and tools for innovations in Africa

He gained experience in the international cooperation and now she mainly deals with communication and fundraising

12:00 - 13:00 | Sala Atti: Tools for entrepreneurial development

Professor of Business and Management Engineering and President of AlmaCube, the incubator and innovative hub of the Università di Bologna 

17:30 - 18:00 | Sala Re Enzo: An opportunity for future startups

He was regional president in Legacoop Liguria, where he was also Director from 2018 to 2019. Now he manages the Area Promozione Attiva and Workers Buyout of Coopfond and he’s co-president of the association Alkimie. Sustainable development, cooperation and participation are his main interests.

16:00 - 17:00 | Sala Atti: Startups and Alumni: protagonists of innovation

After important professional experiences in turnarounds, she approached the world of angel investing, becoming a member of IAG. Since 2018 she has lead Doorway, the Fintech platform she founded with the aim of building up virtuous matchings between investors and innovative companies.

18:00 - 19:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Unicorn Challenge

Expert in the sector of management of profit and non-profit companies, event planning and human resources policies.

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Impact, sustainability and Agenda 2030: Startup discuss with Big Companies

18.30- 19.00 | Sala Atti: The most is yet to come, that's why future is wonderful

She deals with the definition of a sustainable strategy of the company for the local market, helping to define the Business Agenda and building long-term relationships with the main actors involved in order to strengthen its positioning in its sector.

12:00 - 13:00 | Sala Atti: Tools for entrepreneurial development

17:30 - 18:00 | Sala Re Enzo: An opportunity for future startups

Head Of Communications with long experience in the sector of the civic organisation and management of the product.

15:00 - 16:00 | Sala Atti: Città Metropolitana and entrepreneurship

Chemical and process engineer, in Lac2Lab he promotes, together with his team, the circular economy in the Life Science sector, giving value to materials, which would have to be disposed of.

15:00 - 16:00 | Sala Re Enzo: SDGs and innovative finance

Experience in both the European Commission and the General Secretariat of the Council and also the President of Eurogroup for the international economic relationships, in analytical, policy and political advisory functions.

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Impact, sustainability and Agenda 2030: Startup discuss with Big Companies

Graduated in specialistic translation and interpreting at the Università di Trieste, he worked for 25 years in the air transport sector. Then he develops his own project of an innovative startup for the tracing of people and products together with a team of Engineers from Bologna. After receiving the patent of the device, the team focused on a tracing platform, in order to improve the long-term sustainability of everybody’s mobility habits.

10:00 - 11:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Institutional greetings and opening session

Italian politician and mayor of Bologna and of Città Metropolitana di Bologna since 11 October 2021.

18.30- 19.00 | Sala Atti: The most is yet to come, that's why future is wonderful

Designer having an important background of retail and more than 6 years of experience in Communication and Interior Design, Layout, Visual Merchandising, business.

17:00 - 18:30 | Sala Atti: Success stories. Dialogue between investors and startups 

Lucrezia joined 360 Capital in 2020 following a first experience in strategy consulting at Roland Berger. She holds an MSc in Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology from Bocconi University in Milan with a Double Degree program in Strategy and Innovation at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

15:00 - 16:00 | Sala Re Enzo: SDGs and innovative finance

Negotiate, structure and manage Equity Investment Programmes for EU member states National Development Banks for developing the Private Equity and Venture Capital.

17:00 - 18:30 | Sala Atti: Success stories. Dialogue between investors and startups 

Leonardo has an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs, previously he obtained a M.Sc. degree in Nanotechnology Engineering from the École Centrale de Lyon and INSA Lyon. An investor and experimental technology enthusiast, Leonardo focuses on identifying, developing and executing business opportunities that have the potential to be disruptive and help solve tomorrow's grand challenges.

10:00 - 11:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Institutional greetings and opening session

In addition to his role of Delegated, he’s full Professor in Robotics and Automatic Control since 2002. His main research interests are in robotic hands, sensors, actuators, trajectory planning and nonlinear control.

10:00 - 11:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Institutional greetings and opening session

Engineer, academic and Italian professor. Full professor in Agricultural Machinery and Mechanisation at the University of Bologna since 2016, he’s Rector of Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna from November 1st 2021.

12:00 - 13:00 | Sala Atti: Tools for entrepreneurial development

She is responsible for the management of the acceleration program in terms of startups' deal flow, growth strategy and investors and partners relationships.

17:00 - 18:30 | Sala Atti: Success stories. Dialogue between investors and startups

Ph.D in chemistry at Università degli Studi di Pavia, he worked as Visiting Scientist at the University of Cambridge, the University of Leiden and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. Enthusiastic about finance and entrepreneurship, he founded his company and started a path in the Venture Capital as Investment Manager in Vertis SGR, addressed to the first Italian technology transfer VV3TT fund.

11:00-11:30 | Sala Re Enzo: Sustainability and Green Economy

Graduated at the Collegio Superiore dell’Università di Bologna in International Management, he studied in London and Paris as well. He is Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Cubbit, the green cloud which protect the complete privacy of its users. Co-creator of the first editions of StarUp Day.

17:00 - 17:30 | Sala Re Enzo: Benefit Corporate and Company Welfare

Expert of mutuality, he manages one of the most important Mutual Aid Society in Italy. He also has important positions in FIMIV, he’s Vice President of Consorzio Mutue Sanitarie Mu.Sa. and General Coordinator of Rete Convenzioni Sanitarie

10:00 - 11:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Institutional greetings and opening session

16:00 - 17:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Investors tell their story

As Chief Operations Officer in PoliHub, the Innovation District & Startup Accelerator of Politecnico di Milano, she is now manager of the Technology Transfer Fund in CDP Venture Capital SGR - Fondo Nazionale Innovazione.

15:00 - 16:00 | Sala Atti: Città Metropolitana and entrepreneurship

He started his career as a Sound Engineer. In 2018 he set up his own business, Mushroom Sound, a creative studio offering a variety of audio services: Sound FX, Field Recording, Music, Trailers and cutscenes, voice over, implementation.

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Impact, sustainability and Agenda 2030: Startup discuss with Big Companies

After graduating in Economics at the University of Perugia and a Masters in Economics at the Bocconi University of Milan, Gianluca Principato worked for 8 years in a management consultancy company organized in consultancy on the issues of social responsibility and reporting of sustainability followed numerous projects to implement social and sustainability reports in companies in various sectors. Since 2005 he has been responsible for the Hera Group’s sustainability reporting.

16:00 - 17:00 | Sala Atti: Startups and Alumni: protagonists of innovation

Marco Ramilli is an international cyber security expert, entrepreneur, writer and white-hat hacker. Ramilli received his PhD on Information Communication Technology at the University of Bologna and he worked for the US Government (NIST) where he performed intensive researches in order to improve USA electronic voting systems. In 2015 he decided to found Yoroi: an innovative Managed Cyber Security Service Provider

17:00 - 18:30 | Sala Atti: Success stories. Dialogue between investors and startups

He has a long experience in fundamental research and applied research in nano-technologies sector. He won many Italian and international awards for innovation, such as “TR35-Giovani Innovatori 2011”, “Start Cup Milano Lombardia 2011”, “Premio Sap per la Ricerca Italiana 2012”, “Up Start Paolo Traci 2013”, “Bocconi Start-up Day 2015” and “Medtech Innovation Challenge 2017” of Assobiomedica.

16:00 - 17:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Investors tell their story

Nicola brings 20+ years experience in translating innovations into the market through venture capital investments and corporate R&D responsibilities. He is currently managing the first ever technology transfer fund focused on Industry 4.0 technologies.

14:00 - 15:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Impact, sustainability and Agenda 2030: Startup discuss with Big Companies

Laureato in Geologia presso l’università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, con diversi anni di esperienza lavorativa nel settore ceramico, inizia la sua carriera come ricercatore junior  e nel 2021 diventa Co-Founder della Start-Up REsoH+, che si classifica seconda all’edizione 2021 della Start Cup Emilia-Romagna, nella categoria “Industrial”. 

10:00 - 11:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Institutional greetings and opening session

Minister since 2020, she’s full professor and she had many institutional positions in the Università di Bologna. She was member of the Comitato permanente di Indirizzo degli Enti della Regione Emilia-Romagna and member of the Comitato Scientifico dell'Agenda Digitale dell'Emilia-Romagna.

17:00 - 18:30 | Sala Atti: Success stories. Dialogue between investors and startups

Founder and CEO of DeepTrace Technologies since 2018, he is researcher at the Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS, Pavia. He deals with artificial intelligence and machine learning applied to data and biomedical imaging. He won the FORBES 30 UNDER 30 Award in the "Science and Healthcare" category, the Ambrosetti – Peres Heritage Initiative Award, and the Unicredit StartLab 2019 Award as best startup in the field of life sciences.

12:00 - 13:00 | Sala Atti: Tools for entrepreneurial development

Long experience in the banking sector, both in retail and in corporate banking, she deals with the coordination of the different local areas of Emil Banca Credito Cooperativo and - inside the Mug Project – creation of a community of innovators, of the management of a co-working space

16:00 - 17:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Investors tell their story

After graduating in law, Alessandra started her career at Unioncamere Piemonte, providing support to Start ups and SMEs on European regulations and funding. She then moved to London, managing courses, and training for an important international Research Centre.

12:00-13:00 | Sala Re Enzo: PNRR, Horizon Europe and funding to companies

Executive Director at ART-ER S.Cons.p.a. and she was already Council member at Aster. She is one of the Italian experts in the task force for the Committee of the programme Horizon Europe - EIC and EIE.

17:00 - 18:30 | Sala Atti: Success stories. Dialogue between investors and startups

He graduated at Università di Trento and has a PhD in Biomolecular Sciences. In Sibylla Biotech he coordinates the team, he’s in charge for the management of research activities and development of the company and of the research projects which include cooperations and external services.

16:00 - 17:00 | Sala Re Enzo: Investors tell their story

Co-founder of Claris Ventures SGR, the first Italian venture capital operator focused on biotech. He launched Claris Biotech I, a fund focused on investments on early stage biotech startups, with the aim to support the developing of potential drugs that can revolutionize the current treatment scenario in indications with limited therapeutic alternatives

12:00-13:00 | Sala Re Enzo PNRR, Horizon Europe and funding to companies

16:00 - 17:00 | Sala Atti: Startups and Alumni: protagonists of innovation

15:00 - 16:00 | Sala Atti: Città Metropolitana and entrepreneurship

Having an economic education, she started her career in 1994 at Provincia di Bologna and now at Città metropolitana di Bologna in the sector of economic and local development. From 01/11/2016 she’s manager of the Economic Development Area at Città metropolitana, workin on policies and projects  to safeguard the manufacturing base, for the protection and the quality of employment, to attract investments and talents, for the promotion of the entrepreneurial culture and the start of new companies.

She’s also manager of the Territorio Turistico Bologna-Modena and manager of the project Insieme per il Lavoro, born from the cooperation among Comune, Città metropolitana and Arcidiocesi di Bologna and, starting from 2021, also Regione Emilia-Romagna.