Speakers

Marco Degani

Head of Third Mission Area, Università di Bologna

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.

Kamran Elahian

Global Innovation Catalyst LLC

He is an innovation catalyst, philanthropist, entrepreneur without borders, and a global venture capitalist.

Emiliano Galanti

Manager of Social Cooperatives, Legacoop Romagna

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

Piero Ingrosso

Vice-president, Alma Vicoo Platform and Director, change makers e innovazione, Legacoop Bologna

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

Claudio Melchiorri

Delegated of the Rector to the Relations with Businesses and Industrial Research, Università di Bologna

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.

Giovanni Molari

Rector, Università di Bologna

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.