Day 2 | May 22
Day 1 | Day 2
9:00 – 9:20
Institutional greetings
Albino Caporale
Director to Production Activities, Regional Government of Tuscany
Frida Scarpa
Councilor with responsibility for sports and sports facilities, youth policies, and relations with the university, Municipality of Pisa
9:20 – 10:30
Panel: ICT
Chairperson: Giuseppe Iannaccone
Ugo Faraguna
Associate Professor of Physiology University of Pisa, Chairman and Founder, SleepActa
Roberto Fedeli
CTO, Aston Martin
Pietro Amoretti
Business Development, Grants & Funding Director, Esaote
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00
Start Pitch
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
Panel: Food/Life Science
Chairperson: Corrado Priami
Nicola Spigolon
Open Innovation – Global Head Agritech and Biotech, Ferrero
Laura Iris Ferro
Chairman Bio4Dreams / Claris Ventures
Giovanni Battistini
Managing Director at Better Gambit LLC, CEO and Founder at Phenotap, Inc.
Riccardo Beltrami
Data Sciences Strategy and Capability Building, GSK
16:00 – 17:00
Round table: Startup and open innovation for socio-economic growth
Moderator: Leonardo De Cosmo
Riccardo Vanelli
VP, Eden Ventures
Chiara Galletti
Rector’s Delegate for Industrial Relations, University of Pisa
Davide Mainardi
CTO, Sofidel
17:00
Start Pitch Award
17:30
Alumni happy hour
The networking event will bring together successful alumni entrepreneurs to share their stories with current students and participants.
Four speakers will be interviewed by Ubaldo Pantani, brilliant actor and University of Pisa alumnus:
Gabriele Montelisciani
CEO, Zerynth
Lucia Arcarisi
CEO, Weabios
Davide Cecchini
Managing Director, Ikigai
Marina Carbone
Founder, e-SPres3D
Following the interviews, there will be an informal networking happy hour in the garden, allowing participants to connect with the alumni entrepreneurs and each other.