Day 1 | June 26
Start-ups and Corporate Venture
Startuppers will present their experience by sharing with us success stories and what they feel the most important support they received during the early days of their companies to reach the current stage. The take home message from start upper will be what really matter when you start a company to survive and scale.
Corporate ventures will share with us what they are looking for in research groups and young companies to invest in and what they are expecting after their investment.
There will be also presentations to show what governmental agencies are doing to support innovation and new entrepreneurial initiatives, how a start-up can help other start-ups offering services, how deep-tech can help sustainability.
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8:45 – 9:15
Registration and Welcome Coffee
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9:15
Riccardo Zucchi
Rector, University of Pisa
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Giuseppe Iannaccone
Deputy Rector, University of Pisa
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Corrado Priami
Rector’s Delegate for Research Exploitation and New Entrepreneurial Initiatives, University of Pisa
Chairperson: Corrado Priami
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9:30
Luca Foschini
President and CEO, Sage Bionetworks
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9:55
Electra Coutsoftides
CEO and Co-founder Xworks
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10:20
Ugo Faraguna
Associate Professor of Physiology University of Pisa, Chairman and Founder SleepActa
10:45
Coffee Break
Chairperson: Chiara Galletti
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11:40
Daniele Mazzei
Associate Professor of Computer Science University of Pisa, CPO and Co-founder Zerynth
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12:05
Davide Morelli
VP of AI Healios and co-founder Bio-Beats
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12:30
Giuseppe Prisco
Co-founder MMI
12:55
Buffet
Chairperson: Marco Macchia
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14:00
Roberto Zanco
Head of Alternative Illiquid Investments, Kairos Partners SGR
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14:25
Bernardino D’Auria
Research Project Enhancement Manager, Invitalia
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14:50
Piergiorgio Grossi
CIO, Credem Banca
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15:15
Giacomo Benedetto Silvestri
Chairman, Eniverse Ventures and Head of Innovation Ecosystems Eni
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15:40
Sabrina Boifava
UniCredit Start Lab
16:05
Coffee Break
16:30 to 17:30
Panel Discussion
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Alessio
Cavicchi
Rector’s Delegate for the Promotion of Entrepreneurial Culture and Innovation, University of Pisa
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Electra
Coutsoftides
CEO and Co-founder, Xworks
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Franco Prestigiacomo
CEO, Xenon Private Equity
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Corrado
Ruffini
Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company
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Marco
Cattaneo
Editor in Chief
at Le Scienze and National Geographic Italy