Day 2 | May 22
Day 1 | Day 2
9:00 – 9:20
Institutional greetings
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Albino Caporale
Director to Production Activities, Regional Government of Tuscany
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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
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Ugo Faraguna
Associate Professor of Physiology University of Pisa, Chairman and Founder, SleepActa
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Roberto Fedeli
CTO, Aston Martin
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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
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Nicola Spigolon
Open Innovation – Global Head Agritech and Biotech, Ferrero
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Giovanni Battistini
Managing Director at Better Gambit LLC, CEO and Founder at Phenotap, Inc.
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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
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Riccardo Vanelli
VP, Eden Ventures
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Chiara Galletti
Rector’s Delegate for Industrial Relations, University of Pisa
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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.
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Gabriele Montelisciani
CEO, Zerynth
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Lucia Arcarisi
CEO, Weabios
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Davide Cecchini
Managing Director, Ikigai
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Marina Carbone
Founder, e-SPres3D
Interviewed by
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Ubaldo Pantani
Actor
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.