Friday, May 23, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014

9.30 - 10.15

Welcome coffee
10.15 - 11.30

Welcoming Remarks – Innovation for Growth: a Year Later

Valerio De Molli – Managing Partner, The European House – Ambrosetti
How Technology Can Solve Humanity’s Grand Challenges?
Vivek Wadhwa – Vice President, Research and Innovation – Singularity University (USA)
Debate
11.30 - 13.15

Education, the Driver to Unlock Entrepreneurial Capabilities and Creativity

Chair: Luca De Biase – Innovation Editor, Il Sole 24 Ore and Nòva24
David Gann – Vice President, Development and Innovation – Imperial College London (UK) Rajeeb Dey – CEO and Founder, Enternships.com e co-Founder Start-up Britain (UK)
Carlo Purassanta – General Manager, Microsoft Italia
Francesco Profumo – Chairman, IREN; Former Minister of Education, University and Research Stefano Venturi – CEO, HP Italia; Corporate Vice President, HP
Debate
13.15 - 14.45

Luncheon
14.45 - 16.15

What Ecosystem to Power Growth and Promote Successful Exit Strategies?

Chair: Massimo Sideri – Business Journalist, Corriere della Sera
Delivering Innovation to the Industrial Ecosystem: Start-up and Exit Strategies
Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli – The Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Chair of EECS, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
Roundtable Discussion:
Alberto Onetti – Secretariat, Start-up Europe Partnership; Chairman, Mind the Bridge Foundation Luca Benatti – CEO, Erydel; Vice President, Assobiotec
Francesco Marini Clarelli – President IAG
Francesco Granata – Executive in Residence, Warburg Pincus; Chairman, Circassia
Debate
16.15 - 17.00

Break “Let’s Network”
17.00 - 18.30

Foster Innovation through Collaborative Networks

Chair: Guido Romeo – Science Editor, Wired
Riccardo Pietrabissa – Professor, Università di Brescia and Politecnico di Milano Claudio Torrelli – Vice President Product Development, Oerlikon Graziano
Mauro Piloni – Vice President, Advanced Development and Cross Product Categories; President, R&D – Whirlpool Corporation; President, SiFood
David Gann – Vice President, Development and Innovation – Imperial College London (UK)
Debate
19.30

Cocktail
20.15

Gala Dinner

8.00 - 8.55

Breakfast Meeting

Small group Breakfast meetings with a number of Forum speakers, in which participants will discuss issues and strengthen relationships
9.00 - 10.30

Cities and Countries: Smart Environment for Innovation

Chair: Guido Romeo – Science Editor, Wired
Nicolás Shea – CEO and Founder, Cumplo; Founder, Start-up Chile
Rajeeb Dey – CEO and Founder, Enternships.com e co-Founder Start-up Britain (UK) Gianaurelio Cuniberti – Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology at the Dresden University of Technology (Germany); Visiting Distinguished Professor at POSTECH (Korea) Vivek Wadhwa – Vice President, Research and Innovation – Singularity University (USA)
Debate
10.30 - 11.00

Break
11.00 - 13.15

Innovation for Growth: what Priorities for Italy

Chair: Luca De Biase – Innovation Editor, Il Sole 24 Ore and Nòva24
Remarks and Proposals by the Community of Ambrosetti Club
Valerio De Molli – Managing Partner, The European House – Ambrosetti
Alberto Di Minin – Assistant Professor, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna; Spokeperson,
Junior Chapter of the Community of Ambrosetti Club
Roundtable Discussion:
Roberto Cingolani – Scientific Director, Italian Technology Institute
Alberto Baban – Vice President, Confindustria; President, Small Enterprise
Alessandro Fusacchia – Head of Cabinet, Ministry of Education, University and Research Stefano Firpo – Chief of the Italian Minister of Economic Development’s Technical Secretariat Maria Chiara Carrozza – Member of Parliament; Former Minister of Education,
University and Research
Debate
Closing Remarks
Valerio De Molli – Managing Partner, The European House – Ambrosetti
13.15

Luncheon

TECHNOLOGY FORUM 2014

Innovation, Education, Entrepreneurship

Program

Speakers

Alberto Baban

Luca Benatti

Maria Chiara Carrozza

Roberto Cingolani

Gianaurelio Cuniberti

Luca De Biase

Valerio De Molli

Rajeeb Dey

Alberto Di Minin

Stefano Firpo

Alessandro Fusacchia

David Gann

Francesco Granata

Alberto Onetti

Mauro Piloni

Francesco Profumo

Guido Romeo

Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli

Nicolás Shea

Massimo Sideri

Claudio Torrelli

Stefano Venturi

Vivek Wadhwa

News

A four-wheeled revolution? Trend of technological innovation in the automotive

Breaking the early stage “glass ceiling”: Startup Europe Partnership at TechForum

Education: the driver to unlock entrepreneurial capabilities and creativity

Growing through innovation: Ten proposals from #techforum14

Innovation for Growth: the Ambrosetti Club Report for the Italian Ecosystem

How Technology Can Solve Humanity’s Grand Challenges?

Innovation is not a goal in itself: it’s an answer to daily needs

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London Model at TechForum: using the creative power of new-tech to serve cities

Number One of technological innovation on May 23rd and 24th at TechForum

Research, innovation and new challenges to health

Technology Forum on TV: at Class CNBC the analysis of the Ambrosetti Club Report 2014

The best pictures from Technology Forum

The French model for a new Tech-city

The Minister of Education, University and Research meets the TITT Community