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
