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With 25 years of experience, Alessandro is a veteran in the Technology industry, focusing on Digital Transformation in the Global Arena, holding CEO / MD positions with focus on Business Development, Commercial Strategy, Channels, Partnerships and Sales.

He spent the last 20 years living, working and sturying in the UK and also in the US, Singapore, Germany, France, Hungary, Spain. Alessandro is adept at ‘joining the dots’ between Technology Players, Telecom Communication Providers, Digital Disruptors and Ecosystems.

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I’m a statistician and a data scientist working on challenging applications motivated by problems in life sciences, social sciences and business.
I work as an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the Department of Statistical Sciences of the University of Padova. I have been an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the Department of Economics of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. I teach courses on Data Mining [2022 -23], Functional Data Analysis [2023], Health Data Science [2021], Risk Analysis [2020-22], Social Media [2020-21] and Market Segmentation [2022].

More details and a complete CV are available on my personal page https://emanuelealiverti.github.io

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Nicolò Andreula is an economist, strategic consultant and corporate trainer. He has over 15 years of experience in consulting companies, multinationals, governments, institutions and international organizations.
In this period he had the opportunity to apply, in different contexts, skills ranging from strategic analysis to storytelling.

In his spare time, or between projects, he cultivates his passion for writing. After the success of his first book (“Flow Generation – survival manual for unpredictable lives”), he published with Hoepli “Phygital – the new marketing between physical and digital”.

Alberto Antinucci is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience living and working in China. He is a Global Public Speaker and Business Coach, specializing in business strategies in China and digital marketi

ng strategies for international brands and large retailers in China. He is also skilled in product design and manufacturing process management, with a strong understanding of intercultural manufacturing management.

Alberto is passionate about start-up management and professional training for international marketing and distribution sales channeling. His passion for technology and hi-tech solutions let him prime into futuristic projects that distinguish his vision and mission as an innovative problem solver.

He is an investor and business angel for enterprises in various countries including Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, and the USA.

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Kathlin Argiro is a fashion designer and entrepreneur whose collection has been sold to stores including Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales and over 500 top specialty stores throughout the world. In 2014 Kathlin launched her consulting business, Kathlin Argiro New York, to leverage her long-standing industry connections to support emerging fashion talent. Kathlin holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design and is an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She recently completed her Master’s in Global Fashion Management at FIT with a focus on leveraging Web 3 and emerging technologies to solve real-world business challenges in the Fashion Industry.

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I am currently responsible for Google Mobile Apps Ads business (small and medium clients) across Southern Europe as part of the Sales

Organization, working towards quarterly and yearly revenue and growth targets. Previously, I have matured experience in technology consulting at Accenture as well as tech startup.

In my personal time, I am a curious entrepreneur with a passion forthe latest technology trends. I have started 2 drop shipping businesses and, more recently, co-founded Brokko.nu, the first video messages platform from celebrities in the Netherlands. This combination of professional experience and personal entrepreneurial ventures is what I bring to my students during my

Visiting Professor classes at H-Farm, a business school and startup incubator in Italy.

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Mattia Balsamini (Pordenone Italy, 1987), moved to Los Angeles in 2008, where he began his studies at the Brooks Institute of California. In 2010 he collaborated in David LaChapelle’s studio as studio assistant and archivist.

In 2011, after graduating with honorable mention, he returned to Italy. Since then, he combined teaching at the IUAV University of Venice, the IED of Milan and Turin — with photographing extensively technology and its sociological implications, focusing his attention on work as a factor of man’s identity. Over the years he has carried out personal and editorial projects for institutions such as MIT, NASA and the Institute of Forensic Medicine University of Zurich.

He has exhibited at the Milan Triennale, at MAXXI, and at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco.

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Elisa Barbieri is currently an Associate Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics.

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Michela has 15 years of Experience in Healthcare and Lifesciences as Strategic Consultant working in Milano, Boston and Paris, and as Head-Hunter with worldwide reach.
Since 2020, she’s also been directing the Executive Master in Management and Innovation of Lifesciences, MAMIL, at H-FARM College.

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Assistant professor (RTDa) at the Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padua. My research is about medical statistics, epidemiology, and social statistics. In particular, I work on applications on cancer data analysis, advance techniques in epidemiology, spatial epidemiology, use of machine learning and deep learning in medical statistics, text mining applications and drug safety applications.

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Economist with a passion for understanding and shaping global economic trends. With a MSc in International Finance from a prestigious Italian university, I had over a decade of experience in conducting groundbreaking research in economic and financial analysis, providing insightful econometric models and methods for investment decision processes.

Always eager for new experiences and with a desire to make a positive impact, I worked in Investment Banking and Asset Management Companies to keep up with the most innovative economic and financial developments.My expertise spans from econometrics and macroeconomics to finance; I was sought after as speaker at economic client meetings.

Through my accessible and data-driven approach, I aim to demystify complex economic concepts and promote informed decision-making. When not immersed in the world of numbers and graphs, I enjoy exploring mountains and sees, contemplating and admiring the life around us.

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La Dott.ssa Nur Suhaili è una dedicata docente presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Il culmine della sua ricerca post-dottorato in Italia e il conseguimento di un dottorato in Gestione presso l’acclamata Università di York nel Regno Unito arricchiscono significativamente i suoi ruoli professionali. Gli sforzi didattici e di ricerca della Dott.ssa Nur si estendono su diversi paesi, includendo materie come Gestione Aziendale, Imprenditorialità, Business Internazionale, Strategia di Marketing, Microeconomia, Introduzione all’Economia e Ricerca Aziendale. Prima di intraprendere la carriera accademica, ha goduto di successo come Analista di Sicurezza delle Reti Informatiche per ExxonMobil e come Consulente SAP HR per NorthgateArinso, lavorando con importanti clienti come Enel Energia Italia, Bank of America, Barclay’s Capital UK, e EuHReka Belgio. Le sue notevoli contribuzioni le hanno fruttato numerosi finanziamenti per la ricerca accademica e per viaggi, e ha pubblicato ampiamente con le dovute citazioni.

Head of Design at PagoPa full-time;
Design Thinking and UX Design Professor at H-FARM College;
Member of the Advisory board at Product Service System Design Master Degree of Politecnico di Milano.

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Roshan Borsato è un esperto nel campo dell’innovazione 4.0 e della sostenibilità. Attualmente sta studiando e facendo ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Economia dell’Università Ca’ Foscari, dove tiene lezioni nel campo dell’economia dell’innovazione 4.0.

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Andrea Bulgarini d’Elci, art director e graphic designer, lavora nel branding e nel design editoriale dal 2016. Dal 2018 fa parte di Multiplo, per il quale sviluppa e gestisce sistemi di comunicazione in contesti museali ed espositivi internazionali.

Per lo studio, oltre al design sui media tradizionali, si occupa anche della produzione di motion graphic. Dal 2020 affianca al suo lavoro in studio anche l’attività di insegnamento.

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Leonardo Buzzavo è Professore Associato presso il Dipartimento di Management dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Ha tenuto lezioni e corsi di formazione presso numerose istituzioni e aziende, e ha partecipato come relatore a più di 200 convegni e conferenze in 20 paesi, principalmente su argomenti legati alla strategia e al marketing nella catena di fornitura automobilistica.

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Anna Cacciaguerra is a Chartered Accountant and Auditor. After graduating in Economics and Commerce and after an MBA with a specialization in Administration, Finance and Control, she has been working for over 20 years in the field of corporate, financial and business consultancy for businesses throughout the national territory, developing professional skills in corporate and tax consultancy, national and international contracts, business crisis management, extraordinary transactions, structured finance, appraisal of businesses and companies, management consulting, organizational restructuring and process review.

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Esperta dell’evoluzione dell’organizzazione delle risorse umane, dei processi, dell’Employee Experience e dell’Adozione del Cambiamento per i Programmi di Trasformazione Digitale, sfruttando le tendenze all’avanguardia della gestione del cambiamento (orientata all’umanità, agile e digitale) e le tecnologie applicate (Intelligenza Applicata e Robotica, Analisi, Realtà Virtuale e Realtà Aumentata).
Negli ultimi anni, ha gestito progetti innovativi focalizzati sull’esperienza dei dipendenti, sul lavoro intelligente, sulla forza lavoro liquida e sul potenziamento digitale basato sulle analisi organizzative.

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Gianluca is a non-tenure track assistant professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. He worked for his postdoc and PhD in the ACADIA Center at the University of Venice under the supervision of Professor Agostino Cortesi.

From July 2018 to March 2019, he was a full-time researcher contributing to an international project among several Universities at Gachon Univerity (Seoul, South Korea) in the “A.I. and Smart Society Laboratory” under the guide of Professor Young-Im Cho.

He is mainly focused on security enhancements of cyber-physical systems (CPS) with particular emphasis on robotics and distributed connected devices, e.g. data distributed system (DDS), oneM2M.
His research aims to explore the trade-off between security and usability for Internet of Things (robotic) applications. Working on the widely used robotic middleware Robot Operating System (ROS), his work targets on providing automatic tools for security assessment and verification of the system. Currently, he focused on the mathematical verification of properties in a multi-agent distributed environment (e.g. smart cities scale) and privacy enforcement in dynamic networks.

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Esperta di previsioni future presso l’Autorità per la Prima Infanzia, Governo di Abu Dhabi.
Ex docente senior della Dubai Future Foundation presso l’Accademia Futura di Dubai.
Ex funzionaria pubblica presso il governo del Regno Unito, consulente di previsioni presso il Dipartimento per il Commercio Internazionale.
Ex consulente senior di UNAIDS, a capo dell’Iniziativa Globale degli Scenari e co-responsabile delle previsioni presso UNAIDS come consigliera del Direttore Esecutivo.
Co-fondatrice e partner di società di consulenza e ex presidente del consiglio di Global Future.

Tra le altre responsabilità, ciò che definisce la dottoressa Maddalena Campioni è essere una neuroscienziata con quasi 20 anni di esperienza in scenari futuri e previsioni.

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Sebastiano Cattaruzzo holds a double degree in Economics from Ca’ Foscari University and Georgia State University. After a research internship at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, he earned his master’s degree in economics from the University of Pisa and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Subsequently, he won a Marie-Curie scholarship to pursue his doctoral studies at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, complemented by visiting scholar experiences at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. Currently, he is Assistant Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice where he teaches Economics of Innovation.

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Commercial photographer since 1989, specializing primarily in design, but also in fashion, still-life, architecture, landscape, portraits, and personal research.

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Luciana Oranges Cezarino è una ricercatrice presso il Dipartimento di Management dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Le sue ricerche utilizzano metodologie di sistema per affrontare problemi complessi. Nel contesto delle scienze sociali applicate, esamina il comportamento della società e delle organizzazioni di fronte alle grandi sfide sociali nel contesto attuale di trasformazione digitale.

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Architect, founder, teacher. He founded, together with Malvina Borgherini, MeLa Media Lab, the research center of Università Iuav di Venezia in Venice.
He designs and leads the Master in Interactive Media for Interior Design of Università Iuav di Venezia.
He designs and leads the Master in Product Design & Communication of H-FARM College.

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Ex-startupper ora trasformato in investitore, con 10 anni di esperienza nell’ambiente tecnologico e delle startup. Appassionato apprendista con una forte passione per come la tecnologia plasmi il mondo. Lavoro instancabilmente per sostenere fondatori eccezionali e identificare startup ad alto potenziale e guidare strategie di investimento di successo nel dinamico settore tecnologico.

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Experience Designer with 10+ years of experience in the most recognized communication firms. Expertly coordinate team, manage digital complex projects and lead new business.

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Luca Cosmo ha conseguito il dottorato in Informatica presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia nel febbraio 2016, dove attualmente ricopre una posizione di ricercatore post-dottorato. I suoi interessi di ricerca spaziano tra diversi aspetti della Visione Artificiale e del Riconoscimento di Pattern. Recentemente, la sua attenzione si è spostata verso l’applicazione delle tecniche di Visione Artificiale per eseguire un tracciamento rapido e affidabile di dispositivi attivi e passivi basati su fotocamera.

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Lisa Crosato è attualmente Professore Associato di Statistica Economica presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

Professionista esperta con una formazione in statistica, mi specializzo sia nella consulenza per il rischio finanziario che nella qualità dei dati. La mia competenza risiede nell’identificare e mitigare i rischi finanziari, guidando le organizzazioni verso decisioni ben informate. Inoltre, ho un comprovato track record nell’ottimizzazione della qualità dei dati attraverso valutazioni meticolose e la costruzione di indici di qualità.

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Pierluigi has 35 years of experience mostly in executive positions in technology transformational roles in companies like Allianz Group, Novartis, The Global Fund and Swiss Re.
Pierluigi’s recent work has been focused on the development of digital strategy and enabling the digital transformation program introducing global operating models and driving significant business growth as well as establishing operational excellence.
He has been leading the way in innovation on products and knowledge by implementing Big Data, Smart Analytics and Cognitive computing by forging strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Amazon and Google.
In his capacity of Chief Technology Officer of Swiss Re Institute, he worked on the technology frontiers leading joint Research programs with some of the most prestigious universities, such as MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Cambridge, ETH Zurich, EPFL Lausanne, Tsinghua and New York University.

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Art director of Multiplo – studio for creative direction based in Padova and Milano.
Teacher at Iuav University of Venice, Udine Academy of Fine Arts, Scuola Italiana Design. Graphic design lecturer.

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Graphic designer freelance con sede a Treviso (Italia) con oltre 10 anni di esperienza.
Specializzato nell’identità visiva, nel web design e nei sistemi di grafica con un approccio moderno ed estetico.
Collaboro con diversi clienti, dalle start-up alle grandi aziende, e collaboro con diverse agenzie di comunicazione.

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Pietro Ferrara ha 15 anni di esperienza nella ricerca scientifica nell’applicazione delle tecniche di analisi statica al processo di ingegneria del software, comprovata da circa 50 articoli scientifici, 20 brevetti, 60 interventi in varie conferenze tecniche, università e fiere, supervisione di una dozzina di dottorandi, laureati e laureandi, coinvolgimento in diversi progetti di ricerca dalla stesura della proposta allo sviluppo e alla conclusione del progetto. Si è unito all’Università Ca’ Foscari come professore associato con tenure track nel novembre 2019.

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Roberto Ferretti was admitted to the Italian Bar in 1992 and qualified as a barrister before the Italian Supreme Court in 2006. His practice areas range from banking law and payment services to investment services, company law and FinTech.
He is the President, a member of the Scientific Committee of the Association Européenne pour le Droit Bancaire et Financier (AEDBF), and a member of the European Law Institute.
He has been a member of the Adjudication Panel of the Italian Banking Ombudsman (ABF) and a lecturer of banking law at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan from 1989 to 2004.
He is the author of several publications and consistently serves as a speaker at conferences and master’s and postgraduate training programmes.

Marco Formentin got a degree in Theoretical Physics (2004) and a Ph.D. in Mathematics (2009) from the University of Padua and, since 2020, he is associate professor of Probability and Mathematical Statistics at the same university.

Before he was postdoc at the University of Bochum (Germany) and at UTIA (Prague), a research institution which falls under the Czech Academy of Sciences.

His research interests mainly focus on stochastic dynamics of large families of interacting particles with applications to ecology, neurosciences, human behavior and complex systems in general.

Con una laurea in Lettere Moderne e una specializzazione presso la CUOA Business School (Vicenza), mi occupo della comunicazione aziendale da oltre 20 anni, ricoprendo nel tempo ruoli professionali di crescente responsabilità in varie aziende multinazionali.

Da un decennio collaboro con aziende di formazione su tematiche comportamentali e manageriali, sono anche presentatore e moderatore in eventi aziendali e oltre.

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Massimiliano Fusari, PhD assesses and produces, ideates and enhances sensible and effective campaigns upon the pillars of digital marketing and strategic storytelling.

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Gloria Gardenal è attualmente Professoressa Associata presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Dipartimento di Management.

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Federica Giummolè è Professoressa Associata di Statistica presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia dal 2006. È membro della Società Italiana di Statistica.

Una laurea in Scienze Politiche mi ha naturalmente portato a un anno presso KPMG studiando contabilità. Ho lasciato per coltivare la mia passione per la musica e iniziare una carriera nelle riviste musicali. Nei successivi 20 anni ho lavorato per i due principali editori nel Regno Unito oltre che per il più grande rivenditore di intrattenimento HMV.

Più semplicemente, venivo pagato per andare ai concerti, guardare film e giocare ai videogiochi, oltre che incontrare varie star lungo il percorso! Nel 2013 ho cambiato non solo carriera ma anche paese, trasferendomi in Italia dove sono diventato insegnante di lingue. Qui ho potuto condividere la mia passione per la comunicazione e dedicarmi alla mia altra passione, il ciclismo.

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Tommaso Granziol è attualmente Associate Professor presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia

Andreas Hinterhuber è attualmente Professore Associato di Marketing presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

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Erisa graduated from the University of Padua in Fashion Cultures and Technologies. She initially pursued a career in fashion, working at Christian Dior in the product office. However, her thirst for knowledge led her to discover her fascination with technology’s potential to transform the fashion industry. In 2013, Erisa joined Prisma Tech, where she honed her expertise in digital innovation for fashion. She became a dedicated trainer and consultant, empowering leading Italian and international brands to embrace digital transformation. Her focus was on integrating Clo3D software into their design processes, enabling them to create digital apparel, leather goods, and explore other digital solutions.

Pietro Lanzini è Professore Associato presso il Dipartimento di Management e membro del Comitato Direttivo del CAMI – Centro per l’Innovazione dell’Automotive e della Mobilità presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

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Serena Leonardi is founder of Amploom, a company that focuses on accompanying people in business innovation projects through the use of methodologies related to Service Design and Design Thinking.

Among the companies she has enjoyed working with and accompanied in this transformation are OTB Spa, Fastweb Spa, Decathlon Italia, Poste Italiane Spa, Keter Spa, Haier Europe, Confartigianato Vicenza.

He is Visiting Professor in Design Thinking at H-Farm College and part of the faculty of Talent Garden, where he supports companies in defining strategies to transform corporate culture. He is a lecturer at Politecnico di Milano in Service Design for HR, Ca’ Foscari Venezia and University of Padua.

She previously worked in Germany at Volkswagen Headquarters, where she was involved in the adoption of Design Thinking and Service Design methodology to support business transformation processes.

After almost twenty years in multinational corporates, working in business finance, I decided to explore the startup ecosystem as a mentor. Then I moved into advisory and in 2020 I founded Huky Benefit Corporation. We support entrepreneurs and professionals to bring business ideas into real world, in an inclusive and sustainable way.

In 2023 I founded RestartHer Academia with the aim of providing women entrepreneurs with knowledge, network and tools to launch and scale successful businesses. I am an Expert at European Commission for cultural and creative industries as a driver of innovation and
competitiveness.

MBA, Qualified Innovation Manager at Italian Ministry of Economic Development and Qualified Accountant since 1999.
I am speaker at events (related to innovation, startup, women empowerment) and I write for Key4Biz, Millionaire and Economia News.
On a voluntary basis, I served the Alumni Association at MIB School of Management as President for three years (since January 2015 until the end of 2017).

I am a member of the Scientific Committee of ANGI – Associazione Italiana Giovani Innovatori plus several other associations and Founding member of European Women in VC. Unstoppable Woman for Startupitalia since 2018.

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Federica Lucchetta è Dottore Commercialista, iscritta all’Albo di Treviso. Attualmente ricopre il ruolo di Revisore presso PricewaterhouseCoopers SpA.

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Leonardo Maccari è Professore Associato presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

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Pierluigi Mainardi è nato a Salerno il 21/12/1999. È laureato magistrale in Ingegneria Gestionale.
Attualmente ricopre il ruolo di Consulente nel campo della Gestione del Rischio Informatico, occupandosi principalmente della mappatura dei processi per supportare l’audit IT accompagnato dall’audit dei bilanci finanziari.
Si occupa di cybersecurity e protezione dei dati aziendali.
Per sua natura è una persona molto curiosa e questo lo ha sempre spinto a cimentarsi in nuove sfide.

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Economics graduate with 15+ year of experience in corporate finance and business planning, I work as Business Angel for companies focused on sustainability and innovation.

I have been working as a consultant and manager for several companies, including Aon Insurance Broker, where in 2009 I held the position of Financial Planning & Analysis. In 2016 I joined the Family Office Metrica Investments and began working as a Business Angel, becoming in 2021 a certified Business Angel of CDP Venture Capital.

My broad areas of expertise include impact investing, management and sustainable growth.

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Maurizio Massaro è attualmente Professore Associato presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Prima di entrare nel mondo accademico, è stato fondatore e CEO di diverse società di consulenza.

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My name is Nicola Mazzari and I’m Associate Professor at the University of Padova. My research filed is Arithmetic Geometry.

In the past 10 years I gave lectures for a variety of classes: calculus, probability, linear algebra, algebra, number theory, algebraic geometry, maple and matlab.

I’ve organised several international conferences and summer schools in my research area. Apart from research and teaching I’ve experience as coordinator of International Bachelor’s and Master degrees. I do a lot of cycling and a few of yoga.

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Alessandra Melonio è attualmente Professore Associato presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

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Massimo Melucci ha conseguito un dottorato in Ingegneria Informatica presso l’Università di Padova. Sin dai primi anni ’90, si occupa di ricerca scientifica nel campo ora noto come Scienza dei Dati. In particolare, si occupa di Recupero dell’Informazione. È autore di numerosi articoli scientifici e libri e ha coordinato progetti di ricerca internazionali.

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Professor of design and 3D modeling at the IUAV University of Venice and H-Farm College. Drawing and computer science teacher in lower secondary school.
Collaborator of the MeLa Media Lab of the IUAV University of Venice.

Full Professor of Marketing, Strategy & Business Model, Department of Economics & Statistics, University of Udine.

Previously director of the Department of Economic and Statistical Sciences (2007-2015). He has lectured at national institutions (Luiss, Reiss Romoli, Trento School of Management).

Research interests are related to extreme and international consumer behaviour; international business strategies; digital marketing. In the past, he has worked in support processes for the internationalization of SME companies within the Italian and European framework.

Timothy O’Connell è un vero pioniere della scena delle start-up europee, avendo dato un contributo significativo come imprenditore seriale, investitore, leader aziendale ed educatore. Negli ultimi dieci anni, ha gestito oltre 20 programmi di accelerazione internazionali in una vasta gamma di settori, tra cui alimentare, moda, IoT, blockchain, benessere ed EdTech.

Questi programmi hanno investito in centinaia di start-up in fase iniziale, inclusa uno dei primi “unicorni” in Italia.

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Luca Olivieri è un ricercatore post-dottorato in Informatica che lavora sulla verifica del software basata su metodi formali presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Ha conseguito il dottorato in Informatica, certificato “Doctor Europaeus”, presso l’Università di Verona (Italia) nell’aprile 2023.
La sua tesi di dottorato, intitolata “Verifica e Ottimizzazione del Software Blockchain”, è stata in parte svolta presso l’Università di Rennes 1 (Francia). Ha ottenuto una laurea triennale e una laurea magistrale in Informatica e Ingegneria Informatica presso l’Università di Verona. Dopo la laurea magistrale, è stato assunto come Ingegnere del Software e Ricercatore nell’ambito del team R&D di JuliaSoft/Corvallis srl da aprile 2018 a giugno 2023. In queste aziende, il suo contributo principale è stato lo sviluppo di Julia, un analizzatore statico industriale basato sull’interpretazione astratta per Java e C#. Ha inoltre contribuito all’integrazione di Julia nell’analizzatore CodeSonar di GrammaTech Inc. Nel luglio 2023, si è unito all’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia e al gruppo SSV come assegnista di ricerca e attualmente è professore assistente (senza tenure track).
I suoi interessi di ricerca comprendono la cybersecurity, la verifica del software, la blockchain, i contratti intelligenti, la protezione dei dati e l’analisi dei programmi attraverso metodi formali.

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Giacomo Pasini è Professore di Econometria e Capo del Dipartimento di Economia presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.
È affiliato a Netspar.
È redattore associato di Health Economics e di Research in Economics, inoltre è membro del comitato editoriale del Journal of Pension, Economics & Finance.

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Mara Pistellato ha conseguito il dottorato in Informatica nel 2020 presso l’Università di Venezia, e attualmente ricopre una posizione di ricercatrice nella stessa istituzione. I suoi interessi di ricerca sono nelle aree della Computer Vision e del Machine Learning, con un focus sulle tecniche di ricostruzione 3D e sulle applicazioni reali. Attualmente è interessata ai metodi basati su reti neurali per la ricostruzione della superficie 3D e all’imaging polarimetrico, studiando l’apprendimento profondo e le tecniche classiche per il demosaicing e la calibrazione delle telecamere polarimetriche a microgriglia, con l’obiettivo di integrare questi sensori in un framework di ricostruzione 3D. Ciò si applica anche alla sua collaborazione attiva con il CNR-ISMAR, che coinvolge tecniche di apprendimento e polarimetriche per una precisa ricostruzione della superficie del mare. Infine, è attivamente coinvolta nel trasferimento tecnologico: ha partecipato a diversi progetti industriali e multidisciplinari, come misurazioni micrometriche accurate di ingranaggi metallici o applicazioni di apprendimento profondo per l’ispezione della qualità.

Coordinator of the BSc in AI & Data Science, CEO of H-FARM AI and expert in artificial intelligence and technological startups with a solid international background.

Diego Pizzocaro obtained a Doctorate (PhD) in Artificial Intelligence (multi-agent systems) from Cardiff University (UK) collaborating with prestigious organizations such as NATO, IBM, UK Ministry of Defense & US Army Research Labs. He was subsequently appointed Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University for his contribution to the field of Intelligent & Multi-agent Systems research.

He was CEO and co-founder of Sellf, a startup born in H-FARM in 2013 and awarded by Apple as one of the most innovative apps in Italy in 2015. He subsequently led the sale of Sellf to ForceManager in 2018, a scale-up tech in Barcelona where he held the role of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) until April 2024. At ForceManager, he integrated generative AI as a key element of his marketing team to improve efficiency and creativity and contributed to the design of new AI-based product features. Diego is also the co-founder of the OpenAccessGPT project, an open-source alternative to ChatGPT, which has gained significant media coverage due to its focus on privacy and data ownership. He was recently invited to participate in the prestigious and first international conference of OpenAI – the developer of the famous ChatGPT – held on November 6, 2023 in San Francisco. In H-FARM he is also co-organizer of the AI ​​CLUB and already holds courses on Generative AI and Introduction to AI to students and companies in collaboration with Microsoft Italy, the Ca’Foscari University of Venice and the University of Chichester.

An international speaker, consultant and trainer for entrepreneurs and large companies, Diego believes that AI will be the most significant technological change we have ever experienced.

Diego was recently appointed CEO of H-FARM AI, the new Research and Development laboratory for the creation of innovative AI-powered projects in the education, business and healthcare fields. H-FARM AI’s commitment and goal is to collaborate with the education, business and healthcare sectors, to design and develop AI solutions that improve quality of life, operational efficiency and the way which we learn. In all projects and initiatives undertaken by the new laboratory, a strong emphasis is placed on social impact, aiming to democratize access to artificial intelligence with the aim that the benefits of advanced technologies are shared equally between all strata of society.

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Professional photographer for interior design, product and architecture; digital photo retoucher for advertising and product catalogue; skilled craftsman in metal and woodworking.

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Dottorato in Amministrazione Aziendale presso la Jönköping International Business School in Svezia, lavoro come Professore Torsten e Wanja Söderberg in Gestione del Design presso l’Università di Göteborg e sono direttore del Business and Design Lab. Attualmente sono professore aggiunto ospite presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari durante l’autunno del 2023 e tengo il corso “Organizzazione in un Mondo Digitale”.

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Dalila Ressi è una ricercatrice post-doc in informatica presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Ha conseguito il dottorato in informatica nel 2022 presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Durante il suo dottorato si è concentrata sulla fornitura e l’ottimizzazione di soluzioni basate sull’IA per Microtec s.r.l., un’azienda leader nelle tecniche di scansione e ottimizzazione nell’industria del taglio e della lavorazione del legno. L’anno scorso ha lavorato come ricercatrice post-doc in informatica presso l’Università di Udine. La sua ricerca attuale consiste nel combinare tecniche di apprendimento automatico e tecnologia dei registri distribuiti, specialmente per mitigare problemi di sicurezza.

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Andrea Rizzi è Docente di Planning and Management control systems (Practice module) presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia

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Salvatore Russo è Professore Associato di Business Economics presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia.

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Research fellow in Statistica presso il Dipartimento di Economia dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, a tempo pieno; consulente di data science. Interessato alle statistiche bayesiane, alle statistiche per i processi aziendali, all’analisi dello sport e alle statistiche sociali.

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Fluent French and Italian; proficient Spanish.

Occasional speaker, workshop leader, and panel moderator at various institutions and events. These include Sciences Po (geopolitics and business; Paris); Germany’s foreign ministry (innovation in arms control; Berlin); Zagreb School of Economics and Management (communications; Zagreb); INNOVA-CON 2020 (the West’s cultural edge in combat); Smithsonian (the geopolitics of central Europe); College de Paris International (geopolitics; Paris); Webit Foundation (high-tech illiberalism); RSA Conference (hacking; San Francisco); the Santa Barbara Writers Conference (writing), and Scuola Holden (writing; Turin).

Extensive travel (more than 45 countries).

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Emanuele Taufer is full professor of Statistics at the Department of Economics and Management (DEM) at the University of Trento. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from the Department of Mathematics of Cardiff University and a Master of Science in Mathematical Statistics from George Washington University.

His research interests concern modelling for time series and spatial data, estimation and testing for dependent data, goodness of fit testing, sampling for spatial data, tail analysis of distributions, multivariate analysis and model selection methods.

He has research collaborations with department colleagues and international scholars either in statistical methodology and multidisciplinary projects with special emphasis on financial and economic applications.

An expert manager, advisor, and educator, he helps executives, government officials, entrepreneurs, and students understand the fast-changing competitive landscape, design future-proof strategies, and effectively lead future-ready organisations, seizing the opportunities and challenges of turbulent environments increasingly dominated by digital business. He strongly believes in the importance of harmonising theory, practise, and skills.

He practises meditation regularly and has been a meditation teacher since 2007. He plays the electric guitar in a blues-rock band with friends.

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Startup Founder [Exit] | Manager of the Entrepreneurship & Startup Center | Professor at H-FARM College

Zeno Tosoni is an entrepreneur with a strong passion for innovation and technology. He founded and led a startup as CEO, which eventually attracted the attention of a leading multinational, culminating in its acquisition. This experience led to the creation of Zeninvest, a company that not only provides consulting services but also invests in emerging tech startups. His professional journey further solidified at H-FARM, where he currently serves as the Manager of the Entrepreneurship & Startup Center. Here, Zeno enthusiastically works on innovative projects, offering mentorship to early-stage startups and closely collaborating with visionary young founders. In addition to his entrepreneurial career, Zeno is a respected professor in the Master’s program in Digital Entrepreneurship. His expertise has led him to be a mentor in prominent initiatives, such as the MAGICA Summer School, organized in collaboration with the European Union, and H-ACK, a project born in partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo. With a solid knowledge base and a network of contacts in the startup ecosystem, Zeno is determined to guide and influence the technological landscape, combining his entrepreneurial and academic skills.

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Attorney-at-Law, Adjunct Professor of Company Law, Lawyer and Adjunct Professor of Commercial Law.

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Videographer since 2008; Owner at CROMO, a video production house in Pordenone;
Professor at the University of Udine and IUAV in Venezia;
production and post-production expert with real-life experience in Hollywood, Rome and with clients such as Stellantis.

A graduate of the Conservatory in Trieste and the SAE Institute in Milan and Paris, he spent several years in the short movie industry while abroad.Upon returning to Italy, he established OFFLMTS Recording Studio where he supports local emerging artists.As a freelance Sound Designer, he collaborates with production companies like CROMO on commercial projects for renowned brands including Everli, Diadora, The North Face, FIAT and more.

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Since 2005, Giuliano Zanchi has taught at the Departments of Economics and Management of Ca’ Foscari University. He is currently responsible for the following lessons: Introduction to Law [ET2014], European Private Law I [ET4003], Fundamentals of IT Law [ET7004] (at H-FARM College – Roncade).

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Director of Integrations at Tritium Software S.L. | PhD in Information Technology | Professor at H-FARM College

Filippo Zanella is an IT engineer with a passion for web3, and artificial intelligence.

A true geek and programmer at heart, Filippo has undertaken diverse projects involving Java, C#, NesC, Ruby, Matlab, React and Python, focused on open-source software for indoor localization, distributed estimation, data acquisition, real-time performance, and image processing. With his multidimensional expertise in computer science, Filippo stands ready to make an impact on the dynamic realm of technology and innovation spanning both university and corporate sectors.

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