AGENDA
27 May
4:00 pm - 7:30 pm
4:00 pm Guest arrival and welcome
4:30 pm Welcome speech | EMOTION NETWORK, CORRIERE DELLA SERA
4:35 pm Conversation Becoming leaders in radical uncertainty | CORRADO PASSERA, Banker, former Italian Minister for Business Development, with DANIELE MANCA, Journalist and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Corriere della Sera
4:50 pm Conversation The university as a collective infrastructure for innovation | MARINA BRAMBILLA, Rector, University of Milan, with PAOLA PICA, Deputy Economy editor, Corriere della Sera
5:02 pm Conversation The new balance of global entertainment | MARCO BASSETTI, CEO, Banijay Entertainment & Banijay Live, with FEDERICO DE ROSA, Deputy Economy editor, Corriere della Sera
5:15 pm Panel Innovation in motion
MARTINA DOMENICALI, Co-founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Lexroom
FRANCESCA FAILONI, Co-Founder & CFO, Alps
MARCO OGLIENGO, CEO & Co-founder, Jet HR
LUCA RODELLA, CEO & Co-founder, Smartness
Moderated by ALESSIA CRUCIANI, Journalist, Corriere della Sera
6:00 pm Keynote speech The Italian Dream: riprendersi il futuro | ALEC ROSS, Author, "The Italian Dream: riprendersi il futuro"
6:15 pm Panel Discovering deep futures
GIOVANNI AVALLONE, Co-founder & CIO, Caracol
LUCIO MILANESE, Co-founder and Chief External Affairs Officer, Proxima Fusion
CHIARA PETRIOLI, Co-founder and CEO, WSense
SILVIA WANG, Co-founder and CEO, Serenis
Moderated by KARIN FISCHER, Co-founder & Executive Board Member, Emotion Network
7:00 pm Conversation From capital to growth: reinforcing the Italian innovation ecosystem | EMANUELE LEVI, CEO and General Manager, CDP Venture Capital, with MATTIA MOR, Founder & CEO, Emotion Network
7:08 pm Conversation Rhythm and wonder | ROBERTO BOLLE, Étoile, Teatro alla Scala, with ALESSIA CRUCIANI, Journalist, Corriere della Sera
7:23 pm Closing remarks | MATTIA MOR, Founder & CEO, Emotion Network, ANGELO MORATTI, Founder & Executive President, Angel Capital Management
From 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm, all speakers and Summit attendees are invited to join the networking cocktail on the terrace (1st floor) of the Triennale Design Museum.
28 May
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
9:00 am Guest arrival and welcome
9:35 am Keynote speech From chaos to innovation | DANIELE MANCA, Journalist and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Corriere della Sera
9:45 am Conversation From savings to investments: boosting Europe’s competitiveness | ADAM KOSTYÁL, President Nasdaq Stockholm & Head of European Listings & Capital Markets, Nasdaq, with MARIA PIA QUAGLIA, Journalist
9:57 am Keynote speech Europe must build tech autonomy, not manage dependency | CRISTINA CAFFARRA, Founder and Chair, EuroStack Foundation
10:07 am Conversation Adaptive minds: fostering what's next | ELENA LAVEZZI, CEO, ZNEXT, with KARIN FISCHER, Co-founder & Executive Board Member, Emotion Network
10:19 am Conversation The sustainability course: from vision to action | NINO TRONCHETTI PROVERA, Founder and Managing Partner, Ambienta, with GIUSEPPE DE BELLIS, Executive Vice President, Sky Italia
10:31 am Conversation Growth and territories: building trust between infrastructure and communities | FILIPPO NICOLÒ RODRIGUEZ, Head of the Northern Macro Area, Institutional Affairs, Italy, Enel, with DANIELE MANCA, Journalist and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Corriere della Sera
10:46 am Coffee break
11:15 am Keynote speech Born surfing: curiosity, uncertainty, and humanity in the age of AI | KELI LEE, Founder and CEO, Kurioscity; former Managing Director, Disney/ABC
11:27 am Keynote speech Agility, values, and public health: leading change that matters | ILARIA CAPUA, Professor and Senior Fellow for Global Health, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe
11:37 am Keynote speech Crisis? What crisis? | ANGELO MORATTI, Founder & Executive President, Angel Capital Management
11:47 am Fireside chat Empathy as a strategy: the case for optimism | DAVID LANE, Former U.S. Ambassador; now President of Annenberg Foundation Trust, SAMANTHA POWER, Former UN Ambassador; Former USAID Administrator
12:07 pm Keynote speech AI is our tomato | MATTIA MOR, Founder & CEO, Emotion Network
12:17 pm Conversation Ready for the coming wave: conviction, timing, agility | VITTORIO COLAO, Vice Chairman of EMEA, General Atlantic, with MATTIA MOR, Founder & CEO, Emotion Network
12:29 pm Conversation Financing European innovation in a shifting world | GELSOMINA VIGLIOTTI, Vice-President, EIB, with DANIELE MANCA, Journalist and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Corriere della Sera
12:41 pm Conversation The next wave starts with creativity | THOMAS BENSKI, Founder & CEO, Lumina, DAN GARDNER, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Code and Theory Network, with RAMIN ARANI, Investor and Advisor
1:01 pm Closing speech | MATTIA MOR, Founder & CEO, Emotion Network
1:03 pm Lunch
2:30 pm Keynote speech New generations, new rules: how leadership and engagement are evolving | ANDREA DE MICHELI, Founder & CEO, Casta Diva Group, MARTINA MONTERISI, Corporate Communication Assistant, Casta Diva Group; Head of Communication, agenZy
2:40 pm Conversation The human side of wealth | STEFANO VOLPATO, Sales Network Director, Banca Mediolanum, with TONIA CARTOLANO, Journalist, Sky TG24
2:52 pm Fireside chat Art as human infrastructure: creating in fragile places | MAX FRIEDER, Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer, Artolution, CARYL STERN, Chief Impact Officer, LionTree
3:07 pm Keynote speech NextGeneration Peace | DONATA GARRASI, Crisis Strategist, Peace and Security Expert
3:17 pm Conversation Rules, power and uncertainty: how to manage global disorder | MARIO MONTI, Former Prime Minister of Italy, with DANIELE MANCA, Journalist and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Corriere della Sera
3:32 pm Conversation Human-crafted, AI-powered experiences | RICCARDO STEFANELLI, CEO, Brunello Cucinelli S.p.A, with RAMIN ARANI, Investor and Advisor
3:52 pm Coffee break
4:45 pm Conversation From spark to culture: how connection scales | PAOLO LORENZONI, Vice President of EMEA Marketing, Tinder, with ALESSIA CRUCIANI, Journalist, Corriere della Sera
4:57 pm Keynote speech 10 themes for the next 10 years | FREDERIC COURT, Founder and Investor, Felix Capital
5:12 pm Keynote speech When uncertainty is the job: a virologist’s perspective | ROBERTO BURIONI, Professor of Virology and Microbiology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan
5:24 pm Conversation The art of evolving between creativity and business | IGINIO STRAFFI, Founder and President, Rainbow; President, Colorado Film, with MASSIMO REDAELLI, Co-founder and Board Member, Emotion Network
5:36 pm Conversation Capital and fashion: when structure gives agility | MAURO MORETTI, Founder & CEO, Three Hills, GIANFRANCO GIANANGELI, CEO of Balenciaga, with DANIELA POLIZZI, Journalist, Corriere della Sera
5:51 pm Conversation The balancing act: instinct on ice | ARIANNA FONTANA, Olympic Short Track Champion, with ALESSIA CRUCIANI, Journalist, Corriere della Sera
6:03 pm Closing remarks | EMOTION NETWORK, CORRIERE DELLA SERA
29 May
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
EXTRA WORKSHOP SESSION
Carter & Benson, Foro Buonaparte 22, Milan (Italy)
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9:00 am | Welcome and speaker introductions
9:30 am | "Risuonare nell'era dell'AI" with Carlo Rinaldi (Author of "Intelligenza sensibile" - "Sensitive intelligence")
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10:30 am | "The achiever's paradox" with Navin Thukkaram (Exit Coach, Investor) > ASK TO JOIN
11:30 am | "Humans originate, AI generates" with James Vincent (Founder & CEO at FNDR, Storytelling advisor) > ASK TO JOIN
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