Objective
- entrepreneurship financial and institutional supports, the importance of ethics in technology;
- some examples of successful startups.
The first panel will focus on entrepreneurship supports for success. Funding, organization, management, business strategies and planning, incubators, guidance, mentorship, and institutional supports will be discussed. A presentation of the recent advancement in the P7000 standard will describe the process for addressing ethical concerns during system design.
The second panel will present some examples of successful and innovative startups with the accent on challenges at times of pandemic and with an illustration of best practices, problems encountered, and solutions.
Program
14:00 – 14:10
Welcome to participants
- Tiziana Tambosso – IEEE Italy Section Entrepreneurship Committee
- Vincenzo Piuri – IEEE R8 Director-Elect
Panel 1: Entrepreneurship supports
Moderators: Vincenzo Piuri and Tiziana Tambosso
14:10 – 14:25 Joanne Wong (General Partner | REDDS Capital) – IEEE Entrepreneurship (https://entrepreneurship.ieee.org)
14:25 – 14:40 Giulia Zanotti – Invitalia Government funding and support services for startups in Italy (https://www.invitalia.it/eng)
14:40 – 14:55 Angelo Giuliana – Meditech Competence Center (https://meditech4.com)
14:55 – 15:10 Filippo Ammirati – ENEA Direzione Innovazione e Sviluppo – Divisione Sviluppo Tecnologico ( https://industria.enea.it/, http://een.portici.enea.it/ )
15:10 – 15:25 Roberto della Marina – Venture Factory – Startup and Venture Capital: fostering innovation (https://www.venturefactory.tech)
15:25 – 15:40 Ali Hessami – Ethical Considerations in System Design (https://standards.ieee.org/project/7000.html)
15:40 – 15:55 John Matogo & Mohammad Zaidan – IEEE R8 Action for Industry & IEEE R8 Entrepreneurship Initiative (https://www.facebook.com/IEEER8Entrepreneurship)
15:55 – 16:15 Q&A time
Ten minutes break
Panel 2: Successful startups
Moderator: Roberta Albanese – Business/startup Consultant
16:20 – 16:30 Flavio Farroni, CEO – Megaride (https://www.megaride.eu)
16:30 – 16:40 Antonio Caraviello, CEO – Sophia High Tech (http://www.sophiahightech.com)
16:40 – 16:50 Domenico De Luca, CEO – Tolemaica (www.tolemaica.it)
16:50 – 17:00 David Cezon, CEO – Imok (https://www.imok.fr/en/home-english/)
17:00 – 17:10 Ernest Vlacic, Founder – Danieli Systec (https://danieli-systec.com)
17:10 – 17:40 Q&A