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Daniele Alberti, founder of Starboost Serial, entrepreneur and investor, foundingΒ president of StarBoost srl, co-founder of Bakeca.it, global head of open innovation and co-founding partner in the Brazilian and Italian companies of the Planet Holding group, limited partner of 500startups, LIFTT, ...
Jorge Alvarado is Senior IT architect withβ―14+β―yearsβ―of experience in software development with a focus on data technologies, distributed computing, cloud engineering and cybersecurity. He holds a Master of Science in Business Informationβ―Systems from FHNW....
Ada Andreoni co-leads the Systems Change module and the Wellbeing module of the Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program. She also supports the Elders Council ecosystem initiative and co-leads a collective impact initiative on Gender Equity in Europe.Β Ada joined Ashoka in 2019 as part...
Federico Bartolomucci is research associate and PhD candidate in Management Engineer at Politecnico di Milano and part of the TIRESIA Research Centre. His fields of expertise are the once of social impact measurement, technology transfer towards the social economy and tech for good. His...
Alessandro Basile advises startups during their life cycle through legal assistance on the startup environment, namely corporate, privacy, ICT, IP and contracts law. The support provided is also on the economical growth of startups thanks to connections with complementary professional...
Andrea Beccaris is a software engineer expert in software and web development, software architecture design and project management with strong experience in data analysis.
In the past year, he helped more than 20 startups, providing development and technical support in different software...
Mattia Bertorello is a Platform Data Engineer with years of experience in AWS, Data and DevOps. Now he's working at Glovo, leading one of the platform teams to create the best Data Mesh experience and driving architecture designs of new data products.Β
He has been passionate about technology...
Claudio Broggio is acceleration leader at SAS, where he advises customers on how to use AI and analytics to capitalise on their data in new and innovative ways.Β Β He studied Computer Science and his proficiency is enriched by the fact that he has worked across a wide range of sectors, from transport and energy ...
Eleonora Cadone graduated in Social Economy Management from the University of Bologna, and later obtained a master's degree in Management of Third Sector Organisations from the University of Valencia.
Since her early years at university, her great interest in the non-profit world, sustainable develop...
Leonardo Camiciotti is Executive Director at TOP-IX Consortium. Leonardo graduated in Electronic Engineering from the University of Florence and holds an M.B.A. from the University of Turin.
Since 2006 he has managed the Development Program at TOP-IX Consortium, which aims at...
Alessandro Cannarella is a Cloud and Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience in Web Development, IT Consultancy and startups.
Graduated in Computer Engineering and specializing in Computer Network and Cloud Computing from the Polytechnic of Turin, ...
Data scientist with academic experience in theoretical physics, converted into a machine learning practitioner, passionate about software engineering.
Dario Cannone spents the last four years working in an Italian financial and outsourcing company, where he builts the data science team...
Giusy Cannone has 10+ years experience in the investment and startups area. In the last 6 years she has been active in the Fashion and Luxury industry, investing in several digital startups across different countries. Moreover, she is also knowledgeable about fashion sustainability processes. She...
An IT Freelance, Consultant and Trainer, certified for the first time in Microsoft and CISCO technology in 1998, Corrado Cappucci has acquired an impressive more than 25 years of experience in working mostly with Microsoft Products, from DOS to Windows 2019, Azure and Microsoft 365. Excellent...
Elena Casolari believes in the transformative power of impact investing and the social enterprise movement; she is an advocate and practitioner of gender smart investing. She is the co-founder and partner of OPES Italia Sicaf EuVECA, which invests in impact enterprises in Italy, and OPES-LCEF Fund, an impact...
Engineer by training, PhD in Innovation Management, author of βMercati Infinitiβ (Endless New Markets - ed. Franco Angeli), Irene Cassarino is founder and Executive Chairwoman of The Doers, now part of the Digital Magics group.
She has dedicated her entire professional life to finding new markets...
Virginia Castellucci is in charge of developing new B2B sales funnels for 3Bee, focusing above all on outbound sales. Since she has joined the team, she has also been responsible for all 3Bee educational projects that fall within the Academy pillar. In...
With a degree in Aerospace Engineering @ Polytechnic of Turin, a Ph.D. in Business and Management @Faculty of Business and Economics of Turin and an MBA @ ESCP Europe in Paris, where he currently teach MBA's students, Enrico Cattaneo has 20+ years experience in strategy and innovation...
Ciro Cattuto is Scientific Director of ISI Foundation, and founder and principal investigator of the SocioPatterns collaboration.
He was formerly an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department of the University of Torino and an Expert in the Italian Department of Digital Transformation...
Gianfranco Cecconi leads the global collaborative data ecosystems community of practice in Capgemini Invent: the management consulting business of the Capgemini Group.
He has been advising clients for almost a decade as they explored opportunities in open data and data sharing since he first joined Sir Tim Berners-Leeβs Open Data Institute in London...
Partner of CRCLEX, Carlo Rossi Chauvenet is a Data Protection Officer and an expert in legal tech issues related to digital business models. He's coordinator of the Legal Clinic of the startup accelerator βBocconi4Innovationβ, co-founder of βSweet Legal Techβ...
Alessandro ConfettiΒ has always been interested in human-computer interactions and how to leverage technology and information for the good of all. Alessandro started writing software when he was fourteen, and he has never stopped since then. In the meantime, he studied philosophy, focusing...
Liliana Corvino is engineer with an MBA, she spent 4 years abroad studying and working on consulting and innovation fields. Passionate about startup ecosystem, she worked for incubators and for Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri.
Recently Liliana joined Impact Hub as Incubation Manager...
Ottavio Crivaro is an Open Innovation Advisor and Business Angel.
After several years spent on the front of technological innovation working for an important consultancy firm, he decided to dedicate his time and energy to make the tech transfer process more effective creating startups...
Mario D'Almo is an innovation manager and startup mentor.
Experienced Data Scientist with a demonstrated history of working in the banking industry. Skilled in Business Process, Risk Management, Banking, and Big Data. Strong engineering professional graduated from UniversitΓ degli Studi di Torino.
Stefania Delprete is a data scientist and tech tutor at TOP-IX and co-organizer for the BIG DIVE data training and Impact Deal acceleration program. She has interests and knowledge in physics, neuroscience, computation and open source/free software, human rights and social change...
Enrico Deusebio is leading a team of around 15 people committed to developing data-driven applications, blending data science and software engineering skills in order to build robust, extensible and scalable apps.
He has a broad range of interests, spanning from my scientific and research...
Vittorio Di Tomaso was co-founder, president and CEO of CELI - Language Technology. He participated in the foundation of Blogmeter, the most advanced Italian platform of Social Media Intelligence and of Synapta, an innovative start-up spin-off of the Nexa Center of Politecnico Torino, whose mission is...
Nicola Donelli is Lead Data Scientist at CGnal.
In CGnal he's working mainly on projects in Retail, Finance and Energy, applying Machine Learning algorithms and Statistical Models to answer questions from our clients. He also takes responsibility of project management, direct interac...
Nicola FarronatoΒ is a T-shape manager and entrepreneur who likes to build new innovative projects and ventures. He has extensive experience as an international business developer who has worked in several European cities such as Venice, London, Dublin, Paris and Turin. He practices...
Leo Ferres is a research professor at the Data Science Institute, Universidad del Desarrollo. TelefΓ³nica I+D and ISI Foundation fellow.
He obtained his Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He has published widely from data accessibility and large-data...
Giuseppe Futia is Research Scientist and Knowledge Graph Engineer with multidisciplinary experience focused on research, development, and communication.
He loves to explore new technologies to incorporate human knowledge into intelligent systems.
Gianluca Gaggiotti is Knowledge Manager at EVPA, where he is directly involved in several research activities, with a specific focus on data analysis and content development of several research-related initiatives. Gianluca joined EVPA in 2017, where he has developed an in-depth knowledgeΒ ...
Alexandra Garatzogianni is leader of international, multidisciplinary teams and European Consortia, uniting stakeholders for the successful delivery and adoption of ICT solutions, data products and services, driving digitalisation in a plethora of industries. Collaborative, efficient and ...
Stefano Gatti has been involved for more than 20 years in several data and technologies driven projects in different sectors in financial services.
Heβs worked in Cerved, Italian leader in credit information, for 10 years as head of data and innovation. In this role Stefano has supported the evolution of the company...
With a decade of experience in the social investment space, as part of her long journey at EVPA, the European investing for impact network, Alessia Gianoncelli contributes to build the impact investing market, by supporting impact investors and all impact stakeholders in connecting, exchanging, learning ...
Marco Giannotti is a C-level Manager with an extensive experience in Business Strategy and Innovative Services.
He has been involved for more than 20 years in the Mobile&Telecom Industry with main responsibilities in: Digital Business Strategy, New Business Model, Product/Services Design and...
Cristiano Giovando is a technology innovator and mapping specialist at the World Bank. With 15 years of international experience in the field of geographic information, he applies the principles of open data and open source software to disaster risk management and humanitarian projects...
Emanuela Girardi is founder at Pop AI, AI expert at MiSE. She's also Board Member of AIxIA and of Adra.
Senior executive, board member and advisor with extensive international experience. Passionate about technology and the impact that AI has on our society. Firm believer that AI will help us...
Giulia Giussani is Digital Innovation Manager at IDSA, a not-for-profit association leading the co-creation an international, technology-agnostic standard for cross-domain data sharing based on the federated and sovereign approach called "data spaces". IDSA positions itself as a leading global initiative...
Alberto Giusti, after obtaining a degree in management engineering from Politecnico di Torino, founded and managed several internet companies in Italy, the United States, England, and Switzerland. He has been involved in strategic consulting and training in the digital field. Currently, he collaborates...
NicolΓ² Gozzi is a Senior Research Scientist at ISI Foundation, specializing in advanced analytics, data science, and computational modeling. With a background in both academic and industrial contexts, NicolΓ²'s current research primarily revolves around integrating data and advanced...
Barbara Labate is the founder and CEO of ReStore, a leading e-commerce platform for grocery shopping in Italy. Previously, she also created Risparmiosuper, the first Italian website for supermarket price comparison.
As a serial entrepreneur and international speaker, she has won numerous awards abroad...
Mirko Lalli has always been involved in innovation, technology, communication and marketing.
He began his career as Director of Corporate Communication of Clouditalia SpA, subsequently Chief Executive Officer of AR-tel SpA, and even before that of Marketing and Communicat...
Bruno Lepri is senior researcher at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento, Italy) where he leads the Mobile and Social Computing Lab (MobS). He has recently launched the Center for Computational Social Science and Human Dynamics, a joint initiative between Fondazione Bruno Kessler...
A passionate project manager about innovation from the very beginning of his career. With over 8 years of experience at the Fondazione Sviluppo e Crescita CRT, specializing in crowdfunding for non-profit organizations, Luigi Longo served as a Partner Liaison in significant initiatives such as...
Linda Mazzotti is an Investment Associate at Primo Space, the leading Italian venture capital fund specializing in the space sector. With experience in investment support, innovation management, and business strategy, she has actively collaborated with numerous startups at various stages of...
Graduated in cultural anthropology from La Sapienza University, Federico Mento has obtained a PhD in ethno-anthropological sciences from the same institute, with a thesis on urban studies in Latin America.
From 2000 to 2003, he worked in social planning at the Ora d'Aria Association, an...
Andrea Monti is Senior Executive and Board member with 20+ years of cross-cultural experience in leading teams, advising organizations, and generating change through program management, with a focus on strategy, innovation, impact & sustainability, investments, fundraising...
Federico Morando is CEO and co-founder at Synapta. He is also independent researcher.
Transforming Open Data into Actionable Knowledge as co-founder & CEO at Synapta. Public procurement data, linked data, intellectual property rights, open innovation, public sector information.
CEO at Impact Hub srl SB and Member of the Board of Impact Hub Association.Marco Nannini is Vicepresident and Founder of A4W | Angel for Women, the 1st network of Women Business Angel that invest in female startup, and President and Founder of A4I |Angels for Impact. He has been member...
Technologist of the Bruno Kessler Foundation of Trento where he coordinates the research unit Digital Commons Lab. Maurizio Napolitano is an expert in open data and geospatial technologies, teacher of geospatial analysis at the data science course at the University of Trento. From...
Francesca Naretto is a third-year Ph.D. student in Data Science and sheβs working on eXplainable AI with the group of ERC XAI.Β She is also part of the EU H2020 project SoBigData++ and the TAILOR project.
Her primary research interest is Ethical AI, with a particular interest in Data Privacy...
The volunteering experiences Giuseppe Nigro undertook both in Italy and abroad have brought him closer to the charity sector since the early university years.
The interest in the contribution of the interventions of Third-sector organizations on social change that they promote has led him to deepen the theme of...
Nicola Occelli is a Data Scientist and a Deep Learning Engineer.
He is experienced in most of the state-of-the-art Learning frameworks.
Currently he is a PhD student in Artificial Intelligence applied to Breast Cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Michele Osella Β is a strategic advisor who helps leading organizations β across geographies and industries β to innovate and thrive in the fast-evolving digital landscape. He currently serves as a Senior Program Manager at Compagnia di San Paolo, one of the largest private foundations in Europe,...
Daniela Paolotti is a Senior Research Scientist at ISI Foundation. She is part of the Data Science for Social Impact Research Area.
Daniela has a background in Physics (Bsc, MSc, Ph.D.), and her work has a strong interdisciplinary approach. For more than ten years, she has been working...
Alberto ProsperoΒ is a lead data scientist with 6+ years of practical experience and strong passion for mathematics and computer science.
He is a challenge lover and enthusiastic learner, moved by an insane curiosity and an unwavering determination.
Christian Racca is a design Engineer and Program Manager at TOP-IX Consortium.
After graduating in telecommunication engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Christian joined TOP-IX Consortium, working on data streaming and cloud computing, and later, on web startups...
Paolo Raineri is a C-level Executive with >10 years experience in digital innovation and data driven projects in IT, Tech, Industrial, Consulting and Startups industries. 8 years as a CEO in a Big Data Analytics startup.
Passionate about Sustainability, Biology, Innovation and how their...
Edoardo Ramondo is an entrepreneur with over thirty years of experience in the agri-food sector, during which he managed companies for the production, conditioning, and distribution of fresh products...
Diego Sanvito is Head of the Innovation & Data Intelligence team at Cerved Group and with 19 years of experience in data and Algo.
Since 2009 he coordinates the project activities in the IT area on data and innovation, directing the activities of Data Scouting, Data Integrations & Data ...
Kevin Schawinski is an astrophysicist and a pioneer in the use of machine learning in scientific research. He received his Ph.D from Oxford University studying galaxy formation. During his studies, he co-founded the Galaxy Zoo citizen science project which engaged over two million members...
With over 10 years of experience, Saurabh Tak brings a unique blend of technological knowledge and business acumen to his role as Investment Manager at Circulate Capital and Sagana.
He is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities and leverages his multidisciplinary...
Paolo Testa is Data Science Manager in Nexi, the European Paytech.
He has 10 years of experience in ML & Data Science applied to public health, manufacturing and digital analytics. He holds a Masterβs degree in Statistics and a Bachelorβs degree in Computer Science...
Jan Willem Tulp is an independent Data Experience Designer from The Netherlands.
With his company TULP interactive he creates custom data visualizations for a variety of clients.
For more than 10 years he has helped clients such as Google, European Space Agency, Scientific American...
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Stefaan G. Verhulst is Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer as well as Director of GovLab's Data Program.
He is also, among other positions and affiliations, the Editor-in-Chief of Data & Policy, an open-access journal by Cambridge University Press; the research director of...
Lorenzo Verna is a software engineering manager, independent Data Scientist and researcher.
He's passionate about AI, Knowledge Modeling, Reasoning and machine learning, Text Analysis and natural language processing. He's focused on quality, customer satisfaction and...
Regi Wahyu is a Serial Entrepreneur, Business Developer, aiming to deliver positive impact to the society through exponential technology. Regi had been driving his professional career for 15 years in many different multinational companies as business development director, starting...
Massimo Zaglio is an agile software developer with 15+ years of experience in the web start-up sector.
Graduated in 1998 in Information Science at the University of Turin, he previously worked in IBM as a Technical Solution Architect and System Specialist.
Its eclectic curiosity has led him to positi...