Speakers

He is an MD and an expert in immune responses to viruses and tumors. He discovered the HCV virus receptor and has defined new targets for immunotherapy in human cancers. He’s the CSO of the National Institute of Molecular Genetics “Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi” in Milan and is a professor of Immunology at the University of Milan. He has received the Gold Medal for Merit to Public Health and obtained an ERC Advanced Grant. He has founded 2 startups for new antitumor immunotherapies and holds top positions as scientific advisor or administrator in no-profit scientific organizations and biotech companies.

Graduated with honors from Bocconi University, she developed her career in the financial sector both in Italy and abroad.
Since 2024, she has been the Chief Sustainability Officer of Intesa Sanpaolo, with responsibilities for strategic direction of ESG topics, culture, innovation and a strong commitment to social issues and the fight against inequalities. Previously she was the Chief Operating Officer of the Group, overseeing Organization, HR, Trade Union Relations, Education and Training, Internal Communication, Health and Safety and Physical Security. In the past she was responsible for the Group’s of International Banking Division and before that for Intesa Sanpaolo’s Shareholdings and M&A Activities.
She is the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center and Vice Chairwoman of Neva SGR, as well as a Board Member of Banca Fideuram, Eurizon, Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni and ABI.
In 2022, she received the Mela d’Oro Award of the Marisa Bellisario Foundation and was included by Forbes among Italy’s 100 most influential successful women.

Born in Lecco in 1987, Maria Anghileri is the COO of the Eusider Group, a leader in the Italian steel industry. A Law graduate from Bocconi University, she furthered her education at Harvard Business School. After a legal career, she joined Eusider in 2016. Active in Confindustria since 2015, she has held key roles, including National Vice President of the Young Entrepreneurs (2020-2024), developing projects on generational transition in family businesses. Since November 2024, she has been President of G.I. and Vice President of Confindustria.

Giovanni Azzone, 64 years old, has served as President of Fondazione Cariplo since May 2023; taught Business and Strategic Decision-Making at the Politecnico di Milano, where he served as Rector from 2010 to 2016. He has undertaken numerous roles within institutions, corporations, and non-profit organizations.
He is currently President of IFOM, the molecular oncology research institute of Fondazione AIRC and undertake a variety of roles for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, ISTAT… he served as President of the Fondazione Comunitaria di Milano, the community foundation focused on the city of Milan, promoted by Fondazione Cariplo in 2018.

A fourth-generation entrepreneur, Gabriele Buia is currently the Chairman and Sole Shareholder of Buia Nereo, a company that has been operating in the construction industry for sixty years. Since June 2022, he has also served as President of the Parma Industry Association (Unione Parmense degli Industriali).
He has extensive experience within the Confindustria system, particularly in the construction sector. He was President of the Parma Builders Association (2000-2006), President of Ance Emilia-Romagna (2006-2013), National Vice President of Ance (2009-2017), and National President of Ance (2017-2022). He is currently a member of Confindustria’s General Council.

Prof. Dr. Tomasso Calarco has been a full professor at the University of Cologne since 2018 and at
the University of Bologna since 2023. He received his PhD at the University of Ferrara and started to
work as a postdoc in the group of P. Zoller at the University of Innsbruck. He was appointed as a
Senior Researcher at the BEC Centre in Trento in 2004 and as a Professor for Physics at
the University of Ulm in 2007, where he then became Director of the Institute for Complex Quantum
Systems and of the Centre for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology. He has authored in 2016
the Quantum Manifesto, which initiated the European Commission’s Quantum Flagship initiative,
and is currently the Chairman of one of the Flagship’s Governing Bodies: The Quantum Community
Network (QCN). In 2020, together with the QCN, he has launched an initiative towards the creation
of a consortium of European quantum industries, which has been legally established in 2021 under
the name of European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC).

Angelo Camilli is Vice President of Confindustria for Credit, Finance and Taxation.
He is the founder and CEO of the Consilia Group, operating in the sector of professional training and health and safety in the workplace.
He has been Deputy Vice President of Rome Technopole since 2022.
He has previously held the positions of President of Unindustria Lazio, President of Piccola Industria di Unindustria Lazio and President of Cicero DIH Lazio, among others.

Frank Cinque served as Managing Director of ALTIS – Graduate School Business and Society of Catholic University of Milan from 2006 to 2015.
There, in 2010, he collaborated in the launch of the E4Impact initiative to train impact entrepreneurs across Africa. In 2015, when E4Impact became a Foundation, Frank was appointed as General Manager.
He lectures in various editions of the E4Impact MBAs in Africa.

Francesco De Santis, born in Milan in 1956, has a degree in Pharmacy and is Chairman of Italfarmaco SpA, a family-owned pharmaceutical company founded in 1938. He joined the company in 1981, holding the positions of General Manager, Director, Chairman and directly participating in the internationalisation process and in the establishment of the Group’s companies. He is currently Vice President of Confindustria Research & Development (a position held from 2020 to 2024, and also Member of the R&I Technical Committee from 2012 to 2019). He was Vice President of Farmindustria from 2011 to 2019 and now sits on the Presidential Committee.

Massimiliano Di Silvestre, 54 years old, has been President and CEO of BMW Italia S.p.A. since 2019. He holds a degree in Economics and Business from the University of Bologna. He has been working for the BMW Group since 2001 (with a break between 2009 and 2012, during which he gained significant professional experience in other automotive companies), holding various positions including Regional Director of the Sales Division of the Italian branch, CEO of BMW Roma, Country Manager of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, and Managing Director of BMW Group Hungary.

Giovanni Fassio is a member of the board of The NY Climate Exchange – one of the largest US research centers on climate – and has been the first chair of its programming committee. Speaker on deep-tech and climate, Giovanni also launched a climate/deep tech angel syndicate in 2022 focused on Italian founders with 15 active investments. A Harvard MBA, Giovanni is a Partner at Boston Consulting Group in Boston with 10+ years of experience in technology incubation and scaling. He focuses on private investing, climate, SW and deep-tech product and go-to-market strategies.

Born in New York, Vittoria Ferragamo studied in top European schools, earning a degree in International Communication. Passionate about equestrian sports, she competed internationally. Since 2013, she has been on Il Borro’s Board, overseeing sustainability, the organic garden, and agricultural products. She leads projects on beekeeping and biodiversity, promoting an innovative approach to sustainable farming. She lives in Siena, a city renowned for its equestrian heritage.

Daniela Fumarola, 58 years old, born in Taranto, graduated in sociology from the “Cattolica” University, was elected CISL General Secretary on 12 February 2025. She began her trade union career in the Federation of Agricultural labourers. She led the CISL in Taranto and in the Puglia region. Among the most important areas of trade union action are the procedures for transforming undeclared work into regular employment, the territorial pacts in the agricultural sector, the environmental remediation of the former Ilva industrial site, the many initiatives in favour of youth employment, people who are not self-sufficient and maternity protection.

Giovanni Gorno Tempini became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti on 24 October 2019 and of CDP Reti SpA on 28 November 2019. On 2 April 2020 he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of CDP Equity SpA. and of Fondazione CDP on 11 November 2021.
Since December 2024, he has been a member of the Corporate Governance Committee made up of business associations (ABI, ANIA, Assonime, Confindustria) and professional investors ( Assogestioni, the Italian Asset Management Association) and Borsa Italiana.
From August 2019 he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of F.I.L.A. – Fabbrica Italiana Lapis e Affini – and from 2017 a member of the Board of Directors of Avio SpA, both companies listed on the Star segment of Borsa Italiana. Read more

Antonio Gozzi is an Italian entrepreneur, President of Federacciai and member of the General Council and the Presidency Council of Confindustria. He is President of Duferco Participations Holding S.A, an international Group present in over 20 countries involved in the steel, energy and shipping sectors. In Italy, the Group controls 100% of the activities of Duferco Energia, one of the leading operators in the energy market, and of Duferco Travi e Profilati, the most important Italian manufacturer of steel beams for construction. Since 2007, he is the President of Virtus Entella.

She joined the Lavazza Board of Directors in 2001. Since 2010, she has been on the Board of Directors of Finlav S.p.A., where she has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2023. From 2005 to 2015, she led the company’s Corporate Image Department, developing new forms of communication, including international campaigns, photography projects, and major partnerships in the fields of art and culture. Since 2015, she has served on the Board of Directors of Camera, Italy’s Photography Centre, and since 2016, she has been a member of the Board of Trustees of New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. In 2021, she was appointed Chairwoman of Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea.

Teodoro Lio, starting September 1st 2024, is the CEO of Accenture Italy and Market Unit Lead of the ICEG Region, which includes Italy, Central Europe and Greece.
Since joining Accenture in 2001, Lio has worked closely with key players in the national and international industry landscape, focusing on value creation through technology and digital transformation, with a strong focus on innovation and enhancing the spirit of entrepreneurship.
Prior to taking on the role of CEO, he was Accenture Lead for Products which include key sectors of Italy’s economy, from consumer goods to retail, from infrastructure and transportation to pharmaceutical and from automotive to heavy industry.
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Costanza Maramotti, granddaughter of MaxMara’s Founder Achille Maramotti, is part of the family’s third generation.
Born in Reggio Emilia, she graduated at Classical Lyceum and obtained the Law Degree at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.
She joined the Company in 2011 and she has operated in Product Management, Technical Design and Sustainability.
She member of the Board of Directors of MaxMaraFashion Group and MaxMara, and member of the Sustainability Committee.

Born in 1955, entrepreneur, Maurizio Marchesini is the President of Marchesini Group S.p.A.
He is a member of the General Council of Confindustria, Vice President of Confindustria and a Board Member of Bologna Business School.
He is also President of Nomisma, President of Fare Impresa in Dozza, Board Member of Monte del Matrimonio, and a Member of the Advisory Board Italy of UniCredit S.p.A.
Cavaliere del Lavoro since 2013, he has been President of the Gruppo Emiliano Romagnolo since 2025.
In October 2019, he was awarded an honorary degree in Automation Engineering by Alma Mater Studiorum.

Mario Molteni is Full Professor of Corporate Strategy at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan and CEO of E4Impact Foundation. He was recently appointed as Director of the Plan with Africa of Università Cattolica.
Mario is a serial entrepreneur: in 2004 founded ALTIS (the Graduate School of Sustainable Management at Catholic University), in 2006 Sustainability Makers (the Italian association of sustainability professionals), in 2015 E4Impact Foundation, and in 2022 ALTIS Advisory (a Catholic University spin-off for consultancy in Corporate Strategy, Sustainability, Reporting and Impact measurement) of which he is chairman.
Thank to the E4Impact project, in 2015 he was nominated as Senior Ashoka Fellow in Kenya.
Author of more than 150 publications on Sustainability, Corporate strategy and Entrepreneurship. Member of several Scientific Committees, he served as an independent director on the board of Italian listed companies.

Letizia Moratti is President of the Forza Italia National Secretariat Council and a member of the European Parliament in PPE Group.
She is a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Empl), the Committee on Public Health (Sant), the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (Itre), the Delegation to the OSACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Dacp), and the Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly (Dafr).
She was Vice President of the Executive Board of Lombardy Region and Regional Ministers for Welfare, Mayor of Milan and she obtained the assignment of Expo 2015, Minister for Education, University and Scientific Research and President of RAI- Radio Televisione Italiana.
From 2016 to 2020 she was Chairman of the Management Board and then of the Board of Directors of UBI Banca.
She is co-founder of the San Patrignano Foundation.
She founded and chair E4Impact Foundation, which trains impact entrepreneurs in Africa.
She created the Genesis Association, of which she is President, committed to the defence of human rights, through contemporary art.

Chido Munyati is the Director and Head of Africa at the World Economic Forum, responsible for shaping and leading the regional agenda for Africa. Previously, Chido practiced law at Froriep, a prominent Swiss law firm, and served at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
In 2017, Chido was selected as one of nineteen emerging global leaders for the World Economic Forum’s prestigious Global Leadership Fellows (GLF) program, a rigorous three-year initiative designed to equip fellows with skills, frameworks, and experiences necessary to drive systemic change through public-private cooperation.
In 2023, Chido was honored as one of the “Top 100 Under 40 Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD),” recognizing his impactful contributions and leadership.
Chido is a qualified attorney admitted to practice in New York’s 3rd Judicial District. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Hofstra University School of Law, where he was awarded a full-tuition merit academic scholarship.

Emanuele Orsini is President of Confindustria since May 2024. He has also been President of Assolegno and President of Federlegno Arredo, the Federation of Wood, Cork, Furniture, and Furnishing Industries. Besides being a member of Confindustria’s General Council since 2017, from 2020 to 2024 he was National Vice President for Credit,Finance and Taxation.
He is currently CEO of Sistemi Costruzioni, his family business in the wood construction and industrial logistics sector. Since 2024, he is President of Tino Prosciutti SpA operating in the food sector. In 2018 he was rewarded by the Minister of the Environment for the eco-sustainable projects rolled out in providing emergency housing solutions in the Marche Region following the earthquake that struck Central Italy.

Vice-President of the Ponti Group.
In the 1990s she worked for an extended period in the Third Sector, as manager of social cooperatives.
In 2010, she joined Ponti, the family business that has been successfully producing vinegar for nine generations, owing to its deep roots in the local territory and its constant focus on innovation. Here, she has developed innovation processes, from generational changeover to digital and sustainable transformation.
Member of the Board of Directors of Amref Health Africa – Italy.
Since May 2024 she holds the position of Vice-President of Confindustria for Environmental Transition and ESG Objectives.

Valeria Sandei is Chief Executive Officer at Almawave, President at The Data Appeal Company, SisTer, Almawave do Brasil, Almawave USA and Mabrian Technologies, Member of the Board of Directors at OBDA Systems, listed among 100 Most Powerful Women 2024 by Fortune Italia and among 100 Top Manager 2024 by Forbes.
She is a member of the B7 Advisory Board, the Advisory Board Centro of Unicredit, and the Astrid AI Observatory, co-author of 3 US Patents and also serves on the scientific committee of the RCS Academy Business School’s MBA AI & Business Strategy.

Mario Zanetti has been CEO of Costa Crociere since April 2023. In January 2024 he was also appointed President of Confitarma, and in May 2024, Confindustria President’s Delegate for the Economy of the Sea. He has worked at Costa Crociere since 1999, where he took on positions carrying ever greater responsibility, leading the company’s operations in Asia from 2016 to 2020 and then holding the positions of Chief Commercial Officer and General Manager. He has a degree in Maritime and Transport Economics from the University of Genoa, and further advanced his education at INSEAD Business School.

President of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) since July 2019, Antonio Zoccoli is professor of physics at the University of Bologna. He carries out experimental research in the field of fundamental, nuclear and subnuclear physics and has been a member of several international collaborations, at Rutherford Lab in UK, at CERN in Switzerland and at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg (Germany). Since 2005 he is a member of the ATLAS collaboration at CERN, which, together with the CMS collaboration, announced the first observation of the Higgs boson in July 2012.
Since June 2021 he is President of CONPER (Council of the Presidents of Italian Public Research Institutes) and since July 2022 he is President of the Foundation ICSC National Research Centre for High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing.