Suzanne Benoît – President, Aéro Montréal
Suzanne M. Benoît was appointed President of Aéro Montreal, Québec’s aerospace cluster, at its inception in August 2006. Aéro Montreal brings together major decision makers in Québec’s aerospace sector and aims to optimize the competitiveness, growth and the influence of the industry around the world. Prior to joining Aéro Montréal, she led the Longueuil Economic […]
Andrea Bardi – General Manager, Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation
General Manager of the Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation. Education: MSc in Political Sciences (University of Bologna), MBA (Bologna Business School). He is involved in research, consulting and training on supply chain innovation, transport & logistics and regional development policies. He previously held the position of manager in the research area for the private […]
Paola Salomoni – Regional Minister for Education, University, Research and Digital Agenda, Emilia-Romagna Region
Born in Bologna in 1966, she is a wife and a mother. She graduated in Information Science at the University of Bologna in 1992 magna cum laude, and worked as a sub teacher in two Commercial Technical Institutes during her studies. In 1995 she moved to Cesena and became researcher in Computer Science and Engineering […]
Massimo Bocchi – Co-founder and CEO, CellPly
Massimo Bocchi is Co-founder and CEO at CellPly where he created the team and raised more than €6m funding from equity investors and grants. Massimo is co-inventor of the core CellPly’s technology and has 15 years of experience in microtechnologies and tools for the life sciences. He is author of 30 scientific papers and inventor […]
Ettore Rizzo – Co-founder, enGenome
Ettore Rizzo is a co-founder of enGenome (www.engenome.com), a bioinformatics company that has developed a SaaS platform (eVai) that enables geneticists to detect pathogenic genomic variants with unprecedented accuracy and speed. By combining bioinformatics, AI and international guidelines, eVai accurately classifies and prioritizes every genomic variant of a patient, suggesting a list of possible related […]
Matteo Roffilli – CEO, Bioretics
Researcher, inventor, entrepreneur, Matteo Roffilli, born in 1976 in Italy, is an eclectic pioneer in the field of computer vision based on Machine Learning and HPC techniques. After humanities studies, he obtained a MS degree and a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Bologna, helping to create one of the first commercial systems […]
Mark Anthony Serri – Managing Director, Mid-Market Mergers & Acquisitions, Royal Bank of Canada
Mark-Anthony Serri serves as Managing Director, Mid-Market Mergers & Acquisitions for Royal Bank of Canada based in Montreal, Quebec. He has worked for over 25 years as a Partner in a large assurance and advisory firm, financial advisor in professional firms, as M&A Director of a public technology company and as CFO/Entrepreneur of a business […]
Dr. Vincent Mooser – Canada Excellence Research Chair in Genomic Medicine, McGill University
Vincent Mooser MD is presently the chairholder of the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Genomic Medicine at McGill, and the co-founder and director of the Québec COVID-19 Biobank. Before joining McGill in 2019, he was the Head of the Lab Department at CHUV University hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, Vice-Dean for Clinical Research at Lausanne University […]
Alexandre Le Bouthillier – Co-Founder & Chief Corporate Officer, Imagia
Alexandre Le Bouthillier holds a PhD in Operations Research from the Université de Montréal (Canada) and completed a post doctorate program at the Université de Genève (Switzerland). He is the co-founder of Planora, an artificial intelligence & optimisation company. Alexandre was VP Science & Technology at RedPrairie (now JDA Software) following the acquisition of Planora. […]
