Dr. Fabrice Brunet – President and Chief Executive Officer, CHUM

Dr. Brunet is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine since September 3, 2015. He was the CEO of Sainte-Justine since January 3, 2009. He is also the President of the University of Montreal Health Network (RUIS). He is Professor in the Department […]
Andrea Tagliaferri

Andrea Tagliaferri is the innovation manager of MUSP research center and Tecnonet enterprise network manager. He has developed many project, both mechanical , electrical and software, from machine tool to sweeping machines in different companies and countries before came to MUSP consortium. Now it’s involved in research project on artificial intelligence for manufacturing plants and […]
Mariacristina Gherpelli

Mariacristina Gherpelli is the founder and CEO of GHEPI S.r.l.. As of July 2018, she became the Chair of the Mechatronics and Motoristics Clust-ER of Emilia-Romagna Region, in Italy. In Ghepi she oversees the General Management, Research and Innovation, Industrial and Institutional Relations. From 2004 she promoted the participation of GHEPI in European, National and […]
Donato Laico

Donato Laico is a software engineer who has been working for Sacmi Imola S. C. since 1998. After working as project manager for various projects, he is currently the software manager for Sacmi Vision Systems where he leads a team of engineers for the development, integration and industrialization of the vision systems. His long experience […]
Massimo Ruffolo

Massimo is an innovator with 20+ years of experience as researcher and entrepreneur. He is member of the High Performance Computing and Networking Institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). His research interests are: Artificial Intelligence, Databases and Big Data, Semantic Technologies, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing. Massimo has led many R&D projects, is […]
Stefano Dell’Omo

Stefano Dell’Omo has been working as the Senior Strategic Infrastructure Partnership Manager at Yoox Net-a-Porter Group (YNAP) since 2014. Mr. Dell’Omo has many years of experience working in the technology industry. He is skilled in Business Process, Analytical Skills, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), IT Service Management, and Team Building. He is a strong engineering professional […]
Maurizio Sobrero – University of Bologna – Bologna Business School

Maurizio Sobrero is a Full Professor of Innovation Management at the University of Bologna. He received his PhD in Technology Management and Innovation at MIT (Massachusetts, USA) and currently chairs the Department of Management of the University of Bologna. He is the Senior Advisor for Next Production Revolution at Bologna Business School, where he coordinates the School […]
Giovanni Anceschi

Giovanni Anceschi is the President and Board chair of ART-ER, Attractiveness Research Territory, which combines the the Emilia-Romagna Joint Stock Consortium of the Emilia-Romagna Region, the six regional Universities, the Italian research centres CNR, ENEA, INFN, the regional Union of the Chambers of Commerce and other local stakeholders. ART-ER’s aim is to foster sustainable growth […]
Yannick Desmarais

A leading authority on intelligent factories and the fourth industrial revolution, and a graduate of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in mechanical engineering, Yannick Desmarais has been called upon throughout his career to manage projects aimed at improving the productivity of the companies in which he worked, and to institute production monitoring systems. Benefiting […]