Innovation Days: On the road with Il Sole 24 Ore to explore Italian innovation

27 May 2021
Digital Event

The journey of Il Sole 24 Ore and Confindustria through Italian regions in the name of innovation continues in Emilia Romagna.

Il Sole 24 Ore, in collaboration with Confindustria, is travelling around Italy in search of innovation and they stopped off in Emilia Romagna on their Innovation Days tour. This provided ten days in which entrepreneurs and institutions could compare notes to share experiences and successes, new business models, and winning ideas for the companies of tomorrow. Ten unique opportunities to respond together to the changes underway and take advantage of opportunities for recovery and development.

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We were also present among the speakers from Emilia Romagna on Thursday 27 May 2021! Our CEO, Marco Righi, acting as a member of the Board of Administration of the CERR, spoke about how the Emilia Romagna Region Digital Innovation Hub and the Bi-Rex Competence Center are supporting company innovation, and he described the innovation that earned Flash Battery technology a national best practice award on the basis of automatic remote control from our Flash Data Center.

Read the programme of the event below:

FACTORY OF THE FUTURE

9:30 a.m – 13-00 p.m
Moderator: Lello Naso, Journalist for Il Sole 24 Ore

9:30 Introduction
Fabio Tamburini, Direttore Il Sole 24 Ore
Pietro Ferrari, Presidente Confindustria Emilia Romagna

9:45 Digital changes the factory
Sonia Bonfiglioli, President and CEO Bonfiglioli
Marco Hannappel, President and CEO Philip Morris Italia
Alessandra Michelini, Sales Manufacturing Manager TIM
Raffaele Zingone, Head of the Central Affairs Direction of Banca Ifis

10:30 The push for sustainability
Renzo Avesani, Chief Innovation Officer Unipol Group, CEO Leithà
Vincenzo Colla, Councillor for economic development and green economy, employment, training Emilia-Romagna Region
Radek Jelinek, President and CEO Mercedes-Benz Italia
Marco Frattini, Head of Macro Area North East, Market Italy Enel
Alberto Vacchi, President and CEO IMA

11:15 New knowledge
Domenico Bambi, BI-REX President
Andrea Chiesi, President of Confindustria Emilia-Romagna Ricerca (CERR) and DIH Emilia-Romagna
Alessandro Talamelli, CICLOPE Project Manager University of Bologna
Francesco Ubertini, Dean of Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna

12:00 One-to-one interview. Innovation at work
Giovanni Carnevali CEO and General Manager Sassuolo Calcio
talking with con Lello Naso, Journalist for Il Sole 24 Ore

12:15 Technology and Digital Innovation in SMES
Presentation of the research “L’innovazione digitale nelle PMI italiane: lo stato dell’arte e le prossime sfide”
Antonello D’Elia, Consulting Manager Unit Business Intelligence & Insight GroupM
Speakers:
Giovanni Bartucci, Vice Executive President Alperia Bartucci
Dino Brancale, CEO AVL Italia
Michele Mormile, Managing Partner AQuest

13:00 Conclusions

SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION 4.0

14:30 p.m – 16:30 p.m

14:30 Introduction
Ilaria Vesentini, Contributor Il Sole 24 Ore

14:35 Rubber-plastics, packaging and agri-food at the challenge of digitalisation and sustainability. The Pieri case
Danica Pieri, Sole Administrator Pieri

14:45 Digital Innovation Hub and Competence Center supporting digital innovation
Marco Righi, Digital Innovation Hub Emilia-Romagna and Ceo & Founder Flash Battery
Stefano Cattorini, General Manager Competence Center BiRex

15:15 Tax and financial incentives for green and 4.0 innovation
Valentina Carlini, Industrial Politics Area Confindustria

15:25 MP3 Case – I.L.P.A. Group
Riccardo Pianesani, CEO I.L.P.A. Group

15:40 Il caso Hi-Food
Massimo Ambanelli, CEO and Co-founder Hi-Food

15:50 4.0 Technologies for circular economy
Marco Frey, Professor of Economics and Business Management, Director of the sustainability research group at the Scuola Sant’Anna in Pisa and Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Symbola Foundation

16:05 The case of San Michele ham factory
Giulio Gherri, CEO ParmaFood Group srl – San Michele Ham Factory

16:15 Skills and Training 4.0
Ormes Corradini, President ITS Maker

16:30 Conclusions
Ilaria Vesentini, Contributor Il Sole 24 Ore

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