A comparison between Israeli and Italian experience
10.00 Opening Remarks
Giovanni Azzone, Rector of the Politecnico di Milano
Naor Gilon, Ambassador of Israel
10.20 SESSION 1: The Experience of the Entrepreneurs
How not to mess up your first start-up
Ishay Green, Entrepreneur
Building (and selling) a High-tech Company in Italy: the
Neptuny Story
Fabio Violante, CTO EMEA for BMC Software
Discussion - Ferruccio Resta, Politecnico di Milano
11.20 SESSION 2: The Contextual Factors and the V.C.
Israel VC’s Model
Astorre Modena, Terra Venture Partner
Collecting Academe’s Golden Eggs: Lessons for Italy from Israel
Shlomo Maital, Director Technion Institute of Management, Technion of Haifa
Alessandro Fusacchia*, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico
Discussion - Giampio Bracchi, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano
12.40 Concluding Remarks
Cristina Tajani, Assessore alle Politiche per il lavoro, sviluppo economico, università e ricerca del Comune di Milano
Andrea Gibelli*, Assessore all’Industria, artigianato, edilizia e cooperazione di Regione Lombardia
* Invited guests
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