TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Francesco Bellini trained as an economist (Degree in Economics, MAs in Economics and Management of Technological Change, PhD in Innovation Management). He is professor of Finance at the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO and Technology Management research fellow at the Department of Management of University of Rome La Sapienza. He leads the Research & Innovation Lab in Eurokleis and he is scientific consultant for a number of private and public bodies. His professional and academic carrier developed at the crossroad between innovation management and finance. He has an extensive experience in project management and coordination, business and financial modelling of innovation and impact assessment. During his professional carrier he worked in more than 30 EC funded projects coordinating 4 of them. He is author of more than 70 papers and books.

Sorin Anagnoste is a Lecturer and Vice-Dean at Faculty of Business Administration in foreign languages (FABIZ) within the Bucharest University of Economic Studies from Bucharest (ASE). He teaches sjubjects related to strategy, online business models and entrepreneurship. Sorin has over ten years of experience in companies across different industries (FMCG, Oil&Gas, Financial Services, Consulting), in roles like Business Analyst, Finance Manager and Management Consultant.

After graduating the Bucharest University of Economic Studies in 2008 he enrolled for a PhD under the same institution from which he successfully graduated in 2011. His core competences are related to Intelligent Automation, Innovation Management, Strategic Management, Teaching and Training.

In the last three years Sorin has spent in a growing team in the Intelligent Automation department in EY, performing several roles: from business development activities to actual coding on RPA projects for global companies. Aside from these activities he has knowledge and practical experience with other technologies that help companies achieve end-to-end automation (ie. RPA, Chatbots, Process Mining, Data Mining, Intelligent OCR).

His practical experience was also covered on more than twenty academic articles in journals and at dedicated academic conferences, being so the most quoted specialist in the area of Intelligent Automation.

Sorin is frequently invited as guest speaker to workshops and seminars.

Marco Savastano, Ph.D., is Lecturer at Sapienza University of Rome – Management Department, where he obtained his PhD in Innovation Management. He is qualified as Associate Professor according to the National Scientific Habilitation (ASN). He teaches the courses “Innovation and Environmental Management – Industrial Ecology” and “Digital Innovation and Quality Management”. Visiting Professor at the University of Zagreb and Dubrovnik (Croatia) and Adjunct Professor at different Italian Universities. He was visiting research fellow at the University of Baltimore (USA), and at the TUe University of Eindhoven (NL). He actively participates in international conferences, and realized more than 50 publications as journal articles in top-rated international journals, book and encyclopaedia chapters. He is also frequently invited as guest professor to international workshops and seminars.