Speakers

Full Professor of Business Organization at the University of Bologna and Dean of BBS. Member of the Board of Trustees of the EFMD, Founding Chair of the Emba Consortium for Global Business Innovation. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Ferrarelle SpA and Snam. He also is a Guest Professor at Nankai University (Tianjin, China) and at Mirbis (Moscow, Russia).

Is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. Hoffman is the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking. He is currently a partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners and a co-founder of Inflection AI.

Rector of the University of Bologna from 2021. Full Professor in Agricultural Machinery and Mechanisation at the University of Bologna since 2016, an Associate Professor from 2010 to 2016, and Researcher from 2000 to 2010. Ph.D. in Materials Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

Italian politician, economist, professor, public manager and business executive, who served as President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic from 1996 to 1998 and from 2006 to 2008. From 1999 to 2004 he was President of the European Commission. Romano Prodi is also Chairman of the Collegio di Indirizzo of BBS.