THE CONFERENCE

Relentless InNOVAtion - International perspectives at the crossroads of business, technology, and public policy

NOVA, in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management and the European Club at Harvard Business School, presents its tenth annual gathering.

The 10th NOVA Innovation Conference is your opportunity to attend an exceptional international event that brings together European and American leaders for a debate concerning the role of innovation in tough times. The Conference is designed to attract an international audience of more than 200 MBAs, PhDs and alumni from the major North American schools and foster discussion and networking. Registration includes a Welcome Cocktail at The Liberty Hotel Boston, a Gala Dinner at the Museum of Fine Arts and several other networking events.

In the past, the Conference has enthusiastically welcomed noted speakers such as Nobel Prize winners Franco Modigliani and Joseph Stiglitz, Google’s Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt, and the Governor of the Bank of Italy Mario Draghi.

This year’s gathering will take place from November 13th to 15th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. Our 2009 theme, Relentless InNOVAtion - International perspectives at the crossroads of business, technology, and public policy, will focus on the drivers and the inherent risks of innovation in both high-technology and other more traditional sectors.

The NOVA Conference is your opportunity to attend an exceptional international event that brings Europe and the US face to face. Hear from business leaders and prominent faculty, network with students and professionals, and recruit with leading European companies. We hope you will join us at the 10th NOVA Innovation Conference.

SPEAKERS

Alessandro Fracassi - CEO and Co-Founder, Gruppo MutuiOnline
Alessandro Piol- Co-Founder, Vedanta Capital (New York)
Alpheus Bingham - Founder and Member, Board of Directors, Innocentive
Amedeo Carassai - Partner, Apax Partners
Beppe Severgnini - Journalist, writer and columnist, Corriere della Sera
Bernardo Bertoldi - Entrepreneur, Business Angel and Professor of Entrepreneurship
Brian Halligan - CEO and Founder, HubSpot
Charles Kane - President, Chief Operating Officer, One Laptop Per Child
Dante Roscini - Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Fabio Lorenzo Sattin - Chairman and Founding Partner, Private Equity Partners SGR Spa; Former Chairman of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Francesco Fragasso - Nuvera Fuel Cells, VP Finance & Treasurer
James Schwartz - Business Development Director, GMZ Energy
On. Prof. Franz Turchi - Former Vice President of the European Union's Budget Commission
Gian Carlo Bruno - Director, Financial Services, World Economic Forum
Gianfilippo (Phil) Cuneo - Senior Partner and Chairman of the Investment Committee, Synergo SGR
Ken Zolot - Founder, Innovation Teams Initiative, Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation; Senior Lecturer, MIT School of Engineering
Liborio Stellino - Consul General, Consulate General of Italy in Boston
Massimo F. d'Amore - CEO, PepsiCo Americas Beverages
Nicola Pianon - Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
Pier Ludovico Bancale - Founder and CEO, BootB
Riccardo Signorelli - President, FastCAP SYSTEMS
Richard Boly - Director, Office of eDiplomacy at U.S. Department of State; Initiator of the Global Entrepreneurship Program at Stanford University
Richard Spillenkothen - Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Former Federal Reserve’s Director of Banking Supervision and Regulation
Roberto Rigobon Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management; Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management
Toni Volpe - President and CEO, Enel North America
Umberto Malesci - President and Co-Founder, Fluidmesh Networks, Inc.

ORGANIZING TEAM

Conference Co-Chairs
Davide Rossi
Francesco Tronci
Speakers Management
Christian Zerbi
Ernesto Pagano
Michele Rosiello
Marketing & Partnerships
Massimo Castaldo
Leah Derus

SPONSORS

AlixPartners
Bain & Company
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Brooks Brothers
Liberty Boston Hotel