WEAVING THE FUTURE: between innovation and new market horizons

AGENDA

SPEAKERS

PEPE MODER – MODERATOR

Journalist, radio host and founding partner of Imaginars.

With more than 20 years of experience and practice in digital business, he supports executives, leaders, and organizations in rethinking and reshaping strategy, organization, and mindset to address digital transformation, turning frictions into incremental opportunities.
He provides support to major international players in the field of training and education, providing consulting and training for various digital business courses and training tracks targeted at middle and top management.

MASSIMILIANO BIZZI

Massimiliano Bizzi, born in Bologna in 1970, began his career in the family business, then emerged in the fashion industry as a designer and shoemaker with Collection Privée?. He later focused on innovation in the trade show industry, creating WHITE in 2002, an exhibition platform away from traditional trade shows and focused on contemporary fashion and new talent. Bizzi, together with Brenda Bellei, founded M.Seventy in 2005 to run the showcase, which distinguished itself by introducing emerging designers. His vision has led WHITE to become a benchmark for scouting new talents; a collaboration with the City of Milan in 2009 further strengthened its influence in the fashion world.

BRENDA BELLEI BIZZI

Brenda Bellei Bizzi is CEO of M.Seventy, a company specialized in events and consulting in the fashion industry and owner of WHITE, an international contemporary women’s fashion showcase, part of Milan Fashion Week. After graduating in Economics cum laude in 1994 and working at Arthur Andersen International, she began working in the fashion industry with her husband Massimiliano Bizzi, becoming CEO of M.Seventy and White in 2007. She is in charge of business development and brand internationalization, keeping WHITE relevant with a strategic selection of high-impact brands and projects.

DANIELE SANZENI

Daniele Sanzeni, originally from Mantua, embarked on a global career path beginning with a job in Libya in the construction machinery industry. His career took him to Beijing with Wickerton Engineering, where he developed the textile market, then advanced to Hong Kong, expanding the business in Asia. He joined Lanificio F.lli Cerruti S.p.A, and directed the development of the textile business in the Far East, achieving significant successes and expanding markets. Returning to Italy in 2001, he continued to work in the textile and fashion industry, culminating in the creation of his own business entity focused on industry consulting, while maintaining a strong passion and dedication for textiles.

FABIO TAMBURINI

With a degree in Corporate Finance from Bocconi University, from the mid-1980s he had his first work experience in the international arena at First Bank of Boston, where he specialized in corporate finance, for about a decade. He then joined the Arca Group as head of corporate treasury activities. Selected by the former CEO Alessandro Profumo, he joined UniCredit as head of marketing and then as manager of corporate advisory, promoting, among other innovative and historical system initiatives, the “Champions of Made in Italy.” In the meantime, he began his experience as a board member, first as a representative of Unicredit and later, and until today, as an Independent at important Made in Italy companies, such as: Benetton, Trabaldo Togna, Moreschi, Herno, Ente Moda Italia, etc. To complete his professional experience dedicated to Made in Italy, he gained further important experiences in the industry as CEO at Fornarina and Brand Director at Pomellato, as well as Senior Advisor Luxury at Ernst & Young, before being appointed CEO of Albini Group in 2018.

STEFANO SORCI

More than 30 years of experience in international companies such as La Rinascente, Alviero Martini 1st Class, Chevignon, Katherine Hamnett, Uniform, Prenatal, etc…

Buying Manager in La Rinascente (for brands including Ermenegildo Zegna, Trussardi, Calvin Klein, Valentino, Marlboro Classic, D&G, Versace Collection, Paul & Shark, Class by Roberto Cavalli, Valentino. Hugo Boss, Missoni Sport, etc) and Private Labels.

Expert in buying and product development – working – ad hoc – on branding and fashion collection development projects.

Extensive experience in fashion buying, selling and retail.

Currently consultant for new brands as Product Manager

Istituto Marangoni Milano School in the role of Course Leader and Tutor.

DAN DONOVAN

Chief Technology Officer at Mesmerise Group, the trusted guide to
immersive technology, artificial intelligence and sustainability for the enterprise. Prior to joining Mesmerise, he spent more than 22 years in the software industry, focusing primarily on data and analytics tools, platforms and solutions. He spent 11 years at Lavastorm Analytics, covering multiple roles. Most recently, he served as CTO of EY Comply, a platform that enables the automation of onboarding, preparation, analysis, and regulatory reporting of data from EY’s financial services clients.

STEFANO LINARI

A great expert in IoT and Manufacturing as a service, as well as a former CNR member, he also has extensive knowledge of textiles with IoT supply chain projects in Prato.
He has turned his passion for research into innovative companies such as Linari Engineering, Alleantia and Linari Medical. These companies have already distinguished themselves internationally for the quality of their technology by leading many important and prestigious clients to adopt their technologies.
With the invaluable help of operating partners, business angels and extraordinarily valuable collaborators, he has succeeded in turning ideas into products and products into market references.

ROBERTA DE PALMA

Roberta De Palma holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in cleaner technologies and more than 25 years of work experience in managing complex sustainability projects in industry in the areas of circular economy, resource efficiency, corporate responsibility, eco-innovation, and cleaner technologies transfer. She has worked on various assignments for the private sector, the European Commission, the International Finance Corporation and the United Nations.
She currently serves as chief technical advisor at UNIDO’s Circular Economy and Industrial Resource Efficiency Unit, which is responsible for implementing a regional program focused on promoting resource efficiency in the manufacturing sector and advancing circular business solutions in various value chains, including textiles, in countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

FRANCESCO FERRARIS

Francesco Ferraris, was born and grew up in an area with a strong textile vocation, recognized worldwide for its excellence, the Biella area.
He is the third generation within a company that deals with nobiliting and dyeing that today employs about 250 people who are divided among three plants rooted in the territory.
He firmly believes that a company’s future is viable and sustainable if three factors can be kept in balance: people, planet and profit.
In addition to taking care of the family business, Francesco is vice president of the Industrial Union of Biella with responsibility for education and national president of the young entrepreneurs of Sistema Moda Italia.