Innovation and Partnerships: driving Business Transformation

10 March 2026
hours 11:30

Event description

Innovation is reshaping the business landscape by creating new opportunities, driving growth and enabling transformative partnerships. Companies are leveraging emerging technologies and sustainable strategies to unlock value, adapt to competitive markets and foster long-term success. Collaborative and forward-looking approaches are key to shaping a smarter, more sustainable future.

How can organizations best harness innovation to create lasting impact?

On stage start-ups that will pitch in 2 minutes each

Speakers:
Glenn Burgess, CMO Fintech Circle
Riccardo Ferrari, Chief Innovatiion Officer FNM
Stefano Bruzzi, Head of Innovation Network Development Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
Eda Taskin, Business Development Manager Tenity
Luigi Meschini, Pre-Series A Lead VenturePath
Andres Lopez Josenge, VP Head of Global Product Design Visa

Moderator:
Lucia Gambuzzi, Startup Ecosystem Manager SMAU

#CorporateInnovation #BusinessGrowth #EmergingOpportunities

Details

  1. 1 hour

Speakers in this Panel

Glenn Burgess

CMO at FINTECH Circle, a global Fintech platform of more than 260,000+ Fintech entrepreneurs, investors & finance professionals, Glenn P Burgess is also the founder of POW New Media, a boutique Fintech-focused PR & Marketing Agency based in London. Obsessed with Psychographic Profiling, he...Read more

Riccardo Ferrari

I am a dedicated IT professional with 25 years of experience and knowledge in IT operations and service management, cloud solutions, IT security and compliance, innovative technology solutions and digital transformation.I started my career as a developer in Buongiorno S.p.A. up to becoming...Read more

Stefano Bruzzi

With a Degree in Political Sciences and Master in Corporate Finance, he contributes to the creation of internationalization programs for Italian scaleups and supports innovation ecosystem development. Following an extensive experience in the commercial division of Intesa Sanpaolo since...Read more

Andres Lopez Josenge

Andres is a ​global product design leader with 25+ years of experience building and scaling high-performing teams grounded in excellence, collaboration, and joy. At Visa, he leads Global Product Design, shaping end-to-end payment experiences used by millions daily across 200+ markets and...Read more

Luigi Meschini

Luigi is Pre-Series A Lead at VenturePath and Partner at Unfold Tomorrow Ventures. With a background of corporate lawyer and more than 10 years experience in innovation and acceleration programmes, Luigi is now supporting startups and organisations with their innovation & investment...Read more

Eda Taskin

Eda is an investment and venture-building professional at Tenity, where she drives partnerships, innovation programs, and startup growth across global ecosystems. With a background in venture capital and startup acceleration at Antler, she has supported early-stage founders in fundraising,...Read more

Lucia Gambuzzi

Lucia Gambuzzi 18.10.1991, Mirandola (MO), Italy | After spending the last 3 years in Tel Aviv, Oslo, and Paris with Techstars and former Innovation Advisor of the City of Turin, Lucia is currently managing the startup ecosystem of SMAU, Bolzano Slush'D and other innovative operators...Read more