Roundtable digital cluster of the Mattei Plan
9:30 WELCOME GREETINGS
Carlo Alberto GIUSTI
Rector of Link Campus University
Vincenzo VALENTI
General Secretary ISMAA
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN A NEW GEOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE
Moderator: Michele PIGLIUCCI
Professor of Political and Economic Geography, Link Campus University
Nosipho Nausa-Jean JEZILE
Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to Tanzania
Giuseppe Seán COPPOLA
Ambassador of Italy to Tanzania (remote)
Pietro SEBASTIANI
Ambassador & Director of Lumsa University African Center (LUAC)
Jean-Leonard TOUADI
Member of ISMAA board
STRENGTHENING ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION TO ADVANCE AI DEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Matteo MOSTARDA
PhD Candidate & Adjunct Professor, Link Campus University
Edmund EKUADZI
Dean International Programme Office of the Kwame Nkrumah Universityof Science and Technology (remote)
Fitsum Assamnew ANDARGIE
Director of Resonance AI for Development Lab of the Addis Ababa University (remote)
Thomas KIVEVELE
Director of Research & Innovation Department of the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology
Gordon Abeiku MENSAH
PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Università Bocconi
PRIVATE SECTOR USE CASES & PROPOSALS FOR GROWTH IN STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES
Moderator: Pietro TREBISONDA
Founder Holistikai & Director of the AI for Africa | ENIA
Franco MARTINO
International Business Development Manager Almawave & CEO TVEyes Language Technology s.r.l.
Emilio MINNITI
Business Development Manager Local Government and Healthcare, Fastweb & Vodafone
Daniele MENNUTI
Manager Government & Public for Space Sector, BIP Consulting
INCLUSIVE AI: UNLOCKING LOCAL POTENTIAL THROUGH AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND TECH TALENTS
Meraf VILLANI
Project Officer IDIAF, Treccani & Associate Researcher on Sub-Saharan Africa Affairs, Luiss School of Government
Crosby Tashie HUNDA
Senior Project Manager, We Think Code (remote)
KEYNOTE SPEECH: PRESENTING THE 9th ITALIA AFRICA BUSINESS WEEK (IAWB)
Cleophas Adrien DIOMA
Executive Chairman of the Italia Africa Business Week (IABW)
DEBATE AND CONCLUSION
13:00 Light lunch