THE EVENT

THE ART OF BEING VISIONARY


Every transformation brings new challenges.
Reliability and resilience are at the heart of our daily work.
For us, being visionary means combining concreteness with the ability to anticipate change.
We design infrastructures ready to evolve alongside technologies and people,
putting innovation at the service of a sustainable digital future.

AGENDA

Welcome gateway

Step into the architecture and art of Hangar Bicocca and immerse yourself in the BrainArt® experience.

Welcome gateway

Step into the architecture and art of Hangar Bicocca and immerse yourself in the BrainArt® experience.

Plenary session

Where visions meet: ecosystems, connections, perspectives on the future.

Enter the vision

A visionary experience of art, taste, and performance.

SPEAKERS

Roberta Neri

Roberta Neri, Chairwoman of Retelit, has over thirty years of experience in the industrial and financial sectors. She began her career at Italsiel, later joining ACES S.p.A., and was among the founders of Byom, a financial consulting firm. She served as CEO of ENAV, the national air navigation service provider, where she successfully led the company’s IPO — the first in the sector worldwide. She is an operating partner at Asterion Industrial Partners, having served on its industrial advisory committee since its founding.


Jorge Álvarez

Jorge Álvarez, CEO of Retelit, has over twenty years of international experience in the telecommunications sector. A telecommunications engineer, he has held senior positions at Nortel Networks, H3G, and Telefónica, gaining deep expertise in the market and digital infrastructures. He holds an MBA from Duke University and is an operating partner at Asterion Industrial Partners, where he contributes to the strategic development and growth of portfolio companies.

Alec Ross

Alec Ross, Distinguished Professor at the University of Bologna Business School and international bestselling author, is one of the leading voices on innovation and digital transformation.
Author of The Industries of the Future and Our Future, translated into 24 languages, he served as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State during the Obama administration, leading the modernization of U.S. diplomacy.
He is a Board Partner at Collective Global and a member of several boards across the technology, manufacturing, education, and cybersecurity sectors.

Domenico Zappi

Domenico Zappi, Chief Commercial Officer at Retelit, has over twenty years of experience in the telecommunications sector. Born in Rome and a graduate in Political Science, he began his career at Telecom Italia, STET, and CNEL, before joining Colt Technology Services, where he held increasingly senior roles in Italy and abroad, eventually becoming Vice President of Enterprise Sales globally and CEO for Italy. At Retelit, he leads commercial strategies and the development of solutions for enterprises, public administrations, and international operators. He has served as a member of the General Council of Asstel and as a board member of the Namex Consortium.


Ruggero Slongo

Ruggero Slongo, Chief Operating Officer at Retelit, is responsible for the Technology, Operations & Information Systems. With a long-standing career in the telecommunications sector, he began at Telecom Italia and Wind-Infostrada, later taking on increasingly senior roles at Colt Technology Services, eventually becoming Group Vice President of Service Delivery & Operations. He has also held leadership positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Capita Technology Solutions, and Accenture, leading specialized teams in cloud, network engineering, and data centers, while driving innovation and operational resilience across the group.

David Boland

As Wasabi's Vice President of Cloud Strategy, he plays an integral role in communicating their mission of making saving data simple, affordable, fast and secure. He has served in various sales, marketing, and product management roles at companies at all stages of growth from startup to Fortune 100 including NetApp, Juniper Networks, Lucent Technologies, and Cabletron Systems.

Giuseppe Dipierro

Founder & CEO of Sefthy Srl, he leads a team dedicated to simplifying the adoption of Cloud, Backup, and Business Continuity solutions for businesses.
Driven by the mission to make technologies once reserved for large corporations accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises, he has developed Plug & Play solutions for Backup and Disaster Recovery (Sefthy Srl) and for Bandwidth Aggregation (Uania Srl).
He has extensive experience in the Telco and Cloud sectors, gained through collaborations with some of the leading national TELCOs and System Integrators.

Fjona Cakalli

Fjona Cakalli (born in Albania, 1987) is a reporter, content creator, science communicator, and TV host. A lifelong video game enthusiast, in 2011 she founded Games Princess, the first Italian website about video games run entirely by women. In 2013 she launched Techprincess.it, followed by Driving Fjona in 2014, a YouTube channel focused on her passion for cars.
She has hosted numerous live and online talks and, since March 2024, has been presenting the Rai TV show Touch Impronta Digitale, exploring innovation hubs around the world. Fjona is also the author of the SuggeriPODCAST newsletter and organizes group trips to Albania to help her community discover her homeland.

A vision needs solid roots to become reality.
For more than 25 years, we have been guiding businesses, public institutions, operators, and hyperscalers along their journey of digital growth, bringing together infrastructure, technology, and innovation.
We are among the leaders in the B2B telecommunications sector, with a widespread national presence and a comprehensive portfolio of ICT services: from fiber optics to cloud, from data centers to cybersecurity, and managed services.
Our vertical expertise, empowered by a strategic ecosystem of partners, together with our network, our data centers distributed across the country, and our international connections, form the foundation on which we create value every single day.
We transform and integrate infrastructures and technologies to help businesses grow and lead them toward a more sustainable future.
This is, for us, the art of being visionary.

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Pirelli Hangar Bicocca

Via Chiese 2, 20126 Milan

There is no parking inside Pirelli HangarBicocca, but several unattended parking spaces are available in the surrounding area along Via Chiese.

FROM SESTO MARELLI ( M1 – Red Line)
Take bus Line 51 (Direction: Istria M5) to the stop Via Chiese – HangarBicocca or
Take bus Line 87 (Direction: Stazione Centrale) to the stop Via Chiese

FROM PONALE (M5 – Lilla Line)
Take bus Line 51 (Direction: Cimiano M2) to the stop Via Chiese – HangarBicocca
You can also rent a bicycle using the BikeMi sharing service (Station 329 Chiese – F. Testi)

FROM CENTRAL STATION (M2 – Green Line / M3 – Yellow Line)
Take bus Line 87 (Direction: Sesto Marelli M1) to the stop Via Chiese – HangarBicocca

FROM PORTA GARIBALDI STATION
Take subway M5 – Lilla Line (Direction: Bignami) to the stop PONALE
Take bus Line 51 (Direction: Cimiano M2) to the stop Via Chiese – HangarBicocca

FROM GRECO PIRELLI STATION
Take bus Line 87 (Direction: Sesto Marelli M1) to the stop Via Chiese – HangarBicocca