In the X-Labs Final Pitching Day event students will present their proof of concept developed through the X-Labs path and methodology to experts and potential partners (e.g. funders, companies, and institutional figures). It will be held on Thursday 27 April at the House of Emerging Technologies in Rome (Tiburtina station, second floor of the commercial gallery) from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Participants registration will start at 9:30 am.
The open and collaborative innovation X-Labs, the laboratory within Luiss Guido Carli’s LDIS master’s degree programme, is a capstone module inspired by and designed after the Luiss enquiry – based model and the EngageUniversity.eu approach. It saw this year many students participate with enthusiasm and dedication. It has been a collaborative and experimental learning path, geared towards acquiring the skills and abilities needed to meet the challenges set by the partners by leveraging the power of research and empirical evidence. Supported by our mentors and guided along their path by them, students responded with an evidence-based approach, good collaboration, mission-oriented attitude, and solid teamwork. And they were able to acquire the foundations on which the X-Labs path is based. The six mentors who supported and supervised the students this year were:
– The Future of Cities and Regions, Mauro Annunziato (ex-Enea)
– The Future of Transportation, Andrea Buonomini (Ratp-dev Italia)
– The Future of Energy, Telcos and Infrastructure, Carlo Papa (Fondazione Enel)
– The Future of Industry and Manufacturing, Nicola Angelo Marotta (Technip)
– The Future of Earth, Elisabetta Tatí (Luiss Guido Carli and LabGov)
– The Future of Wellbeing, Enrico Foglia (BIP)
On Thursday, April 27th 2023 we will see the results of the projects, and how the students divided into 6 groups have responded to the challenges set to prepare them for the working environment and social context. This will be an important opportunity because, through dialogue and discussion, they will gain further insights and suggestions from prestigious professional and academic figures, which they can put into practice to effectively implement their projects, technological solutions, business ideas, and policy or legal proposals.
The event will be divided into two sections: in the first, the 6 groups from X-Labs and the guest participation of the undergraduate students of the GrInnLab will present their innovative ideas to a panel of experts and potential partners (e.g. funders, companies, and institutions). The pitch event slot is scheduled for April 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
At the end of the final pitching day on April 27, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in an orientation way, there will be a second segment of the event where we would like to give students a chance to meet with companies and potential partners to explain better their ideas and match them with internship opportunities companies and potential partners might be available to grant. Participating companies are:
- EY
- Acea
- NTT data
- QUALCOMM
- Technip Energies
- Enel
- Cilia Italia
- MSD
- AGID
- Invitalia
- Assholding
- Roma Capitale
- LabGov ETS
Timeline of the event:
- 9:30 participants registration
- 10:00 insitutional greetings and introduction by Daniele Gallo (Rector’s Advisor for the Engage Alliance)
- 10:10 motivational speech by Charles Wolofsky (Ctrl+E Founder and CEO) on Law & Entrepreneurship
- 10:20-11:30 presentations of the 6 innovative ideas of the X-Labs groups (around 10 minutes per speech) and presentation of the final GrInn Lab work+ issue of the certificate
- 11:30-12:45 matchmaking with companies
- 12:45 announcement of CTE award winner
- 12:50-13:00 final greetings