Carlo Massarini 
Moderator​
 

Carlo Massarini, born in 1952, grew up in Canada and Italy, where he now lives.

Studies (uncompleted) in Medicine, speaks English and Spanish, and professionally has been present in all media (in order: radio, photography, writing, television and web) following a double path: music and technology.

Regarding this second field, in 1995-2002 he is author and presenter of ‘MediaMente’, the first program worldwide on new digital technologies on Rai Educational, and recently of ‘Startup Economy’ on La7 tv.

Heinz Beck
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Three-Michelin-starred chef, Scientific Director Campus University Principe of Naples
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Today Heinz Beck is known as one of the most notable “Masters” of gastronomy in the world. Careful observer of food effects on the body, Heinz Beck has been carrying on for almost 20 years important cooperations with national and international scientists as well as Italian Universities concerning the good balance between food and health. His unique interpretation of the “Modern” kitchen includes the utmost attention toward the selection of healthy ingredients and their transformation into highly innovative flavors. Since 2005 Chef Beck has been recognized by “Michelin” with three stars in the Pergola restaurant at the Rome Cavalieri, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel, as well as other Michelin stars in his restaurants around the world. Furthermore, Beck has tackled nutrition and healthy culinary practices in his books: “Ipertensione e Alimentazione” (Hypertension and Nutrition) followed by “Consigli e ricette per piccoli Gourmet” (Tips and recipes for young Gourmet), “Nutrire il cuore” (Nourishing the heart) and “Diabete&Alimentazione” (Diabetes&Diet) always in collaboration with scientists as well as big Italian pharmaceutical companies. In the year 2000 Heinz Beck is awarded with the “Gold Medal at the Foyer of Artists”, an international prize of the University of Rome La Sapienza, awarded for the first and only time in 40 years to a Chef. In 2010 he is recipient of the recognition of the “Knight of the Order of Merit” from the Federal Republic of Germany awarded by the Minister Friedrich Däuble. In 2018 he received the Degree in Natural Bio Energies, which was awarded to him by the Popular University of Arezzo. In 2018 Chef Beck received the “Lifetime Achievement Award 2018”, sponsored by Red Cross. In 2019 Heinz Beck receives at the Senate the ANGI Innovation Experience Award in occasion of the Oscar of innovation. Beck & Maltese Consulting inaugurates in 2019, in collaboration with UniPegaso, Campus Principe di Napoli, the first Gastronomic University and Center for High Education and University. Specialization, entirely dedicated to gastronomy and tourism, of which Heinz Beck also plays the role of Scientific Director.

Giuseppe Vercelli​

Psychologist and psychotherapist, professor of Sport Psychology and Human Performance at the University of Turin.

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He is the author of scientific and educational publications including the essays "Vincere con la Mente" and "L'intelligenza agonistica" and, most recently, »Antifragili».
Head of the Psychology Area of Juventus F.C.

He is the coordinator and manager of the Expert Team of "AI-Science: the anti-inflammaging company"

Pietro Formisano

MD, PhD, Full Professor of Clinical Pathology, Department of Translational Medicine, ederico II University of Naples

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A summa cum laude graduate of Medicine and Surgery at the Federico II University of Naples in 1990, he obtains a PhD in Biology and Cellular and Molecular Pathology in 1995 at the University of Verona, followed by a Specialization in Endocrinology and Diseases of the Metabolism at the Federico II University of Naples in 1999. Between 1990 and 1992 he is Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Microbiology of the University of Copenhagen, and between 1993 and 1995, Fogarty Fellow at the Diabetes Branch of the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. In 1996 he becomes a University Researcher, in 2005 an Associate Professor and as of 2014 Full Professor of Clinical Pathology at the Department of Translational Medical Sciences at the Federico II University of Naples. In 2009 he is named Project Manager at the Institute of Endocrinology and Experimental Oncology at the National Research Council. In 1999 he serves as Medical Director of Clinical Pathology and in 2014 Head of the Advanced Endocrinological Diagnostics Program at the Federico II University Hospital. In 2018 he joins the National Scientific Qualification Commission for the Competition Sector of General Pathology and Clinical Pathology as a member. To date he has co-authored 160 scientific papers for international journals (H-Index 36). His main area of interest in research is the physiopathology of fat tissue, and the study of its interactions with other organs and tissues. In particular, he is focussed on how environmental factors (nutrition and pollutants) affect fat tissue and how the latter modulates local and systemic inflammatory signals, contributing to the onset and progression of metabolic, cardiovascular and neoplastic diseases.

Mauro Gianetti

UAE Team Emirates
Principal & CEO

After a winning career as professional cyclist, his professional life took an exciting turn and Gianetti — always an integral part of team management — became instrumental in establishing UAE Team Emirates.

Michele Libutti

MD Oncologist

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Dr.M. Libutti is a board-certified specialist in oncological surgery at the Naples School of Oncology University Federico II°. As of 2006 he is the Scientific Coordinator of the ‘Naples Conferences’, which are centred on chronic low-grade inflammation as a driver of multiple diseases. His research interests vary from the molecular biology of nutrients, to the pathways of metabolism and nutrition. Dr. Libutti is currently the Scientific Coordinator of a 3-year program for the prevention of chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer.

Andreas Kipar

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Landscape architect

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Andreas Kipar is a German landscape architect and lecturer in landscape architecture.
Following a gardener's apprenticeship Kipar studied landscape gardening at the University of GHS Essen (now the University of Duisburg-Essen) from 1980 to 1984, and then from 1989 to 1994, architecture at the Milan Polytechnic (TU Milan). With agronomist Giovanni Sala, in 1990 he founded the international architecture and planning office LAND (acronym of "Landscape Architecture Nature Development”) in Milan, which he heads to this day. LAND manages worldwide projects from Italy (Milan) with branches in Germany (Düsseldorf) and Switzerland (Lugano). From 1998 to 2009 Kipar taught landscape architecture at the University of Genoa. Since 2009, he has been teaching Public Space Design at the Milan Polytechnic. Guest lectures have taken him to numerous universities and colleges in Italy, Germany, France and the USA.

Fabio Cavalli

Chief Philanthropy Architect & CEO of A-I Company​

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Fabio Cavalli is a philanthropist. He develops new ideas, new concepts, new patents, disruptive innovations, and business models that can help individuals the world over to live a better quality of life. Prior to pursuing his interest in philanthropy and art he was an active businessman, designer and inventor. He is best known as the founder of mondoBIOTECH. Through mondoBIOTECH he was widely recognised as a charismatic pioneer of the fight against rare and neglected diseases. In 2009 he made mondoBIOTECH public on the Swiss Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation surpassing 2,4 billion Swiss francs. He then moved on from mondoBIOTECH to create a foundation which focuses on the research on chronic inflammation in rare diseases with the collaboration of his wife Vera.
Fabio made a commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative to revolutionise healthcare by means of the development of a new predictive, personalised, preventive, participatory, and public model that introduces profiling aimed at enhancing well-being.