Theme: TEDxBocconiU Perceptions

After TEDxBocconiU's three Salon events, which introduced the idea of TED Talks to the Bocconi community, this time we are introducing live speakers on our stage to spark discussion about the numerous different ways in which we perceive our world.

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Andrea Loreni

Andrea Loreni is a tightrope walker. He is the Italian record man for high-height tightrope walking. He is going to have a walk on he the Juventus stadium, and a walk in Japan on the sacred place of Buddhism: he is not only a tightrope walker but also a philosopher and he practices Zen meditation.

Anna Petterson

Anna Petterson, a second-year Economics student, born and raised in Italy but with a cross-cultural background.

Diego Rizzuto

Diego Rizzuto was born in Ciriè the 2nd of August 1980, he graduated in Physics at University of Turin and now he is a Physics Teacher. From 2005 he works in scientific communications at professional level for governmental and private institutions. He is shareholder of the company Taxi1729. In 2010 he was awarded by Ministero della Gioventù at the Festival dei Giovani Talenti thanks to his professional activity.

Dr. Monika Petraite

Prof Dr Monika Petraite is s a full Professor at the Department of Strategic Management in Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Author of more than fifty research papers and numerous textbooks, her career is outstandingly rich in research, mainly focusing on innovation management, strategies for innovation, and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship. Having acquired many of her research competences during PhD studies at SDA Bocconi, Dr Petraite is currently a visting professor at ESSEC and a venturing faculty fellow’s programme graduate from Stanford University. Alongside academic work, the advice of Dr Petraite weighs strongly in the implementation and design of innovation policy for the Lithuanian government. She is in the core-expert group advising the Lithuanian Ministry of Economy in Innovation policy design and implementation, and has contributed to many comparative studies on Innovation dynamics and policies, acting as a National Expert for Lithuania.

Mario Barzaghi

Mario Barzaghi is a theatre performer that has been working for about 40 years. He studied in theaters in the 70’ and worked for 13 years at the Teatro Tascabile in the city of Bergamo (1981-1994). In 1999 he founded, along with Rosalba Genovese, the cultural association, ‘Teatro dell’Albero’ and he is currently working with several theatres and as a teacher at the ‘Mus-e’ foundation.

Paolo Canova

Paolo Canova was born in Turin the 21st of June 1976, he graduated cum laude in Mathematics at the University of Turin and now he is a mathematics and logics teacher. He is shareholder of the company Taxi1729.

Ryan O'Reilly

Ryan O'Reilly is the author of "Shifting Gears, how to use your drive to reach your potential and accelerate success." As a professional speaker and executive coach, Ryan helps business leaders, sports teams and entrepreneurs build high performing teams, break through plateaus and realize their true potential. Ryan worked for fifteen years as a senior sales leader for three Fortune 100 Tech Companies, including Apple and Dell, and has worked in California, Australia, the UK, and Ireland and in 2015 was nominated as a finalist in the ICF Ireland Coach of the Year awards.

Tristan Lim

Tristan is an Australian born Malaysian currently pursuing his 3rd and last year of Management at Bocconi University. He grew up in Malaysia up until the age of 16 and then attended the United World College in New Mexico for the IB Diploma. Inspiration for his TED talk stems from his unique journey through numerous education systems- ranging from the Malaysian one to the inspiring United World College model.

Wang Jia

Zachary Estes

Zachary Estes (PhD in Psychology, Princeton University) is Associate Professor of Marketing at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. He has served as Associate Editor of the journal Cognitive Science, and has served on the editorial boards of other journals and on the program committees of academic organizations in both psychology and marketing. His theoretical and applied research on cognition, emotion, and consumer behavior has been awarded funding by international granting agencies, and has been published in psychology and marketing journals including Cognitive Psychology, Emotion, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Psychological Science, and Psychology & Marketing. He is also the proud winner of teaching awards at Bocconi an at the University of Warwick (UK)