Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB

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Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
Giovanni Abbadessa
Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
Mission:

PIB, founded in early 2009, is a group for Italian professionals,
entrepreneurs, artists, and researchers working in and around Boston
who wish to organize, promote and participate in networking
opportunities, both professional and social.

Objectives:

• Unite Italian professionals in/around Boston
• Organize cultural events relevant to the Italian community in Boston,
 but open to all
• Facilitate collaborations and opportunities among members, and with
their local international counterparts
• Promote Italian heritage in Boston
• Bridge Italy with Italian professionals in Boston
Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
Organization: Flexible, dynamic, adaptive structure.
    Coordinators:

    Giovanni Abbadessa is one of PIB’s and PIE’s founders. Serves as Coordinator of PIB’s management group, of
    the “Professionisti Italiani all’Estero” group, of partnership efforts, and is actively involved in event planning,
    logistics and website design. MD, PhD, he is Senior Medical Director at ArQule, Inc.

    Marcella Debidda is one of PIB’s co-founders. She coordinates internal meetings and is involved in planning,
    logistics, and marketing of PIB’s events. PhD, she is Program Manager in the Trial Design department at
    Harvard Clinical Research Institute.

    Elisa Dell’Oglio serves as Coordinator of PIB’s website design and maintenance, and is actively involved in
    event planning and logistics. MS in Biomedical Engineering, she works in neurological imaging at Brigham and
    Women’s Hospital.

    Nadia Di Carlo coordinates finding sponsors and assessing services that PIB can offer them, and is involved in
    planning PIB’s events. MBA at MIT, she manages a real estate investment firm.

    Francesco Fragasso is one of PIB’s co-founders. He serves as Treasurer and helps with event planning and
    logistics. He is Vice President and CFO at Nuvera Fuel Cells.

    Salvatore Mascia is one of PIB’s co-founders; he coordinates communications with members and affiliates, and
    is actively involved in the strategic planning and execution of PIB events. MPharma, PhD in Chemical
    Engineering, he is the Strategic Project Manager at the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing.

    Tiziana Musacchio manages PIB’s website design and maintenance, and is actively involved in PIB’s event
    planning and logistics. PharmD, PhD, Tiziana is a Research Associate at the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotech
    and Nanomedicine at Northeastern University.

   Managers: Valentina Oppezzo, Nicola Orichuia, Marco Perucchi, Bastiano Sanna.
   Collaborators: Cynthia Carrillo Infante, Federica Del Monte, Michele Di Carlo, Marco Ferrara, Melissa Gallin,
   Eugenia Garrisi, Alberto Pepe, Alessandro Rollo, Sandro Santoro, Alessandro Vianello, Davide Zaccagnini.
Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
400+ Members Background

  Note: 200+ members of the non-Italian speaking additional group are not included in this analysis
Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
400+ Members Background
Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
2009 Objectives:
Aggregate the Italian professional community in Boston.
Accomplished through:
•Italian networking cocktails
•Linkedin group and website (www.PIBoston.org)

2010 Objectives:
Solidify Italian aggregation, increase and renew the visibility of Italian
professionals in Boston, facilitate networking for professional collaborations.
Accomplished through :
•Italian networking cocktails
•Inspiring Italian keynote speaker events open to international public
•Meetings with companies from Italy
Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
2010 Events

                                         Feb: V. Onorato (Mascalzone
Jan: C. Consoli (singer)
                                         Latino)

May: R. Canetta (Bristol-Myers
                                         May: Sailing at Courageous
Squibb) + G. Draetta (Dana Farber)

Sept: G. Matino (Associazione
                                         Oct: E. Doris (Mediolanum)
Mondo Amico)

Nov: Lombardy business mission:          Nov: C. Bozzo (Mediterranean
15 small companies from Italy            Shipping Co)

                                         Dec: L. Simonelli (GE
Nov: A. Goppion (entrepreneur)
                                         Transport); organized by NY

Dec: Tombola PIB                         All year : 5 Italian Networking
                                         Cocktails
Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
2011-2012 Objectives

• Reinforce the network of Italian professionals and their visibility in Boston

• Facilitate professional mentoring for Italians in Boston

• Facilitate post-graduate internships from Italy

• Increase international collaborations

• Create bridges with Italy
Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
2011 Events

Jan: Introduction of G. Pastorelli (new Italian Consul in Boston) to the community

Mar: D. Maraini (writer)

Mar: lunch with R. Prodi (organized by the Consulate, sponsored by PIB)

 Apr: Controesodo on the law to incentivize Italian professionals to move back to Italy
(organized by the Consulate, PIB sponsored and gave 50 comments to modify the law)

Apr: On. F. Turchi and Prof. D. Roscini: “L’Euro senza l’Europa”
Giovanni Abbadessa Co-Fondatore e Coordinatore PIB
2011 Upcoming Events

May     R. Rappuoli (Global Head of Research Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics):
26th:   “Partnerships between academia and industry in drug discovery and development”

June    Italian small companies searching for partners.
21st:   In collaboration with Unione Industriali Napoli – Sez. Giovani.

June:   Sailing at Courageous (Charlestown)

Fall:   Dinner with L. Andreotti (CEO at Bristol-Myers Squibb)
        M. Ferrari (Prof of nanomedicine in Houston)
        R. De Benedetti (CEO at CIR, Director at Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso)
        Scientific Workshop: Stem Cell Applications
        Tax Seminar: Tips and tricks for non-Americans in the US

All     Italian Networking Cocktails
year:
2011-2012 Objectives

• Reinforce the network of Italian professionals and their visibility in Boston

• Facilitate professional mentoring for Italians in Boston

• Facilitate post-graduate internships from Italy

• Increase international collaborations

• Create bridges with Italy
PIB Advisory Board

A highly-qualified PIB Advisory Board was instituted, comprised of top
Italian professionals holding key influential positions in academia and
industry.

Objectives include: guiding PIB’s growth, increasing its visibility and
range of action, facilitating integration with entities locally and in Italy,
and creating a network of Italian excellence in Boston.
PIB Advisory Board

Initial members include:

Alberto Alesina:   Prof of Political Economy at Harvard University, past Chairman
of the Department of Economics. Was at Carnegie Mellon University.

Giulio Draetta: Chief Business and Research Development Officer at Dana-
Farber Cancer Institute, past Vice President at Merck Laboratories. Was at
Pharmacia, European Institute of Oncology, Mixotic, Heidelberg, Cold Spring
Harbor.

Dante Roscini: senior lecturer in the Business, Government and the
International Economy unit at Harvard Business School. Past Head of European
Capital Markets for Goldman Sachs. Was at Merril Lynch, Morgan Stanley.

Ettore Santucci: Senior Partner at Goodwin & Procter, past Associate at White
& Case. Was at NOMISMA.
2011-2012 Objectives

• Reinforce the network of Italian professionals and their visibility in Boston

• Facilitate professional mentoring for Italians in Boston

• Facilitate post-graduate internships from Italy

• Increase international collaborations

• Create bridges with Italy
Collaboration with Italian public and
                       private Institutions

Meetings between PIB managers and key Italian public and
private Institutions are laying the ground for active collaborations
between Italy and Boston.

PIB   already   engaged     representatives   from   the   Country
Governing Bodies, Regional Governments, Italian Consulates,
industrial unions and organizations, universities, companies,
non-profit associations.
2011-2012 Objectives

• Reinforce the network of Italian professionals and their visibility in Boston

• Facilitate professional mentoring for Italians in Boston

• Facilitate post-graduate internships from Italy

• Increase international collaborations

• Create bridges with Italy
Professionisti Italiani all’Estero (PIE)
                     (Italian Professionals Abroad)

   Inspired and counseled by PIB, independent groups of “Professionisti
   Italiani” have started or are starting in other cities.
   The PIE group, launched by Boston and co-managed by PI managers from
   all cities, allows resource sharing and growth coordination among groups.
   Partner cities may also join PIE in the near future.

Active              Boston        New York

Launching           Chicago       Madrid

Working on it       Washington    Philadelphia     Houston

Partnering          Montreal      Moscow             ?

Thinking about it   San Paolo     Buenos           Stockholm   Miami   London   ?
                                  Aires
“…come tanti altri italiani all’estero non ho mai avuto connazionali a
farmi da mentor o a darmi consigli professionali; ne avrei senz’altro
beneficiato, magari evitanto errori o abbreviando la mia curva di
apprendimento.

La mia interpretazione personale e’ che PIB puo’ dare una chance in
piu’ a dei giovani e meritevoli professionisti, offrendo loro l’opportunita’
di entrare in un network che possa offrire consigli, esperienza, esempi
professionali e di vita e quant’altro PIB riuscira’ a mettere insieme nei
prossimi anni..”

Commento di un partecipante all’advisory board meeting di maggio 2011.
contact@PIBoston.org

Ore 14 - 14.30: “Officina” presso stand Ministero Affari Esteri
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