​JOIN GLOBAL INVESTORS AND LEADING STARTUP MENTORS IN ROME FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL EVENT!

​Welcome! We are glad Claude (it wants to be called Marco) found you! AI will be a leading topic this year, we may as well lean into it. It is helping us organize the conference and it will probably help you run your program this year or find customers, or build your product.

​This is the room where ecosystem builders compare notes, argue about what actually works, and leave with people they'll collaborate with for years. Rome. November 5. Full day.

​Free tickets are available now through June 1. After that, prices go up. Register and hold your spot — no commitment, no penalty, and the livestream is free too.

​(Hopefully) Co-Organized by your friendly Ecosystem Builder Simone Martinelli once again, join us for a full day, or just 1 of the sessions, of this productive and insightful day together with Adam Berk, Startup Mentor at Google for Startups and Lean Startup Co, and author of Startup Program Design, co-written by Paolo Lombardi, previous TechPeaks Program Director.

​Some of the speakers from last year or confirmed speakers for this year.
Gianmarco Carnovale, President of Roma Startup & Co-Founder at Scuter;
Erika Lucciola, Head of Corporate & Startup Ecosystem at ELIS Innovation Hub;
Earl Coleman, US Investor;
Ozan Sonmez, global entrepreneur building tools to scale innovations within organizations;
Federico Belli, our host in CTE Roma and Co-Founder of Peekaboo, certified Startup Accelerator.

​Jeni Olney University of Michigan

​Candace Cavazos University of Michigan

​Paul Orlando University of Southern California

​Tickets are free until June 1 and ticket doesn't include F&B. Early bird tickets go on sale June 2 for 10e. Prices increase to 100e on Sept 1. Speakers are subject to change and may be virtual. No refunds for early bird tickets. Anyone who pays full price and attends the event is entitled to a full refund for up to one week AFTER the event for any reason. So don't be mad if speaker, venue, or other things change (Blame Adam, not Simone)

​Join Simone's Telegram Community to submit your support proposal: https://t.me/+PdvWpDD0awlkYWM8

​We will do a dinner and have a few options remaining for the olive harvest!

​Why this matters

​Too many programs optimize for pitch days, not for validated learning and scalable outcomes. This intimate gathering brings global best practices to Rome, creating space for honest dialogue, practical tools, and relationships that can reset the standard for founders and ecosystem operators.

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​2025 AGENDA (2026 agenda coming soon and will continue to change until Sept 1)

​Door Opening: 2.30pm
Initial networking and welcoming

Opening Remarks: 3pm
Gianmarco Carnovale, President of Roma Startup and Federico Belli our host at CTE Roma will open the day guiding us on the content that will be discussed;

​First Session: 3.15pm
Round-table with Rome’s Startup Incubators & Accelerators on the future of startup programs and global practices;

Break: 4.45pm

​Second Session: 5pm
Following a short break, Lean Startup Masterclass with key focus on experimentation, founders mode, customer validation;

Evening Aperitivo: 6.30pm onwards
Leaving CTE Roma at 6.30pm, stick with us and sparkle new amazing global connections and opportunities around the world.