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15, 16 January 2026

Organizing the Winter School for Early Career Scholars titled: “The Role of Generative AI in Research and Education”

Winter school | AiIG Early Career Scholar Lab, Third edition – Università di Genova

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14 January 2026

Official start of the course for PhD students and Post-Docs “Entrepreneurship and Startup” 2025-26

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

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25 September 2025

Presenting the Conference Paper: Ferrati, F. & Muffatto, M. (2025). Optimizing Startup Team Composition: A Generative AI and Genetic Algorithm–Based Approach. 20th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE)

Conference paper presentation | 20th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Krakow

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11 October 2024

Presenting the Conference Paper: Ferrati, F. & Muffatto, M. (2024). Exploring the Spectrum of Generative AI Integration in Entrepreneurship Research. XXXV Annual Scientific Meeting – RSA AiIG 2024.

Conference paper presentation | XXXV AiIG Scientific Meeting (RSA) – Università degli Studi di Palermo

11 October 2024

Organizing the Conference Track titled: “Entrepreneurship Through the AI Lens: Shaping Research and Practice”

Conference track | XXXV AiIG Scientific Meeting (RSA) – Università degli Studi di Palermo

9 August 2024

Co-organizing a PDW at the Academy of Managament (AOM) titled: “The AI Disruption of Entrepreneurship: A Setback or Breakthrough for Innovation? Research Incubator” – Professional Development Workshops (PDW – 16730)

Workshop | 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Chicago, Illinois

12 October 2023

Presenting the Conference Paper: Ferrati, F., Kim, P.H. & Muffatto, M. (2023). Evaluating Traction in Tech-Driven Ventures: A Deep Learning Approach. XXXIV Annual Scientific Meeting – RSA AiIG 2023.

Conference paper presentation | XXXV AiIG Scientific Meeting (RSA) – Università degli Studi di Palermo

12 October 2023

Organizing the Conference Track titled: “The Data Science Perspective in Entrepreneurship and Management Research”

Conference track | XXXIV AiIG Scientific Meeting (RSA) – Politecnico di Milano, Lecco Campus

22 September 2023

Presenting the Conference Paper: Ferrati, F., Kim, P.H. & Muffatto, M. (2023). Patterns of successful founding team composition and funding outcomes. 18th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE)

Conference paper presentation | 18th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Porto

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18 January 2023

Official start of the course for PhD students and Post-Docs “Entrepreneurship and Startup” 2022-23

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

12 January 2022

Official start of the course for PhD students and Post-Docs “Entrepreneurship and Technology-based Startups” 2021-22

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

16 September 2021

Presenting the Conference Paper: Ferrati, F. & Muffatto, M. (2021). Startup Exits by Acquisition: A Cross Industry Analysis of Speed and Funding. 16th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE)

Conference paper presentation | 16th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Lisbon/online

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16 September 2021

Presenting the Conference Paper: Ferrati, F., Chen, H. & Muffatto, M. (2021). A Deep Learning Model for Startups Evaluation Using Time Series Analysis. 16th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE)

Conference paper presentation | 16th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Lisbon/online

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9 June 2021

Organizing the workshop titled: “Leveraging Machine Learning and Big Data for Research in Entrepreneurship”

Workshop | Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference – BCERC 21

20 January 2021

Official start of the course for PhD students and Post-Docs “Entrepreneurship and Technology-based Startups” 2020-21

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

8 July 2020

Presenting the Conference Paper: Ferrati, F., & Muffatto, M. (2020). Setting Crunchbase for Data Science: Preprocessing, Data Integration and Feature Engineering. 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics

Conference paper presentation | 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics. Valencia/online

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27 November 2019

Official start of the course for PhD students and Post-Docs “Entrepreneurship and Technology-based Startups” 2019-20

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

12 March 2019

Official start of the course for PhD students and Post-Docs “Entrepreneurship and Technology-based Startups” 2018-19

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

13 February 2019

SCENT Technology Labs – Kick-off meeting

Università degli Studi di Padova, Lecture Hall “A. Lepschy”, Via Gradenigo 6, Padova

28 September 2018

Researchers’ Night – Veneto Night 2018

Università degli Studi di Padova, Palazzo Bo, Padova

21 March 2018

Official start of the SCENT Ventures Program 2018

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

31 May 2017

I Love Startup in New York
Workshop on technology-based startups and local ecosystems
Main speaker: Clifford Schorer – Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Columbia University, New York

Event | Centro Culturale Altinate San Gaetano, Padova

24 March 2017

Official start of the SCENT Ventures Program 2017

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

3 March 2017

Official start of the DILab 2017

DII – Università degli Studi di Padova

22 November 2016

The Startup Night – Regional final phase of the “Startup Europe Awards Italy”

Event | Centro Conferenze della Camera di Commercio, Piazza Zanellato, Padova

3 May 2016

Assessing and Managing a Regional Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Perspective Lecture
Prof. Jonathan Levie, University of Strathclyde

Aula Magna, Università degli Studi di Padova

15 April 2016

Official start of the SCENT Ventures Program 2016

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

18 March 2016

Official launch of the third edition of SCENT Ventures Program

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

26 June 2015

Start up innovative: il mosaico prende forma
Presentation of the report “Nuove Imprese Innovative Italia 2014”

Event | Centro Conferenze della Camera di Commercio, Piazza Zanellato, Padova

8 May 2015

Official launch of the second edition of SCENT Ventures Program

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

20-21 April 2015

Young Innovators Under 35

Event | Aula Magna “Galileo Galilei”, Università degli Studi di Padova

26 March 2015

Presentation of the report “Global Entrepreneurship Italia 2014”

Event | Centro Cultuale Altinate San Gaetano, Padova

20 February 2015

Official start of the Design and Innovation Lab – DiLab 2015

DII – Università degli Studi di Padova

February 2014

Official launch of the first edition of SCENT Ventures Program

Course | Università degli Studi di Padova, Department of Industrial Engineering (DII)

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