Il premio “Lympha” in ricordo dell’ingegnere Raffaella Mandarano si svolge a Catania e nasce per sostenere l’impresa giovane al femminile. È rivolto alle donne con età compresa tra i 18 ed i 30 anni e prevede la premiazione della migliore idea imprenditoriale a seguito di una valutazione di una giuria nominata dal Comitato organizzatore e la sua prima edizione si svolgerà giovedì 3 ottobre. LEGGI IL BANDO
The task of assigning the Lympha Prize falls to a Jury made up of experts in environmental innovation, ICT and Oncology R&D, People Development and representatives of the business world.
Presidente di Giuria / Co Founder Proteo, EHT , Green Wave e Presidente di Smartech. Ingegnere Idro Informatico, nel 1986 insieme a Raffaella Mandarano, fonda Proteo, azienda che fa leva sull’innovazione delle Utility attraverso l’utilizzo di nuove tecnologie e metodologie informatiche. Nel 2005 fonda insieme a Raffaella Mandarano, Emanuele Spampinato ed altri partner, EHT società consortile per azioni, aggregatore di PMI innovative di interesse nazionale, che costituisce ad oggi un gruppo di 79 aziende e 49 soci investitori operanti nel settore ICT. Nel 2020 fonda, insieme ad altri partner, Green Wave che si occupa di della produzione di idrogeno verde da fonti rinnovabili.
Work psychologist with many years of HR experience, she has gained significant experience within large multinationals dealing with: Talent Acquisition, People Development, Learning Strategy, Career counseling, Sustainability, Welfare & Wellbeing, Diversity & Inclusion. He has led teams and projects of increasing size and complexity: corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, smart working and digital transformation.
Emanuele Spampinato. President and CEO of EHT
COO of Harmonic Innovation Group, Ecosystem Integrator which is promoting the birth of one of the largest ecosystems for private initiative innovation at national and international level.
An IT engineer, he has profound managerial skills acquired through obtaining an executive master's degree in business management and strategy, skills exercised in various administration experiences of important public and private companies.
He is a founding member of the Digital Transformation Institute and has held key roles in various companies and institutions, including ITS Steve Jobs and Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico della Sicilia. His career reflects an ongoing commitment to innovation and development.
Italian entrepreneur, who worked for 15 years as a manager for the construction company Co.Ge.I. Since January 2008, she has been the majority founder of Orchidea, a film company (awarded in the United States with her first film Cobalt Blue night). She was president of the Women's Entrepreneurship Platform (2015-2021), of which she is now vice president. Since 2011 she has been part of an Italian-European network for the mentoring of women entrepreneurs (BE WIN). Since 2009 she has also assumed the role of Ambassador for female entrepreneurship in Italy and has become a member of the Board of Directors of the UNESCO Euro-Mediterranean Intercultural Center. She is an ambassador for Impulse4women.org (Spain), which aims to connect entrepreneurs and financiers.
The most recent activities in Italy are:
Since December 2022 partner of Kymia, an Italian startup with an innovative eco-sustainable approach to the extraction process of antioxidants and flavonoids to create an active ingredient deriving from Pistachio peel
Director of the Humanitas Cancer Center, Catanese Clinical Institute (Catania). Head of the Humanitas Oncological Surgery Operational Unit, Catanese Clinical Institute (Catania). Clinical Director of the Humanitas Breast Center in Catania. His numerous scientific activities include over a hundred publications and scientific activities in the Italian Society of Surgery (SIC), in the Italian Society of Oncological Surgery (SICO) and in the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO). He is also Full Member of the European Society of Mastology (EUSOMA) and Full Member Club of the Endocrine Surgery Units (UE) and of the European Society of Surgical Oncology.
A second generation entrepreneur, she has cleared plastic, opening up market spaces in green buildings, making components such as bars, fittings, filters required by agribusiness, thermo-hydraulics and for water treatment in the industrial sector sustainable until their complete reuse. His studies include a degree in political science in Catania, with an emphasis on 'international relations', and six master's degrees including marketing and management in Bologna, event organization and managerial management, corporate finance at Bocconi and luxury management.
Fabio Scaccia, fondatore e CEO di Farmitalia, è un imprenditore versatile con un solido background nel settore farmaceutico e una lunga storia di leadership nelle associazioni industriali e nei consigli di amministrazione di importanti istituzioni finanziarie e commerciali. La sua capacità di guidare aziende e organizzazioni attraverso sfide complesse lo rende una figura di spicco nel panorama imprenditoriale e industriale italiano. Consigliere di Amministrazione di Banca del Fucino, durante il suo mandato come Presidente di Confindustria Catania, dal 2005 al 2008, Fabio Scaccia ha promosso l’industria locale, implementato politiche di sviluppo economico e sostenuto le imprese locali attraverso iniziative strategiche. La sua leadership ha portato a una maggiore collaborazione tra le imprese della regione e ha rafforzato il ruolo di Confindustria come voce principale del settore industriale catanese. E’ stato Consigliere di Amministrazione di SAC, consigliere Camerale della Camera di Commercio del Sud Est ed è componente del Consiglio Direttivo di LILT Lega Italiana Tumori Catania.
