• Academic Assistant at University of Messina, Teaching support and tutoring of the subjects Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Business Plan and Strategic Management;
• Professional qualification as Chartered Accountant, project management and business consultancy activities

• École de Management Léonard de Vinci, Paris (France),

Research Visiting Period on Management topics: innovation, intellectual property, university-industry relationship;

• ITA Italian Trade & Investment Agency, Trade Promotion Section of the Italian Embassy in UK, London (UK), Research activity at Innovation and Start-up Desk, data collection on UK and Italian start-ups;

• Deloitte Innovation Summit 2020

Digital humanism, Polar Star for the recovery, online conference;

• Tech Share Day 2020

Conference organised by Politecnico di Torino, MISE Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi (UIBM), Netval, online sessions;

• G-STIC 2020 Conference

Technological solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals, live-streamed from Brussels and online sessions;

• European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) in a Nutshell, (2020)

European Union Intellectual property Office (EUIPO),
Intellectual Property Rights online course;

• Innovation and Technology Transfer Ecosystems: Sharing of Italian And British Experiences, (2019)

Italian Embassy in London,
Conference on innovation with prof. M. Cantamessa, Polytechnic University of Turin, Professor M. Perkmann, Imperial College London, Dr. Paolo Taticchi, Imperial College London, Prof. Riccardo Pietrabissa, Rector of IUSS Pavia, D. Fozzati head of UCL’s Center for Entrepreneurship, A. Commito, EnVent Capital Markets;

• Samsara: Gyana Immersive Data Science Day, (2019)

The Workshop London,
Conference on data science with prof T. Hellmann, Oxford University, Jeffrey Ng, CTO at Founders Factory;

• Italy and the UK: synergies and opportunities between the two start-up ecosystems, (2019)

Italian Embassy in London,
Conference on Italian and UK startup ecosystems with Italian Embassy R. Trombetta Undersecretary S. Buffagni, A. Elwick, Head of Technology and Investment Services DIT (Department for International Trade), and C. Walsh, Co-founder Digital Detox;

• The Innovation Challenge: Bridging Research, Industry and Society (2019)

École Polytechnique and HEC Paris, Paris (France),
R&D Management PhD Colloquium and Conference;

• Entrepreneurship on a Global Scale: a research journey (2018)

University of Messina, Messina (Italy),
Doctorate honoris causa and Lectio Magistralis prof. Shaker Zahra, Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at “Robert E. Buuck”, Director of Carlson School of Man-agement of Minnesota University (USA) and the Gary Holmes Entrepreneurship Centre;

• Assessing the European framework conditions for digital start-ups and scale ups, (2018)

live from CDMA–Atrium, European Commission, Brussels (Belgium)
Conference on the European Index of Digital Entrepreneurship Systems;

• ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques (2018)

Central European University, Budapest (Hungary)
Summer school on Multiple Regression Analysis: Estimation, Diagnostics, and Modelling;

• R&D Management, R&Design innovation (2018)

Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy)
PhD Colloquium and R&D Conference on Transformational challenges for organizations and society;

• The International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) Conferences (2018)

University of Messina;

• Introductory econometrics-Working with STATA (2017)

University of Messina, Messina (Italy)
Course on how to use STATA-Data Analysis and Statistical Software for data management, data analysis, graphical presentation, basic programming and how to conduct econometric analyses;

• The problem of digitalization: trademark law and copyright perspectives (2017)

University of Messina, Messina (Italy)
Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights, prof. Taina Pihlajarinne, Law Department, University of Helsinki (Finland);
 

• David, P., Schifilliti, V., (2020). Dalle spin-off accademiche una spinta alla ripartenza. Lavoce.info.
• Cinici, M.C., Schifilliti, V., Cesaroni F. (2019). Understanding the dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems: evidence from a longitudinal case study. Handbook of Research on Techno-Entrepreneurship, Third Edition pp.350-376.
• Mansani, F., Schifilliti, V., Langley, P., (2019). UK Start-up Ecosystem. ITA- Italian Trade Commission, Trade Promotion Section of the Italian Embassy. Report 2019, London.
• Schifilliti, V., Cinici, M. C., Cesaroni, F., Baglieri, D. (2019). The Impact of the IPR Regulation on Academic Spin-offs’ Acquisitions. R&D Management Conference, Paris. Conference proceedings.
• Schifilliti, V., Cinici, M. C., Cesaroni, F., Baglieri, D. (2019). Can Patent Legislation Make a Difference on Academic Spin-offs Acquisition? Some European Evidence. SMS 39th Annual Conference, Minneapolis. Conference proceedings.
• Crupi, A., Cesaroni, F., Cinici, M.C., Schifilliti, V. (2017). Technology based growth: does R&D boost employment in China? Forthcoming in IASOS Congress – Usak University conference proceedings.