In addition to his professional creative activities, teaching, and international lectures and workshops, De Ritis has had a variety of achievements at the intersection of arts and innovation. These include:

Citation in the book Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of Pioneers in Interactive Computing by computer software entrepreneur, John Cullinane (November 2014)

Panel presentations at the Transcultural Exchange on, “Arts-Based Learning for Innovation” (February 2018)

Recipient of the Best Research Paper Award at the 5th Annual International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship for “Inhibitors to Innovation in Chinese Students: The Case of the Ballet Slipper” with co-authors John H. Friar and Zhang Wenjun (December 2015)

Chair of the Board of Advisors for Innovative Hochschule Award, 7.5 million Euros, at the School for Music and Theatre in Hamburg, Germany

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