Luca De Biase

Introducing Roberto Viola, Director General of DG Connect, European Commission in dialogue with Luca De Biase, Il Sole 24 Ore. A round table follows with Flavio Deflorian, rector of the University of Trento; Patrizio Bianchi, University of Ferrara; Francesco Ubertini, president of Cineca; Rita Cucchiara, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

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Palazzo Sardagna, current home of the offices of the Rectorate of the University of Trento, is one of the masterpieces of Mannerism and early Baroque in Trentino. Dating from the 16th century, the building is built around a large central courtyard, the largest among those found in the city's historic buildings. From the exterior, walking through the entrance hall embellished with heraldic coats of arms, one enters the courtyard punctuated by a double order of loggias and long galleries.

Palazzo Sardagna – Sala delle Scienze

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Patrizio Bianchi, industrial economist, is now professor emeritus and UNESCO Chair ‘Educazione, crescita ed eguaglianza’ at the University of Ferrara, of which he was Rector. Academician of the Lincei, he was Minister of Education of the Draghi Government.

Patrizio Bianchi

Prof. of Computer Engineering at UNIMORE. Author of over 550 international scientific publications about Artificial Vision and Multimedia Deep Learning, Director of AIRI, Scientific Director of AimageLab, director of the ELLIS-Modena node. She collaborates with PdC, MISE, MIUR and MDT about AI.

Rita Cucchiara

Flavio Deflorian is a full professor and Rector of the University of Trento. He is a member of the Board of Directors of FBK and of the Supervisory Board of SMACT. He has more than 200 scientific publications and numerous international research projects to his credit.

Rector

Flavio Deflorian

Journalist at Il Sole 24 Ore, La Svolta. Author and voice at Rai Radio 3. Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Pisa, Modena Reggio Emilia, Luiss. Recent books: "Il codice del futuro" (Sole 24 Ore 2023); "Eppur s'innova" (Luiss 2022), "Il lavoro del futuro" (Codice 2018).

Full professor of Mechanics of Solids and Structures, served as rector of Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna from 2015 to 2021. Currently he is the President of Cineca and iFAB (Foundation Big data and Artificial Intelligence for Human Development) and the Vicepresident of the Italian Research Center on High-Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing – ICSC. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of Nomisma.

Presidente

Francesco Ubertini

Roberto Viola is the Director General for digital policies at the European Commission (DG Connect). Before the European Commission, he was the Secretary General of AGCOM. From 1986 to 1999 he worked at the European Space Agency (ESA).

General Director DG Connect

Roberto Viola

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Standing in the shadow of the ancient ramparts, for a long time Piazza Fiera was the beating heart of the city's markets and commerce, hence its name (which means “fair” or “market”).
The wide open spaces make Piazza Fiera ideal for hosting large business events, as well as cultural and musical gatherings. It serves as an important intersection for the city’s public transport, and the underground multi-storey car park means it is easily accessible by car.

Piazza Fiera

Journalist & author. He writes regularly for Il Sole 24 Ore, Wired Italia, Forbes Italia and ISPI. He is the author of published essays on the geopolitics of space. He is also host of various TV shows such as Border on the web channel Financial Lounge and Countdown airing on Sky Tg24. With Giampaolo Musumeci he is the voice of "La geopolitica dello spazio", an original podcast on Radio24. His latest book is "Geopolitica dello spazio" (il Saggiatore)

Giornalista

Emilio Cozzi

Geopolitics of space

Geopolitics

The brand new property is located in the Albere district of Trento. Recently inaugurated, it includes a 250-seat auditorium and some event rooms, including one with 99 seats. In the construction of the building, particular attention was paid to environmental sustainability, with specifications regarding the energy and acoustic insulating capacity of the building envelope. The structure also has a heating and cooling system with radiant panels.The Festival shuttle Free service for ITAS FORUM from 22 to 24 Maydeparting from PIAZZA DANTE - PALAZZO DELLA REGIONE and PIAZZA FIERA – VIA TRAVAIContinuous service from 9.00 am to 7.00 pm every 20 minutes<a href="https://www.festivaleconomia.it/oven/media/VOLANTINI%20NAVETTA4.pdf" target="_blank">Download the PDF with the timetables</a>

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Judge. President of Chamber of the Council of State and Legal adviser to the Ministry of Defense. He served as a member of the italian Anti-Corruption Authority; Head of cabinet in Ministries of the Environment, Agriculture, Implementation of the Government program; Legal Adviser to the Minister of Justice.

President of Chamber

Michele Corradino

Pier Domenico Garrone is a communication expert specializing in web reputation. Founder of "Il Comunicatore Italiano," he represents Italian communication excellence. He focuses on communication budgeting and digital assets.

Comunicatore

Pier Domenico Garrone

Lieutenant General Stefano Mannino is the 33rd President of CASD/SSUOS, responsible for the advanced training of military officers and research in the field of defense and security. He has held prestigious positions in Italy and abroad, participated in operational missions, and was promoted to Lieutenant General on July 11, 2023.

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Stefano Mannino

She received her PhD in Language Sciences from University Ca’ Foscari. Since 2013, she leads the Digital Humanities research group in FBK. Her research interests focus on AI for hate speech and online disinformation detection. She is also interested in ethical aspects related to fairness and bias in generative AI.

Head of research unit

Sara Tonelli

Geopolitics and new weapons of artificial intelligence

Introducing Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, president of Intesa Sanpaolo in dialogue with Luca De Biase, Il Sole 24 Ore. A round table follows with Michele Boldrin, Washington University in Saint Louis; Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli, UC Berkeley.

An illustrious concert hall in a building on Via Giuseppe Verdi, which harks back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the numerous musical associations (Musikverein) once found in Ljubljana and all the way to Vienna. It is home to the Philharmonic Society of Trento, founded in 1795. It boasts a beautiful organ, dating back to 1906.

Filarmonica

Rettore

Paolo Boccardelli

Professor, Washington University di St Louis. Previously: Chicago, Stanford, UCLA, Northwestern, Carlos III, Pennsylvania e Minnesota. Fellow: Econometric Society,Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, Society for Economic Dynamics, Society for Economic Measurement, Research CEPR, Academic Advisory Council INSE (Peking University).

Michele Boldrin

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Intesa Sanpaolo since April 2016. Deputy Chairman of ABI. Member of the Committee of Market Operators and Investors at Consob and of the Corporate Governance Committee of Borsa Italiana.

Chair

Gian Maria Gros-Pietro

Alberto is an author of over 1000 papers, member of National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Science, and co-founder of Cadence and Synopsys, capitalization of over 160Billion USD, President of Chips.it. Winner of the Maxwell Medal and BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award.

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