Opening Ceremony WMF 2023
June 15, 2023
10:15 - 10:40
Mainstage
Other speeches in room Mainstage
Co-Hosting
Cosmano Lombardo
WMF - We Make Future
Alice Mangione
Comedian and Content Creator
Robot Sophia
Hanson Robotics
Electronic Set - Left Hemisphere
Dardust
Opening and Welcome to WMF 2023
Cosmano Lombardo
WMF - We Make Future
The Digitalization of Society: Trends and Challenges
Manuel Castells
Univ. Southern California
Legality and fighting Mafia
Giuseppe Lombardo
Court of Reggio Calabria
WMF Award Cybersecurity and Data Protection to Ivano Gabrielli
Ivano Gabrielli
Postal and Communications Police (State Police of Italy)
Alixa Live Sketch
Alice Mangione
Comedian and Content Creator
Tech Transfer: the role of supercomputing in innovation
Francesco Ubertini
CINECA
Podcast communication language in investigative journalism
Pablo Trincia
Data that heal
Francesca Buffa
Full Professor of Computer Sciences and Computational Biology - Bocconi University
Tech in War
Elena Malitskaya
ISE Accelerator & Venture Capital Firm
Paolo Cevoli on Stage!
Paolo Cevoli
Comico e Imprenditore
Opening Session 2
Live Drawing
Takoua Ben Mohamed
Graphic journalist & Author
Let's go live!
Camihawke
Pro-player vs. content creator: gaming through social media
Pow3r
Content Creator
The impact of AI and digital tech in the labor market
Pierpaolo Bombardieri
UIL
WMF Award Brand Marketing Campaign to Netsons
Netsons
Human-centric approach to Artificial Intelligence
Gianluca Misuraca
Inspiring Futures
WMF AI for Culture Heritage & Human Rights Award to Clelia Piperno
Clelia Piperno
Babylonian Talmud Translation Project
Lercio News on the Mainstage!
Lercio
Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know
Jerry Kaplan
How robotics can help children diagnosed with autism
Agnieszka Wykowska
Coordinator of “Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction” at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Human Emulation AI and Robots for AGI and Machine Sentience via Humanlike Embodiment and the Integrative Humanities
David Hanson
Founder & CEO at Hanson Robotics
Opening Session 3
WMF International Roadshow
Albania for innovation: the attraction plan for startups, innovative companies and tech transfer projects
Edona Bilali
Minister of State for Entrepreneurship Protection of Albania (D.C.)
WMF Award Digital Transformation to Res Freedata
Res Free Data
EBRD Star Venture – supporting high potential tech-startups in emerging markets
Dejan Tonic
EBRD Star Venture
How to harness the power of artificial intelligence to scale your business: a VC perspective
Giuseppe Oppedisano
Tech Entrepreneur e CIO WMF
Jeff Abbott
Founder & Partner Blitzscaling Ventures
Mike Sigal
Venture partner - GPO Fund
Andrea Barrica
Founder & Investor
Francesco Cracolici
Nomadic Minds
Communication innovation in Rai public service: from accessibility to inclusion
Giuseppe Sangiovanni
RAI Director of Public Utility
Comedy and legality
Tiziano Di Cara
Imprenditore/autore
I Sansoni
Alessio Rubino
Content Creator
Roberto Lipari
Comedian & Showman
Creator Economy: a mature industry
Luca Leoni
CEO Show Reel Media Group
WMF Award Creator Economy to Show Reel Media Group
Show Reel Media Group
Live Concert
Dargen D'Amico
Rapper, song writer & producer
Co-Hosting
Cosmano Lombardo
WMF - We Make Future
Diletta Leotta
Showgirl
I Sansoni
Opening Session 1
Live Dj Set
Samuel
Influencer marketing and new strategies through the Creator Economy
Monge
Luca Gervasi
Project management for innovation
Graziano Trasarti
President of ISIPM
WMF Award Social Commitment to Flooded Cooperatives of Romagna.
LEGACOOP
Guest of Honor
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Policies to guide Artificial Intelligence
Anna Ascani
Chamber of Deputies
Decoding the future of AI and Digital Experiences
Monica Orsino
Microsoft
The future of Made in Italy: sustainability, digitalization and advanced technologies
Maurizio Forte
Italian Trade Agency
Join Latvia on its way to becoming an international innovation hub
Solvita Āboltiņa
Ambassador of Latvia in Italy
Opening Session 2
Live Performance
N.A.I.P - nessun artista in particolare
Can Generative AI Unlock New Answers Towards the Innovation + Sustainability Debate?
Rika Nakazawa
Global Vice President, New Ventures & Innovation and Head of Sustainability – NTT
WMF Award Women's Empowerment to SACE
SACE
Supercomputing, AI and Quantum Computing shaping the future
Diego Bettoni
INFN vice president and executive board member
Responsible AI
Walter Riviera
AIWONDER
Innovation in the Fencing World
Margherita Granbassi
Federazione Italiana Scherma
Startup Competition - The Final
The Final of the largest International Startup Competition
Innovation Diplomacy: Driving Global Progress
Jan Björklund
Ambassador of Sweden in Rome
Abdelkrim Touahria
Ambassador of Algeria in Italy
VC Secrets that Entrepreneurs Need to Know (But Investors Won't Share)
Bill Reichert
Entrepreneur & Venture Capitalist, Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures
Startup Competition Award Ceremony
Opening Session 3
The characters of Fabio Celenza on Stage!
Fabio Celenza
Actor and Youtuber
Cosmano Lombardo chats with Diletta Leotta
Diletta Leotta
Showgirl
Cosmano Lombardo
WMF - We Make Future
Artificial Intelligence, Data protection and Copyright
Stefano Quintarelli
Imprenditore, Inventore di SPID
Living Planet Report, why we need a Nature Positive world
Alessandra Prampolini
General Director WWF Italy
Technology and safety: the innovative project of Alfred24
Christian Secci
Cofounder & CEO at Alfred 24
Invisible Men, Visible Change
Tey ElRjula
Co-Founder FLUUS.com
WMF Award Sustainability and Social Impact to Aworld
Aworld
Digital Fabrication for Humanity
Massimo Moretti
President of WASP
Re-imagine human flight
Sam Rogers
Lead Designer and Test Pilot - Gravity Industries
Co-Hosting
Cosmano Lombardo
WMF - We Make Future
Casa Surace
Laura Barriales
Opening Session 1
Sand Art Live Performance
Erica Abelardo
Sand Artist
Acting Deputy Head of Office and Inequality and Tax Policy Advisor at the Oxfam EU office
Chiara Putaturo
Oxfam
Earth seen from Space
Pierre-Philippe Mathieu
ESA - European Space Agency
Drone Live Show
Brainwaves
Artificial Intelligence and Privacy
Guido Scorza
Open innovation during war times
Anna Petrova
Founder Startup Ukraine
Scaleup for Future
Igor Spinella
CEO Eggtronic
Danila De Stefano
CEO & Founder Unobravo
Benny Bennet Jürgens
CEO Nect GmbH
WMF Award Multimedia Campaign for Talent Acquisition to Tempocasa
Tempocasa
Does the future belong to the new media? Challenges for information between new generations and innovation.
Fiamma Goretti
Head of Italian Campaigns and Communication of Change.org
Francesca Milano
Head of Chora News
Francesco Cancellato
Head of Fanpage.it
Livia Viganò
COO e co-founder, Factanza.
Bianca Arrighini
CEO e co-founder, Factanza.
Alessio Balbi
Head of Content Hub GEDI
Sound branding: innovating with sound
Chiara Luzzana
THE SOUND OF CITY®
Opening Session 2
Live Performance
Lucariello
Rapper
Smart Cities and innovation for the territory
Massimo Bugani
Regione Emilia-Romagna
The global fight against mafias
Nicola Gratteri
Court of Naples
Antonio Nicaso
Nicola Altiero
Vice director for operations DIA
The importance of remembrance: the heritage of Peppino and Felicia Impastato in the fight against Mafia
Luisa Impastato
Journalist & activist
Generative AI: Myths, Rituals and Reality
Luisella Giani
ORACLE
What is going on with AI…?
Agency life
Giorgia Fumo
Stand-up Comedienne & Digital Strategist
Gen Z & Tik Tok: the new generations in the digital world
Lollo Barollo
Content Creator
Roccotnl
Content Creator
Youtuber profession: the evolutions and trends of the platform
Alessandro Masala
Content Creator, Founder at Breakingitaly
Favij
Content Creator
Jakidale
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