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Mainstage Guests, VCs, Speakers, and Artists
Innovate, Inspire, Impact
4 · 5 · 6 JUNE 2025 / BOLOGNAFIERE
I NUMERI del WMF 2024
WMF – We Make Future returns to BolognaFiere from June 4 to 6, 2025.
Taking the Mainstage—the central stage of the event—will be speakers, investors, big-tech representatives, researchers, activists, and changemakers from all over the world.
Through visionary talks and forward-thinking contributions, they will address key topics such as Artificial Intelligence, technological, digital, and social innovation, with the goal of shaping a conscious, sustainable, and inclusive future.
A crossroads of performance and artistic crossover, the Mainstage will once again host major names in contemporary music, alongside moments dedicated to investigative journalism and real-world storytelling.
Discover the guests, artists, and musicians set to appear on the Mainstage—and don’t miss this edition: get your Mainstage Ticket!
Some Guests and Speakers of the Mainstage
Mainstage
Dardust
Producer & Artist
Cosmano Lombardo
Chairman
Anna Ascani
Vice-President Chamber of Deputies
Giuseppe Borghi
Head of the Φ-lab Division
Simonetta Di Pippo
Head of SEE
Alicia Hanf
Head of Institutional Ecosystem Partnerships
Federico Faggin
Physicist & Microchip Inventor
Plestia Alaqad
Journalist & Poet
Pablo Trincia
Podcaster, Storyteller & Journalist
Ale Della Giusta
Content Creator
Karma B
Drag Artists
John Wesley
Senior Director
Claudio Domenicali
CEO
Riccardo Piergentili
Journalist
Mario De Santis
CEO
Cathy La Torre
CEO & Lawyer
Daniela Simonetti
Founder
Change The Game
Gianpaolo Martire
Head of Marketing
Consorzio Verovolley
Michiel Scheffer
Flavia Carlini
Author, educator & activist
Big Mama
Artist & Performer
Scott Yusuke Sugino
President & CEO
Nadia Lauricella
Influencer & Activist
Banda Rulli Frulli
Inclusive Marching Band
Marco Trombetti
Co-founder & CEO
Riccardo Masucci
Director of EU Affairs
Jenny De Nucci
Actress, Content Creator, and Podcast Host
Francesco Frisari
Co-Founder & Creative Director, Author & Filmmaker
Fantomatica. ai, "The Prompt
Alan Friedman
Journalist & Writer
Silvia Visciano
Director of the Research and International Relations Section
Regione Puglia
Rocco De Franchi
Director of the Institutional Communication
Regione Puglia
Nello Cristianini
Artificial Intelligence Professor, Author
Daniele Pucci
Head of Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence
RAI - Pubblica Utilità
Valeria Sandei
CEO
Enrico Cereda
Senior Advisor
Marco Montemagno
Tech Entrepreneur
Pau
Singer & Performer
Negrita
S. EM. Card. Matteo Maria Zuppi
Cardinale Arcivescovo di Bologna and President CEI
Massimo Bugani
Chief of Staff to the President of the Legislative Assembly
Regione Emilia-Romagna
Mimmo Lucano
Former Mayor of Riace
Andrea Daqua
Lawyer
Luigi Traldi
Head of Southern Europe
Matteo De Santi
Head of User Centricity & Innovation
Nicola Gratteri
Public Prosecutor
Court of Naples
Matteo Marani
President
Serie C NOW
Mr. Saud Al-Yami
CEO
PNG Saudi Arabia
Khaled Safran
CEO & Founder
Jusur International
Lorenzo Sabaini
Product Manager
Alba Robot Srl
Vishnu Saran Udayagiri
CEO
Alberto Barberis
CEO
David Brown
Co-founder
Giulia Ziino
CMO
Giovanni Rossi
CMO
Francesco Cerruti
Director
Giorgio Ciron
Director
InnovUp
On. Giulio Centemero
Member of the Finance Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Marco Gay
Executive Chairman
Zest
Michela Giraud
Actress, Stand-up Comedian and Film Director
Samuel
Singer & song writer
Riccardo Valentini
2007 Nobel Pace Prize Winner
Emanuele Mugnani
Managing Director for Ambulatory Information Systems Europe
Gernot Blümel
Managing Director
Motaz Azaiza
Photojournalist
Yuko Ishiwaka
Principal Investigator
Nathan Francis
Head of Business Development
Federico Tombari
Researcher
Google
Anna Valente
Full Professor & BDA member
Enrico Mingo Hoffman
ISFP Researcher
Nino Cartabellotta
President
Jongah Hong
Director
KOTRA Milan
Tiarne Hawkins
AI Leader & Host
Luciano Baglioni
Ispector & Investigator of the Uno Bianca terror case
Carlo Lucarelli
Writer
Gianfranco Zola
Sport Executive, former football player & coach
Marcello Ascani
Content Creator & CEO
Enrico Mentana
Journalist and Director
Veronica Pitea
Co-founder
Alberto Nuzzo
Head of the Civil Protection Unit, Integrated Urban Security Division
Municipality of Bologna
Corrado Formigli
Journalist
Richard Roocroft
Client Solutions Director
Interprefy
Filippo Teri
Strategic Account Management Team Lead
Interprify
Francesca Rossi
AI Ethics Global Leader
Denis Jaromil Roio
Founder & Director
Isabella Potì
Chef & Italian Entrepeneur
Sarah Toscano
Singer & Artist
Show and performances
