Speed-dating event for winners of the “inPITCHati!” competition: they will be given the full attention of the mentors involved who will listen and publicly assess design proposals or proposals for cultural bodies, supported by digital technology and with the accent on tourism, social issues and innovation.

Nowadays we are all connected. Most of us use the Internet to share information, feelings and news. We can do this well or we can do this badly. Which doesn’t mean that it’s been done efficiently or skillfully, but rather that it is done in such a way that it does not have harmful effects […]

Presentation of the book and conversation with Lorenzo Mannella and Claudia Vago.

Book presentation and discussion with Fabio Chiusi and Anna Masera.

The great architect of astronomy himself appears to be the symbol of the inexorable achievements of technology. Or is it actually his naturalism that is now prompting a critical interpretation of digital knowledge understood as the importance of the human role?

A path showing how did Galileo effectuate the shift from Greek mechané (simple machines that overcome nature, such as the lever, capable of lifting heavy weights with little effort) to rational mechanics which, with its specifi c rules, promote the development of our machine-based civilisation.

Our exasperation at the pervasive nature of the Internet paradoxically brings us back to the circular reasoning of the most inflexible Renaissance thinker: clarity, sharing and individualism are the great keepsakes of Italian humanism.

From the Eurasian springs to the break-down of the most established Western powers: the square, where new powers are formed and unusual confl icts are born now seems to be synonymous with the Internet. A megaphone to the world or the nervous system of social protagonism?

Book presentation and discussion with Roberto Manzocco and Mirko Tavosanis.

After an introduction on the limits and boundaries for the development of creative industries in Italy, we will refl ect on the qualities for success, and the defi ciencies to be overcome for those who hope to create businesses or social entities that centre on culture, the acquisition or application of knowledge.