In the future our houses will be populated by increasingly intelligent and interactive objects. We’ll be able to give orders to electronic appliances, lighting systems and utilities as well as be able to program and personalise them at a distance. They can, however, be “cracked”, the objective of viruses, spam and hackers on the hunt […]

Security and anonymity: there are two sides to every story. They protect citizens but are also screens hiding doorways through which intrusions, violations and the unlawful acquisition of data and contacts pass.

What happens when the owners of a business are also its workers? Or when a corporation adopts distributed and collaborative management models and forgets the management models inherited from the roman legions? Often prosperity. This is why we need “a new way of doing business”.

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 […]

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?

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?

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.

A focus on content and meaningful relationships. A public debate with leading fi gures from the worlds of business and institutions. An idea that will generate real substance, provide guidelines and offer an overview of the system with a particular focus on both skills and the employment market, identifying technologies that are immediately available and […]

Quality of life and economic value cannot be achieved without stable communities and skills that are distributed throughout the region. Two hours of debate to discuss experimental models and suggest tools for evaluating their impact on communities, from north to south and from theory to practice.