Wired Next Fest 2021: the final days live from the Gerolamo Theater

It closes with the appointment of 1st and 2nd October the new episode of Wired Next Fest made, as for past editions, in collaboration with Audi. Within a calendar that is divided into 5 thematic events over 6 months, the key word that unites all the meetings is Balance: many, different and dynamic to face the ever-changing reality of a world grappling with the effects of the pandemic.

It began on April 14 with the episode dedicated to entertainment and storytelling, enclosed in the word Play. It then continued with a second appointment on 12 May dedicated to Social Innovation, with a third theme on June 16 Next Generation while on July 14 there was talk of Life.

Previous appointments have led to a total of 137,500 visits to the minisite, 106,100 social and minisite video views, 1,556,000 social reach and 2,767,000 social imps.

On the occasion of the last stage Wired and the List Representative organize a special concert in support of the AIRC Foundation, live on September 30th from the Teatro Gerolamo in Milan. An event that, in the wake of the 2021 theme of the Wired Next Fest, Equilibri, seeks a new balance between music and words, between entertainment and solidarity. The performance, which can be followed from the dedicated website of the Wired Next Fest, provides an online access ticket and part of the proceeds will be donated to the campaign AIRC Pink Ribbon to help support research on breast cancer, the most common cancer in the female gender, which affects one in eight women over the course of their life, with about 55,000 new diagnoses in Italy in 2020 alone (AIOM, AIRTUM, Fondazione AIOM and PASSI , Cancer numbers in Italy 2020).

The concert organized with Wired will be a summa of the artistic career of the Representative of Lista, a best of which will see the involvement of other guests, including the award-winning actress, author and performer of visual theater Marta Cuscunà, who will interpret some monologues taken from his works, and the video contributions of some Italian artists including Elisa, Ema Stokholma, Myss Keta, the collective Amleta, born to counter gender disparity and violence in the entertainment world, the philosophers Andrea Colamedici and Maura Gancitano from Tlon.

The concert will be broadcast on the dedicated website of the Wired Next Fest on September 30th, starting at 9pm. Those who buy the ticket will receive a free digital copy of the October issue of Wired, which will be dedicated to sustainability, and will have the opportunity to consult all the digital editions of the issues of Wired from 2010 to today. The ticket costs 8 euro (plus Eventbrite commission fees). To purchase the ticket, connect to Eventbrite at the link: https://bit.ly/3Brwd9E. After the purchase, the user will receive an email with the unique access code to the event, which must be kept in order to see the concert on the evening of September 30th. To attend the show it is necessary to register on the dedicated website of the Wired Next Fest. Once the site goes live, all people who have purchased a ticket on Eventbrite will receive an invitation to complete this process, which is best done before the evening of the event.

In addition to the concert on September 30th, the Wired Next Fest will see the performances of the Urban Theory dance crew, then involved in a dialogue with the president and founder of Stardust Simone Giacomini, from Beba, who just released the single Thank god in collaboration with Willie Peyote, and Rkomi, who released the concept album this year Taxi driver.

We will discuss new balances and sustainability with Maximo Ibarra, head of the Digital Transformation Task Force within the G20, Laura DeNardis, director of the Internet Governance Lab and author of “Internet in everything”, one of the most authoritative international voices on the subject of Internet governance, the Chief Executive and Director of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation Gregory B. Newby, the biology professor and popularizer Telmo Pievani, Alessia Ciarrocchi, Airc researcher at the Ausl-Irccs of Reggio Emilia, Pietro Castellitto, director and actor, who will present a preview of the novel “Gli Iperborei” (Bompiani, 2021); Cristina Parodi, Airc journalist and testimonial, Alessandra Gennari, Airc researcher, University of Eastern Piedmont, founder and executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning Sakena Yacoobi, journalist and documentary maker Guillaume Pitron, author of “The War of Rare Metals” awarded the Turgot Prize as best book in the economics and finance category, the Head of Impact & Sustainability of Pitango Venture Capital, the largest Israeli venture capital fund, Cecile Blilious, the CEO of E-Distribuzione Vincenzo Ranieri, Arexpo’s CEO Igor De Biasio, the independent erotic filmmaker Erika Lust, the explorer of the sea Alberto Luca Recchi, the chairman of the Group Cap Alessandro Russo, the climatology Serena Giacomin, the philosopher and author Ilaria Gaspari, the activist and politician Marco Cappato, treasurer of the “Luca Coscioni” association, Tommaso Ghidini, Head of the Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division of ESA (European Space Agency) and author of the book “Homo Caelestis”, the Managing Director of Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine Riccardo Pasqua, the journalist and author Pablo Trincia, voice of the “Veleno” podcast, Mastercard’s Vice President Business Development Luca Corti, the writer Nadeesha Uyangoda, the creator and videomaker Stefano Musazzi, better known as Il Musazzi, the producer Young Miles, the musician and producer Venus the dj, musician and producer Mace, the General Manager for Italy of Gorillas, Alessandro Colella, lo writer and vice president of the Abele Group, as well as one of the protagonists of the documentary series “SanPa”, Fabio Anibaldi Cantelli.

The Wired Next Fest, with the patronage of the Municipality of Milan and organized in collaboration with Audi, is also made possible thanks to the support of some partners:

Main partner: E-Distribuzione, Mastercard, Nexi, Vodafone;

Event supporters: Arexpo, Generali Italia, CAP Group, Gorillas, Open Fiber, Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine;

Content Partner: AIRC Foundation;

Production: PianoB;

Technical partner: Plesh;

Collectible Design Guest: Rossana Orlandi Gallery;