Wired Next Fest: appointment in Florence

The Wired Next Festthe largest participation event free in Italy dedicated to innovation and digital technologies, for its tenth edition, returns to Florence on November 30th at Palazzo Vecchio.

In these ten years, the Wired Next Fest has celebrated and talked about science, technology, business, the network, research, social innovation, the desire for change and evolution as key elements for economic, cultural development and political. It did so thanks to the participation of experts and opinion leaders of national and international importance and some of the protagonists of our time.

After the great success of the Rovereto and Milan stages, in which more than 1,000 participants participated 60 thousand peoplethe city of Florence will host the Festival, this year dedicated to it to Italy.

«The third and final stage of the Wired Next Fest 2023, in addition to celebrating the tenth anniversary of the most important Italian innovation festival, will be an opportunity to start looking towards next year. On the stage of the Salone dei Cinquecento we will trace the technological and non-technological trends of 2024. With the aim, as always, not of predicting the future but of providing people with the tools to build it” he states Federico Ferrazza, director of Wired Italia.

During the day we will discuss how our country is building its future, putting the territories and their ability to connect with the world at the centre.

Numerous topics will be addressed on stage in the Salone dei Cinquecento from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm: in fact, we will talk about artificial intelligence and its effects on society and organizations; Of digital infrastructures, open intelligence and the role of average and communication in the narration of the transformations of today’s world; Of geopolitics and new world balances, starting from the crisis that is inflaming the Middle East and Eastern Europe; Of energy transition and changes driven by the climate and environmental crisis; of food policies and evolution of globalization processestheir economic and political consequences and the role ofEurope in the new international context; of immigration, cultural identities and sovereignist tendencies; of investments and open innovation and the challenges of scientific research in the field of life science; Of territorial development And tourism; of comedy and the delicate balance between expressive freedom, satire and politically correct; of creative industry, music And comic booksnew skills and evolution of job market.

A rich parterre of Italian and international guests will discuss the role of innovation as a tool for growth and well-being. Scientists, technologists, large companies, SMEs, start-ups, artists and intellectuals will discuss how – even in a globalized world – local cultures and policies are able to influence innovation processes and the birth of new trends.

In the afternoon, a special event: the Mayor Dario Nardella will meet 500 young Florentines who will be adults in 2024 in the Salone dei Cinquecento of Palazzo Vecchio. A moment to celebrate the acquisition of full civil and political rights.

Wired Next Fest is a free event. For further information and to register: https://eventi.wired.it/wnf23-firenze/home/

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

Scientific Partner: Ipsos;
Main Partner: Enel;
Partners: Confagricoltura, Dolomiti Superski, Trentino Marketing;
Sustainability Partner: Up2You;
Mobility App Partner: Moovit;
Hospitality Partner: The Social Hub;
Coffee Partner: Caffè Moak;
Wine Partner: Ruffino Vini;
Official Radio: RTL 102.5;
Technical Partners: Converso, Davia Consulting;
Production: Plan B;

The first guests

Among the first names announced:

Lucretia Reichlineconomist and professor of Economics at the London Business School, one of the most authoritative voices in the world in the macroeconomic field; Juan Carlos De Martin, computer scientist and professor at the Polytechnic of Turin, co-director of the Nexa Center on Internet and Society, as well as author. He recently published the essay “Against the smartphone” (add editore, 2023), a volume that reworks the history of this device while at the same time providing tools to be its master and not dependent; the journalist and geopolitical analyst Dario Fabbri, one of the leading experts in geopolitics, director of the magazine “Domino” and director of the Domino school, as well as author of “Human Geopolitics. Understanding the world from ancient civilizations to today’s powers” (Gribaudo, 2023); Annette Alstadsæter, economist, director of the Skatteforsk – Center for Tax Research and project director at the EU Tax Observatory. He is a member of the team that coordinated the Global Tax Evasion Report 2024 of the European Tax Observatory wanted by the European Union to analyze tax policies and provide political decision makers with possible solutions and tools that can encourage innovation processes and reduce tax evasion and tax avoidance and the resulting social inequalities; Nicola Nerimanaging director in Italy of Ipsos, world leader in the field of market research; Paolo Di GiorgioCEO of Angelini Ventures; Tito Faracicartoonist, screenwriter and director of the Feltrinelli Comics editorial series; Dario Bressaninia very popular science communicator, chemist and author who just a few weeks ago published “Doctor Newtron”, his first comic book, dedicated to the scientist and superhero of the same name, capable of controlling the elements by transforming matter at will; Giancarlo Fiorella, Director for Research and Training at Bellingcat, the newspaper that codified the use of Open Source INTelligence (OSINT) techniques to unmask the fake news that totalitarian governments spread to manipulate public opinion. They were the first to demonstrate Russian responsibility in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukrainian skies in 2014; Yoko Yamadaa stand up comedian half from Brescia and half Japanese who tells his life through hilarious anecdotes and memories integrating the meeting of two completely different cultures; Katia RivaChief Sustainability and Innovation Officer at Mundys; Roberto Perottieconomist, former consultant of the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, and the Bank of Italy, author of numerous volumes, together with Tito Boeri he recently published “PNRR. The great binge” (Feltrinelli, 2023); Marco Pappalardo, Marketing Director of Dolomiti Superski; the investigative journalist Fabrizio Gatti, editorial director of Today.it. The Sky series “Unwanted” was based on his investigative book “Bilal”, which recounts four years spent among migrants crossing the Mediterranean; Shalini KurapatiCEO of Clearbox AI, a startup born in Turin that helps companies develop artificial intelligence applications based on synthetic data, i.e. artificially generated data; Andrea Tangredico-founder of indigo.ai, a startup that develops conversational artificial intelligence models, allowing the construction of personalized chatbots; Daniele PanfiloCEO of Aindo, a startup that has created a synthetic data platform for training artificial intelligence models, Andrea Appinosinger, guitarist and pen of Zen Circus, who will present to the Wired Next Fest audience “Humanize”, his third solo album, available from Friday 17 November, a 360° artistic project with which he intends to explore the concept of “human beings ”; Tiberio Cosminthe stand up comedian of Romanian origins, great protagonist of the latest edition of Italia’s Got Talent; Katia CazzanigaDirector of Research Ipsos – Corporate Reputation.