Third Edition - Empowering the agentic era

January 21th and 22th 2026 | Bocconi University - Milan

The International Artificial Intelligence Festival

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The numbers of AI Festival 2025

+200

Speaker

+400

Organized B2B meetings

+10.000

Attendees

+50

Sponsors & Exhibitors

+200

Startups

+70

Investors

AI Festival 2026

Empowering the agentic era

WMF – We Make Future, always committed to exploring the developments and the ethical, social, and business implications of Artificial Intelligence, is organizing the third edition of AI Festival – the International Festival dedicated to Artificial Intelligence, on January 21–22, 2026, in Milan, with the theme "Empowering the agentic era".

The success of the last edition, with over 10,000 attendees, confirmed the growing interest in AI. The next edition will focus on the new era of AI Agents, autonomous systems capable of actively collaborating with humans.

International experts will share their knowledge on how to design and adopt these technologies. The main focus will be on crucial sectors such as marketing automation, AI in healthcare, agent-driven development, and advanced robotics, exploring the impact of these systems in every industry.

The event will also offer business opportunities, including B2B meetings, to foster new synergies. The Expo Area will host startups and companies presenting their solutions, while the Plenary Hall will give space to prominent speakers from global brands and institutions to discuss the challenges and opportunities of agentic AI.

The Full Ticket for the next edition is now available in a special early-bird offer at only until Dec. 12th: get yours now!

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The 2025 AI Festival Schedule

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mMarketing Transformation pPolicy & Governance bBusiness Transformation pPlenary jJournalism & Publishing cCoding cContent eEthics & Society cCreative Intelligence wWork dData Analytics eE-Commerce oOpen Innovation aAI Solutions

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Marketing Transformation

This stage explores how AI is revolutionizing marketing, introducing new tools for automation, advanced personalization, and increasingly immersive engagement strategies. It’s an opportunity to understand how to best leverage artificial intelligence to create innovative and impactful strategies.

Policy & Governance

The stage addresses the regulatory aspects of AI: regulations, governance, and social impacts. A space to discuss how to build a legal framework that balances innovation and responsibility.

Business Transformation

AI is reshaping business models and creating new paradigms of efficiency and innovation. This session will focus on how to integrate AI technologies to optimize processes, decision-making, and leadership in the business world.

Plenary

The Plenary is the core of the educational program, where experts and visionaries discuss the future of artificial intelligence. It is a place to explore how to integrate AI effectively and responsibly, addressing cross-cutting themes and global scenarios that drive innovation.

Journalism & Publishing

AI is revolutionizing the world of media and publishing. This session will feature discussions on automation, content creation, fact-checking, and ethical challenges to ensure increasingly innovative and reliable information.

Coding

The stage addresses developers and technologists looking to explore AI solution development. It offers deep dives into models, languages, frameworks, and best practices to make AI integration accessible and scalable.

Content

AI is revolutionizing the production of written and visual content, unlocking new possibilities for creatives, publishers, and media professionals. In this room, industry experts will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming writing, image and video generation, automated editing, and the creation of interactive content. A deep dive into the technologies redefining how we conceive, produce, and consume digital content.

Ethics & Society

AI is not just a technological matter but a phenomenon that profoundly influences social, cultural, and ethical dynamics. This room provides a space for discussing the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence, including its integration into daily life, its effects on language and communication, and the human role in interactions with machines. An opportunity to reflect on how to build a digital future that is collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable.

Creative Intelligence

This stage is dedicated to the intersection of artificial intelligence and creativity, exploring how new technologies are redefining the processes of ideation, design, and artistic production. Discover how AI can amplify human ingenuity, generate original content, support visual and sound creation, and open new frontiers in creative expression. An opportunity to understand how to leverage artificial intelligence to enhance innovation and redefine the future of creativity.

Work

AI is transforming the world of work, redefining roles, skills, and operational models. This stage explores how companies can adapt to change, from intelligent automation to human-machine collaboration, to create more efficient, flexible, and innovative work environments.

Data Analytics

In a world increasingly driven by data, the ability to analyze and leverage it is essential for innovation. This room delves into the most advanced techniques in data analysis, modeling, and management, exploring tools in data science, machine learning, and AI-driven analytics. A key resource for those seeking to extract strategic insights and make data-driven decisions with greater precision and effectiveness.

E-Commerce

The world of e-commerce is constantly evolving, driven by technological innovation and consumer behavior analysis. This room delves into the most advanced strategies for creating personalized shopping experiences, optimizing digital platforms, and leveraging AI to enhance logistics, marketing, and the customer journey. An opportunity to discover how to turn online commerce into a competitive advantage in the global market.

Open Innovation

The Open Innovation stage is the perfect place to explore synergies between artificial intelligence, innovative enterprises, and the transformation of industrial supply chains. This space will focus on all the ways AI can support the renewal of business models, contributing to the optimization of production processes and the creation of new business ecosystems. Discussions will center on the adoption of advanced solutions, such as AI and GenAI, to address global and sector-specific challenges, from improving sustainability to enhancing operational efficiency.

AI Solutions

From Practical Applications to Advanced Case Studies, this Room is Dedicated to AI Solutions Transforming Industries and Processes. An opportunity to explore tools, platforms, and strategies for successfully implementing artificial intelligence across various business sectors.

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