February 26th and 27th 2025Roentgen Building, MilanThe International Artificial Intelligence Festival
February 26th and 27th 2025
Roentgen Building, Milan
The International Artificial Intelligence Festival
Ticket offer at 249€+VAT until 2/20
The numbers of AI Festival 2024
+130
Speaker
+400
Organized B2B meetings
+6.000
Attendees
+50
Sponsors & Exhibitors
+150
Startups
+70
Investors

AI Festival - Integrating AI

WMF - We Make Future, always engaged with the developments and ethical, social, and business implications of Artificial Intelligence, is organizing the second edition of AI Festival - the first International Festival dedicated to Artificial Intelligence, on February 26 and 27, 2025, in Milan.

After the 6,000 attendees in 2024, the two-day event returns, bringing together professionals, companies, startups, and stakeholders to discuss and delve into the revolution brought by AI, not only in daily life but also in political, social, and work environments.

Educational Stages will be active, where speakers and experts from around the world will share skills and analyses on AI, with a focus on industries particularly impacted such as martech, health, education, work, space economy, logistics, culture, creativity, and much more. Central to the event will be business opportunities with B2B meetings, business matching, job placement, and exclusive networking events. There will also be innovative AI-themed startups, starring in an international competition, and presentations of robotics prototypes, solutions, tools, and software in the exhibition area. Finally, there will be room for prominent guests, representatives of international brands, and institutions in the Main Hall, for a journey between the present and future of AI.

The 2025 edition is scheduled for February 26 and 27 in Milan, at the Bocconi University - Roentgen Building.

Tickets are available on offer at prezzo attuale€+vat instead of 349€+vat until February 20th.

The speakers of AI Festival 2025:
Bishop
Alessandro La Volpe
Monica Orsino
Marco Giletta
Massimo Chiriatti
Tey Bannerman
Stefano Quintarelli
Sara Capponi

The 2025 AI Festival Schedule

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Discover the guests, speakers, and in-depth topics of the event!

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.

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. 

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.

There are no sessions in the selected stage on this day.

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Exhibit

Exhibit at the first international festival on Artificial Intelligence. Contact us to present your solution and receive the dedicated offer.

Call for Startup

Join with your startup and showcase your innovative project in an international setting, bringing together startups, investors, and VCs

B2B Meetings

Access the one-on-one meeting area to enhance your business opportunities.

Fill out the form to receive an offer.

Become a Speaker

Do you want to be among the speakers of the first international festival dedicated to artificial intelligence? Propose your speech now!

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WMF for AI: discover the events and the initiatives dedicated to AI
WMF goes to Las Vegas

WMF goes to Las Vegas

WMF - We Make Future participated at CES in Las Vegas, the world's most important technology event, which took place from January 7th to 10th, 2025.

Within the Italian Pavilion, organized by the Italian Trade Agency and Area Science Park, WMF represented Italian innovation, strengthening its role as an international platform and accelerator of connections between global innovation ecosystems. This has been the ideal opportunity to introduce "WMF For AI 2025."

WMF Silicon Valley event

WMF Silicon Valley event

With the support of ICE - the Italian Trade Agency, on March the 18th, at Innovit's San Francisco spaces, Startups, Companies, Investors, and Artificial Intelligence professionals will gather. The event will feature panels with international investors and venture capitalists, high-level educational and informative speeches, and an AI Startup Competition between 8 startups: 4 Italian and 4 Americans.

Call Startup AI4Future

Call Startup AI4Future

The startup competition focuses on AI applications addressing WMF's 12 future challenges. Six finalists will compete in the final at AI Festival (Milan, February 26-27), while 30 other startups will gain access to WMF 2025 (June 4-6, BolognaFiere) to engage with the global ecosystem. Thanks to the collaboration between WMF, Tecnopolo Bologna, and the Metropolitan City of Bologna, the top startups will have the opportunity to access the facilities of Tecnopolo, home to the Leonardo Supercomputer.

AI Global Summit

AI Global Summit

The WMF hosts the AI Global Summit, the premier international event dedicated to Artificial Intelligence. The event offers training courses on AI and its ethical and business applications. On the main stage, exceptional guests, experts, and companies from around the world share their experiences and perspectives on AI development. The exhibition area features B2B meetings, innovative tools and software, as well as advanced technology prototypes and robotics.

Collaboration between WMF and Tecnopolo

A significant novelty within the AI For Future Startup Call is the collaboration between WMF, the Bologna Tecnopolo (Technology Park), and the Metropolitan City of Bologna. Thanks to this synergy, the best startups will have the opportunity to be selected to access the spaces of the Technology Park, home to the Leonardo Supercomputer, opening up new frontiers for advanced research and technological innovation.

Discover all the announced initiatives for WMF For AI 2025.

Visit the dedicated page and fill out the form to participate or learn about collaboration opportunities.

WMF Ecosystem Innovation Partner

AI Festival is part of the Invitalia network

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FEBRUARY 26-27, 2025

Milan

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at prezzo attuale€+VAT until 02/20!

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