February 11 - 12 2027 | Milan - Superstudio Maxi - IV Edition

The International Festival of Artificial Intelligence

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AI FESTIVAL 2027: Orchestrating Intelligence

Featuring advanced training, B2B matchmaking, an expansive expo area, startups, investors, and institutional dialogue: AI Festival 2027, powered by WMF – We Make Future, returns to Milan on February 11–12. The event unites the global Artificial Intelligence ecosystem around this edition’s theme, “Orchestrating Intelligence - Where Humans & AI play in Symphony” turning technology, human expertise, and networks into tangible value.

The premier international event for those building, adopting, governing, or investing in Artificial Intelligence.

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Daniele Pucci

CEO
Generative Bionics

Plenary

Nestor Maslej

Research Manager Human-centered
AI Stanford University

Sasha Luccioni

AI and Climate Researcher

Plenary

Alessio Pomaro

Head of AI
Search On Media Group

Monica Orsino

Sn Learning and Development Manager
Microsoft

Rika Nakazawa

Executive Head, Global Strategic Innovation
NTT DATA Inc.

AI Horizons

Massimo Chiriatti

Director of Innovation
Lenovo

Claudio Bedino

Head of Growth Europe
Gemini

Alessandro Vozza

Sr. Solution Engineer Cloud+AI
Microsoft

Sameer Munshi

Head of AI Simulation & Behavioral Science
Ernst & Young

Gianpiero Negri

Head of Robotics Safety Center of Excellence
Amazon

Brando Benifei

Member of the European Parliament, rapporteur for the Digital Omnibus in the Committee on Legal Affairs
European Parliament

Chiara Cocchiara

Senior innovation officer
ESA Φ-lab

Pier Luigi Pisa

Journalist
La Repubblica / Italian Tech

Giorgio Taverniti

Co-Founder , COO Consulting, SEO, AI & Digital Marketing Expert
Search On Media Group

Davide Dattoli

Founder & Executive Chairman
Talent Garden

Federico Cabitza

Associated Professor & Co-Founder
Univ. Milano-Bicocca // FBK // RedOpen SRL

Andrea Colamedici

Philosopher | Editor | Co-Founder
Tlon

Marco Gay

Executive President
Zest

Layla Pavone

Innovation Technology Digital Transformation Board
Municipality of Milan

Paolo Tacconi

Producer, entrepreneur, founder
AIgeist.ai, Finambolic.com & Valuelead.com

AI Horizons

Luisella Giani

Author | AI Expert & Advocate

Claudio Tonti

Co-founder, VP of AI & Innovation
Websolute

Mattia Macellari

Piccola Industria President
Assolombarda

Stefano Orani

Managing Director of Applied AI
BOI (Board of Innovation)

Cosmano Lombardo

Chairman
WMF - We Make Future

Workshop - Analisi Dati

William Sbarzaglia

Data Analyst & Ai Consultant
William Sbarzaglia srl

Guido Scorza

Lawyer specialized in new technologies law and privacy

AI Deep Dive

Michele Pio Di Pasquale

Creative Technologist | Consultant | Teacher | Communicator

Innovation Arena

Peter Kruger

Founder - Venture Partner
Botscanner - Big Idea Ventures

Giovanni Strocchi

Partner
Techshop AI Fund

Alessandra Poggiani

General Manager
Cineca

Impact Forum

Massimo Cortinovis

Head of Digital
LBA-Lega Basket Serie A

Marilena Hyeraci

Avvocata (OF Counsel)
Studio Legale Chiomenti

Carlo Negri

Director - POLIMI Space Economy Observatory
Polimi School of Management

Stefano Bellasio

CEO & Founder
Anthropos Inc.

Enrico Pavan

Co-founder & President
Analytics Boosters

Oreste Pollicino

Full Professor of Constitutional Law
Bocconi University

Gabriele Contilli

General Manager
ISPD Italia

AI Tool & Business

Stefano Borghi

Chief Technology Officer
Dilaxia S.p.A.

Giorgio Ciron

Director
InnovUp

Alessandro Favretto

Service Line Manager AI & R&D
DGS

Walter Riviera

Chief AI Officer
AIWONDER

Vincenzo Di Nicola

Head of the Artificial Intelligence Fund
CDP Venture Capital

AI Tool & Business

Roberto Caporale

CEO
LOW CODE ITALIA / Bizcom.it Srl

Maurizio Carmignani

Senior Advisor & AI Innovation Strategist
MCaP

Diego Gosmar

Head of AI & Advisor
Tesisquare, LF AI & Data

Alberto Sanseverino

Chief Creative Officer of Experiential & New Media Arts
Alberto Sanseverino

Daniele Battista

Researcher
Università degli Studi di Salerno

Domenico Giordano

Political Data Analyst & Managing Director
Arcadia srl

Emiliano Novelli

CEO
Universitybox

Giulia Marchese

co-foundress, CEO & CTO
Geen

Tina Ruseva

CEO | Author | Linkedin Top Voice
Mentessa

Matteo Meucci

CEO
Synapsed.ai

Fabrizio Mele

Web Developer
Monade

Davide Berardino

CEO
Bryan

Lorenzo Invernizzi

AI & ML Lead
Sesamo

Luisa Benvenuto

Atlassian Lead Consultant
GetConnected

Andrea Rinaldi

CTO
Responsa

Maila Zorzenone

Sales Manager
NT Nuove Tecnologie

Emanuele Riva

Senior Enterprise AI Sales
E4 Computer Engineering

Francesco Papa

CEO & Co-fouder
Loki s.r.l.

Antonio D'Ortenzio

Senior Manager & Solutions Architecture
AWS Italy

Roberta Russo

Presidente
Donne 4.0

Corrado Creston

Partner & CEO
Add Value Group & Business Angel

Susanna Sancassani

Managing Director METID
Polimi

Giovanni Iozzia

Vicepresidente
Fondazione Pensiero Solido

Roberto Beragnoli

AI & Tech Expert
Mamazen

Alessandro Mina

Co-founder
Mamazen

Federico Moro

Head of Venture Studio
e-Novia

Daniele Maria Luridiana

Investment Specialist
Actyus

Sandro Moretti

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Blacksheep

Alessandro Tavecchio

Partner
P101

Federico Pedron

Co-Founder, CEO
Klaaryo

Alberto Barberis

CEO
AndromedAI

Giorgio Barnabò

CEO/CRO e Co-founder
Syllotips

Luca Rodella

CEO & Co-Founder
Smartness (Smartpricing)

Denis Jaromil Roio

Founder
Dyne.org Foundation

Marco D'Angelo

CEO
BEECO

Marco Papalini

CEO
Biorsaf Srl

Chiara Bertaso

Co-Founder & CTO
Peptofarm

Gianni Montrone

Responsabile della qualità
Conad Nord Ovest s.c.

Gianluca Cristallo

Innovation Manager
CAMST Group

Giovanni Zazzerini

Secretary General
INSME

Gianluca Galgano

Head of Venture Capital and Startup
EY Italia

Massimo Calzoni

Promotion Manager, Support Services and Coordinator of the Invitalia Startup System
INVITALIA

Innovation Arena

Francesco Cerruti

General Director
Italian Tech Alliance

Innovation Arena

Fabio Ugolini

CEO & Co-Founder
Truescreen

Jacopo Liguori

Partner | Head of Italian IP, Technology & Privacy team
Withers

Carolina Montagna

CEO
B Heroes

Vincenzo Iannario

Legal Counsel Italy
Doctrine FR

Paolo Ferrara

General Director
Terre des Hommes Italia

Michele Bianchi

Co-Founder & COO
COSMO

Anna Cerbara

Avvocato
Cerbara sports & law

Pegah Moshir Pour

Activist & Writer

Michela Marzoli

Direttore Marketing & Comunicazione
Club del Sole

Federica Cardona

Senior Portfolio Manager
Zest Investments

Ivan Barcellona

Managing Director
Le Village By Crédit Agricole

Edoardo Degli Innocenti

Equity Partner
Perspective AI

Cosimo Accoto

Research Affiliate | Adjunct Professor | AI Advisor
MIT | UNIMORE | POLLICINO AIDVISORY

Marco Maria Sartori

CEO
KYP & Complegal

Paolo Zaccardi

CEO & CO Founder
Fabrick

Paolo Fois

CEO & Co-Founder
Lexroom

Naica Tedesco

Senior Manager
Target Reply

Nicolo Volpato

Founder & CEO
Tangible

Luca Ciaraffo

CX Research & Development Manager (AI-Driven Customer Experience)
CRMpartners

Marco Mosti

General Director
Fondazione GIMBE

Arianna Traviglia

Direttrice del Center for Cultural Heritage Technology (CCHT) - Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Filipe Teixeira

CEO
altermAInd

Gabriele Fronzé

CEO
Elemento Cloud

Simone Solignani

CEO & CO-Founder
Jenia

Enzo La Rosa

COO
ReQurv

Claudio Pacini

CEO
ReQurv

Christian Scquizzato

Head of Innovation
BID Company, Gruppo DGS

M. Jae Moon

Director of Institute for Future Government
Yonsei University

Kevin Carboni

Online Journalist - Rozes
MODERATORE

Jorena Xhaferraj

Business Development Director
Durana Tech Park

Andrea Stevan

Senior Manager Digital Transformation & AI
Protiviti

Giacomo Tanzi

Manager Data Science & AI
Protiviti

Martino Carrera

CEO
INGO

Maria Dancianu

Data Scientist
INGO

Valentino Megale

CEO & President
Softcare Studios & XRSI Europe

Mariachiara Tirinzoni

Digital Ethicist & Member
XRSI Europe

Massimiliano Riva

Founder & Group CEO
CRPI Digital Group

Ilaria Giordani

Managing Director Divisione Data & AI
CRPI Digital Group

Andrea Vassallo

Innovation & Sustainability Advisor
Avvant - CRPI Digital Group

Sofia Piermattei

Partner & Head of Tech Law, Compliance & ESG
WS Legal

Vaju Ștefan

Co-Founder
TelePaws

Gianluca Sironi

Head of AI
Abstract

Mirko Porcu

Head of intelligent applications
Abstract

Paolo Marsilio

Senior Associate
LegisLAB

Camilla Varrella

Marketing & Communication Specialist
Bytek

Sasha Komarevych

Portfolio manager
B4i - Bocconi for innovation

Francesco Belardi

Founder & CEO
QGRAIN

Alessandro Flaborea

Co-founder & CTO
Procedo

Pietro Catello

Board Member
Associazione Startup Turismo

Alessandro Marin

CEO e Co-Founder
Otello AI

Bruno Strati

Co-Founder & Amministratore
Brainy Srl

Alessandra Antonaci

Strategic Programme Executive
European Association of Distance Teaching Universities

Nicola Laganà

VP Marketing
Factorial

Francesco Sciuti

CEO / Google Developer Expert / Microsoft MVP
Devmy

Simone Solidoro

CMO & Head of Sales
Galene.AI

Debora Nozza

Assistant Professor in Computing Sciences
Bocconi University

Laura Sanità

Direttrice del MSc in Artificial Intelligence
Bocconi University

Emanuele Borgonovo

Full Professor, Director of the Department of Decision Sciences
Bocconi University

Gregor Maric

CEO & Co-Founder
NIUEXA

Simone Sabba

CTO & Head of AI Squads
Devpunks

Michelangelo Guarise

CEO & Founder
CORRD / Volumio

Antonio Giannino

CEO
AmagisTech

Carlo Rinaldi

CMO
Humans.tech

Luigi Greco

Founder & CEO
Conflux

Giovanni Sacheli

Technical SEO & Consultant

Stefano Rigazio

CEO
Enthous

Luca Antiga

CTO & Co-founder
Orobix

Ezio Bertellino

Founder & CEO
HBT SA

Gaia Contu

Science & Philosophy Communicator & PhD Student
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa

Manfredi Domina

CEO & Co-Founder
Keplera

Ludovico Gandolfi

MarTech Solutions Lead
Dive by ISPD

Marco Fanizzi

Vice President Sales & Managing Director
Dell Technologies Italia

Marco Pagani

CEO
Lidia

Roberto Morandi

Southern Europe AI Business Development Executive
Dell Technologies

Marco Righini

Solutions Architect
Intel

Federico Perazzi

Founder
project-42

Cristina Paciello

Head
STEP

Martina Traverso

Manager of AI Products
Fastweb

Claudio Arlandini

project Manager AI Factory
Cineca Consorzio Interuniversitario

Mohamed Deramci

Entrepreneur, Investor & CTO
YouEver S.r.l.

Lorenzo Salmi

CEO - Piave Digital Agency
MODERATORE

Pierluigi Paracchi

Co-founder & CEO | Chairman
Genenta Science (NASDAQ: GNTA) | Fondazione Praexidia

Giorgio Mulè

Vice-Presidente
Camera dei Deputati

Alessandro Fermi

Assessore all’Università, Ricerca, Innovazione
Regione Lombardia

Andrea Fedeli

President & Co-Founder
AWARE Think tank

Clizia Grimaldi

Coordinatore Nazionale Giurie
ENIA

Cristiano Redona

Direttore Sandbox Horizon
ENIA

Maurizio Irlando

Direttore Scientifico Red Teaming
ENIA

Stefano Gorla

Codirettore del Dipartimento di Etica
ENIA

Alberto Bozzo

Direttore
ENIA Connect

Ernesto Di Iorio

Chief Innovation Officer
Vection Technologies

Giuseppe Santonato

Europe West AI Leader
EY

Daniele Manca

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Corriere Della Sera

Gianmario Verona

Full Professor of Innovation Management
Bocconi University

Guglielmo Arrigoni

Director
DigitalStrategies Academy

Giorgio Taverniti

Tech Educator | Co-Founder | Head of SEO & AI Tech
Search On Media Group

Lucia Ferrara

Associate Professor of Practice di Government, Health and Not for Profit Division
SDA Bocconi School of Management

Luca Iaia

Responsabile Marketing
CNA - Artigiani Imprenditori d'Italia

Jacopo Berti

Co-Founder & CEO
Rozes

Ermal Harizaj

Marketing Lead
TEDA Tirana

Paolo Odoardi

Mktg Manager | AI Strategist | Docente Universitario
Uninettuno University

Massimiliano Bohm

Founder & Director
Böhm Consulting

Antonino Polimeni

Lawyer & Founder
Polimeni.Legal

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Andrea D'Onofrio - Microsoft

Simone Bianco - Altos Labs Bay Area Institute of Science

Lama Nachman - Intel

Prophets of AI

Alec Ross - Distinguished Adjunct Professor per Bologna Business School

Nestor Maslej - Stanford University

Giuseppe Borghi - ESA (European Space Agency)

Alberto Ranavolo - INAIL e Daniele Pucci - IIT

Francesco Ubertini - CINECA

Milena Gabanelli - Journalist

Pierpaolo Bombardieri - Segretario Generale della UIL

David Hanson - Founder & CEO at Hanson Robotics

Rika Nakazawa - NTT

Jerry Kaplan - Scientist, AI Expert, Silicon Valley Pioneer & Tablet Inventor

Monica Orsino - Microsoft

Walter Riviera - Intel

Agnieszka Wykowska - IIT - Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Francesco Ubertini - Presidente di CINECA

Anna Ascani - Vicepresidente della Camera dei Deputati

Nestor Maslej - Stanford University

Clelia Piperno - CEO at Babylonian Talmud Translation Project

Stefano Quintarelli - Entrepreneur and SPID Inventor

Diego Bettoni - INFN vice president and executive board member

Gianluca Misuraca - Founder - Inspiring Futures

Federico Faggin - inventore, fisico e imprenditore

Giorgio Metta - Direttore Scientifico IIT

Daniele Pucci e iCub 3 - IIT

Pierre Philippe Mathieu - ESA

Artificial Intelligence & Digital Ethics - Luciano Floridi

Maria Fossati e Manuel Catalano - IIT

Giuseppe Borghi - ESA

Sanzio Bassini - Direttore tecnico-scientifico IFAB

Premio Nazionale della Ricerca AI e Big Data

Alcuni degli interventi dei ricercatori nelle precedenti edizioni del Festival

L'Audizione in Senato, commissioni Bliancio e Politiche UE per il PNRR

Patrizio Bianchi - Direttore Scientifico IFAB

Mauro Mazzola e Marco Casula - CNR-ISP

Matteo Bassetti - Direttore IRCCS San Martino Genova

Claudio Semini - IIT

Francesca Rossi - IBM AI Ethics Global Leader

Antonio Bicchi - IIT

Daniele Pucci - IIT

Andrew McAfee - MIT

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Sasha Luccioni

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Monica Orsino

Rika Nakazawa

Massimo Chiriatti

Claudio Bedino

Alessandro Vozza

Sameer Munshi

Gianpiero Negri

Brando Benifei

Chiara Cocchiara

Pier Luigi Pisa

Giorgio Taverniti

Davide Dattoli

Federico Cabitza

Andrea Colamedici

Marco Gay

Layla Pavone

Paolo Tacconi

Luisella Giani

Claudio Tonti

Mattia Macellari

Stefano Orani

Cosmano Lombardo

William Sbarzaglia

Guido Scorza

Michele Pio Di Pasquale

Peter Kruger

Giovanni Strocchi

Alessandra Poggiani

Massimo Cortinovis

Marilena Hyeraci

Carlo Negri

Stefano Bellasio

Enrico Pavan

Oreste Pollicino

Gabriele Contilli

Stefano Borghi

Giorgio Ciron

Alessandro Favretto

Walter Riviera

Vincenzo Di Nicola

Roberto Caporale

Maurizio Carmignani

Diego Gosmar

Alberto Sanseverino

Daniele Battista

Domenico Giordano

Emiliano Novelli

Giulia Marchese

Tina Ruseva

Matteo Meucci

Fabrizio Mele

Davide Berardino

Lorenzo Invernizzi

Luisa Benvenuto

Andrea Rinaldi

Maila Zorzenone

Emanuele Riva

Francesco Papa

Antonio D'Ortenzio

Roberta Russo

Corrado Creston

Susanna Sancassani

Giovanni Iozzia

February 11 - 12 2027 | Milan - Superstudio Maxi - IV Edition

The International Festival of Artificial Intelligence

Ticket on offer for €149 + VAT instead of €549 + VAT
ENDS NOV 4th