AI Festival is an event of the WMF For AI 2025

WMF For AI: The set of WMF projects, events, and activities focused on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence plays a pivotal role in WMF's 2025 initiatives, all encompassed under the WMF For AI initiative. This series of events, activities, and projects is designed to support businesses and innovators in developing, growing, and adopting AI solutions.

Launched at the WMF Innovation Talk during CES 2025 in Las Vegas, WMF For AI 2025 fosters international collaborations, particularly between Europe and the United States. AI Festival, an integral part of WMF For AI 2025, aims to generate tangible opportunities and contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive future.

Kicking off WMF For AI on February 26th and 27th in Milan, AI Festival will host the finals of the AI 4 Future Startup Call, featuring 36 selected startups working on innovative AI projects aligned with 12 future challenges. Thanks to a new collaboration between WMF, the Tecnopolo (Technology Park), and the Metropolitan City of Bologna, the top-selected startups will have the unique opportunity to access the facilities of the Tecnopolo, home to the Leonardo Supercomputer.

On March 17th, WMF For AI kicks off the first leg of the WMF 2025 International Roadshow at Innovit in San Francisco. Supported by ICE, the Italian Trade Agency, this event will offer growth opportunities for AI startups, businesses, investors, and professionals. Featuring vertical panels for international investors and VCs, the event will also host a competition where 4 Italian and 4 American startups will vie for a coveted desk at the AI District of WMF 2025 in Bologna and other unique visibility opportunities.

In June, WMF For AI returns to Italy with the AI Global Summit, a dedicated AI event held within WMF - We Make Future in BolognaFiere.

WMF For AI also offers a range of educational initiatives, including the "Future, Present!" podcast, AI Summer School, AI Conference, AI Fair, and the AI & Digital Strategy Master's program.

To explore collaboration opportunities or support WMF For AI, please complete the form below.

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."

AI*Festival

AI*Festival

WMF is organizing the second edition of AI*Festival, the International Festival on Artificial Intelligence and its ethical, social, and business applications, in Milan on February 26th and 27th, 2025. Companies, startups, stakeholders, industry players, and institutions will gather to discuss and delve deeper into the revolution brought about by AI in multiple industries and understand how to integrate these new technologies into work and daily life.

WMF goes to San Francisco

WMF goes to San Francisco

With the support of ICE - the Italian Trade Agency, on March 17th, 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.

Would you like to participate at WMF for AI 2025?

Please fill out the form and let us know how you would like to collaborate. Our team will contact you as soon as possible to discuss the best ways and opportunities.

Other Educational and Cultural activities of the WMF For AI initiative
Free Dissemination
La Settimana della Formazione

We periodically hold free training webinars with a specific focus on artificial intelligence.

Podcast
Futuro Presente!

A podcast series designed to educate and inform the audience about the latest developments in AI.

EU Policy audit on the AI regulation
Support to the AI Policy definition

We are actively engaged in analyzing and understanding AI regulations, participating also as auditors at the Chamber of Deputies.

Seminars and Master Courses
AI Fair, AI Summer School, Master AI & Digital Strategy, AI Conference

We offer training programs led by our experts and host AI events with industry leaders.

Futuro, Presente! Season 1

The WMF - We Make Future launched a podcast for the Italian target that took the audience on a journey of discovery through technological and digital innovations, political projects, and initiatives implemented in the present that contribute to building the future.
Listen to the first season, entirely dedicated to Artificial Intelligence.

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Ep.1: What is Artificial Intelligence?
Ep.1: What is Artificial Intelligence?
Ep.2: ChatGPT, a "simple" chatbot?
Ep.2: ChatGPT, a "simple" chatbot?
Ep.3: GPT4, multimodality and other novelties
Ep.3: GPT4, multimodality and other novelties
Ep.4: Image generation
Ep.4: Image generation
Ep.5: The evolution of online research: Microsoft's moves
Ep.5: The evolution of online research: Microsoft's moves
Ep.6: The evolution of online research: Google's "reactions"
Ep.6: The evolution of online research: Google's "reactions"
Ep.7: The evolution of online research: hybrids and other realities.
Ep.7: The evolution of online research: hybrids and other realities.

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Since 2016, WMF has been actively involved in initiatives aimed at promoting and deepening the topic of Artificial Intelligence. As part of this effort, it is organizing a series of live events dedicated to the topic, with the aim of clarifying the ways of use, dynamics, and opportunities, in a time of great confusion. Giorgio Taverniti, together with a pool of experts and selected guests, explored in the first season the present and future of AI applications in Marketing (and beyond).

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AI & Marketing: how experts use it

AI & Marketing: how experts use it

January 30th - 4:00 PM

Artificial Intelligence: How do digital industry professionals use it? We discovered it on January 30th in the live event dedicated to AI & Marketing, hosted by Giorgio Taverniti together with Enrico Altavilla, Paolo Dello Vicario, Alessia Pizzi, Alessio Nittoli, and Alessio Pomaro, the experts who participated to deepen the themes and applications of AI.

Prompt Expert: profession of the future?

Prompt Expert: profession of the future?

February 6th - 4:00 PM

The second appointment with WMF's live events on AI & Marketing: a new profession is emerging, and we are trying to define its contours and skills with Giorgio Taverniti and his guests. Every new technology brings with it the need for new skills and new professional figures. Are we ready for this revolution?

Artificial Intelligence for Content Creators

Artificial Intelligence for Content Creators

February 13th - 4:00 PM

On the WMF YouTube channel, Giorgio Taverniti will meet with experts and Creators to delve into the use of AI tools in the work of Content Creators. Podcasters, Streamers, and experts will compare their experiences on a topic that must be approached with clarity and competence, without preconceptions or fears, in search of innovative solutions to improve the creative flow.

Fake AI Generator: from the Pope to Trump, what future awaits us?

Fake AI Generator: from the Pope to Trump, what future awaits us?

April 24th - 4:00 PM

In this new live event, we will talk about the generation of fake content and the future that awaits us, together with Giorgio Tave, Filippo Trocca, and Paolo Dello Vicario. We will provide an overview of how it works, possible guidelines, and prevention measures regarding the potential misuse of realistic images generated entirely by an AI.

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