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April 14-15 2026, Rome

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Università Campus
Bio-Medico di Roma

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Università Campus
Bio-Medico di Roma

Context

In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) has become a global transformation engine,

this two-days conference brings together visionary leaders from the health, energy, and environmental sectors to explore the impact and opportunities presented by AI. Focusing on the interconnectedness of these sectors, the event will provide a platform for idea exchange, discussion of emerging trends, and identification of innovative strategies. 

Health

Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare by enabling personalized treatments and predictive diagnostics, improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency. This conference will explore AI applications that help executives make strategic decisions to enhance care and manage costs effectively.

Energy

AI is essential for the energy sector’s transition to sustainability, optimizing production and consumption while reducing waste. Attendees will discover innovative AI solutions that empower organizations to navigate energy management challenges and lead the shift toward a low-carbon future.

Society, Environment & Well Being

AI enhances individuals’ well-being by improving urban development and resource management, leading to healthier communities. This topic will equip executives with strategies to align business practices with sustainability goals, balancing economic growth with social responsibility.

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In a world where experiences shape connections and ideas, our event formats

offer unique ways to engage, inspire, and create lasting impact.

In a world where experiences shape connections and ideas, our event formats offer unique ways to engage, inspire, and create lasting impact.

Keynote Speeches

Renowned experts will share their insights.

Panel Discussions

Thought leaders will debate how AI can transform quality of life, mobility, and the future of work in our cities.

Private Sessions

For specific workshops and thematic initiatives held by Partners with stakeholderss

Networking Sessions

Opportunities to connect with other executives and industry experts, fostering strategic collaborations.

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Takeaways

From each session, take away actionable ideas, fresh perspectives, and the inspiration to turn insight into impact.

Key Insights

Understand how AI is reshaping the health, energy, and lifestyle sectors, and how to apply this knowledge in their organizations.

Practical Strategies

Tools and tactics for implementing AI solutions that optimize costs, enhance efficiency, and promote sustainability.

Networking Opportunities

Valuable connections with other industry leaders and experts, facilitating future collaborations and strategic partnerships.

Practical Applications

Walk away with concrete examples and case studies of successful AI implementations that can be adapted to their own organizations.

Key Insights

Understand how AI is reshaping the health, energy, and lifestyle sectors, and how to apply this knowledge in their organizations.

Practical Strategies

Tools and tactics for implementing AI solutions that optimize costs, enhance efficiency, and promote sustainability.

Networking Opportunities

Valuable connections with other industry leaders and experts, facilitating future collaborations and strategic partnerships.

Practical Applications

Walk away with concrete examples and case studies of successful AI implementations that can be adapted to their own organizations.

Speakers

Bringing together visionary minds from across continents, our international speakers share stories, insights, and ideas that transcend borders

Philippe Aghion

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences laureate (2025)

INSEAD

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Tomaso Poggio

McDermott Professor in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the co-director of the NSF Center for Brains, Minds and Machines at MIT

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Sangeet Paul Choudary

World Economic Forum; Global Future Council; Director Platformation Labs

Platformation Labs

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Mercedes Balcells-Camps

Principal Research Scientist

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Health

Nils Olaya Fonstad

Academic Research Fellow

MIT Center for Information Systems Research

Energy

Theodoros Evgeniou

Professor and Co-Founder Tremau

INSEAD

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Jeff Grover

Quantum Research Scientist

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Energy

Cesare Hassan

President

ESGE (European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)

Health

David Arconada Muñoz

Author, President of Mexican CX Association AMEC

Mexican CX Association AMEC

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Claudia Biffoli

Head of Division IV – Biotech and pharmaceutical, Directorate General for Emerging Technologies

Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Health

Massimo Carnelos

Consul General of Italy in San Francisco

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Health

Paola Pisano

Professor and Former Italian Minister of Innovation

University of Turin

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Donatella Proto

General Director of the Directorate for new enabling technologies within the Department for the Digital, Connectivity e New Technologies

Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Energy

Sergio Strozzi

Counselor – Head of Innovation and Startups

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Salvatore Basile

Director

Experis Italia

Energy

Leonardo Baldassarre

CEO & Founder

LB Servizi

Energy

Stefano Caselli

Dean of SDA Bocconi School of Management and Full Professor of Banking and Finance

Bocconi University

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Fabrizio Celia

General Manager Italia

argenx Italy

Health

Alessandro Curioni

VP IBM Research Europa e Africa e Direttore del Laboratorio di Ricerca IBM di Zurigo

IBM

Energy

Alessandro Lattuada

Focus Group Longevity, Assobiotec; Managing Director e Amministratore Delegato

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Italy

Health

Fabrizio Greco

President

Federchimica Assobiotec

Health

Nico Losito

Vice President Technology

IBM Italia

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Gianmatteo Manghi

CEO

Cisco Italia

Energy

Luca Mastrantonio

CEO

Nuclitalia

Energy

Federica Minozzi

CEO

Iris Ceramica Group

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Patrick Oungre

CEO

A2A Life Ventures

Energy

Fulvio Renoldi Bracco

Vice Chairman & CEO

Bracco Imaging

Health

Stefano Sommella

Oncology Country Head Italy

Takeda Italia

Health

Elisa Zambito Marsala

Head of Education Ecosystem and Global Value Programmes

Intesa Sanpaolo

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Ted Hu

Senior Manager of Licensing

MIT Technology Review

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Jessica Hamzelou

Reporter

MIT Technology Review

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Silvia Amato

General Manager

Opinno

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Emiliano Boschetto

Chief Philosophy Officer

eFM

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Tommaso Canonici

Publisher

MIT Technology Review Italia

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Enrico Cattaneo

Editor in Chief

MIT Technology Review Italia

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Daniele Di Fausto

CEO

eFM

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Andrea Rossi

Chief Executive Officer and General Manager

Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)

Health

Leandro Pecchia

Vice-rector of Research

Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)

Health

Roberto Setola

President of the Master’s Degree Course in Intelligent Systems Engineering

Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)

Health

Chiara Fanali

Dean of Departmental Faculty of Science and Bio-Technology

Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)

Health

Marcello D'Amelio

Full Professor of Human Physiology

Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)

Health

Claudio Di Mario

Founding Partner

ADL Consulting

Energy

Benedetto Buono

Founding Partner

Buono & Partners

Society, Environment and Well-Being

Agenda

General

09:00-09:30

Registration & Networking

General

09:30-09:45

Opening Remarks:

Welcome

  • Ted Hu, Senior Manager of Licensing, MIT Technology Review
  • Tommaso Canonici, Publisher, MIT Technology Review Italia
  • Representative of Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)

Health

09:45-10:15

Opening Keynote

  • Sangeet Paul Choudary, World Economic Forum; Global Future Council; Director Platformation Labs, Platformation Labs

Health

10:15-10:55

Panel Discussion:

AI and Precision Medicine: New Models for Diagnosis and Treatment*

  • Stefano Sommella, Oncology Country Head Italy, Takeda Italia
  • Massimo Carnelos, Consul General of Italy in San Francisco, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
  • Cesare Hassan, President, ESGE (European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)

Moderator: Marcello D’Amelio, Full Professor of Human Physiology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)

Health

10:55-11:25

Panel Discussion:

Redefining Lifespan and Healthspan Through Breakthrough Innovation

  • Representative of CNR
  • Alessandro Lattuada, Managing Director, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Italy

Moderator: Chiara Fanali, Dean of Departmental Faculty of Science and Bio-Technology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)

General

11:25-11:55

Coffee Break

Health

11:55-12:30

Live Demo

  • Giorgio Metta, Direttore Scientifico, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
  • Representative of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Health

12:30-13:00

Panel Discussion:

Biotech, Imaging and Partnerships for more Effective and Inclusive Next-Gen Health*

  • Representative of Federchimica Assobiotec
  • Fulvio Renoldi Bracco, CEO, Bracco
  • Fabrizio Celia, General Manager Italia, argenx Italy

Moderator: Benedetto Buono, Founding Partner, Buono & Partners

Health

13:00-13:30

Keynote:

Knowledge and technology for real-world impact; a few examples and learnings from MIT

  • Mercedes Balcells-Camps, Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
  • Jessica Hamzelou, Reporter, MIT Technology Review

General

13:30-14:30

Lunch

Society, Environment & Well-Being

14:30-14:45

Keynote

Society, Environment & Well-Being

14:45-15:05

Fire-Side Chat:

Building Europe’s AI Edge in a New Technological Era

  • Tomaso Poggio, McDermott Professor in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the co-director of the NSF Center for Brains, Minds and Machines at MIT, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
  • Theodoros Evgeniou, Professor and Co-Founder Tremau, INSEAD

Society, Environment & Well-Being

15:05-15:35

Panel Discussion:

How Corporate Innovation Is Transforming Italy*

  • Nico Losito, Vice President Technology, IBM Italia
  • Representative of A2A
  • Federica Minozzi, CEO, Iris Ceramica Group

Moderator: Emiliano Boschetto, Chief Philosophy Officer, eFM

Society, Environment & Well-Being

15:35-15:45

Speech:

Human²X: Why the Next Competitive Advantage Will Be Human

  • David Arconada Muñoz, Author, President Mexican CX Association AMEC

Society, Environment & Well-Being

15:45-16:05

Keynote:

Making Digital Innovation Deliver Measurable Business Impact

  • Nils Olaya Fonstad, Academic Research Fellow, MIT Center for Information Systems Research

General

16:35-16:40

Day 1 Closing Remarks

  • Ted Hu, Senior Manager of Licensing, MIT Technology Review

General

09:00-09:30

Registration & Networking

General

09:30-09:45

Opening Remarks

  • Alessio Butti**, Undersecretary of State for Technological Innovation, Italian Government

Society, Environment & Well-Being

09:45-10:15

Opening Keynote:

Creative Destruction and the Next Era of Economic Growth

  • Philippe Aghion, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences laureate (2025), INSEAD

Energy

10:15-10:55

Panel Discussion:

Tech and Humans for Strategic Infrastructure with a Nuclear Focus*

  • Salvatore Basile, MD Experis, Manpower Group
  • Luca Mastrantonio, CEO, Nuclitalia
  • Leonardo Baldassarre, CEO & Founder, LB Servizi
  • Nicola Ippolito, Director, Nuclear Division, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

Moderator: Roberto Setola, President of the Master’s Degree Course in Intelligent Systems Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)

Society, Environment & Well-Being

10:55-11:10

Keynote:

A new “drug” within organizations: the artificial intelligence

  • Paola Pisano, Professor and Former Italian Minister of Innovation, University of Turin

Energy

11:10-11:40

Panel Discussion:

How Big Companies Innovate at Scale*

  • Representative of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
  • Patrick Oungre, CEO, A2A Life Ventures
  • Representative of Poste Italiane

Moderator: Silvia Amato, General Manager, Opinno

Society, Environment & Well-Being

11:40-11:55

Speech

  • Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli, Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

Society, Environment & Well-Being

11:55-12:35

Panel Discussion:

How Technology Is Reshaping Physical Workspaces

  • Representative of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
  • Daniele Di Fausto, CEO, eFM
  • Sergio Strozzi, Counselor – Head of Innovation and Startups, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
  • Representative of Eni

Moderator: Enrico Cattaneo, Editor in Chief, MIT Technology Review Italia

Energy

12:35-12:50

Keynote:

Quantum Computing and the Foundations of a New Computational Paradigm

  • Jeff Grover, Quantum Research Scientist, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Energy

12:50-13:30

Panel Discussion:

Emerging Technologies, Security and Industrial Policy in the Quantum Era*

  • Gianmatteo Manghi, CEO, Cisco Italia
  • Alessandro Curioni, VP IBM Research Europa e Africa e Direttore del Laboratorio di Ricerca IBM di Zurigo, IBM
  • Alessandra Lanzara, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
  • Donatella Proto, General Director of the Directorate for new enabling technologies within the Department for the Digital, Connectivity e New Technologies, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Moderator: Claudio Di Mario, Founding Partner, ADL Consulting

General

13:30-14:30

Lunch

Society, Environment & Well-Being

14:30-16:30

Keynote:

Transforming Data into Action Through the Global Health Observatory*

  • Elisa Zambito, Head of Education Ecosystem and Global Value Programmes, Intesa Sanpaolo
  • Leandro Pecchia, Vice-rector of Research, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma

Society, Environment & Well-Being

14:30-14:40

Keynote:

Transforming Data into Action Through the Global Health Observatory*

Society, Environment & Well-Being

14:40-14:50

Speech:

Global Trends: the Life Sciences Observatory

  • Elisa Zambito Marsala,Head of Education Ecosystem and Global Value Programmes, Intesa Sanpaolo

Society, Environment & Well-Being

14:50-15:10

One-to-One:

AI adoption gap in healthcare

  • Leandro Pecchia, Vice-rector of Research, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)

Society, Environment & Well-Being

15:10-15:45

Panel Discussion:

Competences & Strategies for innovation in life sciences

  • Stefano Caselli, Dean of SDA Bocconi School of Management and Full Professor of Banking and Finance, Bocconi University
  • Giorgia Garganese, Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  • Representative of ManpowerGroup Italia

Moderator: Benedetto Buono, Founding Partner, Buono & Partners

Society, Environment & Well-Being

15:45-15:55

Speech:

Macro Scenarios

  • Gregorio De Felice,Chief Economic Officer, Intesa Sanpaolo

Society, Environment & Well-Being

15:55-16:30

Panel Discussion:

Policies & Governance for innovation in life sciences

  • Claudia Biffoli, Head of Division IV – Biotech and pharmaceutical, Directorate General for Emerging Technologies, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
  • Stefano Boniello, Responsabile Industry Basic Materials & Healthcare, Intesa Sanpaolo

General

14:30-16:30

Side Events

General

16:30-16:40

Day 2 Closing Remarks

  • Ted Hu, Senior Manager of Licensing, MIT Technology Review

General

16:40-17:55

Networking Cocktail

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