09:15
Plenary – Technological Convergence in Complex Systems
Anchor: Barbara Carfagna (RAI)
- Henna Virkkunen Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty Security and Democracy
- Alessio Butti Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technological Innovation Prime Minister's Office
- Pietro Labriola President ASSTEL
- Andrea Lenzi President CNR
10:30 – 10:50
Humanity in the Loop: Trust, Ethics and Control
10:50 – 11:15
Industry Meets Science – Energy, Nuclear and Critical Infrastructures
- Joanna Drake Deputy Director-General: Planet People and Science for Policy European Commission
- Ilijc Albanese Lead Quantum Engineer TELUS Communications Inc Vancouver
11:15 – 12:10
European Center for AI and Huge Infrastructures – Round Table 1P
- Michele Benini Head of the Energy Systems Development Department RSE Milan
- Paolo Branchini Research Director INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) Rome Section and Member of the Academy Sciences of Bologna
- Giuseppe Calabrò Advisor for Energy Security Minister of Defence
- Pierluigi Contucci Professor of Mathematical Physics, President of the Class of Physical Sciences, Academy of Sciences, Bologna.
- Nicola Ippolito Director of the Nuclear Division Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (TBC)
- Stefano Leonardi Professor Rome La Sapienza University
11:00 – 13:00
ARENA SESSIONS
13:00 – 14:00
Break Time
14:00 – 14:20
Is AI Intelligent?
- Alain Connes Mathematician and Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France and the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) Paris — Interview by Paola Catapano
14:20 – 16:00
Quantum and National Security: The Next Frontier
Anchor: Alessio Jacona (ANSA)
- Alessandra Michelini CEO TELSY
- Sergio Strozzi Head of Innovation Technology and Startups Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
- Kim Jungsang Chief Science and Technology Strategist and Provost's Schiciano Family Distinguished Professor Duke Quantum Center Duke University USA
- Livio Romano Head of Industrial Projects and International Initiatives at CDP
- Giuseppe Italiano Deputy Rector for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Skills LUISS Guido Carli and Founding Director of the Research Center AI4Society LUISS Guido Carli
- Marco Orlandi Rector and Professor of Analytical Chemistry Milano-Bicocca University
- Emanuele Iannetti CEO Polo Strategico Nazionale
16:00 – 18:00
ARENA SESSIONS
20:30
Special Dinner (TBC)
