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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Analytical Program Ed. 01 of 26/09/2025 - First publication
09:00 Institutional Greetings - Matteo Monti, Mayor of Cernobbio and Antonio Franceschetti, President, Fondazione Innovazione Digitale
09:10
Introductory Remarks
  • Alberto Tripi, Special Advisor for Artificial Intelligence, Confindustria
  • Ugo Moschella, Full Professor, Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Insubria - The Question of Technology
09:30 Keynote Lecture - The Future of Physics (of Particles)
Gian Francesco Giudice, Director, Department of Theoretical Physics, CERN
09:45 Keynote Lecture - Artificial Intelligence: A Technological Revolution Awaiting a Theory
Marc Mézard, Three Physicists Prize and Former Director of École Normale Supérieure, Bocconi University
10:00 Keynote Lecture - The CERN of Artificial Intelligence
Luciano Maiani, Physicist, Dirac Medal and Matteucci Medal, Former President of INFN (VIRGO project), Former President of CNR
NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURES - Plenary Sessions
10:15 Special Address - Valeria Sandei, CEO, Almawave
10:25 Special Address - Diego Galli, General Director, INWIT
10:35 Special Address - Giulia Gasparini, Country Leader, AWS Italy
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 Special Address - Diego Ciulli, Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google
11:25
Round Table - Building the New Generation of Digital Infrastructures - Strengthening European Leadership in Digital Networks and Connectivity
Moderator: Barbara Carfagna - Rai
  • Claudio Bassoli, President and CEO, HPE Italy
  • Giuseppe Gola, CEO and General Director, Open Fiber
  • Teodoro Lio, CEO, Accenture Italy
  • Filippo Rizzante, CTO and Board Member, Reply
  • National Strategic Hub, TBD
11:55 Special Address - Elio Schiavo, Chief Enterprise and Innovative Solutions Officer, TIM
12:05 Special Address - Guido Barbieri, CEO, EI Towers
12:15 Special Address - Antonino Ruggiero, CEO, Boldyn Networks
12:25 Special Address - Fabio Pascali, Country Manager & Regional Vice President Italy, Cloudera
12:35 Special Address - Yohann Bénard, Director of Public Affairs Europe, Amazon
12:45 Special Address - Federico Protto, President and CEO, Cellnex Italy
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Keynote Lecture - Black Holes and Gravitational Waves: The New Frontier
Thibault Damour, Winner of the Albert Einstein Prize, the Dirac Medal and the Médaille D’Or, CNRS
14:15 Keynote Lecture - The Event Horizon
Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Naples Federico II
14:30 Keynote Lecture - Holography
Gerardus 'T Hooft, Nobel Prize in Physics, Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University
14:45 Special Address - Marco Camisani Calzolari, AI Expert and CEO, EthicsProfile
14:55 Special Address - John Kavanagh, Data Protection and Security Expert, TikTok
15:05 Special Address - Andy Haywood, Head of Sales & Marketing, B2B CoE, Europe, Samsung
15:15 Special Address - Niccolò De Masi, CEO, IonQ
15:25 Special Address - Alan Baratz, CEO, D-Wave
15:35
Round Table - Pan-European Quantum Industry Forum - Dialogue between Industry, Policy, and Research for Europe’s Quantum Leadership
Moderator: Alessio Jacona - Ansa.it
  • Alan Baratz, CEO, D-Wave
  • Alessandro Curioni, Vice President Europe and Director of the Zurich Lab, IBM
  • Antonio La Gatta, Head of Scientific Research and Expert in Technological Innovation, Presidency of the Council of Ministers
  • Trevor Lanting, Chief Development Officer, D-Wave
  • Tommaso Macrì, Executive Account Manager, QuEra Computing
  • Marco Pistoia, Senior Vice President of Industry Relations, IonQ
16:15 Special Address - TBC
16:25 Special Address - Fabio Beltram, Full Professor of Experimental Physics of Matter and Applications, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
16:35 Keynote Speech - Adolfo Urso, Minister, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
16:50 Special Address - Marco Pancini, Head of EU Affairs, Meta | Alberto Sevega, Smart Eyewear Partnership Manager, EssilorLuxottica
17:00 Special Address - Ludovico Diaz, CEO, NTT Data Italy
17:10 Special Address - FiberCop, TBD
17:20
Round Table - From Fundamental Physics to Emerging Technologies
Moderator: Paola Catapano - CERN
  • Thibault Damour, Winner of the Albert Einstein Prize, the Dirac Medal and the Médaille D’Or, CNRS
  • Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Naples Federico II
  • Gian Francesco Giudice, Director, Department of Theoretical Physics, CERN
  • Gerardus 'T Hooft, Nobel Prize in Physics, Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University
  • Luciano Maiani, Physicist, Dirac Medal and Matteucci Medal, Former President of INFN (VIRGO project), Former President of CNR
  • Marc Mézard, Three Physicists Prize and Former Director of École Normale Supérieure, Bocconi University
  • Ugo Moschella, Full Professor, Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Insubria
18:00 End of Works
20:30 Standing Dinner at the White Hall of the Teatro Sociale di Como (by invitation)
21:30 Show at the Teatro Sociale di Como (by invitation)