Digital Renaissance

• Francesco Torselli, MEP
• Nicola Procaccini, MEP, President of New Direction and Co-Chair of the ECR Group

This panel explores how ideals of beauty have shaped politics from the Renaissance to today’s protest aesthetics. It asks whether beauty can still unify civic life in an age of online fragmentation.

• Nicola Procaccini, MEP, President of New Direction and Co-Chair of the ECR Group
• Stefano da Empoli, President of iCOM 
• Ferenc Hörcher, Head of the Research Institute for Politics and Government at Ludovika University of Public Service, - Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation

This conversation revisits the enduring relationship between artistic vision, skilled craftsmanship, and the built environment. It asks what is lost—and what might be regained—when speed, scale, and cost eclipse beauty and human touch.

• Agnieszka Kolek, Artist, MCC
• Don Bernardo Gianni, Abbey of San Miniato al Monte

location: DoubleTree by Hilton 

Reservation mandatory on eventbrite

This panel investigates how technological change and migration are reshaping labour markets and economic opportunity. With AI seen as a threat to conventional vocations, how can governments adapt to the changing demands of the labour market?  

• Lucia Aleotti, Vicepresident of Confindustria - Study Center (Board Member of Menarini Group)
• Robert Zile, MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament
• Walter Rizzetto, MP, Chair of the Labour Committee
• Francesco Paolo Russo, Founder and CEO of 'To Be Kids'

As urban environments become increasingly data-driven, this discussion examines how technology can genuinely serve citizens. The panel will look at the balance between efficiency and democratic accountability in the cities of tomorrow.

• Antonella Sberna, MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament
• Vincenzo Amich, MP
• Ed Leahy, Create Streets
• Giovanni Zorzoni, Vice President of the Italian Internet Providers Association

location: DoubleTree by Hilton - Reservation mandatory on eventbrite

ONLY accessible by purchasing a ticket on eventbrite (General Admission + Accomodation)

ONLY accessible by purchasing a ticket on eventbrite (General Admission + Accomodation)

ONLY accessible by purchasing a ticket on eventbrite (General Admission + Accomodation)

Drawing parallels between past and present revolutions in knowledge and creativity, this panel examines whether we are living through a new Renaissance driven by artificial intelligence. Or whether AI generated art spells the death of creativity. 

• Eike Schmidt, Director of the National Museum of Capodimonte
• Francesco Torselli, MEP
• Max Rangeley, Cobden Center AI expert

• Francesco Torselli, MEP