2018 Programme
Event #8
Ian Goldin
Our new Renaissance
Periods of great creativity and progress have always been accompanied by increasing extremism and instability in the social community. The developments that took place during the Italian Renaissance – with the spread of the printed press and of incredible creativity – could be compared to those we are experiencing with the advent of the Internet and digitalization, with developments in the field of artificial intelligence or robotics, with global progress and the increase of life expectancy. This growth, however, while full of opportunities, also brings some new forms of systemic risks: transformations in the working world, an increase in inequality, pandemics, cyber-attacks, climatic change and financial crises. In this context, what can we learn from the Renaissance that took place 500 years ago?
Ian Goldin is a professor of Globalization and development at Oxford University, head of the Oxford Martin Programme on technological and economical change, and founder and director of the Oxford Martin School. Previously, he was vice-president of the World Bank, executive chief of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and financial consultant to president Nelson Mandela. He is the author of twenty-one books, including Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance, written with C. Kutarma and published in Italy by Il Saggiatore.
Event #17
Mario Cucinella
Architecture as a political action and an instrument for territories’ revitalization
Event #24Approfonditamente
Beniamino de’ Liguori Carino, Giuseppe Lupo, Alberto Saibene
Adriano Olivetti: building a community
Event #31Approfonditamente
Giulia Alonzo, Marco Belpoliti, Adriana Polveroni, Oliviero Ponte di Pino
Criticism 2.0. Cultural communication in the age of the web
Event #59Children / Kids
Caterina Giannotti, Maria Pia Montagna
Writing is a game if you know the rules!
