A discussion on a crucial issue: how AI can support — without undermining — the power of humanitarian communication, while keeping children and their rights at the center. The event will provide an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between new technologies, ethics, and social responsibility.
A multi-perspective dialogue highlighting the need to accelerate Italy’s digital transformation by investing in human capital and building ecosystems that foster the adoption, understanding, and effective use of new technologies. The collaboration between Cisco and Luiss confirms the University’s commitment to supporting this process, recognizing that knowledge of new technologies is the foundation for innovation that combines performance with the protection of rights.
The event featured Paolo Boccardelli, Rector of Luiss; Gianmatteo Manghi, CEO of Cisco Italy; Alec Ross, author, professor, and former Innovation Advisor to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton; Fabrizio Gergely, Cloud and AI Sales Leader; Massimiliano Caranzano, AI Strategist Leader; Eugenio Monteleone, Chief Operating Officer at Domyn; Sergio M. Savaresi, Director of the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering at Politecnico di Milano; Maria Marcello, Research Assistant at Politecnico di Milano; Giuseppe F. Italiano, Vice Rector for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Skills at Luiss; Mario Merone, Researcher at the Laboratory of Intelligent Technologies for Health and Wellbeing at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma; and Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology and Coordinator of JOiiNT Lab.
“With the AI4Society Research Centre, we aim to combine academic excellence with practical relevance, creating an impact on industry.”
These are the words of Prof. Giuseppe F. Italiano, Vice Rector for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Skills and Director of AI4Society, in an interview given on the occasion of the presentation of the new Research Centre, established to examine the role of Artificial Intelligence in society and its impact on human well-being.
The event opened with welcoming remarks by Luiss Rector Paolo Boccardelli and a keynote speech by Serafino Sorrenti, Chief Information Security Officer at the Department for Digital Transformation.
The discussion brought together Massimo Chiriatti, Chief Technical & Innovation Officer at Lenovo; Vittorio Loreto, Director of Sony CS Lab; Mario Nobile, Director General of AGID – Agency for Digital Italy; Francesco Stronati, IBM Vice President; Maria Antonia Suma, Accenture GenAI Studio Rome Innovation Lead; Paolo Cellini, Chief Investment Officer at Deep Ocean Capital SGR S.p.A.; Carlo Chiattelli, Partner at EY Advisory; Roberto Magnifico, Partner and Board Member at Zest Innovation; Antonio Perrucci, Director of the Digital Ecosystem Laboratory at ASTRID; and Luiss professors Massimo Egidi, Valentina Meliciani, Antonio Gullo, Sebastiano Maffettone, and Paolo Benanti, President of the AI Commission for Information of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, who contributed via video message.