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Fraunhofer Italia: an original model of technology transfer
Getting research out of the ivory tower and connecting it to businesses. This is the challenge of Fraunhofer Italia, founded in Bolzano in 2009.
Fintech, Ignazio Rocco tells Credimi: a leading startup in the SME financing market
In 2015 Ignazio Rocco di Torrepadula and a team of young talents founded the startup Credimi. The goal: to offer a digital and fast financing channel for SMEs. In a few years Credimi has established itself as the platform with the fastest growth in the digital lending sector in Italy and Europe. The founder reveals his secrets in an interview with Enrico Sassoon.
The race towards the Festival starts from Brescia: all the news of #FDF20
Good the first. At Waiting for the Festival, in Brescia on Wednesday 30 September, there was a lot of content and the desire to confront each other by looking in the eyes, in presence and in safety.
Waiting for the Festival: "New paradigms of the future" in Brescia. Watch the full videos
Wednesday 30 September, preview of the second edition of the Festival of the Future, at the Brescia Chamber of Commerce with the conference dedicated to “New paradigms of the future. After the pandemic crisis: medium and long-term global perspectives ". Watch the full videos of the event.
Francesca Rossi (IBM Global Leader): "Let's educate artificial intelligence by example"
Transparency, explainability, alignment of values, elimination of prejudices. These are just some of the fronts on which experts from all over the world are called to confront to create a more ethical artificial intelligence ecosystem. Which passes through choosing the right examples to teach machines. Francesca Rossi, IBM global leader for AI ethics, distinguished research scientist at the IBM TJ Watson Research Center in New York and member of the group of experts commissioned by the European Commission to build guidelines on artificial intelligence, there explains what are the next challenges for the sector, also in light of the great changes brought about by Covid 19. Interview by Silvia Pagliuca.
InnovUp is born: Italian innovation has a new home
InnovUp - Startup & Tech Italian Ecosystem is the new association born from the merger between Apsti, the Association of Science and Technology Parks, and Italia Startup.
Mister Candy Crush greets his creature. And it gives us three golden rules for doing business
Riccardo Zacconi, founder of The King, announces his farewell. In doing so, he entrusts social media with a long reflection on his path and on three essential rules for growing in the business, especially in difficult moments.
Alessandra Sciutti (IIT): "I study robots to discover the secrets of human behavior"
What drives the relationship between humans and machines? Will we be surrounded by super intelligent robots in the future? And how will this change our perception of the world? Alessandra Sciutti, researcher in charge of the CONTACT unit of IIT - Italian Institute of Technology - guides us in the most advanced research in the field of robotics. With a caveat: we must have a human-centered approach and ... a Barbie. Interview by Silvia Pagliuca.
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The school of the future? Eleonora Saladino: «Technology to enhance relationships. But the classroom will not disappear "
We are finally here: perhaps the most awaited moment since the end of the acute phase of the Covid emergency has arrived. The reopening of schools, with all the controversies it has brought with it, is a reality. 5.6 million students return to school after six months: one ...