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Talk · Festival dello Sviluppo Sostenibile

Monday, 18 May 2026

Dall’IA all’io.
L’intelligenza artificiale al servizio delle persone

Giusella Finocchiaro, Rita Ghedini, Enrico Giovannini. Chaired by Barbara Carfagna. Promoted by ASviS

Date
Monday, 18 May 2026
Time
6.30 pm
Venue
MAST.Auditorium
Series
Festival dello Sviluppo Sostenibile

Past event

The MAST.Auditorium stage during the talk: four armchairs in front of the large screen showing the title of the event, the audience in the hall.

The event

What kind of society do we want to build in the age of artificial intelligence? Giusella Finocchiaro, Professor of Private Law and Internet Law at the University of Bologna, Rita Ghedini, President of Legacoop Bologna, and Enrico Giovannini, Scientific Director of ASviS, discuss a crucial challenge of our time.

Governing technological innovation by bringing people, their rights, their capabilities, the quality of democracy and the common good back to the centre, through a cross-cutting, accessible and future-oriented approach.

Moderated by Barbara Carfagna, journalist and RAI presenter. For attendees of the talk, the MAST.Galleries stayed open from 5.30 to 8.30 pm with the exhibition Bernd & Hilla Becher. History of a Method.

In collaboration with

Promoted by ASviS – Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development, in collaboration with Fondazione MAST.

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