Founder @ SWARDLEY MAPS LTD

Ricercatore e Strategist britannico, è noto per aver ideato il Wardley Mapping. Già CEO e advisor per startup (successivamente acquisite da colossi tech), Simon Wardley è uno speaker abituale in conferenze internazionali ed è stato inserito per due volte da Computer Weekly tra le 50 figure più influenti del settore IT nel Regno Unito.

AI Chief Creative Officer & Partner Sileent.com

Leads AI-driven video production at Sileent.com, bringing experience across Disney film productions, CGI/VFX, and campaigns for IWC, Panerai, and other luxury brands.

Italy Country Launcher @ Canva

Valentino Magliaro is the Country Launcher for Canva in Italy, where he leads market expansion, adoption, and the growth of the group's creative tools. Selected by 44th US President Barack Obama as one of the Obama Foundation’s global Civic Leaders, he was also named among Forbes Italy’s Top 100 Under 30 in the "Social Entrepreneurs" category. He is the founder of Humans to Humans, an edutainment company that develops educational projects centered on personal development and environmental sustainability.

PHD @Università degli Studi di Milano and co-CEO @Immanence

Diletta Huyskes is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy and Technology at the University of Milan, focusing on the ethics, culture, and social impact of artificial intelligence and automated technologies. As co-CEO and co-founder of Immanence, a company that assesses the ethical risks of digital technologies, she serves on the board of Privacy Network and is a member of the European Commission’s AI Act Advisory Forum. Previously a researcher at FBK and Utrecht University, she is a member of the ethics committees for the Veronesi Foundation and IGF Italia (UN). She is the author of the book Tecnologia della rivoluzione (Il Saggiatore, 2024).

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Co-Founder di Cosmico e Play New

Matteo Roversi has over fifteen years' experience helping major corporations and fast-growing scaleups evolve their strategy, brand and culture. He is the co-founder of Cosmico, a talent platform that connects organisations with independent technology, design and marketing professionals through the talent-as-a-service model. At Cosmico, he heads up Play New, the business unit that collaborates with organisations to reimagine their leadership, products, and business models for the AI era. He is also the author of Work After, a newsletter and podcast that explores the future of work.

Managing Director @ Marketing Arena

Giorgio Soffiato is the Founder and Managing Director of Marketing Arena, a digital marketing agency. He currently teaches at various Italian and international universities: he is an Adjunct Professor of Digital Marketing at the University of Padua, an Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin, and a Fellow at SDA Bocconi. He previously served as a researcher for Venice International University and as an Adjunct Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. He is also the author of the book “Marketing Agenda: Strategie e strumenti per il manager dell'era digitale.”

Founder & CEO di Action Network e Co-Founder di Orbits, Dialogues with Intelligence

Manuela Ronchi is a 21st-century communication designer, an architect of the infosphere, and the founder and CEO of Action Network and ONBIT. As a leading voice in strategic communication in Italy and an active startup investor, she transforms content into semantic and experiential capital through unconventional strategies. In 2024, she co-founded the format Orbits – Dialogues With Intelligence with philosopher Luciano Floridi, which explores the impact of artificial intelligence and the digital realm, guiding companies through their technological transformation at the intersection of ethics, philosophy, and innovation.

Co-Founder & CEO @ Nextatlas

Co-Founder e CEO di Nextatlas, la piattaforma di cultural foresight basata su AI che anticipa i cambiamenti culturali a partire dai comportamenti degli early adopter. Filosofo di formazione, con un PhD in filosofia, Luca Morena ha trasformato un'intuizione teorica in una tecnologia della conoscenza e della previsione usata oggi da brand globali come Mondelēz, Barilla, Stellantis, Luxottica e Ferrero. È autore della newsletter Cultural Drifts, dove indaga il rapporto tra tecnologia, cultura e significato, ed è regolarmente guest lecturer al Politecnico di Milano, allo IED e alla YACademy. Ha co-fondato ForeSound, layer di intelligenza culturale per l'industria musicale. Il suo lavoro unisce filosofia e intelligenza artificiale per leggere il presente in anticipo, con un approccio che mette la cultura al centro della previsione.

Founder & Head of Content @ MARM Venture

Federica Mutti unisce il percorso da Content Creator, da sempre affezionata ai temi del lavoro e del benessere, e imprenditrice in MARM Venture (MUNU Srl), agenzia di comunicazione digitale per PMI nata nel 2023. 
È nata e cresciuta in Brianza, dove tra sport, lettura e sketch di fumetti, sognava di crearsi un “lavoro creativo”. Laureata in Economia e Gestione aziendale e dopo un Master in Marketing e Comunicazione, il suo viaggio professionale è iniziato nel 2018, quando ha caricato il suo primo video YouTube – dando il via a un canale che in pochi anni ha raggiunto oltre 48.000 iscritti – ed è entrata nel mondo delle startup Fintech subito dopo l’università. Nel corso degli anni è stata consulente, formatrice in Academy Digitali e Master Universitari, creatrice di contenuti e autrice del manuale “Crescere con YouTube” con Hoepli. Ha collaborato con realtà come Adecco, Cisco, Google, Fastweb, Fiscozen e partecipato come speaker a eventi come Marketers World, Digital Innovation Days e Web Marketing Festival.

Creative Director & Co-Founder @Artetra

Vladimir is an Australian visual artist who has pursued a design career spanning over 26 years, specialising in brand identity and spatial/experiential design. Within Artetra, he leads the creative direction, intuitively translating complex concepts and contemporary dynamics into timeless visual narratives that capture the deepest essence of a brand. Integrating art, design and a multidisciplinary approach, his work ranges from branding to experiential design and architecture, through a continuous exploration of avant-garde design languages. Vladimir combines artistic vision and strategic precision to create projects defined by clarity, impact and lasting influence.

Managing Director & Co-Founder @Artetra

With a career spanning industrial design, technological innovation, and business development, Cinzia coordinates complex projects, transforming strategic insights into solutions that generate lasting value by integrating design, strategy, and project leadership. Guided by an approach that combines analytical thinking with creative sensibility, she explores the intersection of brands, products, and experiences to build authentic and meaningful connections. Her background in interdisciplinary design and advanced manufacturing informs her rigorous yet open-to-experimentation methodology, which is focused on creating thoughtful, relevant, and enduring projects.

Founder @ wethod, Managing Director @ Maize

An entrepreneur with over thirty years of experience in consulting and innovation, Tomas Barazza has dedicated his career to rethinking the evolution of organizational models. He is the creator of Supernova Agencies.
His vision is grounded in a strong professional background. After beginning his career at Andersen and working at Benetton, he joined H-Farm in 2006. There, he led startup incubation and contributed to the creation of Maize, an innovation design studio focused on strategy and organisational design.
In 2015, he founded wethod, a tech company that develops all-in-one software for creative agencies, consulting firms, engineering and architecture practices, and project-based organisations. Under his leadership, wethod was the only Italian company to be featured by Corporate Rebels in their 2024 Top 50 'self-managing companies leading the change'.