Telling the scientific discoveries, the future and the possible ethical and social changes linked to the development of exponential technologies: this is the goal of Impactscool’s Contributors. The articles, the news and the insights of our collaborators tell the innovations of today and the possible scenarios of tomorrow, in a fascinating journey between future projections, curiosities and questions still unanswered.
Graduated in Publishing and Journalism at the University of Verona and journalist since 2014, he deals with the press and communication activities of Impactscool, also taking care of the blog contents, their dissemination and sharing.
A sports enthusiast, he also collaborates with a Verona radio, for which he is the conductor and speaker of a program dedicated to local football.
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Co-founder and CEO of Impactscool, Cristina is a successful entrepreneur, a populizer, a social entrepreneur and an active citizen with the aim to impact society positively. Through education and ethical reflection about possible futures Impactscool is willing to give students, citizens and organizations, the tools to responsibly shape the most desirable future for society and individuals. Thanks to the work done with Impactscool and to her previous experiences Cristina has been invited as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum (2019-2024).
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Andrea is the Chairman of Impactscool.
After working in management consulting, in 2006 he created Wish Days, known above all for the Emozione3 gift boxes. In April 2016, he sold the company to the Smartbox group with a millionaire exit. In 2017, together with Cristina Pozzi, already a partner in Wish Days, he founded Impactscool.
He is advisor of dozens of technological initiatives and business angels of numerous startups in Italy and in the world. He was co-founder and first president of the political group 10 Volte Meglio.
Finally, he is the author of the essay best seller on Amazon "Come far fallire una startup ed essere fellici" - How to make a startup fail and be happy, published by Bompiani.
Last post by Andrea Dusi
Graduated in Communication Studies and with a Master in Communication of Science taken at the SISSA of Trieste, he understood that in his life science and communication are two fixed points.
Passionate about everything related to space and exploration, he explored these issues working for MediaINAF and through the Facebook “Missione Scienza” page, looking for a narrative approach to science communication.
Amateur photographer and videomaker, reader and gamer.
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Chiara Boni is Content Creator for Impactscool. Enrolled in the Order of Journalists of Lombardy, she is a journalist for the local magazine Pantheon Verona Network, for which she deals with female initiative and current affairs.
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Marco Pastore is passionate about technology and innovation and defines himself as a curious boy. He is fascinated by how economic development shapes society and vice versa, and is looking for viable alternatives to modern day capitalism. He is studying Statistics at the University of Milano-Bicocca. Aspiring entrepreneur. Unbeatable table tennis player. Amateur pianist.
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Journalist and correspondent for newspapers and magazines, press office experiences and external relations in finance and in Confindustria. Today he deals with communication for large and small businesses, professionals and start-ups. As a trainer, he helps entrepreneurs and managers to communicate better with the media and the markets.
Curious about everything, he travels as much as he can (he would like to be the little man of Google Maps), he reads and writes for passion, he is a runner and a triathlete, a diver instructor, and a sports pilot. He can no longer become an eighteenth-century explorer, so it’s good for him to get up every day in the future.
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Maria Pia Catalani has a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technologies and in Pharmaceutical Quality Control. She has a Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences and has done research for over ten years even though her love for science was born a long time ago.
She loves music, a passion that also cultivates writing in two online magazines, and to travel (better if with a backpack).
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Simone Arcagni is Associate Professor at the University of Palermo. He also teaches at IULM in Milan and at the Scuola Holden in Turin. He studies cinema, media, new media and new technologies, collaborates with "Nòva - Il Sole 24Ore", "Film TV", "Segnocinema", "Agora". He has his own blog (Postcinema) on the site «Nòva100.ilsole24ore». He founded and directs the scientific journal "ES Journal: Inside New Media and Digital Technologies" and is curator of Digita !, an international digital content market. Among his publications, Oltre il cinema (Turin 2010) and Screen City (Rome 2012). For Einaudi he published Digital Visions (Torino 2016) and L'Occhio della macchina (Torino 2018).
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Alessandra De Carlo deals with coaching and development of leadership and talent of individuals and teams within national and multinational companies, profit and non-profit organizations, in Italy and abroad.
After 15 years as a manager of multinational companies in the media and telecommunications sector, she decided to combine her passion for technology, communication and management with that for the person and its realization, in all its expressions, aware and unaware. From this union and from international studies in coaching and psychodynamics, her new professional challenge.
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Matteo Serra is a physicist and communicator of science. He works at the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento, where he is responsible for the communication project "Citizens for science". He writes about science (especially physics) for "Le Scienze", "la Repubblica", "PLaNCK!", "FBK Magazine" and other national newspapers.
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Luna Bianchi is a jurist with decades of experience in Intellectual Property, passionate about human rights and gender equality, writes about ethical and legal implications related to the development of Artificial Intelligence and digital technologies in general
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Tech4Future is an editorial project conceived by Nicoletta Boldrini, a journalist with many years of experience and positions as Director in charge of some of the most famous newspapers in the Italian ICT scene (such as AI4Business and ZeroUno of the Digital360 Group), which she wanted to include in an informative program the essence of a Human-Tech future where the man-machine relationship will be ever closer and, perhaps, even essential.
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Student at the international scientific high school. I am passionate about emerging technologies and artificial intelligence. I like to understand the changes they will bring in our lives. I am fascinated by the complexity of our society and I like to analyze them from different points of view: geopolitical, economical and social. I bring my vision as a teenager born and raised in this world in constant evolution and that "when she grows up" will do a job that probably doesn't exist yet!
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Pietro Crovari graduated in Computer Engineering in Genoa, where he continued with the Master's Degree. After 4 months at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta for Research Intern, he currently works as a Research Fellow at the Milan Polytechnic.
He has worked for four years at the Genoa Science Festival where he fell in love with the world of Scientific Disclosure. He loves two things in life: his studies and the chance to spread his knowledge. Enthusiastic, incurable optimist, he faces every day with a smile and the desire to learn something new!
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Eleonora Cogo is Senior Scientific Manager at the Climate Simulation and Prediction division in Bologna. As a member of the Italian delegation, he participates in the UN negotiations on climate change (UNFCCC) that led to the Paris Agreement, where he negotiates for the European Union. She is a member of the Adaptation Fund Board and supports the activities of the IPCC focal point for Italy.
Previously, he worked as a Senior Project Manager on emission reduction projects at Ecosecurities in Oxford and on the European Union emissions trading system at Bartucci SpA.
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AstroSpace.it is an information and in-depth portal of Astronautics, space exploration and aerospace in which authors with multidisciplinary formations and passions tell the story of space exploration and space in all its facets.
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Nicholas Chilese is very passionate about economics and innovation, as well as sociology and psychology.
He is a real go-getter and he loves learning new things; during High School he organized events with his staff and then he moved to Bergamo and he started a university course in business management.
For two years he has been working and collaborating with a startup involved in Equity Crowdfunding and he is currently working as a Digital Strategy in a consulting and training company in Milan.
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Melissa is a young digital health contributor, junior digital marketer in continuous training and a medical student.
She is driven by her extreme curiosity and the search for new stimuli.
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Hashem Al-Ghaili is a science communicator who was born in Yemen. He runs his Facebook page (Science Nature Page), which has over 21 million followers from all over the globe and garnered over 6 billion organic views. He graduated from Jacobs University Bremen and obtained his master’s degree in Molecular Biotechnology. According to Tubular labs, his Facebook page is among the fastest growing pages globally and generates the highest number of monthly views in the science and technology sectors.
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Valentina Cosenza is a graduate in Modern Literature at the University of Milan and is passionate about writing and reading. Journalist at The Week of Saronno deals mainly with current events, news stories and cultural events. Not forgetting her love for the music that she has cultivated through the classical guitar since he was young, also winning several competitions.
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Adriano Fontanari, a young digital health enthusiast, is a M.Sc. student in Innovation Management. In 2016 he co-founded a care management service for people that suffer from a chronic disease. Moreover, he loves writing about digital health and how emerging technologies will shape the future of the doctor-patient relationship.
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Gaetano Fabiano, innovation expert in the sphere of digital transformation and emerging technologies in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. He is a computer science teacher.
He is a Computer scientist that after a period of study at the TU / E of Eindhoven, the master's degree in Calabria and a master's degree as Industrial Researcher in Business Intelligence, he gained experience in an innovative start-up on design and development activities in the Big Data area as well as in various national and multinational companies. He carried out teaching activities in the Business Intelligence course of the University of Calabria, and was a research fellow at LENS (University of Florence) on issues of Cognitive Computing and Deep Learning. He loves reading, cinema and video games and experimenting with his cameras in his spare time.
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I’m an Engineering and Architecture student at the University of Padua, for years I’ve studying innovations in the architectural and building sector with interest. In particular new technologies, sustainability and smart mobility. I’m also passionate about botany and public green. I conducted different building and landscape restoration project also through innovative financing methods.
Last post by Sara Falulera
Freelance professional journalist and communication manager. He has experience gained in print, radio, TV, web, press offices, and spent as correspondent and correspondent for RDS Radio Dimensione Suono and INN TV. In 2012 he created the radio magazine and podcast Lavoradio, a weekly magazine that tells the scenarios of the world of work in terms of opportunities. Founder of the Jobbing Fest, Festival that brings the themes of work, innovation and personal growth to schools and universities. Digital coach for "Vivere Digitale", a Facebook and Freeformers project. He has an extensive training and dissemination activity on issues related to work and technological innovation. Author of "Boomerang Generation", stories of winning and conscious return by Italian expats (Rubbettino publisher).
Last post by Vito Verrastro
Junior marketing & communication manager at a software house in Milan. I always ask myself a lot of questions. Interested in the impact of technology on people's lives and the future. I can say I'm a serial addicted with a good knowledge of the art world and very inclined to eat in restaurants.
Last post by Alessandra Martina Ceppi
Graduated from the master of philosophy at the University of Parma in summer 2019. I am a young scholar passionate about critical theory, contemporary philosophy and sociology. I work as a researcher at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan and the University of Ferrara; at the same time I attend a master's degree at the European University of Rome "Law and ethics of emerging technologies". My goal is to study and critically analyze the socio-economic implications of new technologies: how they are transforming our present and how they shape our future. I believe that awareness is the best companion of action, and I hope, in the future, to make my passions and my goals a job that can involve as many people as possible in this mission.
Last post by Cristina Gardenghi