‘The Age of Co-Intelligence’: the fourth edition of Orizzonti Digitali gets underway

‘Orizzonti Digitali’, Confindustria Umbria’s forum dedicated to artificial intelligence, is set to take a leap forward in both quality and scale. It will be held from 21 to 24 October in the historic centre of Perugia (and partly in Terni), in theatres, historic buildings and conference halls.

Now in its fourth year, the forum has taken on national significance, thanks to the scientific leadership provided by Giorgio Metta, Scientific Director of the Italian Institute of Technology, and the media partnership with Rai. The number of panels has risen to 49, there will be 200 Italian and international speakers, and the number of people who have registered so far exceeds five thousand.

The Forum, entitled ‘The Age of Co-Intelligence’, is organised by Confindustria Umbria, Umbria Digital Innovation Hub, Ance Umbria, Umbria Business School and ITS Umbria Academy, and is the only event of its kind in Italia – as the organisers explain – that combines three key features: it features expert speakers who use accessible language, not just for industry professionals; it is aimed precisely at a diverse audience – in practice, the entire community that today has to grapple with artificial intelligence, from businesses to the public sector, and from the elderly to people with disabilities; and it is completely free of charge.

Speakers include young people such as the computational neuroscientist Giulio Deangeli, who uses AI in biological science and medicine; MIT researcher Cosimo Accoto, who studies AI from philosophical, technological, economic and organisational perspectives; pharmacologist Marco Devivo, who is working on a drug to treat autism; and Olympic athlete Eloisa Coiro, who uses AI to train.

“We want to try to understand artificial intelligence and turn it into an asset for Umbria and Italia,” say the organisers.