Exponential  Innovation

Bologna, October 12th 2013

Teatro Testoni

Event 2013

EXPONENTIAL INNOVATION

Logo TEDx Bologna 2013 An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological hange is exponential, contrary to the common-sense "intuitive linear" view.
Ray Kurzweil



On Saturday, October 12th 2013

Bologna will host
the first TEDx entirely focused
on exponential innovation.

The leitmotif will be: who's most accelerating our future?



To find an answer, TEDxBologna curator and his scientific committee has pinpointed 12 of the greatest Italian innovators who will lead the public to discover how the acceleration of the technological progress is changing the world.



We're convinced that the future will be much more surprising than we're used to think: we think that the consequences of accelerating innovations haven't really been grasped yet and in Italy, more than elsewhere, we need to spread the awareness of the main forces that drive global economy been.

Program

10:30 am - 11:00am : Admission

11:00 am : Intro with Eric Ezechieli

Eric Ezechielii

Eric Ezechieli

President Axelera


EXPONENTIAL AWARENESS

11:20 am - 12:30 pm # Session 1 : Disruptive Innovation

Sanzio Bassini

Sanzio Bassini

Head of "Applications and Innovations in Supercomputing" department

Human Brain Project Human Brain Project in nutshell
Giorgio Metta

Giorgio Metta

Head of iCub Facility at Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)

A body for information technology
Michele Muccini

Michele Muccini

Head of CNR-ISMN in Bologna; E.T.C. S.r.l., co-founder and Chief - Technology Officer

The organic microchip that communicates with the brain
Giovanni Lanfranchi

Giovanni Lanfranchi

Vice President Tivoli Service Process Automation

The major innovations of software development

12:30pm 02:00 pm : Buffet

02:00pm - 03:30pm # Session 2 : "Collaborative Network"

Elena Santi

Elena Santi

Architect and designer

Design, self-production, new networks of production
Guido Caldarelli

Guido Caldarelli

Associate Professor at IMT Lucca

The importance of complex networks in nature, in technology and in the Society
Luca Parmitano

Luca Parmitano

Astronaut

The space collaboration
(video TEDx from space)
Cristina Favini

Cristina Favini

Strategist

WECONOMY INNOVATION STARTS FROM US

03:30pm - 04:00pm : Coffee Break

04:00pm - 05:30pm # Session 3 : "Social Challenges in an era of exponential Innovations"

Francesco Bombardi

Francesco Bombardi

Architect

"New opportunities for customization product through the use of 3D printing and digital fabrication tools - One year experience in the Fab Lab of Reggio Emilia"
Christian Zoli

Christian Zoli

Game Designer

When we stop to have fun
Cristiano Bottone

Cristiano Bottone

Advertiser

Head, heart, hands to innovate the world
From the Basil in the balcony to the palaces of Brussels, the strange experiment in social systemic innovation of Transition Towns.
Giampaolo Colletti

Giampaolo Colletti

Journalist

WWWORKERS GENERATION: HOW TO DIALOGUE, SELL, MAKE THE COMMUNITY 'AND BUSINESS ONLINE IN AN ERA OF EXPONENTIAL INNOVATION

05:30pm : Close up

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