We Make Future
WMF - We Make Future is the largest international B2B trade fair and festival on Innovation, AI, Tech, and Digital Marketing, held annually at BolognaFiere and bringing together over 73,000 attendees from 90 countries.
- Dates
- Jun 24 – Jun 25, 2026
- Location
- Bologna, Italy
- Industry
- Digital
Event Sponsors
49 sponsors on record
Main Sponsor· 2
Intel
intel.com
Philip Morris Italia
pmi.com
Main Partner· 1
Emilia Romagna Turismo
emiliaromagnaturismo.it
Premium Sponsor· 40
28Digital
28digital.eu
Allumee
allumee.com
Alten
alten.it
ART-ER
art-er.it
Aruba
business.aruba.it
AWS
aws.amazon.com
BNP Paribas
bnpparibas.it
Chateau d'Ax
chateau-dax.it
Clust-ER Agrifood
agrifood.clust-er.it
Clust-ER Build
build.clust-er.it
Clust-ER Innovate
innovate.clust-er.it
Clust-ER Tourism
tourism.clust-er.it
CNR-IIT
iit.cnr.it
Credem
credem.it
CRM Partners
crmpartners.it
e-Residency Estonia
e-resident.gov.ee
ESA - Italy
esa.int
eToro
etoro.com
European Patent Office
epo.org
Fincalabra
fincalabra.it
Flazio
flazio.com
Green Click Media
greenclickmedia.it
Humans
humans.tech
Indicoo
indicoo.it
Interprefy
interprefy.com
Intesa Sanpaolo
intesasanpaolo.com
Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
intesasanpaoloinnovationcenter.com
Invitalia
invitalia.it
Italian Chamber of Commerce for Greece
italchamber.gr
Italian Trade Agency
ice.it
Lexroom
lexroom.ai
Michelin
michelin.com
Ministero della Cultura
beniculturali.it
Ratti Auto
rattiauto.it
Regione Calabria
regione.calabria.it
Reply (Cognita Reply)
reply.com
SearchOn
en.searchon.it
Sellalab
sellalab.com
Tesla
tesla.com
Universita di Bologna
unibo.it
Sponsor· 6
Amnesty International
amnesty.org
Billboard
billboard.com
Dropbox
dropbox.com
Odoo
odoo.com
Qonto
qonto.com
Zoho
zoho.com
Sponsor figures are recorded as published, not independently guaranteed.
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Speakers
144 speakers on record
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Ajaz Ahmed Siddiqui
GTM for AI Business Solutions, Microsoft
Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli
Professor of EECS, University of California, Berkeley
Alec Ross
Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Bologna Business School
Alessandra Antonaci
Strategic Programme Executive, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
Alessio Crisantemi
President & co-founder, Gn Media
Alessio Marzilli
Alessio Sorrentino
Direttore Operativo (COO), Floox
Alicia Hanf
Head of Institutional Ecosystem Partnerships, LG NOVA - LG Electronics
Anastasios Avranas
Founder and Director, Interfima
Andrea Aureli
Co-Founder, Aiclo
Andrea Baino
Founder & CTO, Tredo
Andrea Basso
Managing Director, MITO Tech Ventures
Andrea Colamedici
Philosopher | Editor | Co-Founder, Tlon
Andrea Orzati
CEO, Zurich Instruments
Angelo Del Priore
HP
Anna Ascani
Vice President, Chamber of Deputies
Aprajita Jain
Chief Brand, Google
Ayumi Moore Aoki
Founder & CEO, Women in Tech® Global
Beatrice Rigillo
Brando Benifei
Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament
Brunello Cucinelli
Founder & Chief Executive, Brunello Cucinelli
Bryan Madden
AMD
Camihawke
Carlotta Bernardi
Performance Team Lead, Making Science
Caterina Damiano
Educational manager LdW Academy, SEO Strategist, LaPenna del Web
Cecilia Sala
Journalist, Chora News
Claudio Iacopino
Head of Φ-lab Explore Office, ESA
Corey Ching
Developer Experience, OpenAI
Corrado Formigli
Journalist, La7
Cosimo Accoto
Research Affiliate | Adjunct Professor | AI Advisor, MIT | UNIMORE | POLLICINO AIDVISORY
Cristian Frigo
Ecosystem Lead Southern Europe, 28 DIGITAL
Daniele Pucci
CEO, Generative Bionics
Davide Casaleggio
CEO & Partner, Casaleggio Associati
Davide Dattoli
Founder & Executive Chairman, Talent Garden
Debora Serracchiani
Member of the Justice Committee, Italian Chamber of Deputies
Denis Hristov
Fund of Funds in Bulgaria
Diego La Monica
CEO, Axio Studio S.r.l.
Enrico Mentana
Journalist & Director, La7
Enrico Pavan
Co-founder & President, Analytics Boosters
Enza Bergantino
Head of Digital & Partner, Jacleroi
Farnaz Behroozi
Head of Pharma, Huma
Federica Brancale
Artificial Intelligence Consultant, Marketing Freaks
Federica Fornaciari
Professor | AI & EdTech Researcher, National University in San Diego
Federico Cabitza
Associated Professor & Co-Founder, Università Milano-Bicocca & RedOpen SRL
Federico Francioni
Strategy & Design Director, Meta | Microsoft and PwC Alumni
Federico Menna
Chief Executive Officer, 28 Dgtl
Fernanda Faini
Professor of Legal Informatics, Pegaso University
Filippo Ghirelli
Infracorp
Filippo Trocca
Head of Data & Adtech, Making Science
Fjona Cakalli
Tech Reporter, Content Creator & Presenter, Techprincess.it
Florin Catalin
Silicon Allee
Francesca Braga
International Criminal Lawyer
Francesca Rossi
CEO, SirFred
Francesco Cracolici
CEO, Nomadic Minds
Francesco Paolo Schiavone
Head of Innovation & Development, Datlas Group
Francesco Ubertini
President, CINECA
Gabriele Contilli
General Manager, ISPD Italia
Gabriele Malaspina
Digital product designer & Founder, Solida Forma
Gabriele Pavanello
Diner Experience Staff Engineer & AI Champion, The Fork
Gabriele Vagnato
Giacomo Pompei
Digital Project Manager & Marketing Coordinator, AgriEuro
Giancarlo Vergine
OverVentures
Gianluca Misuraca
Founder of Inspiring Future, Inspiring Futures
Giorgio Metta
Scientific Director, IIT Italian Institute of Technology
Giorgio Taverniti
Co-Founder, COO Consulting, SEO, AI & Digital Marketing Expert, Search On Media Group
Giovanni Le Coche
CEO, SEO & Digital Marketing Manager, Arkys
Giuseppe Lombardo
Deputy Public Prosecutor, Court of Reggio Calabria
Guido Scorza
Tech Law Attorney
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy, European Commission
Iulia Feroli
Physic AI & AI DevRel, Back to Engineering and Rerun
Ivan Maltsev
Partner, 3x Capital
Jordi San Ildefonso
Social Media Strategist, Metricool
Joya Scarlata
Marketing Director, InterraIT
Kamila Zahradnickova
Founder & CEO, Lakmoos AI
Karen Zhou
Member of technical staff, Anthropic
Leonard Burger
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Lenvi
Leyla Elchekhly
TV Presenter, Al Jazeera Media Network
Lorenzo Tondo
Journalist, The Guardian
Luca Castelli
Audience Lead, Chora & Will Media
Lucilla Sioli
Director for "Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry", Directorate-General CONNECT, European Commission
Lucka Bibic
Head of Article Pipeline Management, Springer Nature
Luigi Di Maio
EU Special Representative for the Gulf region, European Union
Luigi Traldi
Head of Southern Europe, Klarna
Madeleine Pilstrand
Create Business Incubator
Mara Dettmann
Senior Brand Strategist, the LEGO Group
Marcel Vulpis
Journalist, Sport Economy
Marco Maltraversi
CEO | SEO & AI Specialist, YourDigitalWeb
Marco Pavone
Director of Autonomous Vehicle Research, NVIDIA
Maria Yolanda Bilé Nlang
Data scientist & Conversational AI Engineer, Brise
Mariachiara Marsella
SEO & Digital Temporary Manager, Mariachiara Marsella
Martina Marchiò
Humanitarian Worker, Medici Senza Frontiere
Martina Pescioli
Founder & Creative Director, Mentarossa Comunicazione
Massimiliano Montefusco
RDS
Massimo Chiriatti
Chief Technical & Innovation Officer, Lenovo
Mathew Knowles
Music World Entertainment (MWE)
Matteo Giunchedi
CEO & Co-Founder, LIV4
Matteo Mille
Chief Sales Enablement & Operations, Microsoft Italia
Matteo Sbarra
Chief Strategy Officer & Gen AI Trainer, Connexia
Mattia Cittadino
Content Creator
Mattia Epifani
Global Digital Forensics Advisor, bit4law
Mattia Pace
Chief Marketing Officer & Board, Spoki
Max Brigida
Founder, La Tech Made in Italy
Michel Murabito
Tech Evangelist & Ambassador, Fractal Cloud & CNCF
Michele Basile
Michiel Scheffer
President of the Board, European Innovation Council | European Commission
Mohamed Deramchi
Entrepreneur, Investor & CTO, YouEver Srl
Monica Orsino
Sn Learning and Development Manager, Microsoft
Montserrat Cano
International Consultant & Trainer, MC, International SEO & Digital Strategy
Nadia Lauricella
Influencer & Activist
Nestor Maslej
Research Manager Human-centered, AI Stanford University
Nicola Gratteri
Public Prosecutor, Court of Naples
Orazio Schillaci
Ministro della Salute della Repubblica Italiana, Ministero della Salute
Oreste Pollicino
Full Professor of Constitutional Law, Bocconi University
Paolo Pellegrini
Partner, Metyis
Pegah Moshir Pour
Activist & Writer
Piergiorgio Marini
Senior Manager External Affairs, Philip Morris Italia
Piero Dominici
Professor & Scientific Director, CHAOS: International Research & Education Programme - Univ. of Perugia
Piero Ingrosso
Coopfond
Pierpaolo Bombardieri
General Secretary, UIL
Pierre-Philippe Mathieu
Head of the Φ-lab Explore Office, ESA - European Space Agency
Riccardo Magi
Member, Italian Chamber of Deputies
Roberto Saviano
Sasha Luccioni
AI and Climate Researcher
Silvi Nuñez
Co-Founder, Optimational
Simone Bianco
VP, Physics, Molecular & Hybrid Modeling, Altos Labs - Institute of Computation
Simone Desantis
Chief Technology Officer, Openapi Spa
Simone Sabba
CTO & Head of AI Squads, Devpunks
Siyabulela Mandela
Visiting Prof. Politics & International Relations, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr
Stefano Besana
Partner | Human Capital, Deloitte Consulting
Stefano Borghi
Chief Technology Officer, Dilaxia S.p.A.
Stefano Massini
Author & Playwright
Stefano Onofri
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Cubbit
Stefano Parini
Senior Security Architect Manager, Sky Italia
Susanna Camusso
Senator, Senate of the Italian Republic
Susanna Finardi
Head of Corporate Partnerships | Executive Growth Advisor, Oxfam
Sveva Coltellacci
Head of Performance Marketing, Pro Web Consulting (Cerved Group)
Tiarne Hawkins
AI Leader & Host, You & AI - Stealth Mode
Valentin Radu
CEO, Omniconvert
Valeria Lazzaroli
Chairperson, ENIA - Ente Nazionale per L'Intelligenza Artificiale
Vera Gheno
Sociolinguist
Veronica Gentili
Social Media Expert, Glisco Marketing
Veronica La Regina
Space Mentor
Veronica Maffei
Journalist
Viktoria Bovtenko
AI Architect, Bovtenko.AI
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Agenda
66 sessions on record
Day 1
From Billable Hours to Outcomes: Building Agent Practices That Actually Make Money
12:00 AM
Speakers: Ajaz Ahmed Siddiqui
Dov'è l'attenzione sui social media nell'era del feed infinito?
12:00 AM
Speakers: Jordi San Ildefonso
Cognitive Mentoring as EdTech: Human Agency, AI, and Lifelong Learning
12:00 AM
Speakers: Federica Fornaciari
Beyond AI Citations & Hype: When AI Mentions Hurt Your Brand
12:00 AM
Speakers: Montserrat Cano
Continuous Discovery for the Digital Age: From Guesswork to Simulation
12:00 AM
Speakers: Kamila Zahradnickova
Organizzazione è complessità sociale. Per una sintesi complessa tra intelligenze, naturali ed artificiali, ed ecosistemi.
12:00 AM
Speakers: Piero Dominici
Using AI towards new medical breakthroughs: Building the (virtual) cell
12:00 AM
Speakers: Simone Bianco
Tracciamento avanzato in sanitario: monitoraggio completo del funnel con variabili custom in Google Ads
12:00 AM
Speakers: Sveva Coltellacci
CRO & AI: Vedere l'Invisibile per Scalare il Business
12:00 AM
Speakers: Enrico Pavan
La Tua AI Guida a 150 all'Ora Fissando lo Specchietto Retrovisore
12:00 AM
Speakers: Filippo Trocca
AI-Augmented Strategist: come l'AI sta ridisegnando il modo di fare strategia
12:00 AM
Speakers: Matteo Sbarra
Will Media: da follower a maker. Come trasformare una community in un ecosistema che si autoalimenta
12:00 AM
Speakers: Alessio Sorrentino, Luca Castelli
Building Revenue Engines for Impact: from Mission to Measurable Growth
12:00 AM
Speakers: Susanna Finardi
Chatbot e adolescenti: relazioni simulate e eventuali rischi
12:00 AM
Speakers: Francesca Braga
Telegram Bot: l'interfaccia No-Code per accedere ad oltre 400 servizi API
12:00 AM
Speakers: Simone Desantis
The sound of silence, why you won't hear pegasus spying you
12:00 AM
Speakers: Mattia Epifani
Tra azione e parola: lavorare con Medici Senza Frontiere – da Gaza al mondo
12:00 AM
Speakers: Martina Marchiò
Il metodo per iniziare a comunicare con contenuti efficaci, anche se non hai tempo
12:00 AM
Speakers: Mattia Cittadino
Trasformare i limiti in forza
12:00 AM
Speakers: Nadia Lauricella
Allenare l'empatia: come usare con cura l'AI nel web editing
12:00 AM
Speakers: Caterina Damiano
Day 2
Agentic Experience Architectures
12:00 AM
Speakers: Viktoria Bovtenko
Beyond Red Teaming: Building a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework for conversational AI
12:00 AM
Speakers: Maria Yolanda Bilé Nlang
The Agentic Loop: Revolutionizing E2E with MCP and Playwright Agents
12:00 AM
Scaling Content Across Languages in the AI Era: Speed, Risk, and SEO Reality
12:00 AM
Speakers: Silvi Nuñez
Neuroscienze del desiderio: trasformare i prodotti in desideri prima che il cliente li cerchi
12:00 AM
How I built my own intelligent Robot Arm from Scratch
12:00 AM
Speakers: Iulia Feroli
Your Brand May Be Fluent in AI - But That Doesn't Mean it's Literate
12:00 AM
Speakers: Joya Scarlata, Mara Dettmann
Stop Buying Intelligence. Start Building Context
12:00 AM
Speakers: Gabriele Pavanello
Il futuro dell'imprenditorialità: fiducia, apprendimento e distribuzione nell'era dell'AI
12:00 AM
Il bilancio è un dinosauro: l'impresa AI che si auto-misura in tempo reale
12:00 AM
Il progetto "Moneyball 2.0": un synthetic sase study nell'AI Sports law
12:00 AM
Il tuo business non è tuo. Come difendersi dal potere delle piattaforme che possono spegnere una PMI con un click
12:00 AM
AI Content Machine. Tutti i contenuti che servono a un ecommerce. Non solo quelli che riesci a fare.
12:00 AM
For us, by us: how no-code tools are empowering activism
12:00 AM
The Architecture of Meaning in a Noisy Market - Every Brand Begins as a Question, Not a Logo
12:00 AM
Nostalgic Brand
12:00 AM
SEO Audit Agentico +veloce, +preciso, +scalabile
12:00 AM
Corporate Venturing, Robotics, and Deep Tech Frontiers in Japan
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
The Billion-Scale Code: Digital Infrastructure, Frugal Innovation, and the Next Indian Unicorns
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
The K-Tech Fast Lane: Government Backing, Hardware Fusion, and Scaling Global Frontiers
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Beyond the Valley: Hyper-Scaling, Next-Gen VC, and the Future of American Open Innovation
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
AI, rave e creatività: come l'algoritmo sta cambiando musica elettronica e festival
12:00 AM
Why Smart Tech Professionals Need a Communication HACK (and It's Not About AI)
12:00 AM
Il CV è morto: nasce LaborLumen Passport, l'identità professionale verificata
12:00 AM
Business senza Filtri: Come vedere l'invisibile e automatizzare l'impossibile
12:00 AM
Balkan Tech Rising
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Enterprise SaaS, Gaming DNA, and Poland's Cross-Border Ascendancy
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
B2B Innovation, Biotech Hubs, and Networking the Heart of Europe
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
Day 3
From Spider Venom to Strategy: Leading the "Identity Economy" in the AI Era
12:00 AM
Speakers: Lucka Bibic
AI enhanced threat modeling: come diminuire il carico cognitivo di un Security Architect, senza perdere il controllo
12:00 AM
Speakers: Stefano Parini
How AI Is Changing Engineering Leadership
12:00 AM
Il lavoro del futuro: come semplificare l'incontro tra chi cerca lavoro e chi cerca persone
12:00 AM
Corporate Brand Strategy
12:00 AM
Speakers: Aprajita Jain
Elogio dell(a)normalità
12:00 AM
Speakers: Vera Gheno
Il nonprofit è un mercato enorme e sottoutilizzato: come entrarci con partnership che funzionano
12:00 AM
YouEver: come la tecnologia può custodire memoria, affetti e identità nel tempo
12:00 AM
The Nordic Tech Wave
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
The Golden Triangle & Beyond: Fintech Capital, AI Hubs, and the UK's Agile Investment Landscape
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
The Pix Effect & Beyond: FinTech, AgTech, and Fueling LATAM's Mega-Market Ecosystem
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
La French Tech 2.0: Sovereign AI, Massive State Support, and the Deep Tech Mandate
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Industry 4.0, Hardware Startups, and the German Co-Innovation Playbook
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
Fintech Capital, AI Hubs, and the UK's Agile Investment Landscape
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
The African Tech Leapfrog
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Crypto Valleys & Deep Tech Peaks: University Spin-offs and Wealth-Backed Innovation
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
È Arte!
12:00 AM
Day 4
Title Soon Online
12:00 AM
Speakers: Veronica Gentili