Schools at Future Fair

Today, Milan hosts Future Fair, the final event of Project Future Recoded. The project, financed by Microsoft and Fondazione Cariplo and coordinated by the Fondazione Filarete, encourages students to apply their technological knowledge  creatively to identify innovative solutions that can improve our way of living, working, playing and studying.

Project partners are: Fondazione Mondo Digitale, TechGarage, I3P, Polihub, Italiacamp and Talent Garden.

At Future Fair, ten teams of students, selected from around Italy, will compete, presenting innovative ideas that can improve our everyday life to a jury.

PROGRAMME

9.30 | Welcome and Registration

10.00 | Works open. Paola Andreozzi, CSR Manager, Microsoft

10.05 | Claudio Gandolfi, Deputy Rector for Knowledge Transfer, University of Milan

10.10 | Introduction, Paola Andreozzi. Chair, Francesco Mandelli

10.20 | First Pitch Session

• LaMiaAzienda – ITIS, Sala Consilina (Salerno)
• BYT Brush Your Teeth – ISIS Facchinetti, Castellanza (Varese)
• Lo Sporco APPosto – IISS Bonsignori, Brescia
• Trash Management Smart System – Liceo scientifico Lilla, Oria (Brindisi)
• Open Source Robotics – ISIS Fermi Mattei, Isernia

10.50 | Jury Evaluation

11.00 | Round Table: Where and How is Innovation Born?

• Federico Chiaravalli, co-founder, Musa http://www.playmusa.com/
• Donato De Ieso, co-founder, InPolitiX
• Dario Gamba, Napsy Game, inventor, Mathdungeon
• Cristiano Soleti, Starwork
• Marco Ferrari, Vice President, Liceo Malpighi, Bologna
• Ilaria Rodella, Creator of Ludosofici and Organiser of Mantova Playground

“Technological Humanism” – a conversation with Marco Ferrari and Ilaria Rodella

11.40 | Second Pitch Session

• HomeTender – ITT Istituto “E. Balducci”, Pontassieve (Florence)
• Planetbook – IIS “G. Marconi”, Giugliano di Campania (Naples)
• DevLounge Tournament Platform – ITIS Panetti, Bari
• From Italian to L.I.S. – Liceo Salvemini, Bari
• Minecraft Reggio Art – Liceo Artistico “G. Chierici”, Reggio Emilia

12.10 | Jury Evaluation

12.20 | Robot Show

Robotics School from Isernia, Castellanza and Andrea Trifiletti from Padua.

Cecilia Laschi, Prof. Industrial Bio-Engineering at the Bio-Robotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa.

12.35 | Awards Ceremony and Conclusions

12.45 | Group Photos – Works End

Jury Members

• Giovanna Roversi, Microsoft
• Carlo Rinaldi, Microsoft
• Alfonso Molina, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
• Karen Nahum, De Agostini
• Goffredo Haus, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Carlo Mango, Fondazione Cariplo
• Maria Pia Abbracchio, Fondazione Filarete