She is an engineer working at Aprie – Autonomous Province of Trento, focusing on energy efficiency. Her work specifically involves building energy retrofitting and the promotion of renewable energy sources.
An excursion on Mount Zugna to reflect on how climatic changes influence the life of humans, animals, and the environment, and how our behaviors also contribute to these transformations.
Route: easy trekking, 9 km with 500 m of elevation gain.
With Marta Villa, anthropologist of the high lands, professor at the University of Trento.
Departure: 9:00 a.m. from Trincerone, Monte Zugna. Return: 4:00 p.m.
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Event organized by SAT Vallarsa and Ass. Tra le Rocce e il Cielo.
Step into the shoes of a UN delegate and sit at the negotiating table for the future of the planet. In the Climate Action Simulation, students become representatives of governments, NGOs, or businesses and, through agreements and compromises, try to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement together, and thanks to the En-ROADS simulator by Climate Interactive they will be able to simultaneously test the impact of their choices. An immersive experience that makes you touch the complexity – and the urgency – of climate decisions.
Workshop for high school classes conducted by Enroad expert Elisabetta Demattio. Coordinated by Viola Ducati.
Aula Magna IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15.
Max 4 classes registration here.
Alex Cattoi proposes a reflection on the controversial link between Man and his origins, Man and the natural laws that, since the appearance of the first drop of water on Earth, govern everything.
His research and creativity take shape by molding clay, earth. Arcane, timeless figures that are instinctively recognized by modern man by virtue of their belonging to a world that is both unconscious and personal and linked to the common imaginary and collective memory. Through objects from other times that take on new symbolic meanings, the artist intends to ask the fateful question: who are we? Where do we come from?
The work of Indiara Di Benedetto (visible at the Museo di Scienze e Archeologia, Largo S. Caterina, on October 11 and 12 as part of the conference on artificial intelligence PLANETARY THOUGHT; and from October 13 to 30 at the Biblioteca Civica Tartarotti) asks some questions: in what way do human activities and pollution undermine underwater ecosystems? What will our underwater heritage be like in the future? Can challenges be predicted and solutions imagined using Machine Learning?
The Future Memories of Deep Water project explores how algorithms can be used to predict new interweavings between underwater artifacts and the changing environment where they are discovered. We reflect on current problems and dangers for marine environments, such as “plasticrost” and plastic pollution.
Built on an experimental speculation, Future Memories of Deep Water invokes the protection of threatened marine ecosystems and aims to create awareness and encourage the preservation of cultural heritage.
Coordinated by Rayden Elodie.
With organic, vegetarian, and vegan refreshments.
The exhibition will remain visible until October 30, according to the hours of the Biblioteca Civica Tartarotti.
Biblioteca Civica Tartarotti, corso Bettini 43
A collective work that unites art, community, and environment: from October 10 to 17 we will be able to witness the birth of a unique mural of its kind, made using eco-sustainable photocatalytic Keim paints, which help purify the air by absorbing pollution.
This project embodies a powerful dialogue through time: four generations of artists, united with students, for a total of five generations at work, create an eternal and continuous cycle of creation. The mural harmoniously fuses classical and contemporary styles into a single coherent work, showing a visual journey through time and technique.
An opportunity to observe the artists at work, discover how a street art work is born even with the use of sustainable paints, and meet the young people who are shaping a concrete symbol of urban regeneration.
Design and coordination by Rayden Elodie, with artists Yorkone, Eech, Skugio and Ares, the Liceo Depero, and the associations Relab Video, We-Ink, ARGO and Rovereto Pazzeska.
Wall of the parking lot of the former Manifattura Tabacchi, viale Vittoria.
The energy transition of territories involves a new way of thinking about cities. Through territorial planning linked to energy and climate, it becomes essential to regenerate buildings and territory to consume less energy and have a positive action outward, without neglecting the landscape. From planning to experimental projects, passing through renewable energy communities, what is happening in Trentino? Some virtuous examples. Check the list of speakers here.
Energy and territory: Towards an integrated planning – Silvia Debiasi, APRIE PAT Provincia Autonoma di Trento
The report on the state of the climate in Trentino – Lavinia Laiti, PAT-APPA Provincia Autonomia di Trento
Urban regeneration – Incube project in Trento – Silvia Ricciuti Positive Energy District – FBK
Renewable energy community: Ecoempower project – Massimo Plazzer, APRIE PAT Provincia Autonoma di Trento
Coordinated by Massimo Plazzer
Aula Magna IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15. The conference is free to attend.
Registration through EventBrite: Link.
Climate change poses numerous challenges to mountain ecosystems and the communities that inhabit them – biodiversity, water supply, melting glaciers, collapse of rock walls. An opportunity to reflect on the mobilizations underway and imagine new possible scenarios for highlands.
Plants at the limit – direction G. Del Sogno, Italy, 2025 – screening of the documentary by the Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto
Plant range and climate change – Alessio Bertolli (Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto)
The collective as practice: importance of civic uses – Flora Mammana and Bianca Elzembaumer (La Foresta)
Climate change and the Alps: analytical perspectives – Lorenzo Giovannini, meteorologist, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento
Water, exploitations, and co-living – Tommaso Bonazza (Rete Climatica Trentina)
Panarotta: from a resort in crisis to a mountain community – Stefano Musaico
Coordinated by Viola Ducati
Aula Magna IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15.
Registration link: https://crisiecologica.eventbrite.com
The bicycle journey of Emanuele and Simone from Trento to the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, a slow journey to rediscover the mountain in its most intimate beauty: the bike becomes the means that unites the two protagonists with the surrounding environment, an environment constantly lashed by the climate crisis and mass tourism.
Directed by Stefano Stroppa. Documentary | Italy, 2024, duration 45 minutes.
Aula Magna IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15.
Registration here: Link.
Direction, photography, editing: Michele Trentini and Andrea Colbacchini
Subject: Gianluca Cepollaro
Production: TSM Accademia della Montagna
Documentary | Italy, 2025, duration 55 minutes
Volunteers work on maintaining the signage, a group of hikers climbs at a donkey’s pace, deer venture into the night, downhill enthusiasts descend the slopes of a bike park, while nearby someone practices forest bathing. Images, voices, and sounds intertwine, telling different ways of frequenting the mountain. On the trails, we are not alone.
With interventions by
Michele Trentini, director
Marco Angheben, president SAT Vallarsa
Smart Lab, viale Trento 47/49.
Registration here: Link.
Design and coordination by Rayden Elodie, with artists Yorkone, Eech, Skugio and Ares, the Liceo Depero, and the associations Relab Video, We-Ink, ARGO and Rovereto Pazzeska.
Wall of the parking lot of the former Manifattura Tabacchi, viale Vittoria.
A day dedicated to artificial intelligence and its role in the ecological crisis, to explore its problems, and to highlight the potential that AI and algorithms offer in the search for new imaginaries and environmental solutions.
With an attached exhibition of digital works by artists Marco Barotti, Sofia Crespo and Indiara Di Benedetto.
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Artificial Intelligence and climate change
– AI in energy communities – Simone Casiraghi (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
– AI, cloud infrastructures and their environmental impact – Fabian Ferrari (Universiteit Utrecht)
– Climate resilience strategies – Maximiliano Ernesto Romero (Neuroclima, Horizon Europe project)
– Do technologies have a green policy? Artificial Intelligence and the myth of the technological solution to the ecological crisis – Alessio Gerola (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies ESDiT program, Netherlands)
– Digital democracy: bridging the technological gap due to systemic injustices – Dino Maurizio (Informatici Senza Frontiere)
– AI in the classroom, presentation of the didactic book – Francesca Zanoni (association Impliciti Espliciti).
Participating teachers will receive a certificate valid as a title for professional development.
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Workshop on Earth Digital Twins
by the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre
In the context of climate, the digital twin of the Earth system combines observations and simulations in an interactive environment that allows experimenting with scenarios, analyzing adaptation and mitigation strategies, and addressing crucial questions about the future of the planet with an unprecedented level of detail and coherence.
Workshop in English with Italian translation, for teachers of all levels, and interested participants.
Maximum 25 people, registrations here.
Participating teachers will receive a certificate valid as a title for professional development.
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Art in the times of artificial intelligence
– Round table with the artists
– Alice Barale, author of “L’arte dell’intelligenza artificiale” (ed. Jaca Book)
– Marco Barotti, author of the work on display FUNGI
– Indiara Di Benedetto, author of the work on display FUTURE MEMORIES OF DEEP WATER
coordinated by Ludovico Rella and Daisy Bamber
The conference is free to attend (except for the digital twins workshop which requires registration), registration is appreciated for organizational reasons.
Showcase of works by Dutch artists who create art with ecological themes or materials. Rayden Elodie (Search Of Beauty), YorkOne, Jerome Beck, APSHI, Sies Vrasdonk and Sanne Bleij present their works, in resonance with the central theme of the Song of the Earth festival, inviting us to reflect on our relationship with nature and imagine a more sustainable future.
With organic, vegetarian, and vegan refreshments.
The exhibition will remain visible until November 10, 2025, according to the hours of the Giunti bookshop.
Giunti bookshop hall, via Garibaldi 13.
Paleolithic. The climate is glacial and a small band of hunter-gatherers tries to survive. Among them is Artzai, a boy marginalized because of his lameness. In the belly of a cave awaits him an extraordinary discovery.
Present day. The climate is overheating, but humanity cannot find the answer to the problem. Two archaeologists, Bruno and Glenda, try to look for it underground. Their tenacity will lead them to an ancient buried truth.
In a few centuries. The climate has become torrid, but the inhabitants of Gilanos have learned to live with it. Clizia is a curious girl, attracted to the ruins of the old world, full of objects as incomprehensible as they are fascinating. Some of them will put her on guard against the looming danger.
An adventure twenty millennia long, which has as its protagonist man. The one who remains. And the one who doesn’t.
Presented by Fiorenza Aste
Giunti bookshop hall, via Garibaldi 13.
“Fango”, written and performed by Marco Cortesi and Mara Moschini. A work of civil theatre that tells the dramatic flood that hit Emilia Romagna in May 2023. This natural catastrophe, with over 20 rivers overflowing and thousands of people affected, becomes the starting point for reflecting on the theme of solidarity, courage, land management, and sustainability.
Through testimonies collected from rescuers and survivors, the play brings to the stage true stories of ordinary people who reacted with heroism and determination in a scenario of total destruction. The core of the work is not only the narration of the natural disaster but also the investigation into the human value of cooperation and altruism in the face of devastating events. Cortesi and Moschini are known for their commitment to social theatre and their ability to move the audience through the narration of real and engaging stories, as already demonstrated in previous plays such as “Die Mauer” and “Rwanda”.
MART conference room, Corso Rosmini 43.
Registration here: Link.
Design and coordination by Rayden Elodie, with artists Yorkone, Eech, Skugio and Ares, the Liceo Depero, and the associations Relab Video, We-Ink, ARGO and Rovereto Pazzeska.
Wall of the parking lot of the former Manifattura Tabacchi, viale Vittoria.
Through the enchantment of participatory storytelling, we can develop empathy and understanding for our world and ourselves. The Storytelling Workshop in English (and Italian when appropriate) is designed for young primary school learners and their English language teachers. The experiential, holistic, and embodied format, with the contribution of song and movement, will provide participants the opportunity to experience storytelling in an inter-active way through the guidance and support of the trainer and storyteller.
Workshop for children and teachers of elementary schools.
Curated by Valentina Bamber.
Aula 5 IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15.
Max 25 participants, registrations here.
Plastic Free Ride are riders who love to travel free. Free as only the bicycle can make you feel, and free from the pollution found on roads and paths. They are volunteer cyclists, who organize outings to collect waste abandoned along roads and paths: this territory cleaning appointment is an opportunity to give our contribution to the health of our environment.
Free participation, come equipped with a bicycle, comfortable clothing, and a pair of work gloves.
Free participation, come equipped with a bicycle, comfortable clothing, and a pair of work gloves.
Departure from Cortile Urbano, via Roma.
How much does our lifestyle “weigh” on the Planet? Let’s find out interactively. Prof. Pier Luigi Novi Inverardi will guide a practical workshop to measure our ecological footprint through the use of intuitive applications. An opportunity to see firsthand the impact of our daily choices and understand how to make them more sustainable.
Coordinated by Pier Luigi Novi Inverardi.
Aula informatica IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15.
For teachers of all levels and interested participants, max 25 participants, registrations here.
The Municipality of Rovereto is opening its doors to new ideas with a special call for proposals dedicated to those who want to change the area… starting with food! Food is not just nourishment: it’s culture, relationships, creativity, and an opportunity to build stronger, more inclusive, and sustainable communities.
This call for proposals—part of the Station for Transformation project—aims to support experimental projects that transform spaces and habits, strengthen ties between people and the environment, and combine beauty, innovation, and care for the local area.
The presentation will be given by the Municipality of Rovereto and Brave New Alps APS.
Room 5 IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15
What happens if we invest more in renewables? What if we reduce coal use? In the En-ROADS workshop, citizens of all ages work together to imagine strategies against the climate crisis. The proposals are tested in real time with an interactive simulator that immediately shows the impact of the choices. A unique opportunity to understand, discuss, and act in first person on the future of the planet.
Workshop dedicated to teachers of all levels and interested participants, conducted by ENROAD expert Elisabetta Demattio.
Coordinated by Viola Ducati
Aula Magna IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15.
Registrations here.
The workshop “Little Artists for a Sustainable Future: Greta’s hearts” aims to introduce children from 4 to 10 years old to the concept of climate change and the importance of recycling and sustainability in a creative and fun way. Through the creation of a heart, participants will learn that every small action can contribute to a greener future.
This workshop is conceived as a continuous cycle activity: approximately every 20 minutes, a new group of children can start the journey.
Coordinated by association H2O+. Reservation is not required.
Atrio IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15.
The students of Liceo Filzi high school in Rovereto present practical and engaging scientific experiments designed to explain climate change. They also present Filzi Valley, a PNRR-funded project that involved 30 students from the high school in an in-depth study of climate change, in collaboration with MUSE, Associazione GLOW, APPA, and Trento Film Festival. More details here
Atrio IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15.
Direction, photography, editing: Marcus Van Hoorn, Sies Vrasdoonsk
Assistant Director: Rayden Elodie
Production: Tra le Rocce e il Cielo, Stichting Creative Horizons, Stichting Los Zand for The Song of the Earth
Duration: 30 minutes
A journey into the concrete life of a community that has chosen to inhabit the future in the present. The documentary OECOLOGICUS, produced by Tra le Rocce e il Cielo, Stichting Creative Horizons, and Stichting Los Zand, takes the viewer inside Ecodorp Bergen in the Netherlands, a self-sustaining village where every aspect.- from the architecture to energy, agriculture to social relations – is designed to regenerate the environment and the community. Through the direction of Marcus Van Hoorn and Rayden Elodie, the film explores the ecovillage’s pioneering projects, focusing on four fundamental pillars: ecological sustainability (from natural building materials to energy and water self-sufficiency), art (as a tool for community expression and connection with the environment), culture (understood as a fabric of shared values, collective celebrations, and a new narrative of living together), and education (with open workshops and programs to spread a culture of resilience).
OECOLOGICUS is not just the story of a place, but a chorus of hope and replicable practices, demonstrating that a different relationship between humans and nature, founded on beauty and awareness, is not only possible but is already a reality.
Room 5 IPRASE, via Tartarotti 15.
Registration: https://OECOLOGICUS.eventbrite.com
Following the Vaia storm in late 2018, a threat looms over the forests of the North-East. It is the typographer bark beetle, a beetle that attacks the most widespread and important species of the Alpine woods: the spruce. The insect spread like wildfire after the tremendous stress of that night, but also thanks to the inexorable advance of global warming. Like every crisis, this one too can hide opportunities. It forces us to open our eyes to the consequences of the climate crisis, forces us to reflect on the destiny of our mountains, and pushes us to strengthen an ancient and indispensable bond, the one with the largest and most forgotten of Italian treasures: the forests. In this book-diary, Pietro and Luigi tell of the small beetle that made them meet and their journey – which is also a friendship – through the Alps. Two different points of view, one anthropological and one scientific, unravel the complexity and offer a new perspective on the future of Men, Forests, and Insects, protagonists of this adventure and of life on our planet.
With the presence of the author Pietro Lacasella
Presented by Marco Angheben, president of the SAT of Vallarsa
Giunti bookshop hall, via Garibaldi 13.
Alessandra Viola is a writer, journalist, and science communicator with a passion for the plant world. She wrote and hosted the RAI programs Chlorophyll and Green Tales (Rai3). Winner twice of the National Prize for scientific dissemination and the Gambrinus prize, she was best science journalist of the year, Ambassador of Nature, Environmentalist of the year.
She will tell us about her revolutionary proposal to help the planet overcome the climate crisis.
Mart conference room, Corso Rosmini 43.
Registration here: Link.
Alessandra Viola is a writer, journalist, and science communicator with a passion for the plant world. She teaches Environmental Communication at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan and has written scientific essays translated worldwide, including Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence (with Stefano Mancuso, Giunti 2013) and Flower Power: For the Rights of Plants (Einaudi 2020). She has also written and hosted the RAI television programs Clorofilla and Racconti verdi (Rai3). Twice winner of the National Award for Science Communication and the Gambrinus Prize, she has been recognized as Science Journalist of the Year, Nature Ambassador, and Environmentalist of the Year.
Alessio Gerola is a PhD candidate in Ethics of Technology at the Philosophy Group of Wageningen University. He explores the potential and limitations of biomimicry as sustainable design principle. Biomimetic technologies consist in the imitation or integration of natural design to solve technical problems, such as natural ventilation systems inspired by termite nests. As nature evolved very efficient solutions during 3.8 billion years of natural selection, bio-inspired and bio-integrated technologies promise to provide more sustainable and effective design solutions. As nature and technology become more and more integrated, the challenge is understanding how our relations to nature change along with our ability to control it. The project is part of the NWO Gravitation programme Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT) of the four technical universities in the Netherlands. Alessio is also interested in intercultural perspectives in philosophy, ethics and technology. As part of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy (ENOJP), he explores how East-Asian thinkers and concepts can help broaden our perspectives on technology, nature and society.
is an Italian-Dutch artist who finds his inspiration in the forms of nature, the earth, in the imaginary world linked to ancient civilizations and worlds that have now disappeared, experimenting with different artistic techniques and different types of materials. A fundamental theme in his work is the contact between man and Nature, increasingly fragile due to our loss of consciousness and lack of respect for our origins.
Alice Barale teaches Aesthetics of New Media in the Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage at the University of Milan. She has worked extensively on Aby Warburg and Walter Benjamin, to whom she has dedicated numerous essays and two monographs (La malinconia dell’immagine, FUP, 2009; La prima impresa: Shakespeare in Warburg e Benjamin, Jaca Book, 2021). She also edited and translated into Italian Walter Benjamin’s Trauerspielbuch (Origine del dramma barocco tedesco, Carocci, 2018).
Her more recent research interests include the philosophy of color (Il giallo del colore, Jaca Book, 2020) and the relationship between art and artificial intelligence. On this topic, she edited the volume Arte e intelligenza artificiale: Be my GAN (Jaca Book, 2020) and published the monograph L’arte dell’intelligenza artificiale: parole-chiave filosofiche (Jaca Book, 2025; English edition: The Art of Artificial Intelligence: Philosophical Keywords, Cambridge Scholars, 2024).
In the past academic year (2024–25), she was the Principal Investigator of GPTheatre, an interdisciplinary project funded by the University of Milan that led to the creation of a performance developed with various forms of AI. The show humorously explores the arrival of this technology in the academic world (viaggIAccademici, Teatro degli Angeli, May 2025).
MARTA TERRADO
Marta Terrado is a senior researcher in the Earth Sciences Department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), where she co-leads the Knowledge Integration team. With a PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Barcelona, her work focuses on human–environment interactions, climate change, and the societal implications of environmental issues. She specializes in innovative tools for science communication, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge co-production.
GERRIT VERSTEEG
Gerrit Bertus Versteeg is a junior environmental social scientist at the BSC’s Earth Sciences Department. A member of the Knowledge Integration Team, he works on story-based approaches to climate science and the co-production of actionable climate information. Holding an M.Sc. in International Land and Water Management from Wageningen University, he contributes to transdisciplinary projects bridging research and societal action.
CLÀUDIA HUERTAS
Clàudia Huertas is a science communicator in the BSC’s Knowledge Integration Team. She holds degrees in Biology and Business Administration, plus a postgraduate degree in Science Communication. Drawing from experience in both private and public sectors, she develops innovative ways to connect science and society, with a focus on climate change and its impacts on human health.
Dino Maurizio, current Director of the Rovereto Festival and Member of the Technical-Scientific Committee for Digital Skills at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, has extensive and recognized experience in the digital field. He has held various roles, including President of Informatici Senza Frontiere, Director of IBM South Europe Business Transformation Outsourcing, CIO of IBM Italy, and Digital Champion for the Italian Digital Agency. He has also taught at Bocconi University in Milan and the Polytechnic University of the Marche.
The artist known as EECH, otherwise Nick Sander, took his first steps in the world of graffiti in 2008, arriving at a mature and structured production starting in 2013. The post-pandemic period marked a significant evolution in his style, prompting him to experiment with a fusion of different typefaces and give life to his artistic alter ego, IAMEECH.
For EECH, greater complexity in letters equates to greater freedom of expression. His most recent research aims at an unprecedented harmony: it integrates natural elements, such as delicate flowers, with modern lettering strokes, all embellished with a more subtle and refined color palette.
In addition to creation, he cultivates a real passion for graffiti culture materials, being an avid collector of spray caps, the fundamental pieces of his equipment.
Dr. Fabian Ferrari is an Assistant Professor in Cultural AI at Utrecht University. He holds a PhD from the University of Oxford and an MSc from the London School of Economics. His research has been published in journals such as Nature Machine Intelligence, New Media & Society, and Big Data & Society. He has also co-edited a book, Digital Work in the Planetary Market, which was published open access by MIT Press. He is the Principal Investigator of the NWO-funded project Conditional Computing: Reimagining the Governance of Public AI Infrastructure (2026-2029).
Flora Mammana is a politically engaged designer and an active member of La Foresta – Accademia di Comunità. She works on various projects focused on common goods (civic uses), biodiversity loss, and climate change—often through convivial experiences centered on preparing and sharing food, such as the Forno Vagabondo project. Since 2023, Flora has been passionately involved in mapping and reactivating collective assets in Trentino.
After teaching Italian at West Virginia University, she began her career in Italy as a humanities teacher and later specialized in the CLIL methodology, publishing articles on code-switching and young learners. She currently teaches History and Geography in English, as well as English, at a high school, and holds courses at the University of Linguistic Mediation FUSP in Trento and the University of Verona. She also leads online business English courses for companies and cultural institutions.
Indiara Di Benedetto (*1994, IT) is an experimental media artist with a background in video art, digital photography and visual design. Through entanglements between art, organic matter and observations of archaeology, her recent artistic research investigates the storytelling possibilities of technology and objects to create contemporary narratives and future imaginaries about human and non-human relations in a social and environmental crisis context.
Her artworks have been exhibited in several venues like ISEA2022 – 27th International Symposium on Electronic Art Barcelona, Ars Electronica Center, Castello d’Albertis Museo delle Culture del Mondo, CYENS Centre of Excellence Cyprus, etc.
Lavinia Laiti is an environmental engineer who has been working since 2021 at the Provincial Agency for Environmental Protection (APPA) of the Autonomous Province of Trento, contributing to the development of the forthcoming Provincial Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. After earning her PhD in Environmental Engineering in 2013, she worked as a researcher and adjunct lecturer for several years at the University of Trento and the EURAC Research Center in Bolzano, focusing on meteorology and Alpine climatology.
Lorenzo Giovannini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Trento. His research focuses on understanding meteorological phenomena in mountain environments, studying the microclimatic features of urban areas, and assessing the impacts of climate change in the Alpine region through both experimental data analysis and numerical weather modeling. He is involved in several research projects applying meteorology to areas such as pollutant dispersion, renewable energy assessment, agricultural support, and the optimization of urban microclimatic conditions.
Marco Barotti is a multimedia artist who combines sound and visual art. Trained in music at the Siena Jazz Academy, he creates kinetic sound installations that merge audio technology, consumer objects, and waste materials into sound-driven moving sculptures. His work envisions a post-futuristic world through “technological ecosystems” resembling plants and animals, serving as metaphors for human impact on the planet and raising awareness of environmental and social issues.
He has received the Art & Science Breakthrough of the Year award from Falling Walls, an honorable mention from the S+T+ARTS Prize, and has won the NTU Global Digital Art Prize, the Tesla Award, and the Delux Colour Award. His works have been exhibited internationally at venues such as Ars Electronica (Linz), Saatchi Gallery (London), Futurium (Berlin), and the Gwangju Biennale.
Barotti has received grants from S+T+ARTS, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Emap/Emare, bbk, and Music Board Berlin, and has taken part in prestigious residencies including Art of Entanglement (TU Berlin, 2023), Zer01ne Creators Project (Seoul, 2022), and the WRO Center for Media Art (Wroclaw, 2019).
Maximiliano Romero is an associate professor of Design at the Politecnico di Milano. His main focus is interaction design and, more generally, ICT technologies in relation to humans. He specializes in human factors and has worked for many years in the field of assistive technologies, medical design, and disability. He was head of the Human-Computer Interaction research group at the Fraunhofer Institute AICOS in Portugal and professor at the University of Venice, where he worked on research into emergency design, particularly hydrogeological emergencies. In recent years, he has applied his knowledge to the broad topic of climate change and mitigation strategies.
Pier Luigi Novi Inverardi is a Professor of Statistics in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Trento, with a long-standing and solid affiliation and collaboration with the Department of Mathematics, where he carries out a considerable part of his teaching load. His research mainly focuses on the foundational topics of mathematical statistics, with particular attention to the indeterminate moment problems of Hamburger and Stieltjes, explored through techniques based on information theory and maximum entropy. Interdisciplinary dialogue with colleagues in economics and business has sparked a growing interest in the applications of data learning to sustainability and the development of multidimensional indicators needed to measure it. He has extensive experience in university teaching at all levels and in supervising bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral theses. He actively collaborates with various research institutions in Italy and abroad, developing joint projects and promoting knowledge exchange, including as a speaker at national and international scientific conferences.
Raymond Spoelstra, aka Rayden Elodie, is a multifaceted Dutch artist whose creativity spans dance, music, design, and visual arts. Active internationally, under the pseudonym Rayden Elodie he has produced a multitude of striking street art works, creating large-scale murals in public spaces in Poland, Lithuania, Germany, and the Netherlands, as well as impressive works on interior walls for private clients. In addition to his personal artistic production, he has co-founded several pan-European networks of artists and combined his skills in marketing and economics with his passion for art, developing cultural projects, successful clothing lines, and collaborations with institutions such as the Straat Museum in Amsterdam. Always attentive to the younger generation, he has designed and conducted numerous art and sound workshops for children. In Rovereto, he is one of the creators of the Spray Vibes project, which will map the free walls in the Vallagarina area, and he is the creator and organizer of the large Novum Initium mural on the perimeter wall of the former Manifattura Tabacchi tobacco factory in Rovereto.
She is an engineer working at Aprie – Autonomous Province of Trento, focusing on energy efficiency. Her work specifically involves building energy retrofitting and the promotion of renewable energy sources.
Simone Casiraghi is a visiting professor and postdoctoral researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) research group. He earned a PhD in law in 2024, focusing on the intersection of law and institutionalized ethics in the context of AI, combining traditional legal analysis with STS perspectives and examining the discourses and institutions behind EU AI ethics initiatives, including policy, regulation, and industry-driven standardization efforts.
He is also a member of the Brussels Laboratory for Data Protection & Privacy Impact Assessments (d.pia.lab) at LSTS and treasurer of the Belgian section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (B-IVR). His current research projects focus on legal philosophy, risk-based regulation, risk sociology, and energy communities.
Fascinated from an early age by the graffiti covering the walls of his neighborhood, he soon began to devote himself to this art form as a self-taught artist. He later studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino, where he graduated with honors, mastering techniques such as oil painting, acrylics, screen printing, and engraving. He temporarily abandoned street art to devote himself to tattooing, which became his main job, but later picked up his spray can again in a project called “ART ON TOUR,” where he combined his passion for art with his love of travel, living in his camper van and exploring and creating works in countries such as Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Hawaii, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Inspired by his travels and the environment around him, he dreams of expanding the tour worldwide.
Viola Ducati, a philosophy graduate, works in environmental outreach and design and is a climate activist with the Rete Climatica Trentina.
