The Festival “Impatta disrupt” Inaugurates three days of dialogue and vision on Italy’s sustainable future. A laboratory of ideas, innovation and synergies to transform the Italian potential into the engine of a green Renaissance capable of guiding global change
Festival “Impatta disrupt”: Italy at the center of global innovability
The three days of the Italian Festival of Innovability, “Impatta Disrupt”peak event conceived by Earth Day Italia Through the Think Tank impacts. The Festival celebrates the “World Creativity and Innovation Day”, established by the United Nations To accelerate the achievement of the 17 sustainable development objectives of the 2030 Agenda.
Until Wednesday 16 April 2025, exponents of politics, finance and economy will dialogue with civil society and the media. The goal is to enhance the potential of Italian innovation to give a new momentum green Renaissance.
Innovation is an integral part of the Italian national identity. The United Nations symbolically set this day six days after the birth of Leonardo da Vinci. Despite this, Italy has not yet fully expressed its potential in the field of sustainable innovation.
Looking at foreign models is useful, but must not obscure the uniqueness of the Italian genius. In the country’s DNA there are the qualities necessary to guide a profound change.
Administrative, political and financial institutions are called to a constructive comparison. The goal is to unlock the country’s innovative resources and create an ecosystem in favor of sustainability.
During the festival, investments, digital infrastructures, and holistic visions of a harmonic future are discussed. The event does not want to be a simple showcase of good practices. It is a laboratory of ideas for tightening alliances, generating shared visions and designing the quality leap in the country system. Innovation must improve the quality of life on the planet, not only to make it more comfortable.
“Impatta disrupt”: ideas, visions and solutions
The morning opened with the greetings of Pierluigi Sassi, president of Earth Day Italia. Immediately afterwards, Enrico Giovannini, scientific director of Asvis, presented the cover of the Festival. Cristina Finucci, president of the Garbage Patch State, spoke of “Artificial intelligence and plastic archipelagos”.
The intervention of Francesco Cicione, founder of Harmonic Innovation Group, on the topic followed “Innovate for a harmonious future”. Then space for the artistic performance “Demial intelligence” by Pippo Lorusso and Claudio Sacco. Mario Nobile, general manager of Agid, closed the first segment of the morning.
To follow, the seminar on “The Italian potential between artificial intelligence and computer security”, Moderated by Luigi Garofalo, director of Key4biz. Intervened:
- Tiziano Treu, labor lawyer, former Minister of Labor and Cnel President
- Roberto Baldoni, first director of the National Cybersicacy Agency
- Alessandro De Florentiis, Head of Strategic Partnerships of AI4industry
- Simone Barison, founder of Cybersa
- Mario Nobile, Agid General Manager
Anna Migliorati, chief editor of the Il Sole 24 Ore group, moderated the debate “Space Technology & Space Economy, there is a passage train”con:
- Alessandro Scortecci, Director of Direct Investments Cdp Venture Capital
- Massimo Micucci, Environmental Defense Fund Europe
- Fabrizio Vecchi, general manager Cira
- Alessandro Coletta, Cosmo-Skymed director of the Italian Space Agency
The meeting “Digitization of the country, a strategic necessity”, Moderated by Luigi Garofalo, he saw the participation of:
- Alberto Castronovo, Ministry of Companies and Made in Italy
- Pietro Piccinetti, CEO Infratel Italia
- Renato Brunetti, unided CEO
A journey to a more innovative and sustainable future
In the afternoon, Stefano Laporta, Ispra president, opened the works.
Following, Mauro Spagnolo, director of Rinnovabili.it, interviewed the Minister of the Environment Gilberto Pichetto Fratin.
It was therefore discussed of “Regeneration and enhancement of the state property assets”. The debate, moderated by Luca De Biase, the Sole 24 Ore, intervened:
- Lucia Albano, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy
- Stefano Scalera, ad invimit Sgr
- Alberto Liberatori, president of CIPA
- Paolo Celi, President Friendship France Italy
- Gennaro di Cello, vice -president Harmonic Innovation Group
The panel “Building the future: sustainable architecture changes the world”, Moderated by Anna improved, hosted:
- Pietro Grandinetti, Technical Director of the Ferraro Group
- Francesca Galati Bolognesi, CEO FGB Studio
- Francesco Guerrera, Euromilano technical director
- Sara Ceccoli, Roma Capitale – Public and social building
- Giuseppe De Martino, Sportium
- Francesco Iorio, CEO of Sio Engineering
Lorusso and Sacco have returned to the scene with a short artistic moment, between irony and reflection.
At the resumption of works, Marco Frittella (Rai) moderated the meeting “Water and salt”. Participated:
- Maria Siclari, General Manager ISPRA
- Grammenos Mastrojeni, Vicar Secretary Union for the Mediterranean
- Barbara Marinali, President that
- Stefano Corsini, Sea Policy Director, Presidency of the Council
- Errico Stravato, in Sogsid
Mauro Spagnolo finally led the final panel: “Circular people, circular!”. Intervened:
- Simone Proietti, love
- Giovanni Cappelli, amphima
- Domenico Rinaldini, president of Ricrea
With the first day an intense marathon of ideas, visions and solutions closes. Italy has started its journey to a more innovative and sustainable future.