Bicentennial Man

Screening of the film Bicentennial Man (1999) directed by Chris Columbus. A film with Sam Neill, Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Oliver Platt, Wendy Crewson, Kiersten Warren

Guests of the evening: Chiara Schettino (Co Founder and CEO Rosso) and Alessandro Maiocchi Innovation Hub Director of the Bracco Group.

The screening of “ Bicentennial Man” will guide us through a profoundly human story, in which identity, technology and emotions are intertwined in the long transformation of a robot that aspires to become a person.

Chris Columbus' film, masterfully played by Robin Williams, opens an intense reflection on the meaning of humanity, on the boundaries of artificial intelligence and on the increasingly blurred relationship between human beings and machines. The evening will also allow us to shed light on longevity and on how much science and technology can extend our lives.

The dialogue with Chiara Schettino (Co-Founder and CEO of Rosso) and Alessandro Maiocchi (Innovation Hub Director of the Bracco Group) will offer an opportunity to explore how innovation, medicine and emerging technologies are redefining the concept of care, autonomy and quality of life, bringing highly topical ethical and social issues to the center of the debate.

The evening will conclude with a debate open to the public, invited to intervene with questions, comments and reflections.

Talk with

Massimo Temporelli

Physicist and science communicator

Massimo Temporelli holds a degree in physics and worked for 10 years as a curator at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan. Today, he is a digital fabrication entrepreneur, consultant, and keynote speaker on innovation, with a particular focus on the relationship between humans and technology and all the anthropological and sociological implications that this relationship entails and will continue to entail.

He is president and co-founder of TheFabLab, a digital fabrication lab based in Milan. He was a TEDx speaker in 2012 (Florence) and 2020 (Turin). He has hosted popular science television programs for Sky and Rai. He is the author and host of the famous podcast F***ing Genius (Storielibere.fm). He writes for Wired and Millionaire magazines, and his latest book is *We Are Technology* (Mondadori, Strade blu, 2021). In 2016, he won the “Federico Faggin Innovation Award,” and since 2017, he has been an ambassador for AIRC.

Chiara Schettino

Co-Founder and CEO of Rosso

Chiara Schettino is the co-founder and CEO of Rosso, an Italian company that serves as a leader in technological innovation within the blood transfusion sector. She helped develop Italy’s first digital infrastructure dedicated to blood and plasma donation, making it easier for people to donate, improving the system’s efficiency, and supporting hospitals, associations, and institutions.

She is the creator of Corporate Life Savers, a program that brings the culture of giving into companies and now involves numerous Italian and international industrial groups. She works closely with the public sector, the nonprofit sector, and the corporate world to promote new models of collaboration and strengthen the resilience of the global transfusion system.

Alessandro Maiocchi

Director of the Innovation Hub at the Bracco Group

Alessandro Maiocchi is the Innovation Hub Director at the Bracco Group, with over 30 years of experience in R&D for medical imaging. A graduate in Industrial Chemistry, he has coordinated molecular imaging projects integrated with therapies, leading to the adoption of advanced digital solutions such as the Digital Twin for preventive and precision medicine. Alessandro Maiocchi is the author of over 70 publications in international scientific journals and holds 25 international patents. He has actively contributed to over 80 scientific conferences and congresses worldwide through invited talks and technical presentations.