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By choosing to collaborate with Ilaria for your upcoming project, you're not only securing the expertise of a seasoned and visionary professional with a diverse skill set and extensive experience, but you're also contributing to a larger cause. Ilaria is deeply committed to driving positive change through her not-for-profit collective initiatives, which are dedicated to eco-social regeneration and community-driven projects aimed at promoting planetary health. A significant aspect of Ilaria's commitment is her pledge to allocate 50% of her after-tax net income from each project towards a dedicated fund specifically designed to support regenerative efforts and cultivate thriving communities. Through this contribution, we actively engage in addressing pressing issues and amplifying the voices of marginalized and underrepresented groups in underserved areas. This includes individuals grappling with mental health disorders, refugees, forcibly displaced persons, and the homeless. In aligning our efforts with these initiatives, we recognize the interconnected nature of the challenges facing our planet. Together, we embark on a journey of compassionate action, working towards the realization of a life-affirming world that embraces and supports the well-being of all its inhabitants. In radical cooperation, we trust.

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/The Age of Hyperacceleration/

We are living in the Age of Hyperacceleration — a time when technological advancements are unfolding at an unprecedented pace, fundamentally reshaping every aspect of human existence. From artificial intelligence and robotics to bioengineering and immersive realities, the speed and scale of innovation are not just transforming industries but redefining what it means to be human. This relentless acceleration challenges us to rethink our relationship with technology and confront the ethical dilemmas that emerge from human-machine coevolution. How do we maintain our humanity in a world increasingly mediated by algorithms and autonomous systems? How do we ensure that our pursuit of progress fosters inclusion, equity, and sustainability rather than exacerbating division and exploitation? In this keynote, we will explore the profound ethical implications and transformative potentials of living in the Age of Hyperacceleration.

/Human-Machine Coevolution and Posthuman Futures/

As we step deeper into the 21st century, we find ourselves on the threshold of a profound transformation — the emergence of Human-Machine Coevolution and the dawn of Posthuman Futures. In this new paradigm, humans and intelligent systems are no longer separate entities but intertwined partners in shaping the future of existence. This era challenges us to move beyond simple technological adoption and embrace conscious and ethical symbioses — creating relationships where technology not only augments human potential but also respects the essence of life and humanity. The key question is no longer just "What can technology do for us?" but "How can we co-create with technology to build futures that affirm life, inclusivity, and regeneration?" Together, we will explore how to navigate the ethical complexities of this coevolution, fostering symbiotic relationships that empower individuals, communities, and organizations to thrive in a posthuman reality. We will examine the strategic foresight needed to anticipate challenges, the cultural intelligence required to navigate disruption, and the leadership vision necessary to guide us through this transformative journey. We will envision a future where technology and humanity evolve together — consciously, ethically, and purposefully.

/Meaning-Making in the Posthuman Age/

We are entering an era where the boundaries between human and machine cognition are becoming increasingly fluid. In this Age of AI, machines not only process data but also participate in meaning-making processes—shaping narratives, cultural codes, and collective intelligence. Yet, how do we truly understand machines when their semiotic logic differs so fundamentally from human sense-making? This is where Cybersemiotics comes into play—an integrative framework that unites cybernetics, semiotics, and systems thinking to explore how meaning emerges in both human and artificial systems. By examining the ways in which machines interpret, generate, and transform signs and symbols, we gain new insights into the dynamics of human-AI collaboration and the evolving landscapes of communication and perception. We will delve into how cybersemiotic principles can help us better understand the coevolution of human and synthetic intelligence.

/TechnoReGenaissance/

We stand at the threshold of a TechnoReGenaissance, a deep reawakening where technology is no longer driven by acceleration alone, but by a renewed commitment to life, ethics, and regeneration. This is not a return to humanist ideals of mastery and control, but a posthuman turning, where innovation becomes attuned to the delicate relationality of all systems—biological, cultural, machinic, planetary. In this emergent era, technology is not the savior, nor the threat, but a participant in the web of becoming. We are called to reimagine its role: not to dominate or extract, but to nurture, restore, and co-evolve. At its heart is ethical AI not intelligence in service of capital, but conscious design aligned with deep values: care, reciprocity, transparency, and planetary well-being. And beyond ethics lies regenerative transformation: the creation of technologies that heal what has been harmed, that revitalize rather than merely sustain, and that restore balance in fractured ecologies and communities. This is the time to forge life-affirming technologies—tools, systems, and imaginaries that refuse exploitation and embody response-ability.
To code with care, to design with humility, and to innovate with reverence for complexity. The TechnoReGenaissance is not about faster futures. It is about flourishing futures, for humans, machines, and the more-than-human world. By embracing non-exploitative and life-affirming technologies, we have the opportunity to shape a future where progress and purpose coexist—a future that flourishes for both humanity and the planet.

/Speculative Design and Visionary Leadership/

In a world marked by rapid transformation and unprecedented complexity, traditional leadership models are increasingly falling short. Hierarchical structures and centralized control no longer suffice in an era that demands agility, adaptability, and collective intelligence. We are called to redesign organizations—not around rigid chains of command, but around adaptive, decentralized, and leaderless systems that thrive on hypercreativity and dynamic co-creation. This is where Speculative Design comes into play—an approach that challenges conventional thinking and envisions radical alternatives to the status quo. By imagining and prototyping future scenarios, we create the space to question existing paradigms and cultivate new possibilities for leaderless, self-organizing structures that resonate with emerging social and ecological realities. Visionary leadership today is not about commanding from the top but about facilitating collective agency and cultivating environments of radical collaboration—empowering communities to co-create resilient and innovative futures. It means embracing radical openness, experimental governance, and distributed decision-making to foster resilience and innovation. In this keynote, we will explore how speculative design can be a powerful tool for envisioning alternative futures and designing organizations that are purpose-driven, non-hierarchical, and adaptive.

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#foresight: Examines dynamics and patterns of change over time in various domains such as technology, demographics, economics, politics, and culture. It involves exploring and anticipating emerging trends, future scenarios, potential developments, and drivers of change. Unlike prediction, it explores multiple potential outcomes to develop strategic insights and resilience. This is achieved through environmental scanning, trend analysis, scenario planning, visioning, backcasting, horizon scanning, wild cards analysis, and worldbuilding. A systematic, participatory process of gathering intelligence about possible futures to inform present-day decisions.

#insights: Gains valuable insights into people's needs, perspectives, attitudes, behaviors, and preferences. This is achieved through interviews, observational research, group discussions, ethnographic research, customer journey mapping, as well as collaborative and co-creative workshops.

#systemsthinking: Involves understanding complex systems by analyzing their interconnections and relationships rather than individual parts. This approach emphasizes the holistic view of systems, recognizing that changes in one part of the system can have ripple effects across the entire system. System thinking tools include causal loop diagrams, stock-and-flow diagrams, and system dynamics modeling. It focuses on relationships, patterns, and contexts rather than isolated components or linear causality.

#semiotics: The transdisciplinary study of sign processes and meaning-making across all domains of life and communication. Semiotics is often used to analyze meaning in language, culture, and communication. It explores how signs and symbols convey meaning and how they are interpreted within specific contexts. Semiotics involves analyzing various sign systems, including linguistic signs (words, sentences), visual signs (images, icons), and gestural signs (body language, gestures). Far beyond just human symbols, it encompasses how meaning emerges and operates in biological, ecological, cognitive, cultural, and technological systems.

#cognitivesemiotics: Examines how meaning is created, processed, and shared in the mind. It integrates cognitive science with semiotic theory to understand how humans and other organisms perceive, categorize, and mentally represent the world through signs.

#biosemiotics: Studies signification, communication, and interpretation within and between living systems at all scales. It recognizes that sign processes are fundamental to life itself, from genetic code and cellular signaling to interspecies communication and ecosystem dynamics.

#ecosemiotics: Focuses on sign relationships between humans and nature, examining how environmental elements function as signs and how natural processes involve semiosis. It explores how humans interpret their environment and how these interpretations shape ecological relationships.

#cybersemiotics: An interdisciplinary framework that integrates cybernetics with semiotics to understand communication and meaning-making in both living and technological systems, emphasizing feedback loops, self-organization, and meaning production across different domains of reality.

#sensemaking: Sensemaking is the process of creating meaning or understanding from complex or ambiguous situations. It involves gathering information, interpreting it, and constructing a coherent narrative or framework to make sense of the situation. Sensemaking is particularly important in situations where there is uncertainty, ambiguity, overflow or conflicting information.

#culturalcritism: Cultural criticism involves the examination and evaluation of cultural phenomena, practices, or artifacts from a critical perspective. It seeks to uncover underlying assumptions, power dynamics, and social implications embedded within cultural expressions. Cultural critics may analyze literature, art, media, or popular culture to understand how they reflect and shape societal values, norms, and ideologies.

#culturalintelligence: Cultural intelligence refers to the ability to understand and navigate different cultures effectively, often in intercultural or global contexts. It involves being aware of cultural differences, adapting to diverse cultural norms and practices, and effectively communicating and collaborating across cultural boundaries. Cultural intelligence is essential for individuals and organizations operating in multicultural environments or engaging with diverse stakeholders.

#radicalinnovation: Radical innovation involves significant and fundamental changes to existing systems, products, or processes. It goes beyond incremental improvements and challenges existing paradigms or assumptions. Radical innovation often requires disruptive thinking, experimentation, and risk-taking to create breakthrough solutions that transform industries or create entirely new markets. 

#posthumanism: A philosophical perspective that challenges human exceptionalism and anthropocentrism. It reconsiders what it means to be human in relation to technology, other species, and the environment, often exploring how boundaries between humans, machines, and nature are increasingly blurred.

#human-ai-coevolution: The study of how humans and artificial intelligence systems develop in tandem, mutually influencing each other's evolution, capabilities, and limitations through ongoing interaction and adaptation.

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