TECHNOLOGY CULTURE: The Politecnico di Torino opens a call for expressions of interest for guest organizers at the Biennale Tecnologia 2026

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TURIN, Italy, Dec. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Technology has taken an important role in the development of society and in all aspects of human life, from education to work, from the environment to health.

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To investigate the complex the relationship between technology and society and proposing a broad and clear reflection on the meaning technology and research has in our time, i Politecnico of Torino has seen success and is promoting since 2019 Biennale Tecnologiaa great event based on a hundred events dedicated precisely to these issues.

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Biennale Tecnologia is a comprehensive festival that offers the public a clear, inclusive and accessible reflection, starting with the latest innovations, but also remembering the history of our technological roots, in the hope that the great achievements of the past and present will be an inspiration for the future. The event offers an open opportunity for discussion focused on the environment, ethics, society, economy and politics of the world on the big issues of technology. such as artificial intelligence, energy, transportation and communications.

The Biennale Tecnologia program includes lectures, debates, workshops and exhibitions with international guests, a strong interdisciplinary approachdeveloped by the languages ​​of narrative, cinema, theater, and music, without leaving out figurative and performing arts.

To strengthen and expand this experience, today the University aims to strengthen the production of cultural content and strengthen the international aspect of the Biennale Tecnologia, presents a speech of enhanced interest in Italy and other countries to select tourism projects to be included in the next program of 2026..

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Expressions of interest invite professionals (academic and non-academic) working in Italy or abroad to propose – individually or in groups – cultural projects for the next edition of the Biennale Tecnologia. Based on the proposals received, some projects will be invited to participate in the second selection phase, where project proposals will appear that will be part of the next edition of the Biennale Tecnologia – Tech Cultures. Considering the visible line of translation, the identified proposals will have to include the realization, by the Politecnico di Torino, of at least 15 events. The curators of the guests will work in close collaboration with the Politecnico and especially with the governance of the Biennale, which is composed by the Rector Stefano Corgnati, the Deputy Director of Organization and Community Stefano Sacchi and the Director Guido Saracco.

“With the emergence of the Biennale Tecnologia and the international scope that we want to give to this event, the Politecnico di Torino’s drive to be a point of reference in the public debate is strengthened, focused on all the objectives of its third objective, which looks at the involvement and transfer of technology to society. The festival and events we will do – including the new format of cultural productions called ‘Prometheus’ – will continue to stimulate the urgent ideas needed to provide concrete answers for the future of society, and will do so in a choral and continuous way, involving first and foremost our polytechnic community, citizens and the corporate world. The contribution of the guest hosts will be important in expanding the scope of the event and opening it up to the international scene,” Politecnico di Torino Rector noted. Stefano Corgnati.

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