Theme: Recipe for the Future

In this period of uncertainty we need a recipe to orient ourselves in complexity that the future holds. It will be up to us to choose our best scenario to pursue. The eleven speakers of TEDxBergamo will guide us to discover original ingredients to mix to give life to new forms of knowledge.

Teatro Donizetti
P.za Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour
Bergamo, Lombardia, 24121
Italy

Adama Sanneh

Co-founder of Moleskine Foundation

Adama has worked as a strategic consultant for various non-profit organizations, including the United Nations. Today he is committed to building an innovative organization model, capable of generating social impact through the intersection of business, education, culture and social development. In particular, it helps young people to use creativity to bring about social change.

Alberto Cammarota

Digital Transformation Expert

Alberto started his career as a violine player. He was one of the youngest first violinists of La Scala orchestra in Milan. He made a switch to business and innovation and co-founded the non-profit Covmatic project: a new Biotech laboratory concept that allowed, during the COVID pandemic, to increase the potential testing capacity from one hundred to over five thousand swabs per day. Alberto will explain why also violinist can open a robot-lab.

Andrea Gianatti

Doctor and researcher

Director of the Pathological Anatomy Department at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, he played a fundamental role in the fight against Covid. His contribution was crucial in choosing the most appropriate pharmacological treatment and the absolute value of his work has been recognized around the world.

Cristina Higgins

Co-founder of the Creative Leadership Foundation

Cristina began her career in New York working for a management development company. Today she lives in Bergamo and is dedicated to the creation of educational programs on leadership, aimed in particular at young people, girls and women.

Davide Cerullo

Founder of the "Tree of Stories" Association

Born in Naples, at the age of six he moved to Scampia, where he spent a difficult childhood. He leaves school and is enlisted by the Camorra. After having lived the experience of prison, he decides to change his life. Today she helps the children of Scampia, helping them to face and change reality, through dialogue and above all the books that she defines as “silent educators”.

Fabrizio Marabini

Aerospace engineer

In 1990 he left his desk to join the sailing team 'Moro di Venezia' that was preparing for the America's Cup. Since then he has collected seven America's Cup participations and has been part of the Luna Rossa team in the 2000, 2003, 2013 and 2021 matches.

Giuseppe Bertuccio D’Angelo

Reporter of "Happiness Project"

In 2019 Giuseppe quits his job and creates the "Happiness Project": a journey in search of the ingredients of the universal recipe for happiness. In 2021 he is the first Content Creator to participate in a rescue mission on the Ocean Viking of SOS Mediterrané.

Karen Rosenkranz

Trend Forecaster

She invented the term “City Quitters” and her book, with the same title, tells 22 stories of creatives that move from the city to the countryside, in 12 different countries. As a passionate witness to a process that is spreading more and more, Karen began to wonder what is missing from urban life that is so decisive that it pushes many to move away from the city.

Laura, Castoldi

Natural cooking chef

Creator of the “I Buoni Sani” project, which concerns the world of food and health and which she carries out in her city, Bergamo. For her, food can and must become a tool to create well-being on a physical level and, consequently, on an emotional, mental and spiritual level.

Linda Raimondo

Physics student and aspiring astronaut

Author of "Between the stars and a little further". Linda has a great passion for space and dreams of becoming an astronaut. She has hosted several programs dedicated to children & space on Rai Gulp. The national press has indicated her among the fifty most influential women in Italy of 2019. Linda distinguished herself for her ability to motivate young girls to study sciences and to always keep exploring.

Valerio Cometti

Mechanical Engineer and Designer

After years of international experience, in 2005 he founded the “Valerio Cometti + V12 Design” studio in Milan. In 2020, together with partner Marco Generali, he decides to broaden the horizons of his creative consultancy activity, turning his gaze towards the cosmos and launching V12 Design space. He believes only with design (not engineering) we will overcome the last boundary of space.