In Philosofy Festival: TALKS Four conference rooms, free admission to more than 80 talks over two days

This experience stems from the belief that critical thinking is built through encounter. Every year, hundreds of students engage in dialogue with philosophers, scholars and leading figures in contemporary culture, discussing the most pressing issues of our time. Not a traditional lesson, but an experience of listening, participation and exchange that gives young people an active role in shaping public debate.

Four conference rooms, with free admission to more than 80 talks over two days, in Italian and English, on the theme of “Freedom”

9:00 AM — AMPHITHEATRE
PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN
Welcome to the schools

Betrayed Neutrality: The Internet Between Utopia and Control
Matteo Flora, European School of Economics

ROOM 1 — HOW CAN WE LIVE TOGETHER?
Chair: Giorgio Espugnatore

ROOM 2 — HOW DO WE BECOME FREE?
Chair: Francesco Impagliazzo

ROOM 3 — HOW IS HUMANITY CHANGING?
Chairs: Graziano Petrucci, Roberta Bertogna

ROOM 4 — HOW DO WE IMAGINE FREEDOM?
Chair: Ramon Rispoli

5:30 PM — ROOM 4
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Totalitarian Specters: Democratic Freedoms Under Attack
Simona Forti, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
In English

6:45 PM — ROOM 3
INSTITUTIONAL ADDRESS

Cultural Heritage and Digital Sovereignty: A New Infrastructure for Knowledge
Andrea De Pasquale
Director General for Digitalization and Communication
Ministry of Culture

The scientific and educational heart of the Festival. More than one hundred scholars, researchers, professionals and young speakers from Italian and international universities, schools and institutions take turns in four thematic rooms, creating an interdisciplinary dialogue on freedom. Alongside the sessions in Italian, the Festival hosts numerous conferences in English with guests from universities abroad, strengthening its international dimension and opening up to the international audience visiting the island. The Young Thinkers Festival sessions feature students and teachers as protagonists of conferences and dialogues, reaffirming the Festival’s commitment to fostering an authentic exchange between generations.