Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Era

Registration

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Programme

Day 1 (18 Dec 2026) – Emerging Challenges in the Digital Era

09:00 – 09:30: Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:30 – 10:00: Welcome Addresses

• University representatives

• CRISP Project presentation - Silvia Facchinetti (Department of Economic, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan)

• MSCA-DIGITAL presentation - Joerg Osterrieder (MSCA digital finance coordinator - Department of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente)

• genESG project - Maria Iannario (Department of Political Sciences, University of Naples Federico II)

Session 1

10:00 – 10:45: Keynote Lecture

Petros Dellaportas (Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB);

Department of Statistical Science, University College London (UCL))

Reservoir Computing for Modern Finance: Forecasting Across Frequencies and Horizons

10:45 – 11:15

Question time and Discussion – moderator: Claudia Tarantola (Department of Economic, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan)

11:15 – 11:30

Coffee Break

Session 2 – Cyber Risk, AI, and Digital Security

11:30 – 12:15

Sofia Scozzari (Hackmanac)

Monitor the Evolution of REAL GLOBAL CYBER THREATS

12:15 – 13:00

Arianna Zanon & Emilio Gregori (Synergia)

Artificial Intelligence for Accessibility and Disability Inclusion: Industrial Perspectives and Applications.

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

Session 3 – Legal and Ethical Challenges

14:30 – 15:15

Pierluigi Perri (Department of Legal Sciences "Cesare Beccaria", University of Milan)

Artificial Intelligence, Data Protection, and Digital Governance

15:15 – 16:00

Daniele Marazzina (Politecnico di Milano)

TBA

16:00 – 16:20

Coffee Break

16:20 – 16:40 genESG Green Generation Challenge

Young Ideas for a Sustainable Future

Maria Iannario, Claudia Tarantola

Stakeholder Round Table

16:40 – 17:30

Building Resilient Digital Ecosystems: Perspectives from Academia, Industry and Institutions

Panel discussion with invited speakers and stakeholders.

Francesco Bonfiglio (Digital Transformation and European Sovereignty)

Representative (Fondazione Mondo Digitale ETS)

Chiara Binelli (Women in Data Science; Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna)

Letizia Giorgetti (Department of Economic, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan)

Day 2 (19 Dec 2026) – Quantitative Methods for the Digital Era

Session 4 – genESG: Sustainability Education and Digital Innovation 

9:00 – 9:30 | The genESG Project: Gamified Education for ESG Awareness in Higher Education 

Presentation of the Erasmus+ genESG project, highlighting innovative educational approaches, gamification, ESG competencies, and international cooperation. 

9:30 – 10:15 | ESG Education, Digital Transformation and Future Research Opportunities 

Discussion of emerging challenges and opportunities at the intersection of sustainability, digital technologies and higher education, including potential synergies with European research and innovation initiatives. 

10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee Break 

Session 5 – Women in FinTech: Research, Innovation, and Emerging Challenges 

10:45 – 11:45 | Women in FinTech: Perspectives and Research Contributions 

Four invited contributions (15 minutes each): 

• 10:45 – 11:00 | Codruta Mare 

• 11:00 – 11:15 | Albulena Shala 

• 11:15 – 11:30 | Rezarta Perri 

• 11:30 – 11:45 | Alessandra Tanda 

11:45 – 12:15 | Women in FinTech: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Perspectives 

Panel discussion with the four speakers, focusing on research opportunities, innovation, gender diversity and the evolving FinTech landscape. 

Reverse Science Café – Informal Conversations on Future Research 

12:15 – 13:00 | Ideas, Challenges and Collaborative Opportunities 

An informal and interactive discussion among speakers, stakeholders, and participants on emerging research directions in the digital era: sustainability, digital innovation, European funding, Open Science, data sharing, and interdisciplinary collaboration. 

The location will be announced during the event. 

International Research Networks and European Funding Opportunities 

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie DIGITAL Network 

• Horizon Europe and other European funding opportunities 

• Open Science, data sharing, and interdisciplinary collaboration 

• Potential synergies between CRISP, genESG, and international research networks 

Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Era: The Road Ahead 

Open discussion with speakers, stakeholders, and participants on future research directions, digital innovation and collaborative opportunities. 

Scientific committee