Francesca Bria, Innovation Economist, is an Honorary Professor at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) at UCL in London and a Fellow of the Stiftung Mercator in Berlin. She is President of ART-ER, the Emilia-Romagna Agency for Innovation and a member of the International AI Council established by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Paolo Casalino is Director General for Industrial Policy at the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy. A former student of the École nationale d’Administration, he coordinates the implementation of the Quirinale Treaty with France and the Action Plan with Germany. He has served as Director of the Apulia Region Brussels Office and as DG of the PNRR Mission Unit at the Ministry of Agricultural Policies and at the MIMIT.
Multimedia journalist at Il Sole 24 Ore, covering foreign affairs. Previously, she covered the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court for various international outlets, including the BBC. She worked for Vice News Tonight and wrote about foreign affairs for La Repubblica. She was awarded the White House Correspondents’ Association award for best young journalist and was included in the Forbes "30 Under 30 Europe" and "100 Under 30 Italia" lists.
The MUSE, opened in 2013 and designed by the architect Renzo Piano, is located in the new Albere district of Trento. One of the most frequented science museums in Europe, it combines the traditional exhibition techniques of the best natural history museums with interactive and multimedia routes, which stimulate the curiosity of visitors.
The building, with its profiles, large spaces and bright and light architecture, aims to be in itself a metaphor for the mountain, and proposes the visit of different natural environments, including a large tropical greenhouse.
