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Realism and Webfare
“In June 2011, in Naples, at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, I met a young German colleague, Markus Gabriel, who was planning an international conference on the fundamental character of contemporary philosophy. Markus asked me what, in my opinion, would be an appropriate title for the conference, and I replied: New Realism.”
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TURIN Meets ECNU 2nd Edition. Sustainability, Webfare, and the Digital Age: A European-Chinese Dialogue
On July 8 and 9, the Scienza Nuova Institute at the University of Turin will host the second edition of TURIN Meets ECNU – Sustainability, Webfare, and the Digital Age: A European-Chinese Dialogue, an initiative aimed at promoting scientific dialogue between the University of Turin and East China Normal University (ECNU) on the topics of…
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Presentation of Maurizio Ferraris’s book “Comunismo digitale. Una proposta politica”
All of humanity generates data—that is, potential value—on the web. Yet the declining empire, the U.S., guarantees freedom—even if it means the freedom to starve—but does not redistribute that value, which remains in the hands of a very few. The rising empire, China, redistributes wealth, but—as a successful Bolshevik state—it restricts freedom. To counter America’s…
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Inside the Black Box
In this Webfare webinar, Samuele Tonati will discuss counterfactual explanations. This is a fundamental paradigm in the field of explainable AI, offering insights into model decisions by identifying the smallest input perturbations capable of altering predictions. In this session, we will examine their general formulation, the most common evaluation metrics, and the challenges that arise…
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Filosofia del tempo
In the next installment of the Webfare Seminars, we will host Giuliano Torrengo, professor at the “Piero Martinetti” Department of Philosophy at the University of Milan, for a session dedicated to one of the most fascinating and universal themes in philosophical reflection. Through a dialogue between philosophy, science, and everyday experience, we will explore a…
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Fisica e metafisica del web
A journey through science, technology, and philosophy to explore the nature of the web and how it transforms our perception of reality. In the upcoming Webfare Seminar, Lamberto Rondoni (Physicist – Polytechnic University of Turin) will explore the connections between the digital world, complexity, and contemporary thought, linking the ideas of the metaphysics of hysteresis…
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Internet nel futuro
Can the web still be a space for collaboration, open knowledge, and collective participation? Or are digital infrastructures inevitably consolidating control, surveillance, and the concentration of power? Webfare Seminars hosts a discussion with Andrea Iacona, Marco Santambrogio, and Maurizio Ferraris on the political future of the internet and the possibility—or impossibility—of “Digital Communism.”
Does Technology Weaken Young People’s Cognitive Abilities?
Bocconi University, Milan, February 9th, 2026
Giulio Sacco speaks at the Safer Internet Day 2026 conference, organized by Telefono Azzurro, to explore issues related to online safety, the evolution of the digital environment, and the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the lives of children and adolescents.
Within the panel Concrete Reflections on the Future of Young People in the Digital Ecosystem, together with Giovanna Mascheroni (Università Cattolica di Milano) and Antonio Palmieri (Fondazione Pensiero Solido), moderated by Luca Tremolada (Il Sole 24 Ore), Giulio Sacco (University of Turin) reflected on the concerns that have always accompanied the adoption of new technologies.
Second Philosophy Summit at Congreso Futuro: Humanity: Where Are We Headed?”
Las Condes, January 12th-17th, 2025
Maurizio Ferraris presented the concept of webfare, proposing that the data we generate be valued for social purposes and not just private ones. From his perspective of technological humanism, he analyzed how South America produces enormous volumes of data without taking advantage of them and how these technologies, already present today, will be crucial for the future of social security and public policy.
Webfare: a political proposal
Lima, January 16th, 2025
Maurizio Ferraris presented the idea of Webfare as a welfare system developed using the value of digital data. The idea was introduced not as a theoretical endeavor, but a practical initiative which requires political will and institutional intervention. The proposal was also defended in the context of the philosophical school of thought, new realism. The session was more than a monologue since Maurizio Ferraris entered into discussion with academicians Jimmy H. Marcelo and Rubén Q. Avila.
Big Tech and the transformation of the global economy
Turin, December 14th, 2025
Event: With Alessandro Aresu (geopolitical analyst), Maurizio Ferraris (University of Turin), and Loretta Napoleoni (economist)
Moderated by Michele Oppioli (University of Turin)
All of humanity produces value through its consumption and mobilization on the web, but only the two great empires benefit from it, the declining one and the emerging one: the US and China. If the rest of the world is unable to capitalize on an alternative, that proposed through digital communism, the transformations underway will be confirmed – such as Europe now becoming part of the southern hemisphere and the return of war to its territories.
What is natural intelligence in the age of artificial intelligence?
Catania and online, December 12th, 2025
Introduction: Alberto Andronico (University of Catania)
Speaker: Maurizio Ferraris (University of Turin)
Speakers: Alberto Destasio, Roberta Nobile, Paolo Prestianni, David Roccaro
The event is organized as part of the doctoral program in law at the University of Catania.
Digital Communism
Catania, December 12th, 2025
Maurizio Ferraris presents Digital Communism (Einaudi)
Introduction by Alberto Andronico, with contributions from Salvatore Amato and Alberto Destasio.
Event organized in collaboration with the University of Catania
Philosophy Between East and West: Concepts, Origins, and Mutual Influences
Riyadh, December 4th-6th, 2025
The Riyadh International Philosophy Conference returns in its fifth edition to continue strengthening the foundations of philosophy and its enabling methods, and to enhance the presence of philosophical thought as a bridge of dialogue between Saudi Arabia and the world.
Among the speakers: Maurizio Ferraris and Giulio Sacco
Guadalajara International Book Fair 2025. Maurizio Ferraris presents Webfare
Guadalajara, November 29th, 2025
The Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF) is pleased to announce the official presentation of the book The Webfare Manifesto: From Data Warfare to Data Welfare, by renowned Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris, recognized for his contributions to contemporary philosophy and digital society studies. This publication, published by Materia Oscura in 2025, proposes a revolutionary theory on social justice in the age of digital technologies.
The event will feature the author himself, who will discuss the main topics covered in his work, as well as J.H. Marcelo, who was responsible for the preliminary study, editing, and Spanish translation, whose work has made this important contribution accessible to Spanish-speaking audiences.
Democracy and Digital Technology
Mexico City, November 28th, 2025
Event: Keynote speeches – Maurizio Ferraris and Jimmy Hernández Marcelo
Jimmy Hernández Marcelo, ‘Democracy as a social object‘
Hernández Marcelo will address how democracy can be understood, studied, and strengthened from a social perspective, analyzing its current dynamics and challenges.
Maurizio Ferraris – From Internet Democracy to Webfare
The internet promised a new era of participation and horizontality, but today platforms, data, and algorithms are transforming the way we inform ourselves, make decisions, and live together. Ferraris will offer a profound reflection on the evolution of democracy in the digital age, exploring the concept of “webfare” and the transformations that arise from the social use of the web.
New European Data Governance for Urban Digital Twins as Commons
Turin, November 24th, 2025
Event: Maurizio Ferraris (Unito), WebFare – Digital Communism
What it means to think in the age of artificial intelligence
Bologna, November 21st, 2025
As part of the series of meetings entitled “Echian themes. Forms and modes of artificial intelligence,” Prof. Maurizio Ferraris(University of Turin) will give a lecture entitled “What it means to think in the age of artificial intelligence.”
Me, them: what it means to think in the age of artificial intelligence
Milan, November 20th, 2025
As part of the series of events organized by Il Mulino, “What is not said in the classroom 2025,” there will be a meeting entitled “Me, them: what it means to think in the age of artificial intelligence.”Marco Antonio Bazzocchi in conversation with Maurizio Ferraris, philosopher, to understand how technology is changing our relationships, without alarmism or naive optimism.
Digital Social Ontology: Documentary, Webfare, and Digital Communism
Querétaro, November 18th, 2025
There is a new relationship between people, information, and institutions as a result of the impact of technology on daily life, said Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris at the Faculty of Philosophy (FFi) of the Autonomous University of Querétaro, during the training and learning event Digital Social Ontology: Documentary, Webfare, and Digital Communism.
During his presentation in an academic forum on the philosophical and social challenges of the so-called information age, the professor at the University of Turin and founder of Labont (Ontology Laboratory) explained his idea of digital communism, which seeks to describe the emerging forms of cooperation and collective production that arise in cyberspace.
Webfare and Beyond: A Seminar on Maurizio Ferraris’ New Realism
Malta, November 10th, 2025
A one-day seminar with Professor Maurizio Ferraris (University of Turin) will focus on his recent work Webfare and other aspects of his New Realism.
The infinite exchange. In the name of money: philosophy and economics
Rome, November 13th, 2025
A conversation that intertwines history, philosophy, and innovation, dedicated to exploring the meaning and value of money. What lies behind the forms it has taken throughout history? How does the game of signs embodied by money work? What makes a piece of paper, metal, or digital information money?
Records, institutions, rituals, and documents accumulate and are capitalized, constituting the daily and incessant relationship we have with it. Philosophy and economics come together to decipher the traces that have overlapped over time to the present day, allowing us to use digital currency with the same ease with which our ancestors used silver coins.
Disclaimer. Final warnings before the revolution
Turin, November 7th, 2025
At the University of Turin, a dialogue between philosophy, business, and education to understand how AI can be humanity’s ally rather than its rival. On stage, Brunello Cucinelli will discuss the link between AI, fashion, and humanism, and philosopher Maurizio Ferraris will invite us to view artificial intelligence as a benefactor of humanity, not a golem to be feared.
They will be joined by Cristina Prandi, Rector of the University of Turin, with an institutional greeting; Francesco Umbertini, President of CINECA, with a dedicated speech; and Paola Pisano, professor at the Department of Economics and Statistics “Cognetti de Martiis” at the University of Turin, who will be interviewed. Also present were Massimiliano Caranzano, Artificial Intelligence Strategist Leader, Cisco; Anna Nasole, Fashion, Luxury & Beauty Leader at EY Parthenon Italia; Maria Raffaella Caprioglio, President of Umana; and Elisa Zambito Marsala, Head of Education Ecosystem and Global Value Programs, Intesa Sanpaolo.
Vices and technology. “Sloth”
Turin, November 6th, 2025
Technology not only shapes our daily lives, but also emphasizes the passions, desires, and limitations that define human beings.
Vices and Technology is a project by Prometeo – Politecnico di Torino and Scienza Nuova – Università degli Studi di Torino, in collaboration with the Fondazione Circolo dei lettori and the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, which will host the meetings in their premises.
The project offers a journey through the seven deadly sins – envy, sloth, greed, lust, gluttony, pride, and wrath – to explore how technology influences human behavior, emotions, and relationships. Together with leading figures in the cultural debate, we will reflect on how innovation amplifies or transforms those “vices” that have always accompanied our condition.
Festival Mimesis 2025. Philosophy and Digital Transformation
Udine, November 1st, 2025
Event: The Skin. From Artificial Intelligence to Reason
Maurizio Ferraris, moderated by Luca Taddio
Since its inception, the spirit of the Festival had been not to confine thought within isolated compartments, but to weave it together with science, literature, poetry, engineering, and politics: only by bringing together different perspectives was it possible to seek adequate answers to the questions of the present. Thus, once again, the region was animated by meetings and dialogues in which philosophers and scientists, writers and engineers, politicians and teachers engaged with one another to shed light on the most complex knots of digitalization and contemporaneity.
Workshop “Digital Social Ontology. Documentality, Webfare, and Digital Communism”
Santiago de Querétaro, October 29th-31st, 2025
Maurizio Ferraris (University of Turin), Digital Communism
Jimmy Hernández Marcelo (University of Salamanca), The Philosophical Foundations of Webfare
VIII International Colloquium on Contemporary Ontology and Metaphysics
“Contemporary Figures of Ontology”
Guanajuato, October 27th-30th, 2025
The Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, Guanajuato Campus, and the Secretariat of Sciences, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation (SECIHTI) were pleased to invite the general public to participate in the VIII International Colloquium on Contemporary Metaphysics and Ontology.
FuturePresent Festival
Parma, October 24th-26th, 2025
Event: “The Skin. What It Meant to Think in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”
Maurizio Ferraris in conversation with Persio Tincani.
The FuturePresent Festival – Science, Ethics, Society transformed Parma into a city-laboratory where scientific research, technological innovation, and social evolution entered into dialogue without boundaries. Three days, more than 50 events, and over 100 speakers examined our time: from artificial intelligence to neurotechnologies, from climate justice to biodiversity, from animal ethics to the challenges of genetic medicine and end-of-life issues.
Each event was designed to overcome disciplinary and generational boundaries, to ignite the community’s critical thinking, and to combine the rigor of knowledge with the strength of participation and the sharing of ideas and problems.
Elephant in the Room
Bari, October 13th-14th, 2025
Event: Digital Communism. Maurizio Ferraris.
An event designed to understand, discuss, and experiment with Artificial Intelligence: from ethics to practical applications, from risks to real opportunities for businesses.
Sconfinare Festival
Bellinzona, October 9th-12th, 2025
Event: “Body to Body” A conversation with Vittorio Lingiardi and Maurizio Ferraris
Moderated by Lorenzo Buccella, cultural journalist.
What did it mean, today, to inhabit a body? Where did flesh end and code begin? In the age of artificial intelligence and digital identities, the boundaries between reality and representation, between human and machine, became increasingly blurred. Yet the body remained there-vulnerable, sensitive, desiring-reminding us of who we were, and of how much we were still made of skin, memory, and presence.
Wired Next Fest
Rovereto, October 3rd-5th, 2025
Event: Thought in the Age of AI. Maurizio Ferraris
This year’s theme was Energies: an invitation to act and rethink our relationship with the planet and society by exploring the human, technological, and environmental forces transforming our time. At the center of the debate were artificial intelligence, green tech, Europe’s technological autonomy and global competitiveness, automation, inequalities, security, and education. Debates and interviews with leading figures from the Italian scientific, cultural, political, and economic worlds, as well as workshops and musical events, filled the program. Wired Next Fest returned to Rovereto as a city-wide event, inviting participants to build the future together.
Symphilosophein. Thinking Science -Truth, Modernity, and the Future
Naples, October 2025-March 2026
Event: Maurizio Ferraris (University of Turin), Digital Communism
The Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies presented a series of lectures addressed to high school students, conceived as an opportunity to approach philosophy in an active and dialogical way, in keeping with the ancient ideal of symphilosophein. Students were able to interact with the speakers by asking questions and fostering critical discussion, while one student from each school had the opportunity to work alongside the university lecturer with a brief presentation on the topic of the day.
Festival of the Present. Forms of Chaos. Disorder, Complexity, Transformation
Bologna, October 1st-9th, 2025
Event: “Human Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence” Speakers: Maurizio Ferraris, Emiliana De Blasio, Piero Ingrosso, Guido Scorza
In its eighth year, Pandora Rivista’s Festival of the Present offered nearly three weeks of debates, lectures, and interviews aimed at understanding the present, with many prominent new guests from the worlds of culture, academia, information, economics, and institutions. The 2025 edition was titled “Forms of Chaos. Disorder, Complexity, Transformation” and took place from October 1 to 19 in Bologna and Castelfranco Emilia.
Mediterranean Encounters
Procida, September 29th-October 2nd, 2025
Event: “Artificial Forms of Knowledge” Speakers: Maurizio Ferraris, Massimo Inguscio, Sandro Iannaccone
From September 29th to October 2nd, the customary Mediterranean Encounters took place in Procida, reaching its twentieth edition this year. To mark this important milestone, the theme was The Longue Durée. Questions for Fernand Braudel. The opening event took place in Naples, after which the festival moved to Procida, in the Terra Murata area.
Data, Democracy & the New Social Fabric. Summer School 2025
September 15th-26th, 2025
Webfare researcher Luis Bourguet has been invited to participate in the international summer school “Data, Democracy & the New Social Fabric”, hosted by the Complex Social & Computational Systems (CS2) group at the University of Graz, Austria.
Hybrid Intelligence. Paideia between Nature and Culture. FestivalFilosofia
Modena-Carpi-Sassuolo, September 19th-21st, 2025
Paideia is the theme of the 25th edition of FestivalFilosofia. For three days, FestivalFilosofia transforms the cities of Modena, Carpi, and Sassuolo by setting up open, shared, and widespread spaces for learning and conversation.
Festival of Ideas 2025 “Labyrinths”
Madrid, September 18th-21st, 2025
Event: From Myth to Hoax, Maurizio Ferraris and Joseba Elola
In the second edition of the Festival of Ideas, the focus was on thinking through contemporary labyrinths. The festival set out to question the meanings, non-meanings, and counter-meanings of our present, our places of confinement or refuge, our desire for liberation, our false liberators, and our monsters, by exploring a powerful metaphor that has fascinated humanity for millennia.
DOCAM 2025
Berlin, September 18th-20th, 2025
This year’s meeting left room to celebrate the contributions of DOCAM’s founding members. Special workshops were dedicated to reflecting on DOCAM’s past and envisioning its future. In the tradition of DOCAM, this event fostered lively discussions and highlighted topics such as the impact of AI on document theory, interdisciplinary approaches, and the legacy of DOCAM’s founding members – all while exploring the beautiful sights and treasures of Berlin.
Festival of Contemporary Thinking
Piacenza, September 11th-14th, 2025
Event – (Re)Thinking It: Philosophy and Engineering in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Speakers: Maurizio Ferraris, Nicola Vitiello, Sabina Minardi
Piacenza once again becomes a “thinking city,” offering opportunities for in-depth discussion with leading Italian and international guests across 14 venues throughout the city.
Con_vivere Carrara Festival
Carrara, September 11th-14th, 2025
Event: The Skin. Artificial and Natural Intelligence, Maurizio Ferraris
The 2025 edition of the con-vivere Carrara Festival, promoted by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara, celebrated its twentieth edition. The festival was founded and curated for fourteen editions by Remo Bodei.
Festival of Communication
Camogli, September 11th-14th, 2025
Event: Is AI Inspired?Maurizio Ferraris
The 2025 Camogli Festival of Communication returned, an event conceived and directed by Rosangela Bonsignorio and Danco Singer. Four days of lectures, dialogues, round tables, interviews, workshops, performances, excursions, exhibitions, and installations, under the memory of the festival’s patron, Umberto Eco.
The 2025 concept of the event was “Inspiration.”
