A Look Back on 2017

2017 was our busiest year yet at the Bassetti Foundation. This review offers an overview of the year’s work on both the Italian National and broader European and international stage. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR – The SMART-Map Project SMART-map (RoadMAPs to Societal Mobilisation for the Advancement of Responsible Industrial Technologies) is a coordination and support action ... A Look Back on 2017

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Looking Back on 2016

2016 was a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation (FGB), involving our participation in projects and conferences and events across the world. In this editorial we cast a light upon some of the year’s major events. Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World January saw FGB participate in the Go4 Joint Final ... Looking Back on 2016

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Pillole d’innovazione #5

Event: Interviews with Massimiano Bucchi Pillole d’innovazione Title: Pillole d’innovazione #5 Date: 2016 07 18 Time: 5:45 Place: Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, Milano. Language: Italiano. Part: 5/5 url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/175255384 Post: Pillole d’innovazione #5. Contents: Massimiano Bucchi, Università di Trento. ————–

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Pillole d’innovazione #4

Event: Interviews with Massimiano Bucchi Pillole d’innovazione Title: Pillole d’innovazione #4 Date: 2016 07 08 Time: 3:09 Place: Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, Milano. Language: Italiano. Part: 4/5 url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/173870855 Post: Pillole d’innovazione #4. Contents: Massimiano Bucchi, Università di Trento. ————–

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Generare Futuro

“Parmesan & stampante 3d: il futuro è artigiano e italico“. Questo è il titolo dell’incontro tra Piero Bassetti e Stefano Micelli con la moderazione di Francesco Cancellato che si svolgerà domani sera, 5 maggio 2016, alle ore 21.00 in Sala Rivolta, a Lodi. L’evento fa parte del programma del festival “Generare Futuro” che si avvale ... Generare Futuro

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Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts.

The Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts International Conference took place between March 11th and 12th, 2016 at the Donastia International physics Centre, Donastia-San Sebastian. The conference was followed by the Annual VIRI meeting. I attended both the conference and the AGM in my role as Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent. In ... Responsible Research and Innovation: The Problematic Quest For Right Impacts.

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2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

As regular readers will know, the mission of the Bassetti foundation involves promoting and participating in debates surrounding the development of responsible forms of innovation. Each year the foundation forms partnerships and promotes events with governance institutions, universities, private companies, NGO’s and foundations and international research groups. In this short review we cast our lens ... 2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

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The Self At Your Wrist – 3/3

(…continues from the previous entry) THE ROLE OF DESIGN IN A PERIOD OF IDENTITY CRISIS. “Who is responsible? Here we have many examples of brilliant innovations, but the issue of responsibility is key and must be addressed. Who is going to be responsible for the future?” – asked Piero Bassetti at the closing of Design ... The Self At Your Wrist – 3/3

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The Self At Your Wrist – 2/3

(…continues from the previous entry). TECHNOLOGY VS HUMANS: SELF-IDENTITY AND SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS IN A ‘QUANTIFIED’ FUTURE. Certainly, technology should aim at increasing human abilities. Same as the first tools in the prehistory helped man physical capacity, the new technologies of today offer the opportunity of increasing our physical and mental capabilities. All of this seems obvious ... The Self At Your Wrist – 2/3

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The Self At Your Wrist – 1/3

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES, SELF-PERCEPTION AND IDENTITY AT THE THRESHOLD OF A NEW QUANTIFIED EXISTENCE. Here the work on the illustration. “We have one more thing to cover…” Screaming voices and enthusiast applauses are filling Flint Center for the Performing Arts auditorium in Cupertino, California. “I’m so excited and so proud to share with you this morning ... The Self At Your Wrist – 1/3

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