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14-15-16th OCTOBER 2026 - Villa Erba, Cernobbio Lake Como

Digital Innovation Forum

Now in its 4th edition, the Digital Innovation Forum 2026 is the leading italian and european event focused on digital innovation policies, industrial competitiveness and future technologies development.

Event Schedule

October 14th

POLICY & GEO-POLITICS
Evening event: Gala Dinner

October 15th

INVESTMENTS AND VENTURE CAPITAL
Evening event: Digital Innovation Party

October 16th

10 ACTIONS FOR A EUROPE DRIVING DIGITAL INNOVATION

Among the invited speakers

  • Paolo Zangrillo

    Paolo Zangrillo

    Minister for Public Administration

  • Salvatore Deidda

    Chair, Committee on Transport, Postal Services and Telecommunications, Chamber of Deputies

  • Anne Le Hénanff

    Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, French Republic
  • Luana Lavecchia

    Luana Lavecchia

    Head of Government Relations Italy, Greece, Malta & Cyprus, TikTok
  • Giuseppe Valditara

    Giuseppe Valditara

    Minister of Education and Merit

  • Henna Virkkunen

    Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission
  • Alessandro Moricca

    Alessandro Moricca

    Sole Director, PagoPA
  • Diego Galli

    Diego Galli

    General Manager, INWIT

  • Elly Schlein

    Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Secretary of Democratic Party (PD)
  • Alan Baratz

    Alan Baratz

    CEO, D-Wave

  • Vittorio Rizzi

    Director General, Italian Security Intelligence Department (DIS)
  • Luca Parmitano

    Luca Parmitano

    ESA Astronaut and Artemis III crew member

  • Andrea Quacivi

    Director General, Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN)
  • Eugenia Maria Roccella

    Eugenia Maria Roccella

    Minister for the Family, Birth Rate and Equal Opportunities
  • Josef Aschbacher

    Josef Aschbacher

    Director General, European Space Agency (ESA)
  • Giancarlo Giorgetti

    Giancarlo Giorgetti

    Minister of Economy and Finance
  • Antonio Tajani

    Antonio Tajani

    Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

  • Brando Benifei

    Member, European Parliament
  • Orazio Schillaci

    Orazio Schillaci

    Minister of Health
  • Guido Crosetto

    Guido Crosetto

    Minister of Defence

  • Dorothee Bär

    Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space, Federal Republic of Germany
  • Anna Maria Bernini

    Anna Maria Bernini

    Minister of University and Research
  • Nello Musumeci

    Nello Musumeci

    Minister for Civil Protection and Maritime Policies

  • Francesco Torselli

    Member, European Parliament
  • Masayoshi Son

    Masayoshi Son

    CEO, SoftBank
  • Gilberto Pichetto Fratin

    Gilberto Pichetto Fratin

    Minister of the Environment and Energy Security
  • Ivano Gabrielli

    Ivano Gabrielli

    Director, Italian Postal Police and Cybersecurity Service
  • Giuseppe Conte

    Giuseppe Conte

    Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, President of Five Star Movement (M5S)
  • Elena Donazzan

    Elena Donazzan

    Member, European Parliament
  • Vittorio Pisani

    Vittorio Pisani

    Italian Chief of Police and Director General of Public Security
  • Alessio Butti

    Alessio Butti

    Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for Innovation
  • Luca Ferrari

    Luca Ferrari

    Co-Founder and CEO, Bending Spoons

  • Roberto Viola

    Director-General of DG CONNECT, European Commission
  • Matteo Salvini

    Matteo Salvini

    Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
  • Raffaele Fitto

    Raffaele Fitto

    Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms, European Commission
  • Vincenzo Fiengo

    Vincenzo Fiengo

    Co-CEO, DGS
  • Ekaterina Zaharieva

    Ekaterina Zaharieva

    Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, European Commission
  • Alfredo Mantovano

    Alfredo Mantovano

    Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Delegated Authority for the Security of the Republic
  • Teodoro Lio

    Teodoro Lio

    CEO, Accenture Italia
  • Andrius Kubilius

    Andrius Kubilius

    Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission
  • Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati

    Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati

    Minister for Institutional Reforms and Regulatory Simplification
  • Marina Elvira Calderone

    Marina Elvira Calderone

    Minister of Labour and Social Policies

  • Philippe Baptiste

    Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space, French Republic
  • Dan Jørgensen

    Dan Jørgensen

    Commissioner for Energy and Housing, European Commission
  • Dario Amodei

    Dario Amodei

    Co-founder and CEO, Anthropic
  • Matteo Renzi

    Matteo Renzi

    Senator, President of Italia Viva Party
  • Aldo Bisio

    Aldo Bisio

    CEO, Engineering Group
  • Sam Altman

    Sam Altman

    Co-founder and CEO, OpenAI
  • Carlo Calenda

    Carlo Calenda

    Senator, Secretary Azione Party
  • Mario Nobile

    Mario Nobile

    Director General, Agency for Digital Italy
  • Uljan Sharka

    Uljan Sharka

    Founder and CEO, Domyn
  • Massimo Mennitti

    Massimo Mennitti

    Corps General - Deputy Commander General of the Carabinieri
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Venue

The Digital Cernobbio

Villa Erba represents the ideal background for The Digital Cernobbio, created to become the Italian and European think tank for technological innovation.

Digital Innovation Forum 2026
Let’s build Europe Driving Innovation

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