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Circular Intelligence 2025
ECODESIGN INNOVATION SOCIAL CHANGE
📅 Thursday 2 October 2025
This day of in-depth study has been organised by ISIA Roma Design—the first public design university in Italy—and the newspaper EconomiaCircolare.com, and sponsored by the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital.
The event is designed to delve into two key levers of the circular transition: ecodesign, in the light of European regulatory developments and their implications for supply chains and companies; and the potential of artificial intelligence to improve the design, data management and social and environmental impact of circular models.
The IRIS LAB Consortium took part in the International Conference on Ecodesign, contributing to the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan project “Creative Competencies for Social Change: The Tradition and Future of Made in Italy”. This project involved institutions, enterprises, academia, internationally renowned designers and research organisations.
Programme:
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm — Round table “From Climate Change to Social Change: Designing a Sustainable Future”
Speakers:
- Stefano Soro, Head of Unit of Green and Circular Economy Grow European Commission
- Laura D’Aprile, Head of Department for Ecological Transition and Green Investment MASE
- Claudia Brunori, Director of the ENEA Productive and Territorial Systems Sustainability, Circularity and Climate Change Adaptation Department
- Matteo Magnani, Senior Policy Analyst Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Danilo Bonato, Director of Strategic Development and Institutional Relations Erion
- Marco Taisch, President MICS – Circular and Sustainable Made in Italy
- Ugo Ghilardi, President IRIS LAB
- Moderator: Raffaele Lupoli, Editor-in-Chief EconomiaCircolare.com
Circular speech, a moment of storytelling and analysis in which companies, research organisations and universities will present eco-innovation projects and good practices.
5:30 pm – The Shift Table | TECH & SOCIAL INNOVATION.
AI to Shape Eco-innovative Supply Chains
Speakers:
- Antonello Lipori, Professor ISIA Roma Design
- Luca Proietti, Managing Director Circular Economy and Remediation MASE
- Giuseppe Tomasso, Chairman of the Technical and Scientific Committee and of the Research and Innovation Committee of the IRIS LAB Consortium and Full Professor of Converters, Machines and Electric Drives — University of Cassino
- Moderator: Daniele Di Stefano, Journalist EconomiaCircolare.com
