In an era of unprecedented technological advancement, reconfiguration of global power and pressing societal and planetary challenges, the GovTech Forum invites visionaries from around the world to imagine a future where collaboration is the cornerstone of progress.
Here we stand, at the threshold of a new age, where humans and artificial intelligence unite to redefine the boundaries of governance.
As we navigate complex and systemic issues, the synergy between public and private sectors emerges as a catalyst for innovation and reform.

11:00 - 12:00Closed door Workshop
Private meeting - International City Manager Association
12:00 - 13:00 Registration
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch & networking
14:00 - 14:20 Opening & Institutional welcoming
Marcello Coppa & Simone De Battisti, Feel
Greetings from Milano Luiss Hub
Layla Pavone, Milano City Council
14:30 - 16:30 Workshops (in parallel)
Nuove alleanze per il commercio di vicinato (ITA)
1000 Esperti: apprendimenti e prospettive (ITA)
Public-interest technologies to tackle the housing crisis (ENG)
16:45 - 17:15Keynotes
Citizen engagement reloaded: from co-design to co-production - Michele d'Alena
From Hanseatic Leagues to Network Societies: Europe’s Next Renaissance - Victoria Citterio
17:20 - 18:00Institutional Panel
Discussion: GovTech for Public Services in EU Accession and Neighborhood
Panelists:
João Ricardo Vasconcelos, World Bank
Bruno Monteiro, OECD
Nevila Repishti, National Agency for Information Society
Kateryna Frolova, Global Government Technology Center
Stefanos Kotoglou, European Commission
18:00 - 18:15Closing Remarks

08:30 - 09:15 Registration
09:15 - 09:30 Introduction
09:35 - 10:15 Keynotes
GovTech 2050: Roadmap and Policy Recommendations - Gianluca Misuraca
Regenerating our relationship with nature - Viola Follini
10:30 - 12:30 Workshops (in parallel)
Come adottare l’Intelligenza Artificiale nelle organizzazioni del sistema pubblico (ITA)
Climate adaptation & Food Resilience in the Mediterranean and Gulf region (ENG)
From Lab to Market, From Market to Citizens. Progettare Ecosistemi di Innovazione Transatlantici per il Valore Pubblico - Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada (ITA)
12:35 - 12:55Keynotes
The Agentic State - Simone Maria Parazzoli
Public-private partnership and digital sovereignty: the Danish case - Nicolaj Geller Christensen
13:15 - 14:30Networking lunch
14:30 - 16:30Workshops (in parallel)
Quali strumenti digitali per la democrazia di domani? La tecnologia al servizio del protagonismo dei cittadini - ISMU & Labsus (ITA)
Partnerships for Africa Digital Public Infrastructure Stack & AI initiative (ENG - Invite only)
Ministry of the impossible: speculating about alternative futures (ENG)
16:30 - 16:40Interlude
16:40 - 17:00Keynotes
Shaping AI: is it too late? - Anca Goron
17:05 - 17:40Institutional Panel
Public opinion research: digital innovation in the Italian public sector (ITA) - Simone De Battisti
Discussion: Members of parliament discuss policies on GovTech and innovation (ITA)
Brando Benifei, European Parliament
Giulia Pastorella, Italian Parliament
Andrea Mascaretti, Italian Parliament
Giulio Centemero, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
- Moderated by Daniele Venanzi
17:45 - 18:00Closing remarks
Simone De Battisti & Marcello Coppa, Feel
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United Nations
Coordinator United
Nations System Task
Force on Africa

UN-Habitat
Head of Office for the European Union

World Bank
Senior Governance Specialist, GovTech Global Team

Milano City Council
Board for Tech Innovation & Digital Transformation coordinator

Emilia-Romagna Region
Head of Participatory Processes

AVA Research
Founder, Head of Artificial Intelligence

Government of
Albania
Director of the e-Albania Government Portal

Mastercard
Vice President

Digital Hub Denmark
CEO

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Head of Division for Finance, Development, Environment and Digitalisation

Global Government
Technology Centre
Kyiv
Head of Innovation Piloting

OECD
Senior Policy Advisor, Service Delivery and Digital Government

Former Minister of Reforms in Tunisia
Public Policy & AI Expert

Marche Region
Head of Integrated
Security Policies, Local
Authorities and BURM

Confcommercio
Nazionale
Head of the Urban
Planning and
Regeneration

The Agentic State

Ministry of the Enterprises and
Made in Italy
General Manager of
the Cabinet Office

Zuitzerland
Co-Founder
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Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union
Chair

Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
President

European Parliament
Chair of AI Act Working Group

Italian Parliament
Group leader in the IX Commission

Milan City Council
Councillor for Decentralisation, Neighbourhoods and Participation, Civic and General Services.

Italian Parliament
Deputy of Chamber

Piedmont Region
Executive of unit in Environment Energy e Territory Department

Housing Europe
President

Conference of Regions and autonomous Provinces
Parliamentary Relations Officer

Autonomous Province of Trento
General Manager of the
Organisation, Personnel
and Innovation
Department

C40 Cities
Senior Manager, Urban Nature & Member of the International Neuro Climate Working Group (NCWG)

Milan City Council
Director of Subsidiaries and Economic Assessments

Latitudo 40
CEO

Digital Hub Denmark
Head of GovTech & Partnerships

Milan City Council
MUFPP Secretariat Food Policy
Department

European
Commussion
Program Officer

AI4Gov-X
Scientific Director, Founder & CEO of Inspiring Futures Europe

Andigel
President

Autonomous Province of Trento
Innovation Manager, PM Project Esperti PNRR

Domus Academy
Professor, Director of Education

Mario Cucinella Architects
Architect
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Labsus
Vice-president and professor of Sociology
of the Environment and
Territory

Modular Building
Institute Italia
Secretary General
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Reno-Galliera Union
General Director
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Designer in circular
economy, climate,
regeneration, systems
thinking

ISMU ETS Foundation
Project Manager

Domus Academy
Professor, Head of School of Design

Public policy
journalist
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ISMU ETS Foundation
Researcher
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Freelance consultant

Data Valley Consulting
Founder

Feel
Co-Founder

Feel
Co-Founder

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We are an accelerator for public innovation and systemic change blending design, data and technology. We help visionary leaders to boost public impact.
We believe that the future is not something we enter — it’s something we shape.We live in a time of deep transformations and what lies ahead depends on the choices we make today.
The vision driving our actions, the courage of our policies, and the hope we carry in our everyday decisions can make a difference.
Feel is born to equip society with the tools to imagine and build a better future for humanity.
We harness the power of CivicTech and GovTech, strategic design and meaningful data to shape futures we can truly believe in — ones where technology uplifts people, heals the planet, and helps create a world where prosperity is shared by all.
Feel is a partner of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean and the GovTech & Public Sector Innovation Program of the World Bank

