200VOLTeVOLTA
Events calendar
200VOLTeVOLTA is the multidisciplinary programme that will span the territory on the occasion of the Bicentennial: a lively calendar of cultural, scientific, educational and participatory events designed to involve institutions, schools, businesses, commercial establishments, associations and citizens. 200 represents the years that separate us from Volta’s death, but also two hundred events, two hundred protagonists, two hundred collaborations and two hundred ideas capable of generating connections. The name resonates with “VOLT”, the unit of measurement for electricity named after Alessandro Volta: a powerful reference to the scientific legacy of the scientist from Como and, at the same time, to the energy that the region can express by working together. 200VOLTeVOLTA is a network of events that intertwines memory and contemporaneity, science and art, dissemination and entertainment, transforming the celebration into a shared, widespread and generative experience for the whole community.
VIS COMENSIS Museum
Preview III room and creative walk ‘The women of Como: from Teresa Ciceri to Besana’
White Room of the Teatro Sociale
Technology, reading and inclusion
Cristina Mussinelli, Secretary General of the LIA Foundation
Villa del Grumello
Exposome: a new way of studying the complex relationship between environment and health
Laura Musazzi, Department of Medicine, University of Milan-Bicocca
Jessica Mingardi, translational medicine, University of Milan
Villa del Grumello
AI good vs. evil
Filippo Menczer, Luddy school of informatics, computing and engineering, Indiana University
Villa del Grumello
Grammar is not what it used to be: what artificial intelligence teaches us
Francesco Cutugno, Department of Information Technology, University of Naples
Villa del Grumello
Machines that think? From ChatGPT to the future of medicine
Sebastian Goldt, Neural Networks Group, SISSA, Trieste
Federica Gerace, Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna
Villa del Grumello
Our Astrochemical Origins
Paola Caselli, “ Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany”
Villa del Grumello
Water resources in a changing climate: global connections, local consequences
Andrea Castelletti, Milan Polytechnic
Villa del Grumello
Between nature and environment: the deep origins of mental illness
Davide Pozzi, Humanitas University
Villa del Grumello
Never say AI: a brief journey between artificial and natural
Giovanni Naldi, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policies, University of Milan
Villa del Grumello
Breathing better thanks to science: towards personalised medicine
Raffaele Dellaca’, bioengineering, Milan Polytechnic
Fabiano di Marco, respiratory diseases, University of Milan
Villa del Grumello
The science of creativity: new discoveries and new perspectives
Selene Arfini, Epistemology and Cognitive Sciences, University of Pavia
Maria Rita Canina, Department of Design, Milan Polytechnic
Laura Macchi, Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca
Call to Action
The celebrations for Alessandro Volta’s bicentenary are not just a packed calendar of events: they are a collective project, an opportunity to transform a historic anniversary into a living, shared experience, open to all. With the Call to action, celebrations move beyond institutional venues and become part of everyday life in the city: an invitation to participate is extended to citizens, volunteers, schools, associations and businesses, each according to their own skills, energy and passions. We believe that Volta’s legacy – characterised by curiosity, invention and openness to the future – can only be recounted and experienced through broad, inclusive and collective participation. That is why we want the celebrations to be an experience we build together, where every contribution counts and everyone can feel like a protagonist.
Find out how to participate: you can request financial or non-financial sponsorship, volunteer your time and skills, or contribute as a business owner by promoting the Bicentennial in urban spaces. Three different ways, one goal: to ignite Volta’s energy together and spread it throughout the city.
