200VOLTeVOLTA

Two centuries after his death, Volta continues to generate energy. The two-year period 2026/2027 celebrates his genius with events, meetings and initiatives, bringing Como into dialogue with celebrations in other places associated with Volta.

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.

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Como

Recchi Room (Palazzo Lambertenghi)

14 May 2026 at 6 p.m.
Scientific community

AI good vs. evil

Filippo Menczer, Luddy school of informatics, computing and engineering, Indiana University

Como

Villa del Grumello

21 May 2026 at 6 p.m.
Scientific community

Grammar is not what it used to be: what artificial intelligence teaches us

Francesco Cutugno, Department of Information Technology, University of Naples

Como

Recchi Room (Palazzo Lambertenghi)

17 June 2026 at 6 p.m.
Scientific community

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

Como

Villa del Grumello

14 luglio
14 July 2026 at 6 p.m.
Scientific community

Our Astrochemical Origins

Paola Caselli, “ Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany”

Como

Recchi Room (Palazzo Lambertenghi)

10 settembre
10 September 2026 at 6 p.m.
Scientific community

Water resources in a changing climate: global connections, local consequences

Andrea Castelletti, Milan Polytechnic

Como

Villa del Grumello

24 settembre
24 September 2026 at 6 p.m.
Scientific community

Between nature and environment: the deep origins of mental illness

Davide Pozzi, Humanitas University

Como

Villa del Grumello

8 ottobre
8 October 2026 at 6 p.m.
Scientific community

Never say AI: a brief journey between artificial and natural

Giovanni Naldi, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policies, University of Milan

Como

Villa del Grumello

15 ottobre
15 October 2026 at 6 p.m.
Scientific community

Breathing better thanks to science: towards personalised medicine

Raffaele Dellaca’, bioengineering, Milan Polytechnic
Fabiano di Marco, respiratory diseases, University of Milan

Como

Villa del Grumello

22 ottobre
22 October 2026 at 6 p.m.
Scientific community

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

Past events
Como

Tempio Voltiano

volti di volta RIF
17 April 2026 at 6 p.m.
Citizenship

I Volti di Volta

I Volti di Volta: a musical narrative dedicated to the man who was far more than an inventor, more than an academic, more than a symbol of the dawning modern age.

Como

Villa del Grumello

16 April 2026 at 6 p.m.
Scientific community

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

Ispra

JRC, Joint Research Centre

30 March–2 April 2026
Scientific community

Methane Action for People & Planet

The conference provides an opportunity to highlight policy outcomes and advances in methane science, as well as to identify future areas of research and innovative solutions, 250 years after its discovery by Alessandro Volta.

Como

White Room of the Teatro Sociale

Tecnologia lettura e inclusione
26 March 2026 at 6 p.m.
Adults and students

Technology, reading and inclusion

Cristina Mussinelli, Secretary General of the LIA Foundation

Como

VIS COMENSIS Museum

8 March 2026 at 9:45 a.m.
Families and schools

Preview III room and creative walk ‘The women of Como: from Teresa Ciceri to Besana’