Starfinancer

Three days to explore tomorrow, questioning the most controversial issues of our time, from the environment to new technologies, from work to rights. Not to be crushed by the present, but to govern it, not to be caught unprepared but to have answers in the face of increasing complexity. The next edition of the Republic of Ideas, scheduled in the center of Bologna, from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 June, is a very ambitious challenge.

Faced with crumbling certainties and a not always intelligible tomorrow, “Let’s challenge together a future in the balance”, this is the title of the event, it tastes like a bet. Curated by Silvia Barbagallo, the program is, as always, full of guests, Italian and foreign, all introduced by Repubblica journalists who will alternate in the different spaces in the city.

But the novelty is the workshops, in particular the FutureLab and the Town Hall (at Palazzo Re Enzo and Palazzo d’Accursio). We will not just listen to the protagonists of our society, but we will do more with a large dose of participation from below: the public will work together with journalists and guests to observe the future as closely as possible. Sitting around a table, with blackboards and markers, exchanging ideas and opinions led by facilitators.