Welcome to the much-anticipated FUTURES | Sense Making by System Thinking Convention 2025!

The Convention of the second edition 2024/25 focuses on the MAKING DISTANT FUTURES | Learning, Reflecting, and Imagining in the Generative Technologies Era (2035) topic in order to share both methodologies and results about the Distant Futures identified in two organizational macro-processes: Knowledge Production and Knowledge Absorption.

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11th July 2025

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<aside> <img src="/icons/location_gray.svg" alt="/icons/location_gray.svg" width="40px" /> De Carli Room (Campus Durando, Building B9) Via Durando, 10 - 20158 Milano

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AGENDA

<aside> <img src="/icons/cafe_gray.svg" alt="/icons/cafe_gray.svg" width="40px" /> 09:30 Welcome Coffee and Registration

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<aside> <img src="/icons/list_gray.svg" alt="/icons/list_gray.svg" width="40px" /> 10:00 INTRODUCTION Welcome and Agenda

Claudio Dell’Era, Research Direction @Politecnico di Milano

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<aside> <img src="/icons/music-artist_gray.svg" alt="/icons/music-artist_gray.svg" width="40px" /> 10:15 MAKING DISTANT FUTURES Innovative Abduction and Moral Imagination

Claudio Dell’Era, Research Direction @Politecnico di Milano

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<aside> <img src="/icons/chat_orange.svg" alt="/icons/chat_orange.svg" width="40px" /> 10:35 KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Conversation with Partners

Ilaria Presotto, Strategic Marketing @Cereal Docks Giulia Ravaioli, Sensory & Discovery Manager @Lavazza Group

Moderated by Stefano Magistretti, Research Direction @Politecnico di Milano

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<aside> <img src="/icons/music-artist_gray.svg" alt="/icons/music-artist_gray.svg" width="40px" /> 11:00 ACROSS TIME AND SPACE: DRAWING IMAGINARY WORLDS Dialogue with Mario Alberti, Comic Book Author and Concept Artist

Moderated by Chiara Esposito, Senior Research Team @Politecnico di Milano

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<aside> <img src="/icons/chat_purple.svg" alt="/icons/chat_purple.svg" width="40px" /> 11:30 KNOWLEDGE ABSORPTION Conversation with Partners

Rosaria Lomasto, Head of People Management @DOS Design Enrico De Luca, R&D Director and Innovation Manager @Ericsson Fabrizio Fiore, Regional Market Access & Partnerships Lead @Novartis

Moderated by Silvia Castellazzi, Senior Research Team @Politecnico di Milano

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The Role of Artifacts

Emilio Bellini, Research Direction @Politecnico di Milano

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<aside> <img src="/icons/dialogue_gray.svg" alt="/icons/dialogue_gray.svg" width="40px" /> 12:15 ASK ME ANYTHING SESSION Debate with Partners

Moderated by Ilaria Durante, Senior Research Team @Politecnico di Milano

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<aside> <img src="/icons/list_gray.svg" alt="/icons/list_gray.svg" width="40px" /> 12:45 CLOSING Wrap-Up and Next Edition

Claudio Dell’Era, Scientific Committee and Research Direction @Politecnico di Milano

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The Research Team

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