Canada-Italy Forum on Artificial Intelligence

Facilitating growth and collaboration through a vibrant network of resources, partnerships, and opportunities.

AI in Action : Leveraging Innovation in a Changing World

Building Stronger Systems Through Canada-Italy Collaboration

November 11, 2025 8:00 am — 

November 12, 2025 12:00 pm

Marriott Chateau Champlain

Shaping Resilient, Scalable, and Sustainable Futures

In a time of rapid technological change and global uncertainty, how do we build systems that endure—and evolve? The Canada–Italy Forum on AI brings together leaders from government, academia, business, and research for a high-level, boutique gathering focused on one thing: using artificial intelligence to drive transformation across borders.

Why AI, Why Now?
AI is more than just a tool—it’s a catalyst for bold, resilient innovation. At this Forum, we explore how AI empowers:

  • 🛡️ Resilience & Security
    From healthcare and cybersecurity to energy and logistics, AI helps reinforce critical infrastructure. But as AI strengthens these systems, it must also be protected as infrastructure itself.
  • ⚙️ Efficiency & Impact
    By integrating AI into operations, organizations unlock new levels of precision, creativity, and productivity—turning today’s challenges into tomorrow’s scalable solutions.
  • 🌍 Sustainability & Environmental Stewardship
    AI is accelerating the path to a greener future: optimizing resources, reducing waste, and supporting climate action and biodiversity.

 

Italy and Canada: Strategic AI Partners
As two of the world’s early adopters of national AI strategies, Italy and Canada share a vision: use innovation to protect industries, empower people, and lead responsibly. Italy brings a rich heritage in design and manufacturing; Canada offers world-leading expertise in ethical AI and digital governance.

The Forum fosters practical dialogue and collaborative action—designed to spark long-term partnerships and solutions with global relevance.

 

A Forum for Action
The Canada–Italy Forum on AI is not just about ideas. It’s about building:

  • Organizations that are strong enough to resist disruption
  • Systems that are agile enough to lead change
  • Partnerships that are committed to sustainability and global well-being

 

Join us in shaping the future—together.

Canada

November 11, 2025
8:00Welcome and opening remarks

MC : Enrico Cremonese, Vice President and Executive – Ivado Labs

Speakers

  • Ambassador Elissa Golberg – Embassy of of Canada to Italy (video)
  • Deputy Minister Valentino Valentini – Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy (video)
  • Laurence Fouquette-L’Anglais, Déléguée – Délégation du Québec à Rome (video)
  • Carmine D’Argenio, Chairman of the Board and President – Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada
  • Minister Elena Mazzoni, Regional Minister for the Digital Agenda, Policies for technological Innovation, Network Infrastructure and Digital Skills – Emilia-Romagna Region
  • Minister Sebastiano Callari, Regional Minister for Heritage, State Property, General Services and IT Systems – Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region
  • Andrea Galimberti, Full Professor of Zoology – University Milano-Bicocca / Spoke 5 Leader (Urban Biodiversity) – National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)
  • Rodolfo Sardone, Scientific Director – CTE Calliope / Executive – Taranto Local Health Authority
9:00Fireside chat : AI in action – Leveraging Innovation in a changing world

Moderator : Félix Corriveau, Public Affairs and Business Development Consultant

Keynote Speaker : Anne Nguyen, Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Conseil de l’innovation du Québec

9:30Co-operation is possible
Lessons learned and results from previous editions

MC : Enrico Cremonese, Vice President and Executive – Ivado Labs

Testimonials :

  • Giuseppe Diodati, CEO & Co-founder – FORE
  • Silvia Rossi, Cluster Manager – Clust-ER Build
  • Chelsea Herdman, PhD, Research Development Advisor, Office of the Vice-Rector for Research, Creation and Innovation – Université Laval
  • Carlo Pignatari, Research Manager – Big Data Association

 

10:00Fireside chat - Resilience and Robustness, Impact and efficiency

Moderator : Félix Corriveau, Public Affairs and Business Development Consultant

Keynote Speaker : Alexandre Le Bouthillier, Co-founder and General Partner – Linearis

10:45AI as a Catalyst for Resilience in Critical Infrastructure

Moderator : Stéphanie Tran, Executive Vice President, Health Innovation District

Keynote Speaker : Chiara BoldriniSenior Researcher – the Institute of Informatics and Telematics of the National Research Council (IIT-CNR) – FAIR

Panel :

  • Annamaria Altomare, Researcher in Gastroenterology – Faculty of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Development and One Health – University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome
  • Diego Antonini, CEO – Insiel
  • Enzo Castellaneta, Founder and Chief Commercial Officer – BUILTI srl
  • Rachele De Giuseppe, Assistant Professor in Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition – University of Pavia
  • Pierre Dumouchel, Director of Technology Transfer – Ivado
  • David Lederhendler, Founder & CEO – Yeji Data Lab
11:45Driving Impact and Efficiency through AI

Moderator : Françoys Labonté, CEO – CRIM

Keynote Speaker : Alberto Baracchini, Undersecretary of State to the Presidency  – Council of Ministers (video)

Panel :

  • Martin Lessard, General Manager – MT Lab
  • Laura Morselli, Solution Architect @ HPC DepartmentCINECA
  • Lucia Mazzoni, Senior Project Manager – ART-ER
  • Peter Pilarski, Founder – Tourism AI Network
13:00 NETWORKING LUNCH

Moderator : Félix Corriveau, Public Affairs and Business Development Consultant

Keynote Speaker : Emad Shihab, Associate vice-president of research, policy, entrepreneurship and impact – Concordia University

15:00Sustainability & Environmental Stewardship

Moderator : Pietro Leo, Executive Architect and CTO – IBM Italy

Keynote Speakers :

  • Andrea Galimberti, Full Professor of Zoology – University Milano-Bicocca / Spoke 5 Leader (Urban Biodiversity) – National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)
  • Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Founder – eDNA

Panel :

  • Alexandre Beaudoin, Senior Biodiversity Advisor – Sustainable Development Unit – Université de Montréal and One Urban Health Network
  • Giuseppe D’Avenio, Senior Researcher – Istituto Superiore Sanità
  • Davide Maggioni, Researcher in Zoology – University of Milano-Bicocca / National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)
  • Arthur Ouaknine, Co-founder & CTO – Rubisco IA
  • Timothée Poisot, Full Professor – Department of Biological Sciences – Université de Montréal
  • Rodolfo Sardone, Scientific Director – CTE Calliope / Executive – Taranto Local Health Authority
16:15Fireside chat – Securing AI

Moderator : Brig. Gen. Roberto Mazzolin, Chief Technology Strategist – Rhea Group

Keynote Speaker : Perry Steckly, Founder and Executive Director – National Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security, and Resilience (NC-CIPSeR).

16:45Final remarks day 1

Final Remarks : Francesco Biondi Morra di Belforte, Executive Director – Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada

November 12, 2025
8:30Horizon Europe

Moderator : Ilaria Bortone, Mistral Project

Testimonials :

  • Feliciana Catino, Project Officer – CALLIOPE – Department of Innovation and Smart City – Municipality of Taranto
  • Michele Colavito, Coordinator – Cust-ER Tourism
  • Enzo Francesca, Co-Founder – Includia
  • Marta Luesma, CEO – Includia
  • Paolo Perucci, Deputy Director General, Assets, State Property, General Services, and Information Systems – Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia

 

11:452025 Forum Closing remarks

MC : Enrico Cremonese, Vice President and Executive – Ivado Labs

Testimonials :

  • Adriano Gilli, Head of the Department for Attractiveness, Internationalization and Research – Emilia-Romagna Region
  • Marco Padrini, Director General, Assets, State Property, General Services, and Information Systems – Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
  • Paolo Quattrocchi, Co-Founder, Equity Partner and co-head – ADVANT Nctm
  • Rodolfo Sardone, Scientific Director – CTE Calliope / Executive – Taranto Local Health Authority

Closing Remarks : Enrico Pavone – Consul General of Italy in Montreal

Canadian Speakers

Executive Director / 
Cargo M
Senior Biodiversity Advisor – Sustainable Development Unit / 
Université de Montréal
Vice President and Executive / 
Ivado Labs
Director of Technology Transfer / 
Ivado
Déléguée de Québec à Rome / 
Délégation du Québec à Rome
Ambassador of Canada to Italy, Albania, Malta, San Marino / 
Embassy of Canada to Italy
Founder / 
eDNAtec Inc.
Conseillère en développement de la recherche - Vice-rectorat à la recherche, à la création et à l'innovation  / 
Université Laval
Co-founder and General Partner / 
Linearis
Founder & CEO / 
Yeji Data Lab
General Manager / 
MT Lab
Chief Technology Strategist / 
RHEA Group
Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) / 
Conseil de l'innovation du Québec
Founder / 
Tourism AI Network
Full Professor - Department of Biological Sciences / 
Université de Montréal
Applied AI Research Strategist / 
CRIM
Associate vice-president of research, policy, entrepreneurship and impact / 
Concordia University
Founder and Executive Director / 
National Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security and Resilience (NC-CIPSeR)
Executive Vice President / 
Health Innovation District

Italian Speakers

Researcher in Gastroenterology - Faculty of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Development and One Health / 
University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome
CEO / 
Insiel S.p.A.
Undersecretary of State to the Presidency  / 
Council of Ministers
Associate Professor of Business Management & Rector’s Delegate for Research Exploitation and Technology Transfer / 
University of Palermo
Senior Researche / 
the Institute of Informatics and Telematics of the National Research Council (IIT-CNR)
Regional Minister for Heritage, State Property, General Services, and IT Systems / 
Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
Founder and Chief Commercial Officer / 
Builti S.r.l.
Coordinator / 
Clust-ER Tourism
Senior Researcher / 
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Assistant Professor in Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition / 
University of Pavia
Cluster Manager / 
Clust-ER Create
Head of the Department for Attractiveness, Internationalization and Research / 
Emilia-Romagna Region
President / 
Clust-ER Tourism
Executive Architect & CTO, IBM Italy Chief Scientist and Research Strategist  / 
IBM Academy of Technology Leadership
Regional Minister for the Digital Agenda, policies for technological innovation, network infrastructure, and digital skills / 
Emilia-Romagna Region
Senior Project Manager / 
ART-ER
Solution Architect @ HPC Department / 
CINECA
Research Manager / 
Associazione Big Data
Cluster Manager / 
Clust-ER BUILD
Full Professor Department of Computer Science – Science and Engineering / 
University of Bologna
European and International Unit  / 
ART-ER
Scientific Director / 
CTE Calliope
Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History - Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari" / 
University of Modena and Reggio

Collaborators

Featured Ecosystems

Business Opportunities

Italy

Press

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Testimonials

  • Thanks to the AI Forum and the enabling role of the ICCC, we are collaborating with Numana on the Empathic Neighborhoods initiatives. To further foster dialogue with several Canadian stakeholders, we will be signing an MoU with institutional entities during the 2025 AI Forum.

    Silvia Rossi
    Architect and Manager - Clust-ER Build - Emilia-Romagna
  • We have submitted two Horizon proposals and are working on a third one, involving research centers, entrepreneurs, and local authorities. The AI Forum is a safe and useful entry point to share experiences, meet stakeholders, and develop joint projects across both innovation ecosystems.

    Ilaria Bortone
    CTE Calliope - Puglia

Videos

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  • Cooperation is possibleCooperation is possible
  • Cooperation is possible : Testimonial by Elisabetta Bracci (Clust-ER Innovate)Cooperation is possible : Testimonial by Elisabetta Bracci (Clust-ER Innovate)
  • Collaboration is possible - by Silvia Rossi (Clust-ER Build)Collaboration is possible - by Silvia Rossi (Clust-ER Build)
  • CTE Calliope at the Canada-Italy Forum on AICTE Calliope at the Canada-Italy Forum on AI

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