Imagination is one of our most powerful tools. Thanks to her, we conceive works of art, new technologies, as well as solutions to everyday problems. Even science would not be the same if we did not have imagination as our ally to initiate research and formulate hypotheses, interpret data and pursue better results. And it is from the interactions of individual imaginations that shared imaginaries emerge that influence how we organize societies. Today more than ever we need to cultivate these imaginaries, both individual and collective, to rethink the present and, more importantly, shape possible futures.

With more than 100 guests, over 200 lectures and workshops, exhibits, performances and family events, the 18th edition of the Rome Science Festival will be dedicated to imaginaries. Imaginaries to be explored, to be constructed, to be developed, making different experiences, approaches and disciplines dialogue with each other.

THIS YEAR'S THEMES:

SCENARIOS

"Imagination is the faculty of discovery, first of all.
It is the one that penetrates the hidden worlds around us, the worlds of Science."
(Ada Lovelace)

Scenarios is the section of the festival that draws a bridge between the present and the past, offering an overview of the world we live in. Here, scientific research, historical analysis, insights into current issues, and constant dialogue between science and society will find space.

INSPIRATIONS

"Ask a science fiction writer and he'll come up with something.
Soon after, someone else will want to put it into practice."
(Margaret Atwood)

Inspirations embraces events that move between music, art and literature, reflecting on what happens when the doors of imagination are opened. It will be an opportunity to talk about science and storytelling, the collective imagination, fantasy and how our minds are designed to imagine (and cannot help but do so).

VISIONS

"To conquer the future, one must first dream of it."
(Blaise Pascal)

Visions is the place for perspectives, the search for tomorrow and alternative imaginaries that we can and must build to address major global problems. It is the space of new ideas, where innovation, sustainability and technology draw the boundaries of the best possible future.