Managing digital assets in research and innovation: applications and impacts of Web 3.0 and blockchain techs


21 Sept.			14:00 - 15:30



SOCIAL IMPACT & ETHICS
HIGH SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE GREEN AND DIGITAL TRANSITION
TT.VII - Technical Multi-Track with Parallel SYMPOSIA
Managing digital assets in research and innovation: applications and impacts of Web 3.0 and blockchain techs
Co-organized with AIRI, Fondazione Piemonte Innova & EU TechEthos project Chairs: Laura MORGAGNI, Fondazione Piemonte Innova & Andrea PORCARI, AIRI and TechEthos project
Contracts, deeds, and patents: are they already obsolete? How can we manage and use data and digital data and assets coming from research and innovation processes? What are the ethics and socioeconomic implications? Novel technologies for analysing and organizing data, such as blockchain, distributed cloud, non-fungible tokens, and their combinations with AI powered techs for processing of sensorial data and communication with humans (e.g., virtual reality, chatbots) opens up completely new approaches in the gathering, use and management of data of any kind. On the one hand, this enables new uses and application for data collected during both research and innovation, and product development. Implementation of FAIR data in research, supply chain and value chain monitoring, digital twins of materials and products, novel forms of collaboration (smart contracts) are just some examples. On the other hand, this “revolution” challenge existing knowledge, practices, norms and models of society and business, and researchers in the fields of civil law and ethics have been investigating the consequences on people’s and firms’ everyday life. Recent and upcoming regulations in the digital sectors, including the digital service and market act, the data governance and data act, the AI act and others are starting to address these issues. Why attending the workshop? The symposia will present some practical case studies, and will provide insights from legal, ethics and technology experts, starting from the experience and knowledge gathered by the EU TechEthos project. Who should attend? Professionals and researchers in companies, research organizations, and universities interested in exploiting digital technologies within their R&D activities; consultancy, regulatory and legal experts advising R&D developments in advanced materials, manufacturing and other enabling technologies.
*The symposium is part of the Workshop WS.IV*
TT.VII.D.1 WS.IV.2.1	Andrea PORCARI Airi and TechEthos project Introduction: insights on the TechEthos project
TT.VII.D.2 WS.IV.2.2	Antonio PUNZI - CV Departement of Law, LUISS University The Personal Identity (and its Property) in the Digital Era
TT.VII.D.3 WS.IV.2.3	Jacopo FRACASSI - CV Extended Reality & Metaverse Observatory and Blockchain & Web3 Observatory, Polytechnic of Milan - Osservatori digital Innovation The Metaverse and the role of Blockchain: towards the future of the Web
TT.VII.D.4 WS.IV.2.4	Serena DE LAURENTIIS - CV Ales S.p.A., Legal Department, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence Problems and opportunities of cultural heritage enhancement with technologies based on NFT
TT.VII.D.5 WS.IV.2.5	Francesco CRISCIOTTI - CV DGS - Food Drug Free Project BIAS Project- Blockchain enabled Intelligent Agricultural Services
TT.VII.D.6 WS.IV.2.6	Lorenzo ZULLO - CV ChemChain Use of blockchain to exchange information along the value chain, supporting sustainable and circular economic models