Three Years of Work and Looking Ahead: Interview with MUSA General Manager and Programme Manager Vittorio Biondi

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Three Years of Work and Looking Ahead: Interview with MUSA General Manager and Programme Manager Vittorio Biondi

Vittorio Biondi previews the content and ambitions of the two-day event on December 3rd and 4th, encompassing scientific dissemination and strategic vision. “We will present the new Three-Year Plan: now the ecosystem must demonstrate that it knows how to live even after the PNRR.”

For Vittorio Biondi, General Manager of MUSA Scarl and Programme Manager of the project, the two days on December 3rd and 4th represent much more than an institutional event. “The meaning of this appointment is twofold,” he explains. “On one hand, we want to make public much of the content and concrete results produced by our scientific community over these three years; on the other, we want to start discussing the future of the ecosystem after the end of the MUR funding with PNRR resources.”

The first day, hosted in the Magna Aula of the Università di Milano-Bicocca (University of Milano-Bicocca), will be dedicated to the presentation of scientific results. “We are talking about more than a thousand people who have worked on the project,” Biondi points out. “Obviously, two days are not enough to represent everything, but we will do our best to highlight the enormous work carried out.” At the center, above all, will be the young researchers, who will be the protagonists of the morning with presentations and talks.

Another key moment will be the exhibition of over 150 posters during the day. “It’s a traditional format, of course, but very effective,” he explains. “Last year, at the General Meeting we organized at Bocconi, it was one of the most appreciated moments, because it allows for a direct, lively comparison between researchers and the public.”

The afternoon will be dedicated to three parallel in-depth sessions, designed for a broad, non-only academic audience. The day will conclude with a talk by demographer Nicola Palmarini—”a sort of dry and brilliant TED Talk that will offer a demographic reading of sustainability”—and a scientific-artistic performance by two young researchers. “It’s difficult to explain in words,” Biondi smiles. “It’s a creative way to tell the story of the meeting between art and science, an experiment that has already succeeded on other occasions and which we really like.”

The day of December 4th at Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace) will be looking ahead. “The title, MUSA oltre MUSA (MUSA beyond MUSA), speaks for itself,” says the General Manager. “We want to seriously discuss what the ecosystem will become, and what expectations it is called upon to meet in the coming years.”

The introductory speech by President Giovanna Iannantuoni will indicate the direction, followed by interventions from the institutional and entrepreneurial worlds—represented by the President of Assolombarda Alvise Biffi—and by the scientific coordinator Salvatore Torrisi, who will summarize the results presented the previous day.

“I will go into the more operational aspects of the new Piano Strategico Triennale (Three-Year Strategic Plan),” he anticipates, “trying to explain how we intend to give continuity to the work done, responding to the expectations of our members, researchers, administrations, businesses, and the Terzo settore (Third Sector). We want to demonstrate that MUSA is not a project that ends with funding, but an infrastructure that will continue to generate value.”

The day will conclude with a celebratory moment: the awarding of the six PMI (SMEs) that won the “Next Generation PMI” call and the six most innovative posters presented by the researchers. “We were keen to close in a positive atmosphere,” Biondi recounts. “It is a way to recognize merit and to reiterate that sustainable innovation is not an abstract concept: it is built with people, businesses, ideas, and concrete solutions. Three intense years of work that now find a form and, above all, a direction.”