The Sustainable Lightness of Space is an immersive, multidisciplinary workshop, exploring what space reveals about sustaining life on Earth. Through science, art, architecture, aerospace, robotics, virtual reality and philosophy, it reimagines space missions as profound experiments in resilience and resourcefulness, offering visionary perspectives on our planet’s fragile future, refracted through the luminous lens of lunar and Martian horizons. Visitors will be able to experience a VR training inside the Argonaut Habitat Unit designed for Design as an Astronaut project participating in the 19th International Architecture Exhibition.
Speakers:
Massimo Sideri (Columnist at Corriere della Sera, Adjunct Professor at LUISS), Valentina Sumini (Space Architect & Research Affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Media Lab and Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Torino), Luca Parmitano (Astronaut at European Space Agency), Delfina Bertolotto (Senior Technologist Executive at Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - ASI), Sara Lucatello (President at European Astronomical Society), Anilkumar Dave (Space Economy and Open Innovation Lead at DARWIX), Barbara Negri (Deputy Director of Science and Innovation at Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - ASI), Franco Fenoglio (Director of Human & Robotic Planetary Exploration Programs’ Unit at Thales Alenia Space), Tommy Nilsson (Research Scientist at Fraunhofer FIT and European Space Agency, ESA-EAC), Amedeo Manuello Bertetto (Professor at Politecnico di Torino), Roberto Naboni (Professor at University of Southern Denmark), Daniele Pucci (Researcher & PI at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia), Marco Nereo Rotelli (Artist), Enrico Schiesaro (Commercial Manager at Neptune), Roberto Battiston(Professor at Università di Trento - Former President of ASI).
