SPEAKING & TEACHING

I kissed the Blarney Stone. I am an experienced speaker with a Tedx conference and >200 engagements under my belt. I have entertained high schoolers, teachers, medical doctors, researchers, university students, theatre and festival audiences and even a bunch of suspicious police officers (and I wasn’t under arrest).

My style is witty, informal and interactive. I like to use video clips, props and experiments to involve the public, and I always try to establish a personal connection with my audience.

Subjects for my talks include:

DNA NATION and The Internet of Genes: what do we learn from our DNA, and how can we connect with others using home-made genetic tests.

GENETIC BASTARDS: a look into our DNA to debunk the existence of human races and the basis for racism. We should all be proud to be genetic bastards.

FROM SCIENCE TO PUBLIC: workshops on strategic communication for scientists, health professionals, pharmaceutical personnel, students. Learn how to disseminate science effectively.

COVID-19: testing, vaccines, how the coronavirus works and how we can beat it.

ANY EXCITING THING RELATED TO SCIENCE and/or COMMUNICATION

If you would like to book me for a speaking engagement or workshop please use the contact page.

NOTE: due to the COVID-19 restrictions all my engagements for 2020-2021 will be online.

PAST EVENTS

2019

Public Talk, Science Museum, Milano (Focus Live)

Panelist, Italian Society of Human Genetics (SIGU) Meeting, Rome

Public Talk, Bern University, Bern

Public Talk, Liceo Spano, Sassari (Geni a Bordo Tour)

Public Talk, Liceo Giua, Cagliari (Geni a Bordo Tour)

Faculty and Organizer, Teacher’s Workshop, Liceo Giua Cagliari

Public Talk, Liceo Deffenu, Olbia

Public Talk, Liceo Galilei, Trieste (Geni a Bordo Tour)

Faculty and Organizer, Communication Workshop, Menarini Pharmaceuticals, Pomezia (RM)

Public Talk, Cinema Tiberio- Liceo Einstein, Rimini

Public Talk, Genova Festival Off, Genova

Public Talk, Festival delle Scienze Mediche, Bologna

Public Talk, Focus Live, Genova
2018

Ted Talk: The Internet of Genes, Tedx Vicenza

Public Talk, Angelini Pharmaceutical Convention, Rome

Public Talk, FocusLiveFestival, Science Museum, Milano

Presenter and panelist, Il Farmaco dalla Ricerca di Base alla Terapia, University of Pavia – Biotech, DNA, personal genomics, Farmindustria

Public Talk, FestivalScienza, Genova

Public talk, Bologna Medicina- Festival delle Scienze Mediche, Bologna – Biotech, Gene therapy, Medicine, DNA, personal genomics

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2018, Torino- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2018, Pavia- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2018, Carpi- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2018, Marano (Na)- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2018, Caserta- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2018, Pisa- high schools

Panelist, teacher’s workshops on communicating science, Torino- high schools

Panelist, teacher’s workshops on communicating science, Caserta- high schools

Panelist, teacher’s workshops on communicating science, Carpi- high schools

Presenter and panelist, Il Farmaco dalla Ricerca di Base alla Terapia, University of Napoli – Biotech, DNA, personal genomics
2017

Invited speaker, Farmindustria Open Day @ Menarini Group, Pomezia (Rome)- Biotech, Gene therapy, Medicine, DNA, personal genomics

Organizer and co-host: Geni a Bordo webinar- Geni a Bordo & Farmindustria, Biotech, Genomics, high schools.

Presenter and panelist, Il Farmaco dalla Ricerca di Base alla Terapia, University of Pisa – Biotech, DNA, personal genomics

Public talk, FestivalScienza, Genova – Biotech, DNA, personal genomics high schools

Panelist, Corso di Aggiornamento per Giornalisti “La salute Andrologica” Policlinico La Sapienza, Rome- Social media, fake news, medicine)

Public talk, Bologna Medicina- Festival delle Scienze Mediche, Bologna – Biotech, Gene therapy, Medicine, DNA, personal genomics

Public talk, Isola dei Fumosi 2017 Italian Cancer Association AIRC, IFOM, Milan-,anti-smoking campaign event, fake news and medicine, high schools

Public appearance, 25th European Dive Show, Bologna – EUDI movie award finalist

Public talk,  Fermhamente Festival, Fermo- Biology, DNA, personal genomics, high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2017, Livorno- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2017, Rome- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2017, Naples- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2017, Fermo- high schools

Panelist & organizer, teacher’s workshops on communicating science, Livorno- high schools

Panelist & organizer, teacher’s workshops on communicating science, Rome-high schools

Panelist & organizer, teacher’s workshops on communicating science, Fermo-high schools
2000-2016

2016

Public talk, Festival dell’Innovazione e della Scienza, Settimo Torinese-DNA, DTC genomics

Public talk, Bergamo Scienza, Bergamo -Biotechnology, DNA, personal genomics

Panelist/faculty, Laboratorio di bioetica e fine vita, ASL San Daniele Friuli, Udine-CME course

Panelist/faculty, Master course in Science Communication, Scuola Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste

Public talk, Fagagna Townhall, Udine- DNA, personal genomics

Public talk, Isola di Einstein Festival,-Perugia -DNA, personal genomics

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2016, Torino high schools:

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2016, Novara- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2016, Bergamo- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2016, Parma- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2016, Pistoia- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2016, Aprilia- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2016, Benevento- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2016, Salerno- high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo tour 2016, Perugia- high schools

Organizer and co-host: Geni a Bordo webinars (x3)- Farmindustria, Biotech, Genomics, high schools.

2015

Public talk, Festival della Scienza, Genova

Public talk, ITS Nuove Tecnologie per il “Made in Italy”, Teramo

Panelist and faculty, Le Giornate di Medico e Bambino, Cinisello Balsamo (MI) (CME course, paediatrics, medical meeting, communication

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2015, Firenze – high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Ancona – high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Rimini – high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Padova – high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Verona – high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Monza – high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Lodi – high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Pavia – high schools

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Modena – high schools

Public talk, TriesteNext Festival, Trieste

Public talk, the DNA of Taste, Expo 2015, Expo, Milan

Public talk, Science and the City Festival, Trieste

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2015, Frosinone -high schools

Organizer and co-host: Geni a Bordo webinars – four webinars for high schools, biotechnology, DNA, genomics

2014

Panelist, Sardegna Ricerche, Cagliari- communication, science, research

Author and performer, il DNA Incontra Facebook (Science Stage Performance), MieLab Festival, Trieste (toghether with Patrizio Roversi, Andrea Vico)

Author and performer, il DNA Incontra Facebook (Science Stage Performance), il Sole 24 Ore, Milan (toghether with Patrizio Roversi, Andrea Vico)

Panelist, Festival della Scienza, Genova

Public talk, Festa Scienza e Filosofia, Foligno

Public talk Asconascienza, Ascona, Switzerland

Public talk,  Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Pisa – high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Siena – high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Latina -high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Frosinone -high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Caserta -high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Torre Annunziata -high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Bari -high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, L’Aquila -high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Pescara -high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Rimini -high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Modena -high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Bologna -high schools

Public talk, Geni a Bordo Biotech Future tour 2014, Arezzo -high schools

Panelist, Communication and marketing workshop at Università Salesiana UISVE, Mestre (VE)

Public talk, Festa della Scienza at the Istituto Superiore Ghandi, Narni (TR)

Public talk, UnistemDay 2014, University Tor Vergata, Rome.

Panelist, WEBINAR: Il DNA della Scienza. Dalle idee alle soluzioni, Sole 24 ore

Organizer and co-host: Geni a Bordo webinar series on biotechnologies (two webinars for schools)

Panelist, La vita al tempo della Biologia Sintetica, Milano- research, communication, biology

Presenter, R2B Biotechnology Meeting with Aster, Bologna

2013

Public talk, Cagliari Science Festival, Cagliari.

Public talk, La Fiera delle Parole, Padova.

Panelist, Symposium on DTC genomics, University of Milano.

Panelist, WEBINAR: Il DNA della Scienza. Dalle idee alle soluzioni, Sole 24 ore.

Public talk, ScienzainPiazza Festival, Bologna.

Public talk as finalist and winner of Galileo Award, Padova.

Public talk and featured guest at Muse Opening, Science Museum, Trento

Book signing event at Salone Internazionale del Libro, Book Fair, Torino.

Public talk, Science Cafè at Circolo Aurora, Arezzo

Public talk, Pozzo di Scienza series, Lugo – high schools

Public talk, Pozzo di Scienza series, Cesena – high schools

Public talk, Pozzo di Scienza series, Faenza – high schools

Public talk, Pozzo di Scienza series, Bologna – high schools

2012

Panelist, Behind the Science public outreach event, Science Festival, Genova.

Public talk, Liceo Champagnat, Genova- high schools

Panelist/faculty, SCS2012, Ph.D. Course on Science and Society, Bardonecchia.

Panelist, conference on predictive genomics, University of Milan.

2000-2011

Panelist, NeuroStemcell Annual Symposium, Bellagio, 2011.

Chair and panelist, Media Symposium on Biotechnology, Milan, 2009.

Presenter, “Taking decisions in medicine” (series of CME events), Florence and Rimini, 2006.

Panelist, Translational Research and Rare Diseases Meeting, Greiswald, Germany, 2006.

Panelist, TIMED symposium, Genova, 2000.