A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Gianfranco Zaccai (designer, architect, innovator, founder of the design firm Continuum, president of the Foundation for Augmented Intelligence)

* A story in between worlds. From education to the establishment of Continuum (1:26)
* The genesis of Reebok Pump (5:50)
* The migrant's mindset as a key to originality (7:40)
* Design & food (8:12)
* How is an idea born? The explorative and creative process behind P&G's Swiffer (11:36)
* How does an object become a web of interactions? How can a product matter? (17:45)
* The creation of Omnipod and the power of hiding (21:36)
* Design thinking as a key way to innovation (23:05)
* Holistic thinking and the quest for elegant solutions in design and academia (26:00)
* The foundation for augmented intelligence. Design as a force for good (29:20)
* From design of objects to design of experience. Re-inventing the semester abroad in Italy (34:10)

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From female entrepreneurship to cultural diplomacy (A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD)
* An American woman in Italy at the turn of the 20th century. The marriage with Ruggero Ranieri
* Pioneering female entrepreneurship in Italy. The Arti decorative italiane from Umbria to New York
* Education and female emancipation. The school of Pischiello and the Montessori method
* A living legacy. The Sorbello foundation (NYC) and the Fondazione Ranieri di Sorbello (Perugia)
* Uguccione and Romeyne's bridge-building mission. The activities and projects of the foundations

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A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Chiara Montanari (Antarctic expedition leader, manager, researcher, coach, consultant in strategic mindset, TEDx speaker and author of “Ice chronicles. 90 days in Antarctica").

* The Antarctic mindset as a metaphor of entrepreneurship (2:05)
* The success of an "impresa" in an extreme environment: a balance of rigor and flexibility (4:00)
* How to see the unforeseen as not an obstacle but as an opportunity (9:10)
* Dynamism, mutability, and the need of self-care (14:50)
* The feminine mindset as a seed of innovation (19:24)
* Leadership and joy (22:00)

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The extraordinary adventure of a cultural explorer (A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD)
* Across the Gustav Line. How a scholar became a war hero (1943-1945)
* A man in between worlds, from his upbringing in Perugia to his travels to his first trip to the US
* The long journey to anti-Fascism and republicanism
* American in Italy and Italian in America. The creation of the bulletin "The Italian Scene"
* The Verrazzano campaign. How the Verrazzano bridge got its name
* The Sorbello Foundation. The living legacy of Uguccione Ranieri and his mother Romeyne Robert

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A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Luigi Crema (associate professor of international law at the University of Milan)

* Roman law and the foundation of modern legal systems (0:45)
* The post-war making of Italy's constitution and the primacy of labor (7:00)
* A comparative analysis. The young Italian constitution and the old American constitution (12:30)
* The Italian constitution and the status of contemporary Italian democracy (18:00)
* The necessary relationship of law and culture. The American, Italian, and European cases (24:00)
* The Italian contribution to human rights (26:53)

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The father of Italian automobiles. The birth of Fiat (A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD)
* The 1898 exposition of Turin. The cradle of Italian photography and cinematography
* The bicycle workshop of Ceirano, the new trend of "horseless coaches" and the "automobile club" of Caffè Burello
* The creation of Italy's first #automobile company (Ceirano GB & Co) in 1898 and the release of Italy's first #car (the "Welleyes") in 1899
* A board of investors acquires Ceirano's patent and business, forming the Turin Factory of Italian Automobiles. The birth of #FIAT on July 11, 1899
* Ceirano's entrepreneurial path and his legacy. The later fame of his former employees: the pilot Felice Nazzaro, the aviation engineer Aristide Faccioli, and car entrepreneur Vincenzo Lancia
* How Fiat became Italy's #1 factory of automobiles. The leadership of Giovanni Agnelli Sr.
* The road is for those who walk. Entrepreneurship and the audacity to begin.

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A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Simone Cinotto (professor, author, and food scholar at University of gastronomic sciences in Pollenzo, Italy)

* Local and global. Italian and American. A clarification of terms and a brief history of culinary culture in Italy (3:10)
* A cuisine of exchange, hybridization, and creativity (9:15)
* The post-war Americanization of Italian cuisine. New modes of consumption (11:50)
* A brief history of the Mediterranean diet. From the Italian problem to the Italian model (16:20)
* From Coca-Cola to slow food. American models and Italian recreations (28:15)
* The creation of a transatlantic diet. Italian food in the US. American influence in Italy (32:08)
* Slow food and the university of gastronomic sciences. Food studies in Pollenzo (43:25)

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What can a father give a child? The gift of Chicco (A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD)
* The fathers of great Italian innovators and artists (“like father like son” cases; the influence model; accidental gifts)
* The gift of a chicco. Pietro Catelli’s gift to his son Enrico and the deeper meaning of “chicco”
* How Chicco became the global leader in childcare products
* An integrated approach. Building not the parts but the eco-system of a child’s life.
* At the intersection of medicine and fashion, pharmaceutics and design, pediatrics and parenting. A model of innovation which “looks inward to look forward”
* Catellli’s toy horse museum. A world of meaning in a toy. The gift of imagination.
* A special dedication to my father

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A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Jessica L. Harris (assistant professor of history at Saint John’s University, author, and scholar of African-American history, women’s history and modern Italy).

* Italy in the aftermath of WWII. The Marshall Plan between aids and economic opportunity (1:15)
* The emergence of Mrs. Consumer and the Americanization of Italy (4:10)
* The American model in Italy. The case of Mondadori and La Rinascente (7:25)
* The diffusion of American refrigerators and its impact on food conservation, the birth of grocery stores, and the emancipation of women (14:40)
* Hygiene and cosmetics. A new model of American beauty and womanhood (22:15)
* Italian women as the target of American consumerism and the terminal of Italy's culture wars (28:00)

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The Italian reinvention of coffee (A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD)
* A lost harvest and the start of an adventure. From #Turin to the world
* 1895. The opening of the #Lavazza store
* Importing and treating #coffee. The re-invention of coffee as a transformed good
* The innovation & art of #blending and the design of #aroma
* Packaging and sustainability. From Luigi Lavazza to the company today

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