Events

Digital technologies and (AI) AI refers to systems that display intelligent behaviour by analysing their environment and taking actions – with some degree of autonomy – to achieve specific goals. AI-based systems can be purely software-based, acting in the virtual world (e.g. voice assistants, image analysis software, search engines, speech and face recognition systems) or AI can be embedded in hardware devices (e.g. advanced robots, autonomous cars, drones or Internet of things applications). ( AI refers to systems that display intelligent behaviour by analysing their environment and taking actions – with some degree of autonomy – to achieve specific goals. AI-based systems can be purely software-based, acting in the virtual world (e.g. voice assistants, image analysis software, search engines, speech and face recognition systems) or AI can be embedded in hardware devices (e.g. advanced robots, autonomous cars, drones or Internet of things applications). ) in particular offer numerous opportunities to improve safety and health at work. However, their ethical and moral challenges must be carefully examined. An event hosted by Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro, our Italian focal point, explores this topic.

A round table discussion brings together representatives from institutions, professional and business associations and trade unions to analyse the limits of AI refers to systems that display intelligent behaviour by analysing their environment and taking actions – with some degree of autonomy – to achieve specific goals. AI-based systems can be purely software-based, acting in the virtual world (e.g. voice assistants, image analysis software, search engines, speech and face recognition systems) or AI can be embedded in hardware devices (e.g. advanced robots, autonomous cars, drones or Internet of things applications). , with a particular focus on safeguarding privacy and ensuring that technological progress respects workers’ rights.

Taking place in Agrigento, the Italian Capital of Culture 2025, the event includes a literary moment with selected readings about work in 19th-century Sicily, portraying the lives of farmers and ‘carusi’, child mine labourers who endured harsh and dangerous conditions.

Moderator:

• Elvira Terranova, Journalist  

Speakers:

• Francesco Miccichè, Mayor of Agrigento
• Salvatore Caccamo, Prefect of Agrigento
• Maria Teresa Cucinotta, President of Agrigento Italian Culture Capital Foundation
• Filippo Buscemi, Director of Inail Agrigento
• Guglielmo Loy, President of Civ Inail
• Luigi Rizzolo, President of Sicindustria
• Achille Furioso, President of the Agrigento Engineers' Order
• Paolo Guidelli, Central Director DCOD Inail
• Calogero Barbera, Provincial Director of the Fire Brigade
• Giovanni Asaro, Inail Regional Director Representative, Enterprise Europe Network
• Franco Bruno, Actor