The science of work, made legible for the people who shape it.
Keynotes, panels, and lectures that translate rigorous research on occupational health, strategic foresight, and human-centered design into ideas organisations can act on.
What I bring to the stage
I speak from field experience, not from theory assembled for the occasion. Every talk I give is grounded in published research, validated methodologies, and direct engagement with the populations I study: workers, organisations, policymakers, and the systems connecting them.
My talks work at the intersection of the immediately practical and the genuinely complex. I do not simplify to the point of distortion, but I make complexity navigable, because that is what foresight is for.
Available in English and Italian, in formats from 20-minute keynotes to half-day workshops.
What I speak about
Each topic is drawn directly from active research lines and field-tested with international audiences. All can be adapted in depth and format.
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The Future of Work and Occupational Health to 2050
What the ILO OSH Foresight Study 2050 revealed: four alternative futures, 41 validated signals, and what they mean for how we design work, policy, and organisations today. Based on the first global participatory foresight programme in the UN system about OSH.
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From Human-Centered to Humanity-Centered Design
A paradigm shift in ergonomics: why designing for the individual user is no longer sufficient, and how a humanity-centered framework changes the questions we ask about technology, systems, and the future.
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Strategic Foresight as a Management Tool
How participatory foresight methods, horizon scanning, Delphi, scenario development, can help organisations move from reactive crisis management to proactive strategic positioning. Practical, methodology-driven, and grounded in real programme experience.
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AI, Wearables, and the Measurement of Work
How new technologies are changing our ability to monitor, predict, and prevent work-related health risks, and the ethical and methodological questions they raise. Drawn from research with Zephyr BioHarness, EEG, and commercial wearables in occupational settings.
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Occupational Health in the Global South and Informal Economy
What field research with agricultural workers in Colorado and ILO programmes across five regions reveals about the limits of current OSH frameworks, and what a genuinely global approach looks like.
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Women in Science: the Backstage
A frank, evidence-informed conversation on career trajectories, institutional barriers, and the systemic conditions that shape who gets to do research, and whose research gets cited. Delivered as panel moderation or keynote.
Selected speaking engagements
- 22nd IEA Triennial Congress, Jeju Island, South Korea, 2024
- 20th IEA Congress, Florence, 2018
- IEEE BSN 2023, MIT (Boston): designed and chaired a workshop on human-centered design in digital health, with speakers from KU Leuven, MIT, IIT, and Jimma University
- HCII International Conference, Washington DC, 2024
- The Innovation Connection, Geneva, 2026: pitched IDEAL, a One Health blockchain food-labelling pilot
- ILO Geneva: YouthForesight Webinar (2025)
- ErgoForum 2025, Milan: organiser and moderator, SIE Lombardia Liguria
- Occupational and Environmental Diseases Congress, Antalya, 2018
- SACURIMA (COST Action), Milan, 2019: panel moderator on safety culture in agriculture
- SIE Conference, IMT Lucca, 2022: moderator, World Usability Day SIE (WUDSIE) session
- Women in Science: il backstage, 2023, panel moderator
- Guest lectures across Italian national congresses (SIMM, TPALL) and at the University of Milan
