Applying AI Events in Milan

The Milano Cybersecurity Meetup returns with an edition exploring how AI is fundamentally changing the way cybersecurity works, from offensive security and Bug Bounty to enterprise risk, financial fraud and cyber defense. AI is lowering the barrier to sophisticated attacks, accelerating vulnerability discovery and exploitation, reshaping financial fraud, and introducing new risks as organizations give AI access to sensitive data, systems and decision-making processes. At the same time, defenders are turning to the same technology to detect vulnerabilities, strengthen security and respond faster.

Six amazing speakers will explore this transformation from four different perspectives: the ethical hacker, the enterprise, financial fraud, and the cybersecurity technology ecosystem.

Andrea Nadelle — Ethical Hacker, Bug Bounty Hunter & Lead Pentester, ex Hackerone
Francesca Ferretti — CIO Data & Analytics, ING
Giovanni Bruner — Head of Fraud COE, NEXI
Stefano Sella, Fabrizio De Luca, Stefano Sali — Senior Security Architects, Broadcom

Can defenders keep pace with machine-speed attacks?

The K!nd4SUS CTF Players Team of the University of Milan (UniMi) will introduce our speakers and guide the audience through the different sessions.

“Zero-Day Is Dead. Welcome to Zero-Minute”
How AI is transforming offensive security, fraud and cyber defense

• Talk #1 — From Sword to Gun
  Andrea Nadelle aka nadino, Ethical Hacker & Lead Pentester, ex Hackerone
  For years, penetration testers and red teamers were the swordsmen of offensive security, warriors forged through knowledge, experience and years of close-combat practice. Commercial, open-source and custom-built tools were their weapons, extending their own capabilities and allowing expertise to become execution.
  Then came the gunpowder. With the arrival of AI in offensive security, we are witnessing one of the most disruptive moments in the history of cyber warfare: the transition from the sword to the firearm. With a gun in his hands, even a child can kill the strongest swordsman in the world.
• Talk #2 — Are We Ready for AI Risk?
  Francesca Ferretti, ING — CIO Data & Analytics
  Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from being a tool used by employees to becoming an active participant in the enterprise. What new risks emerge? From data exposure and cyber attacks to hallucinations, autonomy and accountability — who is responsible when the machine makes the wrong decision? And ultimately, how much control are we willing to give AI?
• Talk #3 — The Fraud Machine
  Giovanni Bruner, NEXI — Head of Fraud COE
  AI is making fraud more scalable, faster, cheaper to execute, and increasingly convincing. From personalized social engineering and deepfakes to automated fraud campaigns, AI is giving fraudsters capabilities that were once available only to highly skilled criminals. Are fraudsters gaining an advantage faster than the organizations trying to stop them?
• Talk #4 — AI at the Cyber Frontier
  Stefano Sella, Fabrizio De Luca, Stefano Sali — Senior Security Architects, Broadcom
  AI is changing cybersecurity on both sides of the battlefield — attacker and defenders. The time from vulnerability discovery to exploitation is shrinking, while the growing volume of CVEs is making traditional vulnerability management increasingly difficult. AI can chain vulnerabilities into attack paths, turning individually low-risk weaknesses into critical cumulative threats, while analyzing open-source code and accelerating the development of exploits, malware and adaptive attacks. At the same time, AI does not face the same friction as a human attacker: it does not get tired, does not need to sleep and can operate at machine speed. As one of the organizations invited to test Mythos through Project Glasswing, Broadcom explores how frontier AI is changing attack and defense — and why organizations need to rethink vulnerability management, patching and cyber defense.

Free access (registration required)
Register for the event here
Participation is subject to confirmation, as spots are limited.

Photos may be taken during the event and shared on social media. By attending, you consent to their use.

Hello PyData People!
We are excited to announce our next event of 2026! This time, we will be hosted at Shopfully's office in Milan for an evening dedicated to AI, exploring how AI agents are reshaping the way we work and the evolving role of humans in AI-driven systems, as well as uncovering the inner workings of large language models and how they process and interpret language.
***
📅 When: Wednesday, October 21st, 2026, from 18:30 to 21:00
📍 Where: Shopfully, Via Giosuè Borsi 9, 20143 Milan
⚠️ Important: Spots are limited. Please keep your RSVP updated to allow others to participate if you can no longer attend.
***
🕒 Agenda

• 18:30: 🚪 Doors open & Check-in
• 19:00: 🎤 Talk 1: From Owning Tasks to Owning Outcomes – Raffaele Bongo
• 19:45: 🎤 Talk 2: Garden Path Sentences in LLMs – Luca Mattiazzi
• 20:30: 🍕 Networking & Aperitivo offered by Shopfully!

***
🎤 The Talks
1️⃣ From Owning Tasks to Owning Outcomes
How AI agents changed the way we work and our unique value as human
Speaker: Raffaele Bongo (Senior AI Engingeer @ Shopfully)
When AI arrived, everyone got promoted: from executing tasks to supervising the AI that executes them. As agents get better and cheaper, they produce more output than people can review. Research finds that overseeing agents is the most mentally tiring way of working with AI, and humans become the bottleneck of the systems they run.
This talk argues for a second promotion, from supervisor to orchestrator. That means changing how we define doing well, from "the task I checked is correct" to "the system I own produces good outcomes". It covers the people questions this raises: what stays uniquely human, who owns what, and how we keep growing seniors when junior work goes to agents. It then presents pillars for designing agent systems people can own.
About the Speaker:
Raffaele is a Senior AI Engineer at Shopfully. Raffaele has an extensive experience in startups and scale-ups, where he has specialized in building and deploying machine learning models and data pipelines on cloud platforms. Originally, Raffaele signed up for mechanical engineering but switched to computer science last minute because AI sounded cooler.
***
2️⃣ Garden Path Sentences in LLMs
Diffusion of language models human migrations
Speaker: Luca Mattiazzi (AI Engineer @ Pillar)
Garden-path sentences are sentences that initially lead readers toward one interpretation, only to require a reinterpretation as they continue reading. A classic example is "The old man the boat", where "man" initially appears to be a noun but is actually a verb.
In this talk, Luca will show us how transformer models process these sentences compared to similar, non-ambiguous ones. Using mechanistic interpretability techniques, he'll explore attention patterns and layer-level changes across Gemma 3 models of different sizes (1B, 4B, 12B, and 27B).
He'll share which parts of the models respond most strongly to syntactic reanalysis, how these responses evolve with model scale, and what these findings reveal about how LLMs handle linguistic ambiguity.
About the Speaker:
Luca has a degree in Biotechnology and has been working as a developer since 2016. Currently an AI Engineer at Pillar, he's passionate about data visualization, machine learning, and building things. He enjoys experimenting with new ideas and working on side projects, even if, as he likes to say, most of them never quite get finished.
***
See you there! 🚀
The PyData Milano Team

Come trasformare l’AI in un vantaggio competitivo per il Made in Italy.

Il 23 settembre, CoFactory ospita la prima edizione del Designtech AI Adoption Summit, l'Executive Summit organizzato da Designtech in partnership con GELLIFY che riunirà CEO, C-level executive e innovation leader per confrontarsi sul futuro dell'AI.

Attraverso keynote, executive conversation e casi d'uso concreti, il Summit offrirà una visione strategica su come accelerare l'adozione dell'AI nei settori del design, della manifattura, della moda e dello sviluppo prodotto.

Partecipa al confronto; invia la tua richiesta di partecipazione.
(L'ingresso è soggetto a conferma: considerato il numero limitato di posti disponibili e l'elevato interesse, riceverai un riscontro circa una settimana prima dell'evento.)

Welcome to the biggest Practical AI Meetup in Milan!

Join us once a month as we explore the world of artificial intelligence, its cutting-edge practical applications, and the astonishing projects that are shaping our future.

Why should you attend?

• Get up close and personal with the AI projects that are redefining the boundaries of technology and human potential.
• Learn from the brightest minds in the field and gain valuable insights into the ever-evolving AI landscape.
• Unleash your curiosity, fuel your creativity, and expand your network as you connect with fellow AI aficionados and pioneers.

What you can expect?

Mindstone events consist of three talks covering different aspects:

• What I Learned Building With LLMs: A technical talk breaking down the process for building a product using AI with real-life learnings and insights.
• How To Be More Productive Using AI: A practical demo and step-by-step guide on how to use AI to speed up and improve tasks.
• What Does The Future Look Like With AI?: A theoretical talk on the impact of AI on work, life and society.

After the talks we'll have pizza, drinks, and time to connect with everyone around you.

Don't miss the opportunity to see what's really happening in AI - you'll be surprised at what's already possible today.

We have limited spots available, so get your ticket ahead of time to avoid disappointment!

Welcome to the most electrifying and ground-breaking AI Meetup in Milan!

Join us once a month as we delve into the world of artificial intelligence, explore its cutting-edge practical applications, and marvel at the astonishing projects that are shaping our future.

Why should you attend?
• Get up close and personal with the AI projects that are redefining the boundaries of technology and human potential.
• Learn from the brightest minds in the field and gain valuable insights into the ever-evolving AI landscape.
• Unleash your curiosity, fuel your creativity, and expand your network as you connect with fellow AI aficionados and pioneers.

What you can expect?
Mindstone events consist of three talks covering different aspects:

• What I Learned Building With LLMs: A technical demo breaking down the process for building a product using AI with real-life learnings and insights.
• How To Be More Productive Using AI: A practical demo and step-by-step guide on how to use AI to speed up and improve tasks.
• What Does The Future Look Like With AI?: A theoretical talk on the impact of AI on work, life and society.

After the talks we'll have pizza, drinks, and networking.

Don't miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to witness the AI revolution in action. It's time to embark on a thrilling journey into the future and discover the endless possibilities that lie within the realm of artificial intelligence.

Reserve your spot today for the ultimate AI experience! 💡✨ (https://community.mindstone.com/events/mindstone-milan-october-ai-meetup-2026)

Want a quicker check-in on the day? Set up your Mindstone profile in advance at https://identity.mindstone.com/signup and keep your login details handy when you arrive.

Il vibe coding dà slancio; i token non monitorati portano a fatture fuori controllo. Quando l'85% dei team sfora i budget per l'IA, il costo non è un problema finanziario: è un difetto architetturale causato da contesti sovraccarichi, chiamate ridondanti ai tool e loop infiniti degli agenti.
In questa sessione analizzeremo come trattare le LLM FinOps come una disciplina ingegneristica attiva:

• Context Engineering contro il Token Bloat: disaccoppiare la conoscenza in un Context Catalog deterministico per eliminare l'overhead multi-hop e abbattere i costi delle query fino all'80%.
• Caching semantico e Smart Routing: azzerare i costi dei prompt ripetuti e delegare dinamicamente i task di routine dai modelli di frontiera agli SLM.
• Governance e Guardrail: utilizzare AI Gateway e circuit breaker locali per intercettare i loop non deterministici prima che esauriscano i crediti.
• Unit Economics e osservabilità: tracciare il costo per funzionalità (cost-per-capability) e lo stato di salute dei token direttamente nel workflow di sviluppo.

Unisciti a noi per scoprire come sostenere la velocità di sviluppo mantenendo i costi di inferenza prevedibili e pronti per la produzione.

🎙️Speaker
Giulio Roggero, CTO di Mia-Platform
25 anni di esperienza in software engineering, serial entrepreneur con oltre 10 iniziative imprenditoriali lanciate; oggi è co-founder e CTO di Mia-Platform, Internal Developer Platform nominata da Gartner “Cool Vendor” per le Software Engineering Technologies e nel Cloud Application Platforms Magic Quadrant.
Aree di interesse principali: cloud native, platform engineering, data fabric e omnichannel experience. Ama dipingere miniature di Blood Bowl, costruire con i Lego, assemblare e guidare modellini di auto radiocomandate e imparare a suonare il pianoforte.

📝 Agenda

• 18.15: Accesso e Networking (iniziamo a conoscerci!)
• 18:30: Welcome
• 18:45: Talk
• 19:30: Q&A
• 19:45: Pizza and drinks

Nessun meetup è completo senza un momento conviviale. Durante la serata saranno offerte bevande, birra e pizza per facilitare il networking e continuare le discussioni in modo informale.

⚠️ Nota importante: I posti sono limitati per garantire la qualità della conversazione durante la tavola rotonda. Assicurati di fare RSVP il prima possibile!
Ti aspettiamo per dare forma insieme al futuro dello sviluppo software!

📢 Cosa resta ai team quando l’esecuzione diventa una commodity?

L’AI sta assorbendo gran parte delle attività operative: scrivere codice, produrre wireframe, estrarre findings o insights da dati. L’esecuzione costa sempre meno e arriva sempre più in fretta. Ma un team che consegna più velocemente non è per questo un team che consegna cose giuste.

In questo talk partiamo da una domanda semplice: cosa resta ai team quando l’esecuzione diventa una commodity? La risposta è che il valore si sposta a monte, verso il giudizio, le decisioni e le scommesse da validare. Capire quale problema vale la pena risolvere, riconoscere i segnali deboli, scegliere cosa non fare.

Per product manager e agile coach questo ha conseguenze concrete. Cambia cosa vuol dire “fatto” in uno sprint, perché un incremento prodotto in poche ore non è per forza un incremento validato. Cambia la composizione delle skill nel team, con più peso su framing del problema e pensiero sistemico. Cambia cosa merita di essere discusso in retrospective, dove la qualità delle decisioni conta quanto la velocità di delivery.

📅 Agenda
La sede di BIP è disponibile a partire dalle ore 18:15, per un po' di networking prima dell'evento.
L'evento partirà alle 18:30.

✅ Note
Questo è un evento di persona, quindi per aiutare chi ci ospita vi chiediamo di confermare la vostra presenza e compilare le informazioni per la registrazione che servono anche per poter accedere al building.
Grazie per la collaborazione.

✅ Note
La copertina e' un prodotto AI generata sulla base del contenuto proposto dallo speaker.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference in Milan, Italy