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2019 Programme

Event #31

Marco Ortenzi, Marco Parolini

The real truth about plastic and bioplastic (maybe)

A few decades ago, the future was represented by plastic – an innovative, extremely versatile and economical combination of materials. Plastic has quickly replaced traditional materials in a myriad of applications and has contributed decisively to creating new markets and to progress in general, revolutionizing the way we live and consume. Today we are all concerned about the environmental problems associated with its production, use and disposal: are we exaggerating or is the worst yet to come? And can the much-publicized bioplastics be an effective solution for the future of all of us?

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Marco Ortenzi, PhD in Industrial Chemistry, specializes in the synthesis and development of new polymer-based materials. He has been working in various capacities for more than fifteen years with the Chemistry Department of the University of Milan, where he carries out research activities, and with companies to study innovative materials and processes that can be applied in different industrial sectors.

Marco Parolini, PhD in Animal Biology, currently holds the position of researcher in Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policies of the University of Milan. His research activity is mainly developed in the field of ecotoxicology, and deals with the study, distribution and hazard of emerging contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

2019 Programme

Event #31

Marco Ortenzi, Marco Parolini

The real truth about plastic and bioplastic (maybe)

Space Exploration: today, tomorrow, and… the day after

And they called it sapiens

The future is history

Sketches

A time that is not near

Popular revolts in Medieval Europe. The Jacquerie of French peasants (1358)

Fragments of extinctions

Our future with A.I.

Will finance save the world?

Jokes on future

Taking care of oneself, of others, of the world

How is Earth’s climate changing?

The art of reading between past and future

The end of «the end of history»

Scott: future’s first explorer

Yesterday’s and tomorrow's diets. How to survive fake news?

Open Source Architecture

The inflamed mind

Will it still be possible to love you?

The race and the language: the future that does (not) expect us

Ernst Henry Shackleton. The hero who defeated the Arctic

The future of the theatre

Piano vs Groove

Popular revolts in Medieval Europe. The rebellion of the Ciompi (1378)

The destiny of a community and many religions: is there a dialogue for the future of humanity?

The Evil’s genes

The future of the word

Looking for immortality

Refugees’ future

What is the perspective of the future of Italy and of the world?

The real truth about plastic and bioplastic (maybe)

Robots of the future and plants

The chimera of peace

Re-writing the future of our children

City art versus outskirts art

Achilles, Odysseus and the truth of the future

Popular revolts in Medieval Europe.
The Jacquerie of French peasants (1358)