, Bread Coop Zone (Studio)
What are the underpinnings for the technology we make? How can we build technology that actually addresses the needs of the masses? This roundtable conversation invites participants to share the moral, spiritual, and philosophical underpinnings of their vision and what is needed to make these visions real.
Alessandro Y. Longo is a researcher, writer, and cultural organizer based between Berlin and Turin. He’s a PhD candidate at DREST (Italian Doctoral School of Religious Studies), where he investigates the emergence of synthetic intimacy on AI companionship platforms.
Alessandro is the initiator and maintainer of REINCANTAMENTO, an independent research and publishing group exploring technology, radical imagination, and rituals through the lens of re-enchantment. He's a user researcher for Shared Visions, a Creative Europe-funded cooperative art platform adopting Web3 infrastructure, and has spent several years contributing to protocol design and blockchain governance through Curve Labs and Circles Coop.
Gilberto Morishaw is a leading techno-futurist and systems thinker who empowers leaders and organizations to navigate the complex intersection of climate, technology, and society. He inspires audiences to envision and build a regenerative and impactful future, drawing on his expertise in systems thinking, regenerative practices, and future-oriented leadership.
With a background in International and European Governance and Global Impact, Gilberto's expertise spans topics from AI, climate change, and migration to systems thinking, youth engagement, and Web3. He is a community lead at Bread Cooperative and he serves as Co-Director for the Creative Regenerative Futures Foundation, is a former Youth Advisor for the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, and is a German Marshall Fund TILN Alumnus.