Adnkronos Rome, October 14 (Adnkronos) – Just a few more days to go until the eleventh edition of StatisticAll, the Festival of Statistics and Demography, a unique event in Italy for its multidisciplinary approach and its ability to combine research, dissemination, and participation. From Piazza dei Signori to the Loggia dei Cavalieri, from the Mario Del Monaco Theater to the Treviso Campus of Ca' Foscari University, to the BRaT Library and the Riccati-Luzzatti Technical and Economic Institute, the city will become a widespread laboratory of knowledge for four days.
This year's theme, "The Human Factor. Work, Society, Artificial Intelligence: The Data Revolution," is first and foremost an invitation to reflect on how work, society, and artificial intelligence are redefining the balance between automation and humanity. In a context marked by rapid technological, demographic, and cultural changes, statistics plays a central role in interpreting reality, designing sustainable policies, and guiding collective decisions. With these premises, StatisticAll 2025 intends to restore data to its most authentic dimension: that of a tool at the service of people.
The opening day, Thursday, October 16, will be entirely dedicated to the new generations with StatisticAll Young, an experiential program designed for girls and boys, students, teachers, and families.
Workshops, creative activities, and interactive games will allow participants to discover statistics through direct experience, observation, and curiosity. On this first day, the educational and outreach missions intertwine to transform statistics and demography into accessible, transversal, and inclusive languages. Young people are the key players: not just the audience of the future, but the conscious creators of the present, called to shape a world where data, knowledge, and responsibility converge, under the banner of the human factor.
Among the day's highlights, Istat researchers will work on a variety of activities, beginning with "Weather in a Collection" (9:00 a.m., BRaT), which will transform real temperature data into artistic creations, and "Statistics in Code" (11:15 a.m., BRaT), a journey through codes and secrets to discover how official statistics collect and present the data that describe the country. At the Riccati-Luzzatti Technical and Economic Institute, two activities will introduce statistics: in "Statistici per un giorno," middle school students will try their hand at data collection and representation using origami pie charts; in parallel, the "Become a Data Journalist with Noi Italia" workshop will allow middle school students to explore and learn about the economic, social, and environmental indicators published on Istat's web platform, "Noi Italia." In the afternoon, BRaT will welcome children aged four and up and their families with two fun-educational workshops: "Statistical Pizza" (3:30 pm), where variability takes the form of colorful pizzas and tasty data metaphors, and "Monster Statistics" (5:00 pm), a journey to become a statistics "monster" and learn in a fun way. Activities designed to stimulate curiosity and strengthen the connection between experience and knowledge.
Rounding out the opening day is a high-profile academic and institutional reflection: the presentation of the 8th Ca' Foscari Report on Municipalities, titled "Municipalities in the Tunnel of Austerity" (3:30 pm, Palazzo San Leonardo – Room H). Curated by the Governance & Social Innovation Center of Ca' Foscari University of Venice in collaboration with the Ifel Foundation, the report analyzes the role of municipalities in a challenging period for them in managing public resources and developing cohesion policies amid financial constraints and new social challenges. This contribution invites reflection on the future of local autonomy and the possibility of restoring community centrality.
The weekend will continue until Sunday with meetings, workshops, interviews, and info-entertainment open to all. Special guests will take the stage, joining the audience to explore new scenarios and employment opportunities, ongoing demographic changes and their impact on the workforce, and the challenges related to worker well-being, sustainability, and health. All this will be delivered with a quantitative and qualitative perspective, yet always using simple and direct language.