From 12 to 14 April Terni returns to put the communicative power of creators and influencers at the service of great causes. More than 100 guests who will alternate in a spring weekend with more than 75 events in which we will try to touch on many important messages and the major themes of our time, such as inclusiveness and sustainability, female empowerment, the fight against every form of hatred violence and discrimination or moments
of advocacy for the basic psychologist revolution.
The guests and the themes The last names who will participate in this second edition and the complete program of the Festival have also been revealed. The actor Pierpaolo Spollon, with a speech on the power of emotions; Andrea Lorenzon (aka Cartoni Morti), during a meeting in collaboration with Avis Nazionale to raise awareness among the entire population of the importance of donating one’s blood; Giovanna Sannino (‘Carmela’ from Mare Fuori), will participate in a talk on the fight against all forms of hatred and violence, especially towards women. The #Tic festival2024 will also be an event to talk about the horrors produced by every form of war conflict with Alessio Romenzi and Cecilia Sala, of scientific dissemination with Alessandro Beloli, content creator of Geopop, special guest on the evening of the Tic Awards, prizes that will be awarded to those creators/influencers who have distinguished themselves for their commitment to the main social and cultural challenges of our time; of social media and representation of oneself online, with an interview by Angelo Mellone, director of the Day Time Entertainment Department of Rai and UmbriaLibri, with the journalist, author and television host Alberto Matano; of citizenship and youth activism thanks to various meetings organized in collaboration with Save The Children.
Online gaming and hating There is also plenty of space for the phenomenon of online gaming, with Davide Grasselli (aka Grax) and Luigi Puccianti (aka Gigi); to the food sector with Giorgio Barchiesi (aka Giorgione), Emanuele Ferrari, Eva Andrini and Daniele Resconi; to music with the composer Gabriele Rossi, the Animaux Formidables, Tommy Kuti, Roberto Dell’Era
(Afterhours), Davide Autelitano (Ministers) and Gianluca De Rubertis; to a reflection on the role of artificial intelligence thanks to the presence of Filippo Boschero, creator of the Nefele project, digital influencer. Finally, there were multiple awareness meetings in favor of female empowerment and against the scourge of online hating, involving guests such as MomokaBanana, stage name of Linda Hu, an established face on social media as spokesperson for important messages against Asian stereotypes, Samara Tramontana, on the front line against the fight against all forms of bullying and cyberbullying, MariannaTheInfluenza and Nogaye Ndiaye, anti-racist and transfeminist spreaders, Chiara Galeazzi, author of the book ‘Poverina’. There will also be the author and radio speaker Francesco Lancia who will participate as a presenter of multiple events during the three days of the Tic Festival.
The festival «The second edition of the Tic Festival is possible thanks to the renewed trust on the part of the Cassa di Risparmio di Terni and Narni Foundation, which believed in the project from the beginning and also made it possible for the 3 days of events to be completely free to the public – they write from the organization -. Main sponsor of the event: Warsteiner Beer. To enrich the proposal for the aforementioned guests, there will be a street food and beverage village with a stage for concerts and talks, the result of the partnership with Vitamina C, a player in the organization of street food events in Italy. Among the sponsors also Costa D’Oro and Doc Creativity. Thanks to the patronage and support of the Ministry of Culture, the Municipality of Terni, the Umbria Region, the Province of Terni, the National Order of Psychologists, the national AVIS, the University for Foreigners of Perugia, the Master’s Degree Course in Communication Public and Enterprise (Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan), of Confcommercio Professioni, of the Regional Educational Office for Umbria, of Confartigianato Terni. Finally, special thanks go to Save The Children for their support.”
