Saturday 22 October 2022 10.00 – 13.00 – Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies, Palazzo Serra di Cassano – Via Monte di Dio, 14 – NAPLES Naples, 17 October 2022. Saturday 22 October 2022 from 10 to 13 at the Italian institute for Philosophical Studies of Naples, the ALTANUR Cultural Association, as part of the project “The Unexpected Connections 2022”, presents the meeting with Federico Faggin entitled “Conscience is fundamental”. Physicist, inventor and entrepreneur, Federico Faggin is very famous all over the world as the father of the microprocessor and other inventions that have revolutionized technology and the society we live in. The meeting will open with the greetings of Giorgio Zinno, Mayor of San Giorgio in Cremano and by Prof. Gennaro Miele, Director of the Physics Department of the Federico II University, will be moderated by Roberto Germano and will start from the essay by Prof. Faggin just published by Mondadori entitled ‘Irriducibile – consciousness, life, computers e la nostra natura ‘, in which the author combines scientific rigor with spirituality and will expand to the infinite connections between consciousness, information theory, computers and life. The initiative takes place in partnership with PROMETE Srl_CNR Spin off Company with the moral patronage of the Campania Region, of the City of San Giorgio a Cremano, of the Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini” and of the Department of Humanities of the University of Naples’ Federico II ‘as well as the collaboration with the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies (IISF) PROGRAM 22 OCTOBER 10.00 – 13.00 Greetings from the Mayor of San Giorgio a Cremano Giorgio Zinno Greetings from Gennaro MIELE (Director of the Physics Department of Federico University II) Meeting / Interview with Federico FAGGI Questions from the audience. NOTES ABOUT FEDERICO FAGGIN He was responsible for the development of the first microprocessors 8008, 4040, 8080 and developer of the MOS technology with silicon gate that allowed the manufacture of the first microprocessors and EPROM and RAM memories dynamics and CCD sensors, the essential elements for the digitization of information. Since 1968 he has lived in the USA. In 1974 he founded the first company dedicated exclusively to microprocessors and gave birth to the famous Z80 microprocessor. In 1986 he founded Synaptics, a company that developed the first touchpads and touchscreens and since 2004 he has been CEO of Foveon, a company that produces advanced sensors of image for digital cameras.In 2015 the ‘Federico and Elvia Faggin’ Foundation established a chair of Information Physics at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) to support the study of complex systems, biophysics, cognitive science and mathematics in the unifying theme of the physics of information.In 2019 he received the highest honor of the Italian Republic with the appointment as Knight of the Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. reflection on the deep connections between quantum mechanics, consciousness and information theory. We were struck by his words: “For years I have tried in vain to understand how consciousness could arise from electrical or biochemical signals, and I have found that, invariably, electrical signals can only produce other electrical signals or other physical consequences such as force or movement. , but never sensations and feelings, which are qualitatively different. It is consciousness that understands the situation and that makes the difference between a robot and a human being. In a machine there is no ‘pause for reflection’ between symbols and action, because the meaning of symbols, doubt, and free will exist only in the consciousness of a self, but not in a mechanism. ” This is Faggin’s thought and we also find his underlining of how we should really be beautiful: deeply human. In this very particular historical moment there are no better words. NOTES ON ROBERTO GERMANO, MEETING MODERATOR Physicist by training, entrepreneur by madness, writer by enthusiasm, scientist by passion, free by necessity. Founding partner (1997) and Director of PROMETE Srl (CNR Spin off Company), founding partner of Pandora TV, and currently active in CASADELSOLE.TV. Author of numerous international articles on physics and industrial patents. Expert in Technology Transfer, winner of the 2004 edition of the “Roberto Marrama” award for young entrepreneurial talents, he was a member of the International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (ISCMNS), he is founder and member of the Secretariat of AlterLab (Laboratory for the Alternative political-cultural). He is a founding member of the Interdisciplinary Cultural Association “ALTANUR – Le Connessioni Inattese”, founded in Naples in 1997 with the aim of promoting interaction between different knowledge and achieving correct dissemination, of which he is currently the president. Co-founder, with Giulietto Chiesa and many others from the Center of Gravity, a thought laboratory born at the end of 2019, a space free from conditioning that is uniting the intelligences scattered throughout the country. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of IC-MAST – the International Conference on Materials and Applications for Sensors and Transducers, where he is Chairman of the Low Energy Coherent Systems Session, as well as a member of the Scientific Committee of AQUAPHOTOMICS (Japan) and of the “Luc Montagnier Foundation” Geneva.BOOKS BY ROBERTO GERMANO “Cold Fusion. Modern history of Inquisition and Alchemy “, Bibliopolis (2000, 2003, 2011), preface by Giuliano Preparata, afterword by Emilio Del Giudice.” AQUA. Electromagnetic water and its amazing adventures “, Bibliopolis (2007), preface by Emilio Del Giudice.” Shameless invading that does not know about life “, Kammer ed. 2020. “Visceral Scepsis with poetic complications”, Cultural Group “Ippolito Rosellini”, Pisa, 1993.S. De Falco, R. Germano, “TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER. Scenarios and tools for the mutual exchange of skills between universities, research institutions and companies “, Franco Angeli, 2010, preface by Piero Perlo (former Director of the FIAT Research Center). His contributions are present in the volumes:” Science and Democracy ” (Liguori editore, 2003), “Sciences, Powers and Democracy” (Editori Riuniti, 2006), “The world according to Quantum Physics” (Sperling & Kupfer, 2017) by F. Fracas.
