The Economy of Francesco is organizing a webinar on June 4 at 2:00 p.m. CEST dedicated to reflection and discussion on Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical.
source: EoF
Following the publication of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, The Economy of Francesco invites the global community to a moment of shared reflection and dialogue on the protection of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence:
Together, we hope to deepen the messages and perspectives opened by this new text, exploring its implications for culture, economy, technology, and our common future.
The webinar will feature contributions from: Sr. Helen Alford, Fadi Chehadé, Mariana Reis Maria, Luigino Bruni
4th June - Time: 14:00 CEST - Duration: 1h30
Registration here: [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LpEIY-UnR2qKVsKXLa5ybg]
FADI CHEHADÉ is an internet entrepreneur known for founding and selling numerous digital companies and leading IBM’s expansion in the Middle East and Africa. In addition to his significant business achievements, he has held key global roles with a strong social and political impact: he served as President and CEO of ICANN (2012–2016), the international body that governs internet policy, as a member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, and as an advisor to the World Economic Forum. He currently serves as President of the PAX Foundation, an independent organization promoting economic revitalization in the Levant region. Recognized by Harvard and Oxford and named a “Great Immigrant” in 2020 by the Carnegie Corporation, he combines technological innovation with global cooperation and development.
Sr HELEN ALFORD is member of the Congregation of St Catherine of Siena of Newcastle, Natal (Dominicans) since 1994. President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas/Angelicum. Se is also Senior Adviser to the “Blueprint for Better Business”, Consultor to the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, Expert of the Holy See’s Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties (AVEPRO). She is a member of the Scientific Committee of EoF.
LUIGINO BRUNI is an economist and historian of economic thought whose research interests include philosophy, literature, and biblical studies. At LUMSA University, he is Full Professor of Political Economy and Coordinator of the PhD Program in Civil Economy Sciences. He is also a columnist for Avvenire and President of the Scuola di Economia Civile, which he helped promote and co-found together with Stefano Zamagni. He is Vice President of The Economy of Francesco Foundation.
MARIANA REIS MARIA is Assistant Professor at the State 
University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from UNICAMP, which included a student visiting period at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento in Pisa, funded by the CAPES-PrINT program. Researcher at the Group of Applied Macroeconomics Studies (GEMAP) and the Center for Industrial and Technological Economics (NEIT). Her expertise lies in Industrial Economics and Innovation and Ecological Economics. Additionally, serves as a young member within the assembly of The Economy of Francesco Foundation and the Scientific Committee, a member of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), and serves on the board of directors of the Brazilian Society for Ecological Economics (ECOECO). She was a Fellow of the EoF Academy and is a member of the Scientific Committee of EoF.