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We’re proud to share that Below the Clouds (Sotto le Nuvole in Italian) a film co-authored by Prof. Carmelo Marabello, Dean of Venice International University and professor of Film and Media Studies at Università Iuav di Venezia - received the Special Jury Prize at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

Venice International University, Sept. 7-8, 2025

What is the public perception of Artificial Intelligence? How can we build awareness of what AI agents are and how they work? And how can we communicate these complex topics to the broader public?

At Venice International University, N-ODES is an interactive installation of sound and light that invites the public to a shared dialogue with a swarm of “intelligent spheres.” Powered by evolutionary algorithms, the system generates an immersive, ever-evolving experience shaped by the dynamic interaction between the participant and the artificial entities. The installation functions as both an artistic expression and a living research environment, aligned with the art-and-science and human-centric artificial intelligence approach that has increasingly distinguished VIU’s work in this field.

Where: Palazzo Ca' Tron, Santa Croce 1957, Venice - Iuav University
When: Mondays to Fridays, from 8 am to 7 pm
The exhibition runs until Sunday November 23, 2025

Rome is a Comet offers an immersive experience that transforms the exhibition space into an enveloping representation of the Eternal City, explored in its urban and symbolic dimensions.

DISCO will be featured at the session “Workshop ‘Curbside Management – EU funded DISCO Project: Innovative Solutions to Reshape Urban Space’.

Organized by the European Parking Association (EPA) from its new base in Brussels, the 21st European Parking Conference & Exhibition is the next edition of the sector’s flagship biennial event.

The conference and exhibition are dedicated to showcasing innovation in smart parking management and how this innovation will help shape the future of sustainable urban mobility across Europe and beyond.

Policymakers, industry experts and public authorities will tackle pressing issues such as electromobility and its impact on parking (both on and off-street); kerbside management and urban logistics; and digitalization and data sharing as mandated by EU legislation and required commercially to ensure digital visibility.

The DISCO project will be presented at the Urban Mobility Days, in VIlnius, Lithuania. This event organized by the European Commission will provide the perfect opportunity for networking, debating, and exchanging views on European urban mobility policy issues.

Venice International University (VIU) is pleased to announce a calendar of info sessions dedicated to our key academic programs. These sessions are tailored for both students and professors, offering insights into unique opportunities for interdisciplinary learning, international collaboration, and innovative teaching at Venice International University.

Whether you're a student eager to broaden your academic horizons or a professor with a vision for collaborative teaching and research, these sessions will provide the guidance you need to engage with VIU's dynamic academic community.

As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Venice International University (VIU), we are proud to announce the Intensive Graduate Activities that have been selected for 2026 – a vibrant expression of our commitment to international, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and intercultural academic collaboration.

These programs are the result of collective deliberations by VIU’s Academic Council, composed of representatives from each of our esteemed member universities. Each activity was selected from proposals developed jointly by faculty from at least three member institutions, a requirement that reflects our mission to foster collaboration across borders and disciplines.

On May 17, 2025 the Assembly of Members of Venice International University voted unanimously in favor of admitting Rice University to the consortium.

Rice University, located in Houston, Texas, has an undergraduate student body of 4,800 students and a similar number of graduate students who pursue degrees across the Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, and Business. In 2024, Rice launched a new strategic plan that prioritizes international research and education. Creating opportunities for Rice faculty and students to co-teach and learn in the international academic community of VIU is destined to become a highly-prized component of Rice's internationalization initiatives.

The DISCO project will be presented at the Transport and Logistic Trade Fair in Munich, the most important industry platform for logistics and transport.

transport logistic keeps its promises: the leading exhibition for logistics, telematics and transport brings together industry experts and investment decision makers from all over the world. It is a comprehensive platform where the most important issues affecting the industry today are discussed and where new innovation potential is brought to light.

As the era of liberal democracies and the social democratic century wanes, with communist regimes now a distant memory, political life is marked by discontent, dissatisfaction, and protest by the many against the few. Many feel alienated from the elite, while both the working and middle classes – once pillars of democracy, social cohesion, and shared civic values – worry about economic marginalization.

Venice International University is pleased to host the conference organized by Reset Dialogues and Boston College, which invites philosophers, political theorists, sociologists, and historians to discuss whether democracy survive polarization, inequality & loss of trust?
Join leading thinkers at Reset DOC’s international symposium to debate the future of democracy.

With: Michael Sandel, Ananya Vajpeyi, Adrian Pabst, Karen Barkey, Jonathan Laurence, Charles Sabel & John Milbank

Open to students, researchers & professors.

Monday, May 12, 2025

4.30 pm, VIU Café – Venice International University, San Servolo Island

Sara De Vido, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Giancarlo Corò, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Sara Dal Monico, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Patricio Barbirotto, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Shinji Hasegawa, Waseda University

May 8-9-10, 2025

Venice International University

Organized by Iuav University of Venice & VIU Venice International University

The first DISCO General Assembly of 2025 was held online over two productive days, on 26th and 27th March 2025. This virtual gathering brought together all project partners to reflect on recent achievements, share key updates, and align on the next steps for the project’s development.

Resilience has been the theme of this semester’s Plenary Workshop, one of the most anticipated and carefully planned events of the semester. The workshop took place on Friday April 11.

Rolling admissions are open for the last places in some of our 2025 Summer Schools:

Ethics and Health Care
Wandering Across Sustainable Terrains and Environments
Advanced Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management

April 7-8, 2025

Earlier this year, a successful online kick-off of VIU's new Cities and Global Change Research Network was held on January 22, bringing together over 30 participants from VIU's member institutions. The virtual gathering marked the launch of a promising collaboration focused on some of the most pressing challenges facing today’s urban environments.

Building on this momentum, a two-day in-person workshop was held last week on April 7-8, 2025, bringing together 23 scholars and research officers from 10 member institutions to shape the agenda of the research network.

Navigating the Venice Archipelago. Lagoon Stories for Sustainable Futures is an interactive multimedia exhibit developed by Venice International University in collaboration with the University of Padua and is displayed in the Italian pavilion at Osaka Expo 2025.

Visitors engage with the immersive exhibit using a large touch screen to explore the history of the city and its lagoon, choosing different thematic itineraries: water and food, public health, city defense, religious settlements, historic ceremonies and festivities, and sustainability in the present day.

Starting on April 18, 2025, occasional visitors and day-trippers to the city of Venice will have to pay an "Access Fee" to the Municipality of Venice on selected dates.

Students and professors of VIU activities are exempt from the payment.