In view of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan-Cortina and coinciding with the month dedicated to women’s rights, on Wednesday 19 February at Palazzo Marino in Milan, the Bracco Foundation, in partnership with the Municipality of Milan, Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 and the International Olympic Committee, presented the results of the first national-level study of the media coverage of the Paris 2024 Games from a gender perspective, which was accompanied by a photographic exhibition featuring women champions and experts from the world of sports.
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The exhibition “A Life in Sport: The Faces and Achievements of 100 Female Experts”, brainchilded of the Bracco Foundation with pictures taken by Gerald Bruneau, celebrates the vibrant dedication of 20 Italian women who have made remarkable contributions to the world of sports, all of whom are included in the #100esperte database. Brief history of all women included in project.
Ahead of National Week for STEM disciplines, the exhibit “Life as a scientist” was presented at the Chamber of Deputies, during a conference dedicated to “professions of the future”, hosting leading institutional and scientific figures. The photographic exhibition illuminates the faces and careers of some of Italy’s greatest female scientists.
The youth-oriented ProgettoDiventerò [Project ‘I will become’] is acquiring an international dimension thanks to a partnership agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
On Friday 11 October 2024, a press conference was held for the presentation of an art and science project called “Beyond the portrait”: a “live” restoration of the Portrait of a young woman by Piero del Pollaiolo, one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Poldi Pezzoli Museum of Milan.
On Saturday 9 November 2024, ahead of the upcoming Italy tour of Sir Anthony Pappano, conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, an inaugural concert will take place at Teatro Civico Roberto de Silva in Rho. The event is sponsored by the Bracco Foundation and by the Roberto de Silva and Diana Bracco Foundation. The special concert inaugurates the Music Season.
In connection with the project #100esperte centred on women experts across a range of fields, the Order of Journalists of Lombardy, ISPI and the Bracco Foundation are organizing a seminar for journalists on the US presidential election that is also open to members of the public.
As part of the thirty-first edition of Artissima, which runs from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 November 2024 at the Oval in Turin, the Premio Diana Bracco – Imprenditrici ad Arte [“Diana Bracco Award for Women Art Entrepreneurs”] supported by the Bracco Foundation in partnership with the Roberto De Silva and Diana Bracco Foundation of Milan.
The Social Report 2023 gives a clear picture of an intense year, outlining the goals and commitments of the Bracco Foundation and offering an assessment of the impact of key projects, based on the value chain.
On Wednesday 3 July 2024, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (“Cattolica”University) hosts “Towards the Equality Olympics”, a symposium dedicated to the theme of equal opportunities in sports journalism, which is highly topical in view of the imminent Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in which, for the first time, an equal number of male and female athletes will participate: 5,250.