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1. COLLABORATION, TEAM SPIRIT, AND INCLUSION:
How to come together as a team in today’s world?
In a rapidly changing professional landscape, the ability of companies to embrace inclusion and collaboration has become a major challenge. To address contemporary issues, it’s essential to redefine what working as a team truly means.
In this conference, led by Gabriel Fontana, new approaches to collaboration are explored to transform your teams. Through concrete examples from his work in social design, Gabriel demonstrates how companies can strengthen team spirit while actively combating discrimination based on race, gender, LGBTQIA identity, ability, body size, or social class. He highlights how these forms of discrimination can be overcome through an inclusive and proactive vision.
In addition, this session provides practical solutions for developing soft skills such as empathy, active listening, and constructive collaboration—skills essential to fostering trust-based relationships. Beyond performance, it proposes a genuine cultural transformation, enabling your company to become a model for inclusion and diversity while anticipating the expectations of tomorrow’s world.
2. SPORT, TRENDS, AND SOCIAL INNOVATION:
How can the sports industry lead upcoming societal changes?
In a constantly evolving world, today’s sports cultures still seem anchored in outdated models. In fact, looking at history, we see that team sports have evolved little since the first modern Olympic Games in 1894, even though our society has faced constant social change. Are current sports practices and the moral values they convey immovable? Is the sport industry actually open to innovation?
While technological and material innovation have pushed the boundaries of physical performance—with increasingly sophisticated equipment and optimized training techniques—social innovation remains almost nonexistent.
However, new generations, particularly Generation Z, expect sports to reflect the values they uphold, such as inclusion, social justice, fluidity, and mental well-being.
This reflection is essential for sports brands striving to remain relevant in a society that increasingly prioritizes diversity and inclusion. It requires a rethinking of both the core values of sports brands and the broader values they reflect, allowing sports to serve not only as a space for competition but also as fertile ground for social innovation, contributing to a fairer and more inclusive society.
3. THE BODY AS A LEARNING TOOL:
Rethinking design through kinesthetic learning.
In a world where soft skills and creativity have become essential, it’s time to rethink our learning methods. What if the body became a central tool in developing our social and human skills? After years of collaborating with children, Gabriel Fontana has developed expertise in different learning styles, particularly the importance of play and movement in stimulating imagination, interaction, and empathy.
Through kinesthetic learning—a type of learning that involves movement and physical experience—he has developed an innovative approach that places the body at the heart of the creative process. This method not only strengthens essential human skills like communication and adaptability but also pushes the boundaries of imagination and creativity.
This conference explores how these principles can transform the way we design and develop products and immersive experiences. Drawing inspiration from how children learn through play and physical interaction, this approach offers concrete solutions for creating intuitive, seamless, and emotionally engaging user experiences. Whether in technology, entertainment, or design, learning through play opens new perspectives for re-enchanting the world.
