RomeCup 2026: Roll Cloud’s young innovators receive awards
How can artificial intelligence contribute to the common good? This is the question that guided Hack4SocialAI, the hackathon for the Roll Cloud. Working in the Cloud project, promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale ETS in partnership with Opening Future, the joint project of Google Cloud, Intesa Sanpaolo and TIM Enterprise.
The event took place yesterday at Sapienza University of Rome, as part of RomeCup 2026, and involved teams selected from the national stages of the programme. Secondary school and university students worked on solutions based on the use of artificial intelligence to tackle four major social challenges: health, inclusion, educational poverty and sustainability.
Roll Cloud has already trained 2,200 secondary school pupils and 200 university students from Piedmont, Lombardy and Lazio, with tailored programmes by age and school level, including sessions with experts, creative challenges and hackathons dedicated to the cloud and artificial intelligence.
During the final challenge, the teams refined their project ideas with input from professionals and start-up founders, working collaboratively on real-world needs: supporting vulnerable people, access to care and support, tackling material, financial and educational poverty, and promoting sustainability and inclusion.
The jury awarded the Social Impact Award and four thematic prizes to the projects deemed most effective in terms of vision, social impact, alignment with the proposed challenge, and the ability to translate technology into value for people and communities.
The winning teams
The Social Impact Award was awarded to the Bee More Sustainability team from the Pellico-Peano Scientific Classical High School in Cuneo, comprising Samuele Isaia, Raffaele Lopatiello, Francesco Gramazio and Tommaso Cometto.
The Sustainability mention went to the Le Superchicche team from the Vittorio Alfieri High School in Asti, comprising Giorgia Corrieri, Magda Lagzouli and Beatrice Sinatra.
The Poverty mention was awarded to the Orizzonte team from the University of Turin, comprising Davide Bambino, Carola Mulato and Selma El Kabbouri.
The Health award went to the Mai solo team from Roma Tre University, comprising Gabriele Crociani, Alessandro Pasetti and Alessia Castagnedi.
The Inclusion award was given to the Info Bridge team from the Ascanio Sobrero Institute in Casale Monferrato, comprising Francesco Aloisi, Federico Brunoro, Alessandro Miftode and Daniele Mici.
Young pioneers of responsible innovation
Hack4SocialAI demonstrates how artificial intelligence can become a space for civic learning and design, where young people are not merely users of technology, but active participants capable of devising solutions to complex problems.
“The Opening Future programme is an example of Intesa Sanpaolo’s commitment to Culture and Dissemination: we spread the culture of AI in a simple and effective way, share knowledge in a cross-cutting and inclusive manner, and promote innovation for a sustainable future. We believe that young people should not be mere users of technology, but rather informed protagonists, capable of understanding it and actively contributing to the choices that guide its development. Through projects such as Opening Future, we are committed to developing in the younger generation the skills and awareness necessary to shape the future,” said Federico Aguggini, Head of AI Transformation at Intesa Sanpaolo.
“With Opening Future and Roll Cloud’s Hack4SocialAI, we don’t just explain AI to young people: we let them experience it and try to instil a conscious and responsible approach in the younger generation. At TIM Enterprise, we are convinced that the digital future is built by investing in their skills, because they will be the future decision-makers and innovators. “We want to be the country’s digital benchmark, and to this end we are focusing on reliable, sovereign and sustainable infrastructure, through the development of artificial intelligence based on governance, transparency and security, and through innovation capable of generating a real impact on cities, healthcare and infrastructure,” commented Simonetta Sada, Head of Service Concepts & Innovation at TIM Enterprise.
With Roll Cloud, RomeCup reaffirms its role as an open laboratory, where schools, universities, businesses and the third sector collaborate to transform technological innovation into skills, responsibility and social impact.
