Today marks the opening of the first international summit on artificial intelligence. Workshop on the platform on Saturday
The Fondazione Mondo Digitale ETS is participating in Next Generation AI – First international summit on artificial intelligence in schools, promoted by the Ministry of Education and Merit as part of the travelling campus Scuola Futura (Naples, 8–13 October 2025).
The initiative is part of the PNRR Education actions for educational innovation and the promotion of STEM disciplines and involves over 6,000 students and teachers, 280 trainers and more than 50 technology companies and start-ups from 40 countries.
In the workshop “Tools and practices for personalising teaching: from conversational AI to digital tutoring and virtual reality” (Saturday 11 October, 9am–1pm, AI Open Space, Palazzo Reale), Mirta Michilli, Director General of the Foundation, and Andrea Taurchini, CEO of IT LogiX, will present Pathway Companion, an artificial intelligence platform dedicated to supporting children with special educational needs (SEN).
Developed in collaboration with Italian and European partners, Pathway Companion was created to help teachers, educators and caregivers build personalised, accessible and secure learning paths.
The platform integrates three interconnected AI engines:
- selection of the most suitable compensatory tools based on the child's profile;
- automatic adaptation of teaching materials to improve readability and comprehension;
- continuous personalisation thanks to an intelligent tutoring system that learns from feedback from teachers and students.
The project involves 570 schools, 5,000 teachers, 5,000 parents and carers and over 10,000 pupils in Italy and Europe, 2,500 of whom have specific learning difficulties.
‘With Pathway Companion,’ explains Mirta Michilli, ‘we want to demonstrate that artificial intelligence can be a powerful ally for inclusive education, provided that it is always guided by human experience and judgement.’
