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18/05/2026 - Talk to the Future: How AI Is Rewriting Criminal Procedure (Italy)

argument: Notizie/News - Criminal Procedure Law

Source: La Mia Finanza

Fabio Di Venosa will be at Milan’s Palazzo di Giustizia on 21 May to participate in the Talk to the Future 2026 panel titled “Criminal evidence: come l’intelligenza artificiale sta riscrivendo il procedimento penale tra investigazione, dibattimento e garanzie del contraddittorio”. The session focuses on the entry of AI tools into the phases of acquisition, evaluation and adversarial testing of criminal evidence and stresses the need for a structured reflection on defence guarantees, technical reliability and the role of private investigation in supporting the defence. Panel participants are Avv. Enrico Giarda (Counsellor of the Milan Bar and President of the Criminal Justice Commission of the COA), Avv. Giuseppe Vaciago (Coordinator of the AI and Justice Table of the Milan Bar, cassation lawyer, partner at 42 Law Firm, founder of LT42, PhD in Digital Forensics at the University of Milano‑Bicocca and visiting scholar at Stanford and Fordham), Avv. Giovanni Briola (Treasurer Councillor of the Milan Bar, criminal lawyer expert in corporate criminal law, Legislative Decree 231/2001, blockchain and virtual currencies), and Fabio Di Venosa (private investigator, CEO and founder of CENTRO SERVIZI INVESTIGATIVI, head of security at the Osservatorio Metropolitano di Milano and expert in OSINT and digital evidence). Raffaella Cosentino, Head of Communications of the Milan Bar and founder of Almost Blue, will moderate the panel.

Talk to the Future is an institutional week on AI, law and society scheduled from 18 to 22 May 2026 and is in its fourth edition, promoted by Antonino La Lumia and held under the High Patronage of the European Parliament. The initiative is supported by AGID, the Consiglio Nazionale Forense (CNF) and the Organismo Congressuale Forense (OCF); main sponsor is 4cAi by 4c with Doctrine as international sponsor and media partners including Sky TG24, Il Sole 24 ORE Professionale, Il Dubbio and Diritto e Giustizia. Additional sponsors listed include Lefebvre Giuffrè, Lexroom, TeamSystem, Wolters Kluwer Italia, Aptus.AI, Consolle Avvocato by OPEN Dot Com, OpenLeges, Lextel AI (Part of Tinexta Visura), Legora and Semantyca. The event is free, organised by the Milan Bar through the Fondazione Forense as part of the continuing education programme for lawyers, grants three training credits (two mandatory), and registration is via the Sfera platform.