Kick-Off Day 03 and Keynote by Vera Gheno

Opening and welcome for the third conference day, followed by the keynote by Vera Gheno.

Keynote: Dialogue in a Complex World: A Short Survival Guide

By Vera Gheno
Sociolinguist

Vera Gheno is a sociolinguist and a translator from Hungarian. She collaborated with the Accademia della Crusca for 20 years. After 18 years as a contract professor at various universities, she works as a researcher at the University of Florence since the end of 2021. Her publications include “Femminili singolari. Il femminismo è nelle parole” (2021, effequ) and “Grammamanti. Immaginare future con le parole” (2024, Einaudi). “Nessunə è normale” (June 17, 2025, UTET) is her seventeenth monograph. She hosts the podcast “Amare Parole” for Il Post. Her research interests are digital communication, gender issues, diversity, equity, and inclusion.