On the occasion of the Feast of San Francesco di Sales, the patron saint of journalists, the Social Communications Office of the Diocese of Pavia and the weekly magazine "il Ticino" are organizing the 16th edition of the Journalists' Day celebration in Pavia. It is the customary gathering dedicated to professionals in social communications.

The special guest for the event scheduled on Wednesday, January 23, 2024, at 10:30 AM, at the Pertusati hall of the Curia di Pavia (Piazza Duomo 11), is Andrea Moro, a full professor of General Linguistics and vice-rector at the IUSS Advanced Studies School in Pavia. He is a world-renowned linguist who will deliver a presentation on the topic of Artificial Intelligence, titled "Impossible Languages: The Brain, Machines, and the Gift of Limits."

During the event, Professor Andrea Moro will be presented with the "Mons. Carlo Bordoni" Journalistic Award, now in its 16th edition, established by the diocese in memory of a historic director of the diocesan weekly "il Ticino."

Following this, the second edition of the "Mino Milani: What an Adventure Beauty Is" competition will be introduced. This competition, dedicated to the memory of the great Pavese writer, is aimed at third-year students in lower secondary schools and the first two years of upper secondary schools in the province of Pavia.

The Bishop of Pavia, Monsignor Corrado Sanguineti, will convey his greetings, and Alessandro Repossi, the Director of "Il Ticino," will introduce and moderate the initiative.

Andrea Moro is a full professor of General Linguistics and vice-rector at the IUSS Advanced Studies School in Pavia. He founded and directed the Neurocognition, Epistemology, and Theoretical Syntax Research Center (NEtS) for six years. His research focuses on the theory of syntax in human languages and the relationship between language and the brain, using both neuroimaging and electrophysiological techniques. He was a professor at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan for a decade and an associate professor at the University of Bologna. As a visiting scientist at MIT and Harvard University several times, he has conducted courses and seminars in Europe and the United States. Graduating in Classical Studies in Pavia, a Fulbright student in the United States, he obtained his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the Padova consortium and a "Diplôme d'études supérieures en théorie de la syntaxe et syntaxe comparative" from the University of Geneva.