Rome is used to being treated like an open-air museum. This week, it gets to play a different role: a city-wide test space for the future. Rome Future Week returns under the theme “Materia Prima,” and the idea is nicely Roman in its ambition. Take the raw material of daily life, people, streets, money, health, work, energy, movement, art, and ask what comes next. More than 70,000 people are expected across the city, with eleven themed Future Hubs covering topics like AI, sust

The venue at Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone in Rome is not a single-room concert space. It is a major cultural complex with multiple halls, outdoor areas, festival programming, and performances that range from classical music to jazz, pop, film events, and talks.