THE MOST EAGERLY AWAITED EVENT ON IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY RETURNS
The world is changing.
How about you?
21 Minutes is about sharing ideas, visions and models of excellence
to address humanity's challenges and choose a better future today,
together with some of the world’s greatest minds.
Join those who want to make a difference
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From an idea of Patrizio Paoletti, 21 Minutes is the international conference dedicated to all those who want to change the world.
It is a "Network for Humanity" with world-renowned speakers to explore the issues that affect our future and orient us towards improvement.
Being human today means becoming agents of change, playing a conscious and active part in shaping a better future for ourselves, for mankind and for our planet.
At 21 Minutes you will hear ideas and models of excellence from speakers from around the world, and become part of that core group of people determined to create a better Future.
New Skills for a New Humanity
In school we have lessons about history, but not about the future. As human beings we must ask ourselves: how do we want the world to be in 10 years?
At 21 Minutes A New Paradigm, philosophers, artists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, next-generation leaders and world-renowned innovators will discuss current and future challenges and how to use the most renewable resource that exists on our planet: ourselves, human beings.
Indeed, to create real change we must start from our inner world.
"21 minutes is a Human Inner Design project, through which we disseminate ideas, techniques, strategies and tools that enable us to rethink ourselves, to re-read our lives from other points of view and to change our future
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Patrizio Paoletti
"21 minutes is much more than a conference: it is a way of thinking, a working method to inspire"
-Libero
"An open 'Think Tank’ for anyone who wants to find new stimuli"
-Corriere del Web
"To find new and effective keys for a more sustainable and human growth"
-Donna Moderna
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With the participation of Nobel Laureates
"21 Minutes is the University of the Future"
Michael Gazzaniga, psychologist and neuroscientist
THE FOCUS OF THIS EDITION
A New Paradigm
Spherical Economy and Shared Responsibility
In a time of global uncertainty, the 2025 edition of 21 Minutes – New Paradigm introduces a new vision for humanity: Spherical Economy, conceived by Patrizio Paoletti.
A paradigm that unites consciousness, ethics, and sustainability, inviting us to move beyond competition to rediscover cooperation and shared responsibility. Rooted in the Sphere Model of Consciousness — the result of over three decades of philosophical, artistic, scientific, economic, educational, and experiential research—this vision describes a living and interconnected economy, where every part contributes to the balance of the whole.
It is an economy that unites rather than divides, regenerates rather than consumes, and cultivates rather than exploits. A new humanism for a changing world: from the logic of mors tua, vita mea to the perspective of vita tua, vita mea.
An invitation to build together a civilization of co-creation, capable of generating future, peace, and shared prosperity.
21 Minutes supports the 2030 agenda
of the United Nations.
We will explore the 5Ps of Sustainable Development as they relate to human beings
New skills are needed for a new humanity and our speakers accept the challenge of sharing their story, not just their success, but the inner skills that have made the difference on their path
FOCUS DI QUESTA EDIZIONE
Quest'anno 21 Minuti sostiene l'agenda 2030 delle Nazioni Unite e il focus saranno le 5P dello Sviluppo Sostenibile
People
Recognizing our role
as sustainability builders
GUESTS OF THE LATEST EDITION
PATRIZIO PAOLETTI
Creator of 21 Minutes
MARIA CHIARA CARROZZA
Former President of the National Research Council (CNR), scientist and innovator in the field of robotics and neuroscience.
JULIÁN CARRÓN
Theology Professor
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
GIULIA SILVIA GHIA
Art historian and restorer, Councillor for Culture, Education, Sports, and Youth Policies of Rome’s First Municipality.
ALEX ARMILLOTTA
Co-founder and CEO of AWorld, App supporting the UN's ActNow campaign on climate change and sustainability
ALDO SOLDI
Economist and President of Banca Etica, expert in sustainability and shared development models.
BARBARA CARFAGNA
Journalist, author, and RAI presenter, expert in technological innovation, artificial intelligence, and the social transformations of the digital age.
VANESSA GAPRIOTTI NADALIN
Researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) in Brazil.
LETIZIA MAGALDI
Cultural promoter and advocate for sustainable transition.
EVENT PROGRAMME
22 November 2025, Rome - ONLINE
Patrizio Paoletti, creator of 21 Minutes
Visionary, bestselling author, man of peace, mentor and influencer, he has dedicated his life to creating methods and practical tools for self-knowledge.
He advocates the value of awareness as a key to overcoming the current global crises. He has developed pedagogical models, methods and scientifically validated techniques for raising self-awareness in human beings, disseminated through the International School of Self Awareness of which he is founder. In his vision, sustainable development can only be achieved by becoming aware of one's inner processes and acquiring the ability to shape them. Hence the concept of Human Inner Design.
The validity of his methods is also confirmed by the neuroscientific research of his Foundation (Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti) in collaboration with international scientists, institutes and universities such as Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv, La Sapienza University in Rome and the CNR.
His research interests focus on the improvement of human beings, ranging from neuroscientific investigation of consciousness to innovative didactic tools to create processes of Lifelong Learning and Lifewide Education.
THE HISTORY OF 21 MINUTES
Since 2009: an international conference
Every year Patrizio Paoletti, Nobel Prize winners, scientists, philosophers, creatives, economists and world-renowned innovators bring to the stage of 21 Minutes new visions and concrete tools for a sustainable future.
Today: a multimedia platform
21 Minutes is the event that brings together and disseminates knowledge, also online where it disseminates Human Inner Design tools to help people to live consciously, sustainably and in a way that is useful to the wider community.
Tomorrow: a global community
The goal of 21 Minutes has always been to share new ideas and visions from all over the world.
It now aims to become a global community to develop projects for change and innovative
start-ups.
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EDITIONS
150+
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS
15.000+
PARTICIPANTS AT THE EVENTS
35
COUNTRIES CONNECTED IN STREAMING
2009 - Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan
21min THE KNOWLEDGE OF EXCELLENCE
2010 - East End Studios, Milan
21min THE KNOWLEDGE OF EXCELLENCE
2011 - Lyrick Theatre, Assisi
21min THE KNOWLEDGE OF EXCELLENCE
2012 - Teatro Pavone, Perugia
21min THE KNOWLEDGE OF EXCELLENCE
2013 - Lyrick Theatre, Assisi
21min NEXT
2014 - Palazzo Frumentario, Assisi
21min CHANGE
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2015 - Magna Pars Event Space, Milan
21min THE HUMAN STARTUP
2016 - Kursaal Congress Centre,
Republic of San Marino
21min BUSINESS
2017 - Teatro delle Muse, Ancona
21min AVANT-GARDE
2018 - Ancient Monastery of San Biagio, Nocera Umbra
21min AVANT-GARDE
2019 - Patrizio Paoletti Foundation, Assisi
21min AWARENESS
2020 - Live Streaming
21min FUTURE
2021 - Live Streaming
21min TALKS ON THE FUTURE
2022 - Live Streaming
21min AWARENESS
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OUR NETWORK FOR HUMANITY
Nobel Laureates
BETTY WILLIAMS
Nobel Peace Prize
(1976)
DAVID GROSS
Nobel Prize in Physics
(2004)
MARTIN CHALFIE
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(2008)
WOODROW W. CLARK II
Nobel Peace Prize
(2007)
MAIREAD
CORRIGAN-MAGUIRE
Nobel Peace Prize
(1976)
Some of our speakers over the years
Moshe Bar | neuroscientist
Adele Diamond | neuroscientist
Hans D’Orville | ex-director general UNESCO
Rita El Khayat | ethno-psychologist
Tara Gandhi | social entrepreneur
Michael Gazzaniga | psychologist and neuroscientist
Erin Gruwell | teacher and writer
Natasha Korsakova | violinist and writer
Mehri Madarshahi | cultural advisor
Fiona May | olympic champion
Raj Patel | economist and journalist
Susan Polgar | chess grand master
Carlo Ratti | architect
Erno Rubik | designer
Margriet Sitskoorn | neuroscientist
Tristram Stuart | writer and activist
Enrique Vargas | theatre director
and many others
F.A.S.E.
The 21 Minutes Approach
From the PH.A.S.E. ® paradigm created by Patrizio Paoletti
The 21 Minutes speeches follow the PH.A.S.E. paradigm to approach the key themes from every angle of our knowledge process
PHILOSOPHY
VISION
Any idea that is truly capable of changing the world is always based on a new vision that activates and orients us. The questions of philosophical knowledge offer us the possibility to transform uncertainty into envisioning, into a living image of what we really want.
ART
INNOVATION
To change our world, we must learn to share knowledge and direct technological development. Art is the discipline that first helps us express vision and connect knowledge in new ways to generate innovation.
SCIENCE
DISCOVERY
Science is discovery, but it is also verification. For change to be grounded, it must be based on knowledge that is verified both internally and externally.
ECONOMICS
SUSTAINABILITY
At the end of the creative process, when we are ready to turn intuition into action, we must measure its sustainability. No action can be considered economic if it does not benefit ourselves, others and the planet.
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ORGANIZED AND PROMOTED BY
21 Minutes is a project created by Patrizio Paoletti, founder of the Patrizio Paoletti Foundation, a non-profit research organisation that has been dedicated to the study of human functioning for over 20 years. Through interdisciplinary research, the results of which are applied in education and teaching, the organisation promotes the best talents in children and adults. The Foundation, through its Research Institute for Neuroscience, Education and Didactics (RINED), promotes people's health, resilience and wellbeing and disseminates practical, immediate, innovative and effective tools that support people in learning how to know how to do, how to live in order to 'be' in a constantly changing world. Through its educational projects, the Foundation works to ensure that all individuals become more aware of their own resources, role and responsibility towards others and the planet in order to express their full potential.
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