2026 International Conference on Identification, Information and Knowledge in the Internet of Things (IIKI)
IIKI 2026 features invited lectures from leading scholars whose work spans finance, technology, political science, sociology, security studies, and the social consequences of artificial intelligence.
Roberto Renò holds a PhD in Financial Mathematics at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy, and a Degree in Physics at the University of Pisa.
He has been Visiting Professor at the Carey Business School at the Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore; Senior Fellow at Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin; Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence; Visiting Professor at LUISS, Rome and IMT, Lucca; Professor at the University of Verona; Associate and Assistant Professor of Quantitative Finance at the University of Siena.
His professional activity includes consultancy in the fields of interest rate modelling, time series forecasting, portfolio allocation and hedge fund strategies.
His research focuses on various aspects of finance, with specific contributions in asset pricing, volatility modeling and forecasting, nonparametric statistics. He published more than 40 research papers on leading finance, economics, econometrics, mathematics and physics journals.
Keynote
Dr Ivana Luknar's keynote
Lecturer
Dr Ivana Luknar, Institute for Political Studies, Department for Political Theory, Belgrade, Serbia
Biography
Dr. Ivana Luknar, a sociologist and doctor of political sciences, focuses her research on the intersection of technology, social deviance, and security. She has extensively examined the socio-political consequences of artificial intelligence, including its ethical, legal, and gender dimensions. Her work addresses various forms of cyber threats, ranging from cybercrime to cyber terrorism, applying sociological frameworks such as social control theory.
She has contributed to the study of human trafficking, specifically minors sex trafficking, as well as police cooperation and organizational behavior within law enforcement. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges sociology, political science, criminology, security studies and technology.
Dr. Luknar has also explored themes of national identity, the geopolitical use of history, and the contributions of women in interwar Yugoslavia. Her scholarship combines theoretical analysis with policy-oriented recommendations, appearing in multiple languages across international conferences and academic journals.
Abstract
Contemporary humanity occupies a unique transitional position. Current generations are simultaneously the last to remain biologically unmodified, intellectually isolated, and physically constrained, as well as the first to undergo technological augmentation, achieve collective intellectual connectivity, and be limited only by imaginative capacity. This places humanity precisely at the singularity's event horizon. This tautological condition, balancing between before and after, has surprisingly escaped scholarly attention until now.
Future social trajectories are not predetermined. They depend entirely on contemporary dynamics. Everyday decisions and actions carry significant weight. They collectively shape the direction of human development. Present social forces, such as technological integration, policy choices, and cultural shifts, will determine which path society ultimately takes.
Thus, the current moment is both fragile and formative. This lecture addresses the importance of each individual. It invites each of us to ask how we wish to shape the future. Specifically, should we chase technological progress blindly? Should we regulate it reactively, filling gaps as they emerge? Or will we recognize the weight of the present moment?
