CreativeMornings Milan - Building a Local Chapter for a Global Creative Community

Bringing an international lecture series to Milan and shaping its first year through speaker curation, partnerships, and local community building.

CreativeMornings is a free monthly breakfast lecture series and video platform built around short talks and in-person exchange for creative communities. Originally founded by Tina Roth Eisenberg in New York, it was designed as a simple, accessible format for bringing people together offline and on-video around ideas, stories, and shared curiosity.

In 2011, after meeting Tina Roth Eisenberg through the international creative blogging network, I helped bring the format to Milan and co-organised the chapter’s first year together with a local partner from Impact Hub Milan.

The series became a way to connect designers, makers, founders, and creative professionals through a recurring live format that combined inspiration, accessibility, and community. Speakers included Olimpia Zagnoli, Mauro Gatti, Francesca Cavallo, Francesco Franchi, Pietro Corraini, Demian Conrad, Giorgio Olivero.

Key Contributions

• Helped introduce and launch the CreativeMornings format in Milan.

• Co-organised the first year of the series with a local ecosystem partner.

• Curated speakers. 

• Managed sponsor relationships and community-facing coordination.

• Oversaw event communication and video production support.

• Helped establish a recurring format that strengthened ties within Milan’s design and tech community.