2024

• I served as the Crew Commander for a team of seven on an Arctic expedition with The Mars Society on Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada.
• I am the vice-chair of the Curriculum on Space and Global Health part of the Space and Global Health Network, which is supported by the Geneva Digital Health Hub (gdhub).
• I was invited to speak at the XI Rotary District 2072 Conference in Riccione, Italy, on the panel "The Future is What We Create: Women, Youth, Innovation."
• I was a panellist at the Analogue Frontiers 2024 Conference, held at the Italian Space Agency and discussed medicine and life sciences in analogue missions.
• Keynote speaker at the "24th Convegno Nazionale Associazione Italiana Ingegneri Clinici / 24th National Conference of the Italian Clinical Engineers Association" about "From Orbit to Operating Room: How Space Medicine is Reshaping Healthcare."
• Quotidiano Nazionale highlighted Ilaria in the special #QNXLeDonne section during the week commemorating International Women's Day. The interview was also showcased in Open Magazine.
• IODonna interviewed Ilaria in the "At work with..." section.
• Ilaria was a special guest at the Spes Fest, the festival of women's literature in Lucca (Italy).
• The Italian Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, invited me to serve as a testimonial for the "Science: She Says!" event. This event garnered support from various organizations, including the Science, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority (STDF), the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt, the Delegation of the European Union in Egypt, the Embassy of Italy in Cairo, and UN Women. The event was also showcased on Innovitalia.

2023

• Industry talks and seminars: Ferragamo.
• The Italian Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands invited me to speak as a keynote speaker on space healthcare and nutrition at the VIII Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, "A space engineer in the kitchen."
• I was interviewed by Diver(City) and SeedsofFlorence and featured on their cover.
• I was interviewed by Marie Clarie magazine about Terre Des Hommes's art exhibition "Straordinarie, protagonist del presente / Extraordinary. Protagonists of the Present." The interview also appeared in The International Magazine.
• I am one of the 50 Leading Tech Voices for the European Patent Office and was invited to the 50 Years of the European Patent Convention in October 2023 at the "We Have Lift-off: How space technologies change life on Earth" panel.
• I was the Topic Editor of the Innovation in Space Medical Technology research topic for Frontiers in Space Technologies.
• Foresight Frontier invited me to speak at their first Space Tech Workshop about innovation in space medicine.
• StartupItalia invited me as an inspiring woman in science to participate in the 21st L'Oréal —UNESCO Award For Women in Science, and Elle Magazine interviewed me.
• The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs invited me to appear at a virtual side event to represent the Space4Women network.
• The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs invited me as a speaker at the Working Group on Space and Global Health about my work on "Space for healthcare, healthcare for space ";
• Deascuola and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) invited me as a guest speaker on Earth’s Day;
• The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs invited me to speak at the Space4Women Mentors' Work and Project Session;
• I spoke about healthcare and space exploration at the XVIII ENEEB - National Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Students (Portugal);
• SeedsofFlorence invited me to present "AI for Space" at Humanising AI.

2022

• The Italian Space Agency invited me to participate in the "The Italian Journey in Space Exploration" panel at Farnborough International to speak about deep space crew missions;
• Matt Higa selected me as part of the TOP 100 Aerospace & Aviation Professionals to Follow on LinkedIn;
• The Italian President, Sergio Mattarella, invited me to the Quirinale Palace in Italy to celebrate the Women's Day;
• TAKE OFF Accelerator invited me to speak about the space economy on AIKO's behalf;
• European Rover Challenge invited me as a panellist for "Living in a Martian City" and "Space Economy News";
• I was the Guest Editor for a Special Issue for the IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology called Healthcare for Space, Space for Healthcare;
• Out of the Box invited me to be a business evaluator of start-up pitches.

2021

• Industry talks and seminars: Bayer and Medtronic.
• The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs invited me to present my work titled "How frontier tech enables sustainability, transferability and Safety" at the CTBT Science and Technology Conference – High Opening Level –Space Science and Technology for global sustainable development, peace, and security ;
• The Space Generation Advisory Council invited as a keynote speaker at the ESA Astronaut Selection Campaign – Episode #3 – All of them to be the next generation of astronauts?;
• Radio Number One interviewed me about the role of women in the space sector;
• The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs invited me as a keynote speaker at the "Pushing Frontiers: Human Spaceflight and Disabilities";
• The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs invited me as a speaker at the Working Group on Space and Global Health about my work on "Advances in Space Medicine Applied to Pandemics on Earth";
• The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization invited me to speak about Humanity in Space;
• The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs invited me to speak as a keynote speaker at the Making Space4Women in the Decade of Action event;
• Prof. Moriba Jah invited me at ASCEND to present my work on "Space traffic cooperation helps human spaceflight and disaster management" as part of the Diverse Dozen (D12) powered by The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics;
• Frontiers NEXT Wellbeing invited me to talk about "Exploring human possibilities in extreme conditions ";
• I was the keynote speaker for the Space & Extreme Environment Research Center of the Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre;
• The International Space University invited me to give a lecture about "Usage of Analogue Sites and Human Factors";
• My space artwork was sent onboard the International Space Station as part of the MoonGallery payload.

2020

• Author for The Space Review: More Space on the Ground: trendy analogues vs an unpleasant reality;
• I was invited as a keynote speaker for the Space & Extreme Environment Research Center of the Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre;
• The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs invited me as a speaker at the Working Group on Space and Global Health about my work on "Advances in Space Medicine Applied to Pandemics on Earth";
• The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (Boeretang, Belgium) invited me to share my work, which was published in The Role of AI in Space Healthcare, as a keynote speaker.

Before 2020

• The XPOMET 360° Next Generation Healthcare Conference invited me to speak about Space Medical Capabilities;
• Presenting the Lunar Night Survival Project (run by the International Space University – Space Studies Program 2018) at the Lunar Night Survival Workshop – Universities Space Research Association in 2018;
• University talks and seminars about space medicine and analogue missions: University of Southampton (UK) | 2018; University of Porto (Portugal) | 2018; University of Pisa (Italy) | 2017; Crea(c)tivity (Italy) in 2017 and 2021.
• I was invited as a speaker at the ESA Moon-Mars workshop (The Netherlands) in 2017, 2018 and 2019;
• I was invited as a guest at Harvard University (USA) in 2019;
• I was invited as a speaker at the Xpomet (Germany) in 2019;
• Invited as a guest at MIT New Space Age Conference (USA) | 2019;
• "Don't fight, explore" for TEDx Padova in 2017;
• Invited as a speaker at the International Space Medicine Bellagio Summit II (Italy) in 2017;
• Crew Commander for analogue missions, responsible for training and supervising teams of up to 40 individuals.