Every year there are millions of premature and preventable deaths owing to air indoor and outdoor pollution. Various sources provide differing data, but still there (…)XXI Annual Meeting of the Friends of Aspen – Climate change and the air we breathe
The 2019 annual Aspen Junior Fellows conference was dedicated to the choices that must be made to reconcile environment and development, and the importance of (…)Aspen Junior Fellows Annual Conference – Reconciling the environment and development
Wealth creation, energy demand and CO2 emissions continued even through 2018, building on the trend of the previous year. With every day that passes, the (…)Making the most of Italy’s energy resources
The global economy is undergoing deep and rapid changes that are revolutionizing how production is organized. The very concept of the “job market” seems outdated (…)Labour market: innovation and skills development
The second conference of the Aspen Corporate Initiative for the directors of external and institutional relations and communications of Aspen’s corporate members opened with a (…)A new role for business: environmental and territorial challenges
The early years of the Internet were marked by a liberal optimism about its decentralizing and democratizing effects. Information would be widely available and undercut (…)The data-driven society
While certainly not exhaustive, this summary clearly reveals one of the principle reasons for the European crisis and the current tensions between the EU and (…)National identities around the world
Globalization and technology have radically changed the tourism industry over the last decade. The processes of globalization have led to a dramatic increase in demand (…)The tourism industry: culture, environment, innovation, development
The new industrial triangle (Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli) is currently one of the European continent’s most dynamic drivers behind growth in GDP, exports and value added (…)Focus on Industry: Competitiveness and the new industrial triangle
The healthcare ecosystem is changing very rapidly and we need to drive that change – not be driven. In rethinking health, welfare and the lifecycle, (…)Rethinking the Healthcare Ecosystem
The empowerment of women calls for a combination of measures capable of invoking the Sustainable Development Goals and their social, economic and environmental dimension; and (…)Women empowerment, financial inclusion and sustainable development: public choices and private partnership
Italy is, by far, leader of Europe’s circular economy, recuperating double the European average of raw material, much more than the Germans in all sectors, (…)The circular economy and sustainable development
Given the important links between research, innovation and regulation, businesses, universities and institutions are being called upon to work in unison to reinforce and improve (…)Research, Innovation, Regulation
Widespread and well-rooted start-ups – recently formed and highly innovative companies – are often seen as proxies for competition in a given territory and its (…)Future by quality: Life Sciences and Research in Italy
Enormous investments have been going into artificial intelligence for some time now. In some cases the returns have been unclear; neither are we entirely sure (…)Geopolitics, Economics and Ethics of artificial Intelligence
