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      • Venice
        • 12 October 2018
         
         

        Focus on industry: human capital and artificial intelligence

          Proceedings at this Aspen Seminar for Leaders began with an examination of the premise that the digital revolution currently underway is subverting the relationship between humankind and machine, with the change in progress being not only technological but also cultural in nature. With the advent of robots, the economy, society, and the law are also changing – all at a breakneck pace that was inconceivable in past revolutions.

        • Venice
          • 12 October 2018
           
           

          Media and politics in the age of algorithms

            A key observation made at the start of discussions at this Aspen Seminar for Leaders session was that the main shift entailed by the digital revolution is not just technological, but especially cultural, in nature. It was noted that in past decades, a vertical relationship prevailed in the world between the management of political power and the media. Today, this relationship is very different, and has become horizontal.

          • Venice
            • 12 October 2018
             
             

            Transportation and logistics: smart infrastructure

              (Italian Version)
              Un Paese moderno e competitivo deve avere tra i suoi asset fondamentali un sistema di trasporto e logistica basato su infrastrutture efficienti, tecnologicamente avanzate e multimodali. Questo è un problema che riguarda, in misura diversa, tutto l’Occidente. Si tratta di investire risorse tanto nella manutenzione e nell’aggiornamento della rete esistente quanto nello sviluppo di nuove infrastrutture adatte alle esigenze di mobilità create dall’economia digitale.

            • Roma
              • 3 October 2018
               
               

              To the future. The economy, demographics and democracy

                The participants at this roundtable noted that the current state of political, economic, and anthropological flux demonstrates that democratic and civilization models are proving less and less effective guarantees of liberal democratic values, whilst the conflict between the growing difficulty of achieving a new world order and the emergence of new touchstones built around the notion of the nation-state would seem to be getting stronger.

              • Palermo
                • 30 September 2018
                 
                 

                Building a new silk road: Sicily’s role

                  Kicking off discussions at this National Conference was the observation that southern Italy’s ports, intermodal facilities, and adjacent hinterland areas have a strategic opportunity within their grasp, with Mediterranean routes now serving as crossroads for global traffic. It was felt, however, that in order to seize these opportunities, medium and long-term choices need to be made, with a commitment at the governmental level to ensure that the right incentives, an apposite regulatory framework, and a coherent vision for pursuing Italy’s economic interests are all in place.

                • Rome
                  • 26 September 2018
                   
                   

                  The Italian Public Administration Reform: drivers, achievements, next steps and goals

                    Aspen Institute Italia’s aim in organizing this roundtable was to provide an opportunity to reflect on the processes that have characterized public administrative reform in Italy in recent years. In the course of the proceedings, a new Aspen Report was presented entitled “Public-sector reforms in Italy during the 17th legislature: their impetus, outcomes, and objectives”.

                  • Milan
                    • 24 September 2018
                     
                     

                    Italian trade fair sector for a new industrial policy

                      Discussions at this National Conference kicked off with the observation that Italy’s trade-fair sector is a key tool for promoting the country’s economy. Not only do successful events have an important economic impact on the area in which they are hosted, with a potentially greater than tenfold multiplier effect, but trade fairs also offer crucial support to businesses.

                    • Rome
                      • 12 September 2018
                       
                       

                      Shifting to sustainable transportation in Italy: social and economic consequences

                        The participants at this roundtable noted that there is practically unanimous consensus on the need to rise to the challenge of achieving eco-sustainable mobility, a necessary objective in order to meet the Paris Agreement’s target of keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C. The issue was viewed as one primarily concerning the health of both the present generation and the next.

                      • Rome
                        • 12 July 2018
                         
                         

                        Innovation to boost competitiveness in agriculture

                          The participants at this national roundtable described Italian agriculture as a sector which, although growing, is still replete with shortcomings. The industry has shown that it can shift exports of over 41 billion euro, but this is still not in the league of Germany’s 80 billion euro figure. It was felt that the sector continues to suffer from insufficient competitiveness, due mainly to a lack of investment and innovation.

                        • Bologna
                          • 9 July 2018
                           
                           

                          Italian airport system: synergies, investment, attractiveness

                            The starting premise of discussions at this national roundtable was that the issue of air transport owes its considerable complexity to the sheer number of stakeholders involved. The interests and different perspectives of airport operators, airline companies, travelers, local authorities, and other competing and combined transport networks were seen as calling for a synergistic approach both on the part of these players themselves and of the State.

                          • Roma
                            • 3 July 2018
                             
                             

                            The future of energy: innovation, technology and geopolitics

                              The vast energy transition under way goes well beyond ratcheting up the use of renewables, as much as that is essential for obvious environmental reasons. The shift in that direction is currently a gradual one that, however, in the coming years is going to reach a watershed point at which, once the cost of new sources drops considerably below that of hydrocarbon products, the changes already ongoing will speed up.

                            • Milano
                              • 2 July 2018
                               
                               

                              Transactions, ownership and trust with the advent of blockchain

                                The starting premise for discussions at this Meeting for the Friends of Aspen was that blockchain is much more than just the technology behind bitcoin. It is a public, decentralized, cryptographically-secured ledger shared by all parties operating within a computer network. These characteristics make it a paradigm destined to have significant impacts on the economic system, fundamentally changing our understanding of the concepts of transactions, ownership, and trust.