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      • Florence
        • 18 November 2016
         
         

        Creative disruption: technological innovation, new inequalities and human security

          No aspect of life, business or politics is immune to the major technological changes of our time. The speed and scale of transformation is such that breakthrough innovations are affecting everything, from the nature of work to what it means to be human. Zigzagging career paths are now the norm, traditional industries are revolutionized almost overnight, and the political debate is more intense and more polarized than at any other moment in recent history.

        • Milan
          • 14 November 2016
           
           

          Technological and manufacturing challenges for the bioeconomy

            Demographic pressures, environmental damage, and global warming pose growing questions about the sustainability of the existing development model.  After years of debate on the subject, bioeconomics now seems to offer both a theoretical paradigm and a concrete plan of action for transcending the oil era.

          • Rome
            • 11 November 2016
             
             

            Politics in the XXI century

              There have been a number of exceptional events in 2016, including Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.  Next year promises to be no less extraordinary, with elections scheduled in such major European countries as France and Germany.  Within this context the Aspen Junior Fellows Annual Conference focused on the great changes affecting politics in the 21st century, which relate to the efficiency and constraints of the democratic process, populism and technocracy, and new forms of communication and engagement, supported by the innovat

            • Milan
              • 24 October 2016
               
               

              Creating a better financial system. Banks, economic growth, uncertainty, inequalities

                The fifth edition of the annual National Conference on the Italian banking system sought to offer a forum for a wide-ranging discussion with a view to giving the participants the opportunity to reflect on the consequences of developments in the banking sector on the economy and society. In this regard, banks were acknowledged as the very lifeblood of economies, linking those who save with those who invest.

              • Rome
                • 24 October 2016
                 
                 

                The US election: the stakes for Europe

                  Unless we wake up to an overturn, Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States. In the final days of a campaign with little content, cheap shots and anything but stirring electoral debates, Donald Trump remains behind her in the polls, is – if at all possible – turning up the volume of the shouting match, and threatens to violate the 240-year basis of democracy in America by announcing that he might not acknowledge any winner other than himself.

                • Rome
                  • 19 October 2016
                   
                   

                  Brand names: innovation and freedom of expression

                    Italian industry has always managed to combine intellectual creativity with manufacturing.  This is reflected in the history of its brand names, both great and small.  They embody certain values but also have their own specific meaning. Their protection is of crucial importance both to their respective companies and to consumers.

                  • Rome
                    • 12 October 2016
                     
                     

                    Comparing efforts to reform Public Administration in Italy and in France

                      The participants at this seminar observed that Italy and France have both necessitated proper administrative reform apt to improve the competitiveness of their economic systems and make the relationship between citizens and the State simpler and more immediate. In Italy and France alike, the formulation and implementation of such reforms have had a number of factors in common.

                    • Turin
                      • 4 October 2016
                       
                       

                      Making space for research and industry. Rediscovering the universe: new resources for new goals

                        Participants at this Aspen Junior Fellows Conference characterized the current era as a time of change for space exploration, with humanity’s presence off-planet directed at reaching new destinations and new ambitious goals. It was acknowledged, however, that there are various challenges to achieving these objectives, both in outer space and in terms of purely “Earth-based” decisions. The race for Mars has begun, creating a cultural and economic buzz at a global level.

                      • Rome
                        • 21 September 2016
                         
                         

                        The future of Italy’s health system: challenges and oppurtunities

                          Participants at this national roundtable embarked on their discussion by first observing that, over the last thirty years, the Italian National Health Service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale – SSN) has assured generations of Italians a good standard of universally accessible services. Today, however, the system finds itself operating in different circumstances to the past due to technical, economic, and ethical factors.

                        • Rome
                          • 20 September 2016
                           
                           

                          Geopolitics and the economics of space

                            The starting premise of discussions at this talk-debate session was that developments in the space sector are reshaping geopolitical ties and generating new economic opportunities – two closely interwoven aspects.

                          • Crocetta del Montello (TV)
                            • 18 September 2016
                             
                             

                            The right business culture to be competitive

                              Discussions at this national conference began with recognition that, in a globalized economy where the standardization of consumption risks reducing competition between companies to a simple price war, a firm’s culture becomes a key selling point. In this regard, culture was interpreted in its broadest sense, as an amalgam of values, knowhow, and traditions handed down from generation to generation and which helps to shape the uniqueness of a given local area and the identity of a particular company.

                            • Rome
                              • 14 July 2016
                               
                               

                              Technological innovation, new economic scenarios, industrial policies: the modern-day role of the Antitrust Authority

                                A little over 25 years since its establishment, Italy’s Antitrust Authority – hailed by those attending this national roundtable as an indubitable success story – was characterized as facing new challenges linked to profound changes that have impacted on the entire economic system. Cited among these were ever-greater global integration, a new dialectic between the real and financial spheres of the economy, and, above all, a complete rethinking of value-creation models due to the increasing digitalization of every aspect of human lives.

                              • Rome
                                • 7 July 2016
                                 
                                 

                                Europe after Brexit: a new start or a dead end?

                                  The participants at this international workshop noted that the political situation in the UK has been confused and in many respects unpredictable in the immediate wake of the recent EU membership referendum. This is especially because the outcome of the vote caught many of the key players unawares in both the “leave” and “remain” camps.

                                • Florence
                                  • 1 July 2016
                                   
                                   

                                  Climate Strategies post-COP21 and Sustainable Economies in Europe

                                    The Paris Agreement has received mixed assessments, but it is widely recognized that it is indeed a step in the right direction. The framework allows for improvements and adjustments with respect to the key goal: Paris aims for peaking of global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions as soon as possible and undertaking rapid reductions thereafter.

                                    However, the 2°C target is unlikely to be achieved without the adoption of new policies and technologies.