In recent years the development of a “hyperconnected society” has altered the everyday lives of vast numbers of people, providing great opportunities but also posing (…)Cybersecurity in the era of Big Data and hyperconnectivity
One of the main objectives of the German White Paper is to build consensus on security and defense policies. This objective is an especially difficult (…)German security policy and the future of the Bundeswehr
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 (…)Creative disruption: technological innovation, new inequalities and human security
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, (…)Technological and manufacturing challenges for the bioeconomy
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 (…)Politics in the XXI century
The presentation of the Aspen Institute Italia Award for scientific research and collaboration between Italy and the United States provided an opportunity to celebrate two (…)The future of scientific research: different disciplines and international relations
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 (…)Creating a better financial system. Banks, economic growth, uncertainty, inequalities
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 (…)The US election: the stakes for Europe
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. (…)Brand names: innovation and freedom of expression
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 (…)Comparing efforts to reform Public Administration in Italy and in France
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 (…)Making space for research and industry. Rediscovering the universe: new resources for new goals
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 (…)The future of Italy’s health system: challenges and oppurtunities
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 (…)Geopolitics and the economics of space
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 (…)The right business culture to be competitive
A little over 25 years since its establishment, Italy’s Antitrust Authority – hailed by those attending this national roundtable as an indubitable success story – (…)Technological innovation, new economic scenarios, industrial policies: the modern-day role of the Antitrust Authority
