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 (…)Europe after Brexit: a new start or a dead end?
Smart cities: drivers for energy management and quality of life
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 (…)Climate Strategies post-COP21 and Sustainable Economies in Europe
By way of opening premise, the participants at this National Interest event observed that nanotechnologies have for several years now been at the center of (…)Nanotechnology and Italy
Aspen Institute Italia’s aim in organizing this roundtable was to spark debate on the current economic conditions and future development prospects of southern Italy, in (…)Welcome to the Mezzogiorno – Italy’s neglected south. How to promote a mass return of the region’s youth
Opening discussions at this National Interest session was the observation that new advanced therapies, which are being increasingly adopted today, represent a real revolution in (…)The new frontiers of medicine
The attendees of the 21st Annual Conference for the Friends of Aspen pointed to development at an exponential pace, near-total ubiquity, and an increasing integration (…)How technological innovation can spur a new humanism
Participants agreed that this year has been particularly complicated for the world economy. Risks are popping up in new places and the key role played (…)The post-BRICS economies: rethinking the geography of global growth
Big Data is now ubiquitous. No longer confined to niche fields like astrophysics, genomics and machine learning, the analysis of massive databases is now applied (…)Big Data as the next great digital challenge: what lies ahead?
The consensus which emerged from this Aspen Seminars for Leaders session was that an innovative approach to the issue of infrastructure in Italy requires the (…)Infrastructure: ensuring its utility and sustainability
The most common tendency in times of need, in times of crisis – and today is no exception – is to turn to the state. (…)Italy’s public sector: a deadweight or impetus for the country?
Underpinning discussions at this Aspen Seminar for Leaders session devoted to the future of healthcare was the acknowledgement that major advances in research and the (…)The shape of medicine to come: prospects, opportunities, and social impacts
This Aspen Seminar for Leaders session focused on the prevailing industrial scenario, characterized as one in which all stages of production are increasingly being swept (…)Focus on industry: the power of innovation
The participants at this Meeting for The Aspen Junior Fellows openly acknowledged that standing up to international comparison represents one of the key challenges for (…)Building leadership excellence: Italy and everyone else
The discussions at this roundtable session were informed by a series of questions posed at the event regarding the purposes served today by Italy’s national (…)The future of public broadcasting in a digital era
The UN Rome-Based Agencies—the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (…)International Forum on Food Security Coordination
