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      • Genoa
        • 19 April 2015
         
         

        Reshaping the present and the future: innovative ideas, strategies, and visions

          Setting the stage for discussions at this National Conference was the observation that, in today’s increasingly heterogeneous world, innovation would seem to be an obligatory strategy for steering the major environmental, economic and social transformations that the world is facing. It was emphasized, however, that innovative processes are not spontaneous phenomena, and indeed have their own precise logic and conditions that enable them to thrive.

        • Bresso (Milan)
          • 15 April 2015
           
           

          Health challenges for Italian businesses: thinking global

            This meeting for the Aspen Junior Fellows focused on ways in which Italy’s great store of health knowledge and learning might be deployed to come to grips with rapidly evolving challenges in the health sector. It was noted, for instance, that life expectancy has increased by three months a year since 1951. This trend, combined with a drop in birth rates, has determined an outlook for Italy marked by a rapidly aging population, with social repercussions of major significance in the near future.

          • Milan
            • 30 March 2015
             
             

            Of youths and robots. The digital enterprise and its future

              The panel discussion accompanying the launch of the latest issue of the Institute’s journal Aspenia was kick-started with the observation that while robots are still not even close to being human, they have certainly become central to the workplace and industry. Although some view automation and robotics as potential threats to employment, it was felt that they actually offer young people and others besides new work opportunities.

            • Milan
              • 23 March 2015
               
               

              Regulating banking foundations in Italy: legislation or negotiation?

                The opening premise of debate at this national roundtable was that Italy’s banking foundations are complex entities, operating as both investors and key players in the financial sector, but also as leading actors in the non-profit sector, an important component of any participatory democracy (like that in Italy) called upon not only to produce economic goods but values as well.

              • Milan
                • 19 March 2015
                 
                 

                Women in business. Innovation and technology: the Israeli experience

                  This talk-debate session, sponsored by the Valore D association, Aspen Institute Italia and Women for Expo, explored the approaches and trends that characterize female entrepreneurship, the distinguishing features of this segment of the business community, as well as existing weaknesses that could undermine its development and growth. The event was organized as part of Aspen Italia’s Women in Business project, which aims to create a transnational network of debate and reflection in support of female leadership.

                • Rome
                  • 18 March 2015
                   
                   

                  Innovation and market trends in a knowledge society

                    Internet, an ongoing revolution. With its many regulatory questions still unanswered (from fiscal to privacy, from copyright to net-neutrality), the call to change business models are of an economic order. For some, it’s the era of the fifth technological revolution which won’t only effect how industry is run, but also how States are run. With this in mind, it could also become a unique opportunity to win decisive battles for the planet such as pollution and poverty.

                  • Castelvecchio Pascoli (LU)
                    • 27 February 2015
                     
                     

                    The Aspen Institute Italia Seminar on Values and Society

                      For the nineth year running and in conjunction with The Aspen Institute, the Aspen Seminar on Values and Society was held in Italy.

                      The seminar is dedicated to commemorating Ennio Presutti, one of the founders of Aspen Institute Italia, who passed away in 2008. 

                    • Rome
                      • 18 February 2015
                       
                       

                      Competitiveness and Italy’s job market

                        Kick-starting proceedings at this national roundtable event was recognition that debate on the state of the labor market in Italy and reflection on how the country measures up with conditions and models in other countries (Germany and the Netherlands in particular) are now more than ever imperative, at a time when the jobless rate is higher than the EU average (and is, indeed, the highest for youth unemployment), and when manufacturing output and consumer prices are in decline.

                      • Washington DC
                        • 8 February 2015
                         
                         

                        How development can be sustainable. Food security, nutrition and health: the transatlantic link

                          Headlining this international workshop was the observation that EXPO 2015 is not only a major global event in which 148 nations will participate, nor is it just an attraction expected to draw in around 20 million visitors. It was characterized, rather, as primarily an opportunity of great political significance, the success of which will be gauged by its ability to put across and put back on the global agenda strategic issues such as food security and wastage, poverty reduction, health protection, and the fight against inequality, including between genders.

                        • Rome
                          • 20 January 2015
                           
                           

                          Rethinking energy security: economics and geopolitics

                            Kick-starting the debate at this third workshop of the Aspen Energy Forum was the observation that low oil prices and the consequent volatility are causing instability in energy markets, with the situation unlikely to change at least for a while.

                          • Rome
                            • 20 January 2015
                             
                             

                            Future energy. New sources and new markets for the US and Europe

                              The panel discussion for the launch of Aspenia 67 focused on the – if not insurmountable, then certainly worrying – energy gap that has arisen between the United States and Europe. On one side is the United States, which has almost achieved energy self-sufficiency thanks to its growing production of shale gas, and on the other is Europe, a sluggish continent which lacks coordinated infrastructure and a common regulatory framework, and which is exposed to serious geopolitical risks to the East (Russia and Ukraine) as well as to the South (the Maghreb and the countries of North Africa).

                            • Milan
                              • 19 January 2015
                               
                               

                              High‐tech life sciences in Italy

                                The opening premise of discussions at this National Interest roundtable event was that an examination of industrial trends over the course of the deep and protracted crisis that has hit Italian manufacturing highlights the importance of the life sciences sector. Figures were cited in support of this assertion showing that, in Italy, the pharmaceutical and medtech industries have increased their contribution to the economy in terms of value added (up from 5% to 6% of manufacturing industry from 2008 to 2013) and even more so in terms of exports (up from 5% to 7%).

                              • Rome
                                • 19 January 2015
                                 
                                 

                                The geopolitical importance of maritime security for Italy

                                  Discussions at this Meeting for the Aspen Junior Fellows began with acknowledgment that Italy’s maritime border along the Mediterranean is the country’s only extra-European frontier. Italy’s location and coastal development continue to ensure the country a flow of income from its role as a strategic European hub in what has come to be known as the new “maritime century”.

                                • Turin
                                  • 14 November 2014
                                   
                                   

                                  The next industrial revolution. Manufacturing and society in the XXI century

                                    Serving as the opening premise for proceedings at this session of the Aspen Transatlantic Dialogue was the observation that productivity, not employment, will be the engine of the next industrial revolution, and that, despite the difficulties stemming from the prolonged crisis, the anti-decline camp has ample justification for envisioning a future in which manufacturing and industry will continue to play a central role. It was stressed, however, that they can only play such a role by undergoing transformation.