“Today, people are much more crucial to competitiveness than in the past; and when you talk about people, you’re talking about values”. This observation by (…)Leadership: new models and values to gain competitiveness
The complexities of the current global macroeconomic situation are pushing the world economy in many different directions. The US is undertaking a second round of (…)The future of currencies: the post-crisis monetary and financial system. Implications for business
This seminar got underway with the participants noting that the Italian industrial system has succeeded in weathering the global crisis whilst maintaining the country’s position (…)The industrial system, territory and social cohesion
This session focused on the crucial role played by infrastructure in any given country’s economic development. It was observed that an adequate endowment of tangible (…)Tangible infrastructure: driving competitiveness
This session of the Aspen Seminars for Leaders examined various institutional scenarios, viewed from the perspective of changes taking place at the European and global (…)Italy and future challenges. Heading towards 2020
In this seminar, the participants examined what were identified as the major areas requiring action to enable Italy to face the new and increasingly impelling (…)Investing in knowledge: more innovation, better infrastructure, new school system
The discussion in this session focused on the role of culture in the wake of the global crisis. In this regard, the participants highlighted the (…)Culture, leadership, social responsibility
The participants launched proceedings at this National Conference with the observation that the role of technical and professional training institutes, once the powerhouse of the (…)Kick-starting professional training
The challenges, opportunities and constraints facing future generations is the recurring theme of the Aspen Junior Fellow Breakfasts, examined from an international perspective. In this (…)Leading in Europe, Leading Europe
The members of the first panel analyzed the multiple repercussions of the crisis that began in 2008 on the Western economies, as well as on (…)Western democracies under pressure
This discussion over the extent of governmental and parliamentary reform required in Italy today commenced with the observation that the currently prevailing approach to institutional (…)Reforming Italy’s government and parliament: slight change or complete overhaul?
More than three years after the outbreak of the crisis which engulfed the world economy, Italian businesses have shown that they have, on the whole, (…)SMEs: growth and collaboration in a new global scenario
The Conference got underway with an acknowledgement that savings have played a key role in maintaining Italy’s stability during the more acute phases of the (…)Italy’s savings: how to make it work for the country’s development
The Secretary General laid out the most urgent priorities for the Alliance, in the run up to the new Strategic Concept which will be adopted (…)Challenges for the Alliance ahead of the NATO Summit and beyond
The financial crisis has considerably modified the environment in which Italian firms operate. It has introduced new problems in the export sector that are related (…)New international strategies to support Italian business
Federalism is now at the center of the Italian political debate, despite having been considered a heterodox if not inflammatory idea not even a decade (…)Federalism and the challenges presented by Italy’s South
Given the current uncertainty over the global economy’s recovery, interest in the prospects of the South American continent, which seems finally able to express its (…)After the crisis: Europe and Latin America
