The internet revolution has brought great changes to the communications industry, both in terms of infrastructures and contents. For infrastructures, the scenario shows a different (…)The telecoms and media industries: what’s next?
After the crisis, a new paradigm of development is emerging: more solid, anchored to shared values and projected to the construction of a future beyond (…)New paradigms of development: values, work, sustainable growth
The debate centered around two main points: investment in knowledge and human capital, and research and innovation. These two issues are determining factors of growth (…)Investing in knowledge for progress and productivity
The seminar, divided into three sessions, studied the main institutional economic and social causes holding back adequate growth in the South and its ability to (…)Bridging the gap between Italy’s North and South: the Mezzogiorno as a national issue
The global economic crisis is reshaping the energy system in a fundamental way, as extraordinary events have occurred in a very short time span. Six (…)The economics of Energy. From traditional to renewable growth drivers
The theme of the Ninth Annual Conference of the Aspen Junior Fellows, held in Milan on May 7-8, was “Reconciling the environment and development. New (…)Reconciling the environment and development. New ideas from the Y generation to beat weak economic growth
The roundtable session opened with an acknowledgement by participants that the processes of globalization have made the fight against crime more complicated. Criminal activities have (…)The economic dimension of crime
The Conference got underway with a general discussion on a fundamental question: in the new world order, is Europe’s importance destined to wane – no (…)Europe in the G-20 world
The opening premise of this roundtable discussion was that a differential of more than ten percentage points has separated Italy from the average growth rate (…)Italy’s strong and weak points
This National Conference provided an opportunity for comparing the experiences of Italians who have managed to carve out brilliant careers and hold very high-level positions (…)Italian leaders abroad
The roundtable participants began their examination of the mobility issues affecting Italy today with the observation that, last year alone, Italian households spent on average (…)Moving people: how to improve competitiveness, efficiency, and quality
The Aspen Seminar on Values and Society, conducted in English and held in collaboration with The Aspen Institute, followed the same format as the seminar (…)Aspen Seminar on Values and Society, Nerola, 2010
For the fourth consecutive year and in collaboration with The Aspen Institute, the Aspen Seminar on Values and Society was held in Italy. Since 1951, (…)Aspen Seminar on Values and Society, Moltrasio, 2010
The roundtable got underway with an examination of the twofold characterization of Italian exports that has, for over a decade, been a core theme in (…)Increasing Italy’s exports
Roots in the plural, put together like a mosaic of contributions and meanings that are sometimes even at variance: the foundations of Italian culture, it (…)Italy’s cultural roots
Discussions at this talk-debate, organized in collaboration with ISPI and TG1, focused on assessing the first year of Obama’s presidency, and examining the economic and financial crisis (…)Obama and Europe: close or distant?
The debate over the need to broaden the scope of economic indicators – and more particularly, moving beyond measurements of GDP – has inspired a (…)Finding alternative indicators of well-being and growth in Italy
Proceedings at this roundtable discussion got underway with the acknowledgement that, in recent years, consideration of the question of how to measure economic performance and (…)Beyond GDP: quantity and quality of growth
