This seminar was also part of the national interest cycle. The discussion aimed to formulate proposals on how to create an integrated system of physical (…)Infrastructures: between development and competition
This seminar, part of a cycle of meetings on important issues dedicated to Italy’s national interests, addressed the main approach that should be taken to (…)Institutions, markets, enterprises: new rules to modernize Italy
This seminar examined those elements that constitute the strength and value of Italy’s namebrand, to understand possible strategies that can help build up a distinctive (…)The “Italia” brand to foster the country’s competitiveness
Innovation has had a very strong impact on the world of telecommunications and media, and is profoundly changing the industry. This seminar sought to analyze (…)The TLC and media industry’s frontiers: opportunities for development and new markets
This conference focussed on the evolution of traditional political categories, from reform liberalism to liberal socialism, from economic values to development and equal opportunity, from (…)The Left and the Right: merit, rights, opportunities. Redefining values for generations to come
This roundtable was born of a bitter truth: in this era of communication, talking and listening – which should be the pillars of our interpersonal (…)Listening to the Word
The conference “Politics and anti-politics” highlighted many of the historic problems in the Italians’ relationship with politics. Italians have not always been so detached from (…)Politics and antipolitics
The roundtable “Integrated pension plans: present picture and prospects for the future” highlighted the relationship between demographics, aging and pension systems. It took a close (…)Italian social security: current situation and future prospects
The yearly conference offers an important moment to reflect on the prevailing trends of the world economy in the medium and long term. The 2007 (…)The Aspen Dialogue on World Economy – The New Geopolitics of the Global Economy
The ninth Friends of Aspen meeting was held in Milan’s evocative Teatro Studio of the Piccolo Teatro di Milano. Participants debated present relations between the (…)Ninth Friends of Aspen Meeting: The culture economy: the art of learning
This meeting, open to the press, offered the chance to analyze how the growth of Islamic fundamentalism risks endangering Israel’s very existence. The Middle East (…)The Israel Factor: Jerusalem and the crisis in the Middle East
The conference stemmed from an analysis of how the Made in Italy label is perceived in major countries. The debate highlighted that, although businesses operating (…)From “Made in Italy” to “Italy’s best”
The roundtable began with speeches by Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and (…)Energy Security in Italy-Russia relations
The Italian language, with its rich traditions, history and culture, today finds itself squashed between the onslaught of English on the one hand and the (…)The Italian language: are Italians repudiating their very identity?
Next Generation Networks (NGN) are true information highways, along which great amounts of information can flow. Their technological neutrality allows them to offer services that (…)Convergence Italian style: how is the telecommunications market changing?
The roundtable's opening address was given by Dr. James F. Albaugh, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and Executive Vice President (…)Industry, government and university in the defense business world of today
The seminar on “Europe’s financial markets and global competition”, held as part of the Aspen Seminars for Leaders program, set out to assess the competitiveness (…)Europe’s financial markets and global competition
The impetus for the seminar on “Italy and its élites: proposals for a new ruling class”, held as part of the Aspen Seminars for Leaders (…)Italy and its élites: proposals for a new ruling class
