This conference focussed on relaunching Italy’s economy in terms of productivity, training and flexibility. The debate revolved around the following issues: those measures best suited (…)Italian business and the labor market
On June 7, at the Rome offices of Aspen Institute Italia, a luncheon was held in honor of the Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica, who (…)Luncheon in honor of Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica
The International Workshop “Africa: our common interest” was organized at the Rome City Hall to present the Commission for Africa Report. British prime minister Tony (…)Africa: our common interest
This roundtable highlighted the need to redesign Italy’s infrastructure network in a fashion that is coherent with demand. Lower-cost projects that offer an immediate return (…)The role of logistics for Italy’s competitiveness
Aspen Institute Italia, with a seminar entitled “The leadership in Italy: an analysis in the international context”, launched a new project on leadership. Many Aspen (…)The leadership in Italy: an analysis in the international context
The spring meeting of the Friends of Aspen was held in the Milan theater “Il Piccolo di Milano – Teatro Strehler” this year. The prestige (…)The role of Italy’s culture in globalization
Participants discussed risks and opportunities springing from the new international accounting standards. They considered, in particular, consequences on budgets, net assets, and aggregation processes. They (…)Basel II and IAS (International Accounting Standard): the “new double entry” for banks and business
The roundtable discussion focused on the means and mechanisms to improve the attractiveness of the Italian economy. The roundtable participants voiced their disagreement with views (…)The attractiveness of Italy’s economic model
From the international workshop organized by Aspen Institute Italia at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs emerged a proposal to draw up a “road map (…)The Balkans in Europe’s future
This roundtable focused on problems presented by rapid development in the telecommunications sector and prospects for growth. The diverse platforms, each with their special characteristics (…)Telecommunications, content, broadcasting: services and markets
Freeing up markets entails a variety of phenomena: opening up to competition, increasing efficiency, offering greater choice to the consumer and improving access to capital (…)Free trade and competitiveness
This meeting, organized as an informal discussion among a small number of European and American experts, focussed in particular on the problem of the EU (…)China’s challenge to Europe and the U.S.
New tools, new forms of access, availability of content, large variety of sources, increased Internet use: news has changed dramatically, and the challenges for the (…)The new communications system: a challenge for the media
This conference identified a series of risks and opportunities for financing innovation. Policies are difficult to draw up, just as innovation is different to pin (…)Financing innovation: new proposals and instruments
This meeting, held in the beautiful Ambrosiana library, offered the occasion to reflect on a very different topic than usual, at Aspen Italia events: the (…)The search for our soul: mistery and passion
This workshop, held in Aspen’s Rome offices on the eve of Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi’s trip to India, involved authoritative members of India’s English-speaking (…)Rethinking globalization: Italy’s role in EU-India relations
This roundtable focused on infrastructural problems hindering Italy’s competitiveness: to resolve them would mean allowing Italy to play a primary role – a hub – (…)Competitiveness and development: Italy’s infrastructure and transportation system
The Kyoto Protocol, in force since February 16, 2005, creates the need for Italy to review the methods and costs of securing energy supplies. Speaking (…)Post-Kyoto: what energy mix for Italy?
