The relationship between environmental sustainability and economic, social and infrastructural development must form the nucleus of a discussion that embraces energy-concerned opinion-makers as well as (…)Building a new alliance: development and the environment
Urban regeneration plays a very important role in the evolution of cities, which have been home to the majority of the world’s population for some (…)Major events and Italy’s National Recovery Plan: the economic impact and social aspects of urban regeneration
Education is essential to a work world undergoing rapid change as it keeps pace with the digital revolution. This necessary evolution poses a two-fold challenge involving the academic world on the one hand – from pre-school through university – and the economy on the other.
The agro-food sector – ever central and strategic to public policies due to its pivotal contribution to the health and well-being of citizens – is (…)The future of agriculture: innovation, sustainability, cooperation
Anyone who knows anything about history knows that the Mediterranean Sea has been a setting for both conflict and commerce for millennia; even the discovery (…)Southern Italy: business, culture, innovation
La mobilità, responsabile per il 25% delle emissioni a livello europeo, è uno dei settori su cui si incentra la transizione ecologica. La sua rilevanza nella vita quotidiana dei cittadini, così come l’impatto di un tasso di innovazione tecnologica molto elevato pongono sfide particolarmente urgenti.
Uncertainty has become a structural part of daily life. This lack of fixed points of reference is having a major impact on people’s lives as (…)Coping with uncertainty: managing the present, planning the future
Italian banking foundations provide a virtuous model that is studied around the world. These private institutions, subsidiaries of both community and public bodies, have the (…)Finance, business, territory: the role of Italian banking foundations
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is proving to have an exceptional ability to shape the digital revolution, triggering major transformations in the economy and the society. Indeed, (…)Artificial Intelligence regulation to govern technological changes
The United States/China rivalry that has dominated the international scenario for some years now, and its multiple economic and geopolitical effects, finds its foremost arena (…)Hi-tech sectors in Italy: a driver of growth
In 1525, Pavia was the site of the first European battle in modern history in terms of army composition and geopolitical scale of objectives and (…)The Battle of Pavia and the future of European defense (1525-2025)
Given the uncertainty of the scenario, banks are being reaffirmed as drivers of growth, although they cannot replace national and international institutions. Finance must serve as a support for businesses and families, notwithstanding the limitations of the European banking system, especially compared with the Chinese and American giants.
Although for some years e-commerce had already been gaining ground in Italy, the true acceleration came with the pandemic. While by 2019 consumers had purchased (…)Sustainability, competition and development: the challenges for e-commerce
Discussion at this event focused on the prospects, potential, state of the art and challenges associated with the extensive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector. The growing amount of data available to the medical sector, along with the emergence of new AI systems, is making it possible to mine those data for elements capable of improving healthcare as well as accelerating research and development in the sector itself.
The group focused on understanding the role of science in society, in particular following the Covid-19 crisis, that has put science front and center in decision-making. In this context, we have moved from the pandemic to a pandemonium.
The seminar focused on three dimensions where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seen as having a significant impact on industry. The first of these was regulation. An element that emerged very clearly was the impossibility of treating the matter exclusively at local level and the concomitant need for a broad-based international level regulatory framework.
Democracy is beginning to falter – not least, and above all because, it is so inefficient. A democracy that cannot decide cannot satisfy one of its own basic prerequisites. Western political systems have been in crisis for years, and are now having to face competition from autocracies.
The Italian energy system managed to weather the perfect storm of 2022 generated by the spike in gas prices following the Ukraine war and the simultaneous reduction in hydroelectricity production caused by drought. That was made possible by replacing Russian gas with supplies from other sources.
Progress in the field of medicine and improvements in the quality of life are making for longer life-expectancies; according to UN estimates, by the end of 2050, over-65ers will have surpassed under-25ers in number. This concerns Europe in particular and especially Italy, but also involves other countries such as China, which at the start of 2023 saw its birthrate drop for the first time since the 1960s and where the median age by 2050 will be 51 (higher than Italy’s is now).
The data of the past 12 months speak loud and clear: inflation is back. After thirty years of relative price stability, 2022 will be remembered (…)The causes and consequences of inflation
