Rome
18 October 2023
The Italian G7 Presidency
Italy will be taking over the G7 presidency in January 2024 at a moment of profound geopolitical change and uncertainty. The very structure of globalization (…)The Italian G7 Presidency
Assets
Venice
7 October 2023
Silver Society 2.0
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).
Venice
7 October 2023
Science and society: a new partnership for new challenges
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.
Venice
7 October 2023
Focus on Industry: notes on Industry 5.0
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.
Venice
7 October 2023
The future of capitalism
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.
Venice
7 October 2023
The future of energy
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.
Rome
27 September 2023
Aspen Institute Italia Award – Award Ceremony
The 8th Aspen Institute Italia Award for scientific research and collaboration between Italy and the United States went to a study on a new synthetic (…)Aspen Institute Italia Award – Award Ceremony
Rome
17 July 2023
Demographic challenges: jobs and welfare
Italy’s demographic decline, while consistent with the trends of the principal advanced economies – described and analyzed in the latest issue of Aspenia – is (…)Demographic challenges: jobs and welfare
Washington
10 July 2023
The future of the West in a fragmented world
Contemplation of the future of the West becomes especially vital for a fragmented world in the throes of rising geopolitical tension. The situation’s foremost victim is globalization, which for thirty-odd years seemed to have arrested history but whose dynamics have come forcefully back to center stage.
Rome
6 July 2023
The causes and consequences of inflation
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
2 July 2023
Global emergencies, new jobs, new training
Global emergencies and historic changes have combined to challenge contemporary economies and societies at an increasingly rapid rate. The impact of this on the work (…)Global emergencies, new jobs, new training
Rome
22 June 2023
Innovation in medicine.Challenges for Italy’s National Health System and the role of public-private partnerships.
A shift in the healthcare paradigm is leading to the increased personalization of treatments, with innovations that ensure improvements in the care, monitoring and prevention (…)Innovation in medicine.Challenges for Italy’s National Health System and the role of public-private partnerships.
Rome
15 June 2023
Making the most of Italy’s energy resources
Despite the complexities associated with the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the current global scenario offers new prospects for the energy transition.
Milan
8 June 2023
Inclusion and work: a path based on motivation, diversity and equity
The work world is a critical hurdle in confronting many of the social dilemmas facing the country. Growing inequalities concern not only workers who have (…)Inclusion and work: a path based on motivation, diversity and equity
Crocetta del Montello
22 May 2023
Challenges for businesses in Italy’s northeast
The importance of the Italian northeast to the nation’s overall economy is immediately evident from a glance at a map of nighttime illumination, which reveals a clear duality between this most luminous, and consequently most productive, portion of the country and the rest.
Parma
14 May 2023
- 15 May 2023
Culture, business and local development: a new soft power for Italy
Italy has a major competitive edge based not only on its unparalleled historic heritage but also on a deep-rooted tradition of knowhow that has long been a demonstration of a constant propensity for innovation
Rome
9 May 2023
Agriculture: from food security to food sovereignty
“Agriculture: from food security to food sovereignty” offered an opportunity to confront multiple issues regarding the agri-food sector, which accounts for a full 15% of (…)Agriculture: from food security to food sovereignty
International digital conference
4 May 2023
Rethinking EU competitiveness in the changing geopolitical world
The discussion underway on European economic governance reform is part of a substantially uncertain and volatile macro-financial picture. The principal risks include stagflation, financial fragmentation, competitiveness problems (in light of the American Inflation Reduction Act) and the twin (digital and sustainable) transitions.
Rome
3 May 2023
We Italians. Italy according to Aspenia
The 100th issue of Aspenia took a multifaceted look at Italy, starting with Italians as citizen-voters, individuals and groups, producers and consumers, analyzing then the (…)We Italians. Italy according to Aspenia
Milan
21 April 2023
Design(ing) the future: technology, training, sustainability
The recent Milan Design Week celebrated the relaunch of the wood furniture industry, which is showing some significant signs of vitality in terms of growth and exports thanks to companies’ strong concentration on technology and sustainability.