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  • Rome
    • 18 March 2015
     
     

    Innovation and market trends in a knowledge society

      Internet, an ongoing revolution. With its many regulatory questions still unanswered (from fiscal to privacy, from copyright to net-neutrality), the call to change business models are of an economic order. For some, it’s the era of the fifth technological revolution which won’t only effect how industry is run, but also how States are run. With this in mind, it could also become a unique opportunity to win decisive battles for the planet such as pollution and poverty.

    • Milan
      • 30 March 2015
       
       

      Of youths and robots. The digital enterprise and its future

        The panel discussion accompanying the launch of the latest issue of the Institute’s journal Aspenia was kick-started with the observation that while robots are still not even close to being human, they have certainly become central to the workplace and industry. Although some view automation and robotics as potential threats to employment, it was felt that they actually offer young people and others besides new work opportunities.

      • Venice
        • 12 July 2013
         
         

        (R)evolutions in the digital ecosystem: rethinking business, consumers and government

          The aphorism “The fast will eat the slow” was held up at this ASL seminar as the harsh law governing the digital ecosystem of today and tomorrow. To be “fast”, however, implies being able to rely on technologically-advanced infrastructure capable of sustaining competition at an international level. Indeed, major firms are continuing to invest in technology, even in the midst of the current crisis, precisely because of their acceptance that competitiveness drives economic growth, and that improving education and speeding up bureaucracy are not sufficient alone.

        • Rome
          • 28 November 2013
           
           

          The digital agenda and the financial sector

            Proceedings at this National Conference got underway with the observation that the ICT industry characterizes and defines the age we live in. The spread of digital technology has led to a radical sea change in the economic system that is perhaps yet to be fully grasped. The profound and complex changes that this has given rise to in a number of spheres of endeavor are often perceived as a threat in Italy, due to the devastating effects they are having on the status quo, on centers of power, on existing organizational structures, and on employment.

          • Rome
            • 14 March 2012
             
             

            The future of Italian television

              This national roundtable got underway with the observation that the digital revolution which began in the late 1990s has radically changed the world of television. Today, audiovisual content can be found on the internet, smartphones and tablet computers: transmission capacity has been boosted, general-interest TV is losing audience shares and the level of user customization is on the rise. Industry models are also changing – and fast. In the near future, the models for making television, delivering it to audiences, and making it attractive to advertisers will be very different.

            • Florence
              • 18 November 2011
               
               

              The digital challenge: infrastructure, content and business models

                This session in the latest round of Aspen Seminars for Leaders opened with the observation that the digital revolution is still underway, and that whilst the transformations so far have been radical, there are many changes – if not actual reversals – of direction yet to come. Even American authorities were aware of this when, not more than twenty years ago, they chose to expand the internet: today, there are 2 billion 500 thousand internet users worldwide.