Venice
4 October 2025
Values and societies
In an era of unprecedented change and complexity, three interconnected themes emerge as crucial: the future of society, intergenerational dynamics, and the evolving landscape of (…)Values and societies
Seminar
Venice
4 October 2025
Challenges for European leadership in the new world order
Europe is not at war, but nor is it at peace. Europe finds itself today in an interregnum between the end of old parameters – (…)Challenges for European leadership in the new world order
Venezia
4 October 2025
Banks and finance: consolidation, innovation, and sustainability in the new global landscape
The transformation of Europe’s financial system is based on three pillars: banking and capital integration, technological and monetary innovation, and the transition to sustainable finance. (…)Banks and finance: consolidation, innovation, and sustainability in the new global landscape
Venezia
4 October 2025
Infrastructure, economy, and the environment to revitalize cities and territories
Italy has the resources, skills, and opportunities it needs for the development of its cities and regions, notwithstanding the scale of the economic, geopolitical, and (…)Infrastructure, economy, and the environment to revitalize cities and territories
Venezia
4 October 2025
Focus on industry: challenges, opportunities, and policies for business
Europe must revitalize economic growth to ensure the well-being of its citizens and maintain its role as a major global player. And this process will (…)Focus on industry: challenges, opportunities, and policies for business
Venice
5 October 2024
Innovation, trends and territory: planning the tourism of the future
The tourism sector, a fundamental resource for the Italian economy, is currently facing a number of challenges and opportunities; first among these is surely the (…)Innovation, trends and territory: planning the tourism of the future
Venice
5 October 2024
Focus on industry: the EU and new industrial policies
Boosting economic growth in Europe is increasingly acknowledged as a necessary requirement for promoting development and the prosperity of citizens. At the same time, the (…)Focus on industry: the EU and new industrial policies
Venice
5 October 2024
The future of democracy: how systems, institutions and the media respond to crises
Taking stock of the health of democracy is a challenging and complex task. It carries the risk of being overly pessimistic in times when authoritarian (…)The future of democracy: how systems, institutions and the media respond to crises
Venice
5 October 2024
The myriad faces of AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications are multiplying exponentially around the world and in the most disparate of contexts. Since the advent of Large Language Models and (…)The myriad faces of AI
Venice
5 October 2024
Energy: Making the transition happen
The energy transition is at a crucial juncture. The geopolitical crises of recent years have raised concerns over the increasingly serious effects of climate change, (…)Energy: Making the transition happen
Rome
4 July 2024
The future of pure science: the case for moral sciences
Science – pure or basic – was the focus of the “Pure and Applied Research in the Moral Sciences” (in Italian) report presented during the (…)The future of pure science: the case for moral sciences
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.
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
2 October 2022
Aspen Collective Mind Seminar – Policies for relaunching the South
A nighttime satellite view of the European continent shows Italy, unlike all the other countries, as clearly divided in two: a brightly illuminated center-north – (…)Aspen Collective Mind Seminar – Policies for relaunching the South
Venice
30 September 2022
- 2 October 2022
Infrastructures to drive competitiveness, resilience and innovation
Large-scale events are undoubtedly an opportunity to plan medium to long-term infrastructure investments. Similarly, the PNRR can be viewed as a sort of large-scale event ready to reap the benefits of Italy’s experience hosting past events, with keen attention to both positive and negative results.
Venice
30 September 2022
- 2 October 2022
Crisis in Europe: meeting the challenges
The war in Ukraine is an existential one for Vladimir Putin. If he loses it, he loses his power, which is why he is willing (…)Crisis in Europe: meeting the challenges