At first glance, culture and technology may appear mutually exclusive categories, but that has not always been the case. The Italian Classical and Renaissance traditions (…)Aspen Collective Mind Seminar: Industrial processes, Cultural processes
The Covid-19 pandemic has radically modified the consumer industry over the last 18 months. If, in a first phase, we saw the acceleration of trends (…)Economic growth and consumption: how to relaunch demand
The pandemic experience and consequent evolution of the global economic picture make even clearer than before the need for Italy and Europe to cultivate an (…)Focus on Industry – Policies for recovery
The United States-China face-off is surely going to dominate in the near future. Washington now considers the bid to involve China in a liberal order, (…)Italy 2040: a new social contract to weather the crisis
The world of finance, with its products and markets, is undergoing a deep transformation. Indeed, from the standpoint of technology, the instruments made available to (…)Re-shaping finance: the challenges ahead
The early years of the Internet were marked by a liberal optimism about its decentralizing and democratizing effects. Information would be widely available and undercut (…)The data-driven society
While certainly not exhaustive, this summary clearly reveals one of the principle reasons for the European crisis and the current tensions between the EU and (…)National identities around the world
Globalization and technology have radically changed the tourism industry over the last decade. The processes of globalization have led to a dramatic increase in demand (…)The tourism industry: culture, environment, innovation, development
The new industrial triangle (Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli) is currently one of the European continent’s most dynamic drivers behind growth in GDP, exports and value added (…)Focus on Industry: Competitiveness and the new industrial triangle
The healthcare ecosystem is changing very rapidly and we need to drive that change – not be driven. In rethinking health, welfare and the lifecycle, (…)Rethinking the Healthcare Ecosystem
The linchpin of discussions at this Aspen Seminar for Leaders session was the notion that digital transformation has become the driving force behind a new (…)The economy of the digital transformation: a question of value
Proceedings at this Aspen Seminar for Leaders began with an examination of the premise that the digital revolution currently underway is subverting the relationship between (…)Focus on industry: human capital and artificial intelligence
A key observation made at the start of discussions at this Aspen Seminar for Leaders session was that the main shift entailed by the digital (…)Media and politics in the age of algorithms
(Italian Version)Un Paese moderno e competitivo deve avere tra i suoi asset fondamentali un sistema di trasporto e logistica basato su infrastrutture efficienti, tecnologicamente avanzate (…)Transportation and logistics: smart infrastructure
Kick-starting discussions at this Aspen Seminar for Leaders session was the observation that the traditional concept of the “generation” has made a comeback in public (…)From millennials to the silver economy: different generations of consumers
The self-driving revolution is at our doorsteps. Driverless and autonomous vehicles are becoming a reality faster than anyone would have expected just a few years (…)Focusing on new mobilities: the Internet of Things and the self-driving revolution
Participants at this Aspen Seminar for Leaders session noted that culture has played, and will definitely continue to play, a key role in Italy’s economic (…)Italian competitiveness: culture, manufacturing, tourism
