Trade agreements, particularly those between Europe and the US (TTIP: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), provide a huge opportunity for development and growth and (…)Aspen at Expo – The case for TTIP: how, when, what?
By way of setting the tone for this International Workshop, figures were cited showing that, in 2014, 350 million PCs and 320 million tablets were (…)Aspen at Expo – A conversation on human mind and innovation
Kicking off proceedings at this international workshop was the observation that agricultural market growth is once again the focus of world attention. Consumer prices for (…)Aspen at Expo – Agribusiness and trade: friends or foes?
Emerging from discussions during the Med 2015 Youth Forum – devoted to the topic “The challenge: new jobs for new generations” – was the finding (…)Youth Forum – New Jobs for New Generations
Kick-starting the debate at this third workshop of the Aspen Energy Forum was the observation that low oil prices and the consequent volatility are causing (…)Rethinking energy security: economics and geopolitics
These days, the world of health is facing a revolution that does not only concern medicine but also includes a broad range of disciplines and (…)Aspen at Expo – Science and individual health
Headlining this international workshop was the observation that EXPO 2015 is not only a major global event in which 148 nations will participate, nor is (…)How development can be sustainable. Food security, nutrition and health: the transatlantic link
Everyone likes to eat food cooked on the barbecue, but whilst in the western world, it is part and parcel of a convivial habit, often (…)Aspen at Expo – Clean cooking solutions for health and sustainability
This International Workshop was organized jointly with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), in cooperation with the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) (…)Energy Security as a Priority for Europe’s Foreign Policy
This talk-debate session, sponsored by the Valore D association, Aspen Institute Italia and Women for Expo, explored the approaches and trends that characterize female entrepreneurship, (…)Women in business. Innovation and technology: the Israeli experience
The ongoing efforts to build a well functioning Energy Union in Europe should be seen in the context of major global changes related in various (…)Building the Energy Union
The second meeting of The Aspen Institute “Food Security Strategy Group” was held in Rome between February 5-7, 2014, and saw the participation of entrepreneurs (…)Second dialogue of the Aspen Institute Food Security Strategy Group
Kick-starting talks at this session of the Aspen Mediterranean Initiative was the observation that the arduous and variegated evolution of the Mediterranean region needs to (…)Arab Evolutions. The Mediterranean after the global slowdown
Education, welfare and the gender gap were at the top of the agenda of discussions at this international roundtable, which featured guest speaker Khalid Malik, (…)From vulnerabilities to resilience: strengthening human development
Launching discussions at this World Economy Conference was an acknowledgement by those in attendance that the recovery from the economic crisis of recent years has (…)The next frontiers: tapping the potential of our economies
In 1764, the now famous treatise “On Crimes and Punishments” was published anonymously, meeting with a success that today would be described as global, creating (…)Crime and punishment: justice and the political economy
This talk-debate session focused on the Republican victory in the recent US midterm elections, heralded as unquestionably significant in terms of both numbers and scale. (…)The US midterm elections: results and analysis
The opening premise of discussions at this International Conference was that scientific research is crucial to innovation, understood as both the discovery of new facts, (…)Science and innovation: research, infrastructure and international collaboration
Discussions at this 2-day event got underway with the observation that the Mediterranean Sea clearly connects Europe not just with North Africa, but also the (…)The changing Mediterranean: the quest for growth and the Gulf factor
