{"id":49198,"date":"2010-05-07T11:55:21","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T09:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/friends-aspen\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T18:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:32:01","slug":"friends-aspen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/aspen-community\/friends-aspen\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Aspen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Friends of Aspen group, established in 1994, brings together presidents, managing directors and directors general from the world of small and medium sized enterprise, business associations, and regional and local governments. Beatrice Trussardi has been President of the Friends of Aspen since 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-8468034f\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider glide\" data-per-view=\"1\" data-gap=\"0\" data-peek=\"0\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-height=\"400px\" data-hide-arrows=\"false\"><div class=\"glide__track\" data-glide-el=\"track\"><div class=\"glide__slides\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/XVII-Riunione-annuale-25-11-2015-Galleria-dArte-Moderna-Milano-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"109867\"\/><figcaption>Milan, November 25, 2015 &#8211; Annual Meeting of the Friends of Aspen. Peter Bale, Beatrice Trussardi, Francesco Morace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/XVII-Riunione-annuale-25-11-2015-Galleria-dArte-Moderna-Milano-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"109865\"\/><figcaption>Milan, November 25, 2015 &#8211; Annual Meeting of the Friends of Aspen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Conf-2016-Federico-Riccio_Alberto-Quadrio-Curzio_Andrea-Pontremoli.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"109849\"\/><figcaption>Milan, June 13, 2016. Annual Conference of the Friends of Aspen. Federico Riccio, Alberto Quadrio Curzio, Andrea Pontremoli<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/XIX-Conferenza-annuale-16-giugno-2014-Fondazione-Pirelli-Milano-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"109855\"\/><figcaption>Milan, June 16, 2014. Annual Conference of the Friends of Aspen. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/XX-Conferenza-annuale-15-giugno-2015-Milano-LaGare-Hotel-Milano-Centrale.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"109863\"\/><figcaption>Milan, June 15, 2015 &#8211;  Annual Conference of the Friends of Aspen. April Rinne, Federico Riccio<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"glide__bullets\" data-glide-el=\"controls[nav]\"><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=1\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=2\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=3\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=4\"><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspiration for the group came from Aspen America\u2019s Society of Fellows, established in 1964, which initially devoted its energies to identifying the proper balance between a vision centered on the human being and the challenges presented by scientific progress, before going on to bolster its commitment to understanding innovation and training leaders to respond wisely to that innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Italian group bases its action on those guidelines, endeavoring to foster opportunities to meet, discuss and analyze topical and wider-reaching issues that impact Italian businesses. Conferences and roundtables have focused on such subjects as the digital and green transition, talent management and skills training, strategies for inclusiveness, and the social responsibility and impact of businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Friends of Aspen enjoy access to a specific program of dedicated initiatives often suggested by the group\u2019s members. To that end, an Advisory Board was set up in April 2014. Comprising four Friends, the Board is renewed on a rotating basis every two years. Its mission is to facilitate the free exchange of ideas, to stimulate debate and to address topical issues in order to prepare the group to meet any challenges the future might hold, thanks to input from all the members. In addition to activities devised specifically for them, the Friends of Aspen are also entitled to attend some of the Institute\u2019s national and international events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-93c844a9\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider glide\" data-per-view=\"1\" data-gap=\"0\" data-peek=\"0\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-height=\"400px\" data-hide-arrows=\"false\"><div class=\"glide__track\" data-glide-el=\"track\"><div class=\"glide__slides\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/XXVII-Conferenza_Annuale-4_luglio_22_Villa-Reale-Monza-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"108990\"\/><figcaption> Monza, July 4, 2022 \u2013 Annual Conference of the Friends of Aspen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/XX-Riunione-Annuale-2-luglio-2018-Palazzina-Appiani-Milano.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"108795\"\/><figcaption>Milan, July 2, 2018 \u2013 Annual Meeting of the Friends of Aspen. Beatrice Trussardi, Luca De Biase<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/XX-Riunione-Annuale-2-luglio-2018-Palazzina-Appiani-Milano-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"108797\"\/><figcaption>Milan, July 2, 2018 \u2013 Annual Meeting of the Friends of Aspen.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/XXIII-Conferenza-Annuale-26-10-2018-Hospitale-dei-Pellegrini-Milano-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"108994\"\/><figcaption>Milan, October 26, 2018 \u2013 Annual Conference of the Friends of Aspen. Beatrice Trussardi, Lanfranco Senn<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/XXIII-Conferenza-Annuale-26-10-2018-Hospitale-dei-Pellegrini-Milano-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"109880\"\/><figcaption>Milan, October 26, 2018 \u2013 Annual Conference of the Friends of Aspen.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item-wrapper glide__slide\" tabindex=\"0\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-slider-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/XXII-Conferenza-Annuale-08-06-2017_Base-Milano-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-id=\"109872\"\/><figcaption>Milan, June 28, 2017\u2013 Annual Conference of the Friends of Aspen. In the photo: Daniela Cattaneo, Beatrice Trussardi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"glide__bullets\" data-glide-el=\"controls[nav]\"><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=1\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=2\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=3\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=4\"><\/button><button class=\"glide__bullet\" data-glide-dir=\"=5\"><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/system\/files\/inline\/ADA_img.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"105\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Friends of Aspen group was established in 1994 as a way of involving within the Aspen community representatives (Presidents, Managing Directors and Directors General) from small and medium enterprises with no more than 150 million euro in turnover, industry associations, and regional and local government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2354,"featured_media":0,"parent":49194,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"freetags":[],"tag_tecnica":[],"temi_aspen":[],"attivita_internaz_in_essere":[],"attivita_internaz_concluse":[],"studi_e_ricerche":[],"class_list":["post-49198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49198"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112488,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49198\/revisions\/112488"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"freetags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/freetags?post=49198"},{"taxonomy":"tag_tecnica","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_tecnica?post=49198"},{"taxonomy":"temi_aspen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/temi_aspen?post=49198"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_in_essere","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_in_essere?post=49198"},{"taxonomy":"attivita_internaz_concluse","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attivita_internaz_concluse?post=49198"},{"taxonomy":"studi_e_ricerche","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/studi_e_ricerche?post=49198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}