The forty-third edition of the Forum Ambrosetti – The European House, which as per tradition every year at the end of summer, will on the shores of Lake Como the elite of the financial, entrepreneurial and political world, becoming a first-rate event.
Among this year's guests, in addition to many internationally renowned economists, a prominent role will be played by the Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Minister of Economy, Pier Carlo Padoan and then the elite of finance and industry , including Luigi Abete (Bnl), Franco Bassanini (OpenFiber), Alberto Bombassei (Brembo), Giovanni Bossi (Banca Ifis), Giovanni Castellaneta (doBank), Arnaud de Puyfontaine and Giuseppe Recchi (Telecom Italia), Philippe Donnet and Gabriele Galateri (Generali), Luigi Ferraris (Terna), Giovanni Gorno Tempini (Permira), Francesco Starace (Enel), Gian Maria Gros-Pietro (Intesa Sanpaolo), Paolo Bertoluzzo (Icbpi), Luca Lanzone (Acea), Emma Marcegaglia (Eni) , Enrico Marchi (Save), Renato Mazzoncini (State Railways), Angelo Moratti (Saras), Jean Pierre Mustier (Unicredit), Alessandro Profumo (Leonardo), Maurizio Tamagnini (FSI), Marco Tronchetti Provera (Pirelli).
“For the fourth consecutive year – reads the presentation press release – The European House – Ambrosetti was confirmed as the first private Italian Think Tank, among the top 10 in Europe and among the top 100 independents out of 6.846 globally in the 2016 edition of the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report from the University of Pennsylvania. Consistent with this recognition, many analyzes and researches we have carried out will be presented during the Forum”.
The Forum program foresees the development of the following themes:
Friday September 1st
– The global challenges of the future and the impacts on the economy
– The global economic framework
– Today the world of tomorrow – Scientific and technological developments
– Towards a new global dialogue
– Interventions by the Governments of Italy, Russia, the United States, China and Singapore
Saturday 2rd September
– The Agenda to change Europe
– Speech by First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans
– The Europe we want
– The future of the Euro
– Competitiveness and growth
– The future of work: measuring the impacts of technology on work in Italy and in Europe
– Country focus USA with speeches by Senators Lyndsey Graham and John McCain, Laura d'Andrea Tyson and US government intelligence chief Dan Coats
– Speech by the President of the Council of Ministers Paolo Gentiloni
– Launch of the Peres Heritage Initiative
Sunday September 3th
– Italy in the global framework
– The point of view of the oppositions
– Justice
– The challenge of research and innovation
– Levers for the relaunch of the country
– The frontiers of security
– Competitiveness and growth
– Economy and Finance
As usual, the following research carried out by The European House – Ambrosetti will be presented during the meeting:
– A comparative analysis on the main macroeconomic indicators of the major economies reworked by The European House – Ambrosetti on the forecasts of over 16 international financial institutions;
– Ambrosetti Club Economic Indicator – Third 2017 survey on Italy's economic prospects, employment and business investment;? Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome: a history of achievements, we should
not take for granted;
– One year after Brexit: main implications and proposals for governing the current transition;
– Technology and work: managing change – Measuring the impact of technology on work in Italy and in Europe;
– The interventions to improve the judicial system and the fight against corruption to favor a pro-business environment and the attractiveness of Italy;
– e-Mobility Revolution. The impacts on the industrial supply chains and on the national system: which agenda for Italy – created in collaboration with Enel;
– The future of urban mobility – Integration and new management models in the Italian case – created in collaboration with FSI;
– 2nd Edition – Global Attractiveness Index: the true thermometer of a country's attractiveness – created in collaboration with ABB, Toyota Material Handling Europe and Unilever.
The proceedings will take place, as per tradition, behind closed doors. As far as guests are concerned, there is still the utmost confidentiality, but as per established practice, the presence of the Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, expected in theory for Saturday, and that of the Minister of Economy Pier Carlo Padoan, probably at the end of the works on Sunday 3rd September.
