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Edition 2026
Festival dell'Economia - Trento 2026
From the market to new powers. The hope of young people
in Trento from 20 to 24 May
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Press conference
Relive the press conference of the Festival dell'Economia di Trento of 31 March 2026
Press conference
Video interview with Fabio Tamburini
Follow the video interview with Fabio Tamburini for the XXI^ edition of the Festival dell 'Economia
Video interview Fabio Tamburini
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The Festival
With the new theme 'From the market to new powers. The hope of young people' the Trento Festival of Economics continues its mission of contrasting two distinct realities. On one hand, it examines the unsettling international and geopolitical landscape. On the other hand, it highlights the hopes of young people as the essential resource to invest in for a better future.
Presentation 2026
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Fuori Festival
Alongside the scientific programme, in recent years a fundamental dimension of the event's identity has grown more and more: the Fuori Festival. A program open to young people and families in which the economy dialogues with culture, science and entertainment.
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Incontri con l'autore
A space dedicated to ideas, stories and visions that help us read the present and imagine the future. Through their contribution, authors accompany the public on the great themes of our time.
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Economie dei Territori
The "Economie dei territori" programme of the Festival dell'Economia di Trento proposes a journey through the great transformations that are changing the way we live, work and inhabit the territories. At the heart of the programme is a key question, which weaves together the big themes of this edition: what future are we building – and for whom?
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Protagonists
Patrizio Messina
Paolo Ferrara
Daniele Bellasio
Massimo D'Alema
Claudio Fanti
Carlo Bonomi
Barbara Poggio
Lilia Cavallari
Alessandro Molinari
Alberto Barachini
Patrizio Messina
Paolo Ferrara
Daniele Bellasio
Massimo D'Alema
Claudio Fanti
Carlo Bonomi
Barbara Poggio
Lilia Cavallari
Alessandro Molinari
Alberto Barachini
Massimo Beduschi
Alberto Brambilla
Franco Gabrielli
Alessandro Benetton
Vittorio Manes
Flavia Giacobbe
Massimo Massetti
Marco Cuchel
Giulia Cristoforetti
Luigi Spina
Massimo Beduschi
Alberto Brambilla
Franco Gabrielli
Alessandro Benetton
Vittorio Manes
Flavia Giacobbe
Massimo Massetti
Marco Cuchel
Giulia Cristoforetti
Luigi Spina
Alberto Faustini
Franco Bassanini
Matteo Achilli
Maria Cannata
Stefano Bruno Galli
Leonardo Costantini
Francesca Di Done
Claudia de Lillo
Giovanna De Minico
Marco Ferrazzani
Alberto Faustini
Franco Bassanini
Matteo Achilli
Maria Cannata
Stefano Bruno Galli
Leonardo Costantini
Francesca Di Done
Claudia de Lillo
Giovanna De Minico
Marco Ferrazzani
Enrico Giovannini
Riccardo Staglianò
Francesco Carluccio
Luigi De Paoli
Giulio Sapelli
Kornel Tomasz Lewicki
Maria Anghileri
Maria Pierro
Marta Collu
Sylvie Goulard
Enrico Giovannini
Riccardo Staglianò
Francesco Carluccio
Luigi De Paoli
Giulio Sapelli
Kornel Tomasz Lewicki
Maria Anghileri
Maria Pierro
Marta Collu
Sylvie Goulard
Featured
Protagonists
Discover the minds that will bring the Festival dell 'Economia di Trento to life. Economists, innovators and visionaries ready to share ideas and perspectives to interpret today's world and build tomorrow. Explore the protagonists of this edition.
2026 Speakers
The venues of the Festival
The Festival dell'Economia di Trento takes place in places that enhance the territory, transforming squares, palaces and theatres into spaces for meeting and dialogue.
About us
About us
The Festival dell'Economia di Trento is organized by the Autonomous Province of Trento through Trentino Marketing together with Il Gruppo 24 ORE, the main multimedia publishing group in Italy in the field of information and economic training
The places of the Festival
Festival dell'Economia
Trento XXI Edition
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With the new title “From the market to new powers. The hope of young people,” the Trento Festival of Economics continues its commitment to comparing, on one hand, the unsettling framework of international scenarios and geopolitics—which see the laws of the market fading as a reference point and the rise of new powers such as Big Tech and autocracies—and, on the other hand, the hopes of young people as the resource to bet on for a better future. In this context, it is indeed important for the West to recover the ground it has lost and will lose, and it can do so only if the strength of youth is put at the forefront.
In 2022, the theme “After the Pandemic: Between Order and Disorder” aimed to delve into the deep social, economic, and political effects of the pandemic, while the 2023 edition titled “The Future of the Future. The Challenges of a New World” undertook to outline the impact that major technological and socio-economic transformations will have on humanity. In 2024, with “Quo Vadis? The Dilemmas of Our Time”, the Festival analyzed the great issues that our time poses to us, from the intensification of conflicts in the world to the growth of inflation and public debt, from climate change to the demographic winter. In 2025, on the occasion of the Festival's 20th anniversary, the analysis was dedicated to “Fatal Risks and Choices. Europe at a Crossroads.”
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The organisation
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Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee is chaired by the Director of Sole 24 Ore, Radio 24 and the news agency Radiocor Fabio Tamburini, and consists of Professor Ericka Costa, Full Professor of Business Economics of the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Trento, Professor Luigi Bonatti, Full Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Trento, and economics historian Adriana Castagnoli, former Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Turin.
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board, which will have advisory and suggestion tasks on the contents of the Festival, is composed of Elena Beccalli (Rector of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart), Marco Fortis (Vice President of the Edison Foundation), Paolo Magri (Executive Vice President and ISPI Director), Emma Marcegaglia (President B20), Giulio Sapelli (Director of the Eni Enrico Mattei Foundation), Giulio Tremonti (President of the Aspen Institute Italy).
Media Partner
SKY TG24, as Broadcaster Media Partner, will broadcast live from its studios in Trento some moments of in-depth analysis, which citizens can follow live from Piazza del Duomo. Radio 24 will air from Piazza Fiera with its programs and the usual insights. Il Sole 24 ORE and the news agency Radiocor will follow the Festival, guaranteeing a wide coverage of the news and the main contents.
In addition, seven authoritative international Media Partners — De Telegraaf, El Economista, Financial Times, LinkedIn News, Politiken, The Yomiuri Shimbun and Wenhui Daily — will support the Festival, helping to amplify its visibility and dissemination internationally.
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