Simone Casalini is the editor of "il T," the daily newspaper of Trentino Alto Adige/Südtirol. He has published "Intervista al Novecento" (Egon, 2010) and "Lo spazio ibrido. Culture, frontiere e società in transizione" (Meltemi, 2019)
CEO of Defence Tech S.p.A., sub-holding of the Tinexta SpA Group, company controlled by the main Italian Chambers of Commerce. Member of Aspen Institute Italia and Professor of "National Intelligence and Security Systems" at the University of Perugia. Previous positions at Editions Holding Benetton, Datamat SpA, Lutech SpA, Progesi SpA and Roma Gas & Power SpA. Knight and Officer of Merit of the Italian Republic.
He is a full professor at the University of Trento and Director of FBK's Cybersecurity Center. Previously, he was a professor at the University of Milan and a researcher at INRIA, France. His main research interests are in digital identity, trust and risk management, and applied cryptography.
Since 1988 in the ICT and ICS/SCADA industry, in the Finance, Telco, Energy sectors. President of AssoCISO - “Associazione Nazionale Chief Information Security Officer“. Co-founder of the ITATEC - “Accademia italiana di Ingegneria e Tecnologia “. Member of “Comitato Tecnico Scientifico (CTS)” di ACN - Agenzia per la cybersicurezza nazionale. Adjunct professor in degree and master courses. Member of several international expert working groups.
Fabio Scacciavillani a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago, is founding partner and strategist of Nextperience and teaches at the Bologna Business School. Previously he has been the Chief Strategist of the Oman Investment Fund and held senior positions at Goldman Sachs the ECB and the IMF.
With marvellous frescoes and crenelated towers, Buonconsiglio is the most important castle in Trentino. Having served as the seat of the Prince-Bishops of Trent for centuries, today the castle is home to the provincial art and archaeology collections and the famous Torre Aquila, whose walls are frescoed with the renowned “Ciclo dei Mesi” (“Cycle of the Months”), an international Gothic masterpiece. A number of Festival dell’Economia events will take place in its Sala Gerola, which seats 110 people.
