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)
In 2021, Nunzia Ciardi was appointed Deputy Director General of the National Cybersecurity Agency after leading the Postal and Communications Police, the top law enforcement body against cybercrime. A member of scientific committees and Women4Cyber, she received the Inspiring Fifty 2021 and Marisa Bellisario 2023 awards.
Professor of "National Intelligence and Security Systems" at the University of Perugia. He currently is a Member of the Board of Aspen Institute Italia. Since September 2017 he has been CEO of Defence Tech S.p.A. (Defense, Space and Cyber Security sector), a sub-holding of the Tinexta SpA Group, company controlled by the main Italian Chambers of Commerce. He is CEO of the companies controlled by Defence Tech: Next Ingegneria dei Sistemi SpA, Fo.Ra.Mil s.r.l. and Donexit s.r.l.
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.
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 delle Marangonerie, which seats 110 people.
