Franco Bassanini

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Once the seat of the provincial and regional councils, this splendid room inside the Palazzo della Provincia Autonoma di Trento (formerly the Imperial Hotel Trento) takes its name from the artist who designed, furnished and fully decorated it between 1953 and 1956 — Rovereto-born Fortunato Depero, whose artistic trajectory spanned Futurism, Cubism and Abstract Art, resulting in his unmistakable style.

Palazzo della Provincia - Sala Depero

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Professor of constitutional law, was MP (1979-2006), minister (1996-2001) and president of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (2008-2015). Honorary Chairman of the D-20 Long-Term Investors’ Club. He chairs the Astrid Foundation and is member of the Council of Assonime.

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Editor-in-chief of the magazines Formiche and Airpress. Member of the scientific committee of the Istituto Affari Internazionali and member of the Council of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

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Flavia Giacobbe

Principal Expert‌ for the Institute of global industry, Tsinghua University, Professor of Guanghua School of management, Peking University. Professor He used to be the Dean or executive Dean in several schools of management and economics in the universities such as Shanghai Jiaotong University,Mingjiang University. Professor He was the Chief Editor of BEIDA Business Review.

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Zhiyi He

Manager with over 25 years of international experience in FMCG, retail, and luxury beverages. Former CEO of Cedral Tassoni (Lunelli Group), where he strengthened the company’s global presence and led acquisition integrations. Previously CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi and CMO at Publicis. Since 2026, he has been Chairman and CEO of BAT Italy.

Simone Masè

Professore emerito after being professore ordinario of International Economics at Bocconi until 2009. Previously, he taught International Economics at the Faculty of Political Science of the Università Statale di Milano and Political Economy at the Faculty of Law of the Università di Modena.

Fabrizio Onida

Economist. He is currently member of the board of public and private companies and institutions, both Italian and foreign. He was Minister of Economy and Finance, President of the National School of Administration, full professor and Dean of the Faculty of Economics at Tor Vergata University.

Giovanni Tria

Michele Valensise is President of the IAI.An Italian diplomat, he served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad (Brasília, Bonn, Beirut, Brussels) and then as Italian Ambassador to Sarajevo, Brasília and Berlin, as well as Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a member of the boards of directors of some companies and of the FAI. He contributes to newspapers and magazines, writing on international politics.

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Comparison of industrial economies: United States, China, Europe