Nazzarena Franco

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Journalist, writer and author. He was US correspondent during the years of the Trump presidency and the pandemic. He won the Baldoni, Overtime and Amerigo Journalism Awards.  Author of several books, he wrote and directed the docufilm "I Pesci Combattenti".

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Lilia Cavallari is Chair of the Parliamentary Budget Office. She is a full professor of Economics at Roma Tre University. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Rome La Sapienza, has been a post-doctoral fellow at the London School of Economics and visiting professor at the University of Cambridge, Stockholm and Bonn. She has published in major academic journals.

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Lilia Cavallari

He’s Vice-President Edison Foundation and Co-President Scientific Committee of the Edison Foundation. He is President of the Scientific Committee Confindustria Research Center. Until recently he was Professor in Industrial Economy and Foreign Trade at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of Università Cattolica, Milan, where he taught since 1989. He was awarded the Commander and Grand Officer of Merit of the Italian Republic.

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Marco Fortis

Nazzarena Franco – with over 20 years of experience in the logistics and transportation industry – serves as CEO of DHL Express Italy, the leader in the Italian express air courier market. She is a member of ABIE (Advisory Board for Foreign Investors) and Transport & Logistics Technical Group of Confindustria, as well as the Board of AHK Italien.

Marcello Messori is part-time Professor at the Schuman Centre, European University Institute (EUI), member of the EMU-Lab established at the same Schuman Centre. He is also a non-resident Fellow at the Institute for European Policy Making (IEP), Bocconi University. He is co-coordinator of the ‘Europa Group’ at the Astrid Foundation.

Marcello Messori

Gylfi Zoega is a Professor of Economics at the University of Iceland. His research is focused on saving and economic growth, pensions and financial turbulence. His books include "Dynamism" (Harvard University Press, 2020) with Hian Teck Hoon and Edmund S. Phelps and "The Great Economic Slowdown" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).

Gylfi Zoega

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Via Belenzani, once called Contrada Larga, is the main street leading to Piazza Duomo and one of the city's most atmospheric streets, surrounded on both sides by Renaissance palaces decorated with beautiful frescoes. Palazzo Geremia, today the seat of the Trento City Council, is one of these: inside there are several rooms - beautifully frescoed and often still with their original wooden ceilings.

Palazzo Geremia - Sala di Rappresentanza

Elena Beccalli is the Rector of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and a full professor at the School of Banking, Finance, and Insurance Sciences, of which she was Dean from 2014 to 2024. She is a research associate at the London School of Economics and at the University of St. Andrews.

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Elena Beccalli

Daniele Bellasio is deputy editor of Il Sole 24 Ore. Law graduate, he studied Big Data Analysis and the evolution of information in the digital environment. He directed La Prealpina and worked for Il Foglio, Class/CNBC and La Repubblica.

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Daniele Bellasio 

Marco Buti holds the Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa chair at the European University Institute and was Chief of Staff of Commissioner Gentiloni. His book “Evitare il declino: glossario per una politica economica europea”, coauthored with Marcello Messori, was published in May 2024.

Marco Buti

Mario Nava is the Director-General of DG EMPL of the EU Commission. Previously, he was the Director-General of DG REFORM and has held Director and Head of Unit posts in the DG for Financial Services. He was also President of Italian Financial Market Authority. He teaches at Bocconi University and at Solvay Business School. In 2023, he was awarded the title of Bocconi Alumnus of the year.

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Mario Nava

Debora Revoltella is Chief Economist of the EIB. She led the work for flagship publications like the EIB Investment Report and launched the idea for the design of the EIB Investment Survey, a unique asset to understand investment dynamics in Europe. She holds a PhD in Economics from Ancona University, Italy.

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