Annual Meeting of the Advistory Board of Foreign Investors
Following the success of its first edition, the Annual Meeting of Confindustria’s Foreign Investment Advisory Board is back. The event will once again focus on the key role of foreign-owned companies in Italy, featuring discussions with leading figures from the country’s main institutions.
During the event, the fifth report from the Foreign Companies Observatory will be presented. This report not only consolidates the information on the presence, performance, and impact of MNEs on the Italian production system, but also offers original analyses on key issues for assessing their role.
The Report's overarching theme is the role that foreign multinationals can play in addressing the ecological and digital transition, and the resulting need to adapt human resource training to new requirements during a period of significant geopolitical uncertainty.
Program
10:00 a.m. – Participants arrive
10:30 a.m. Welcome addresses
Luigi Gubitosi, President of Luiss Guido Carli University
Barbara Beltrame Giacomello, President of ABIE and Vice President for Internationalization at Confindustria
Antonio Tajani (TBC), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
11:00 a.m. Roundtable: The Role of Foreign-Controlled Companies in the Evolution of Italy’s Economic Development
Speakers include
Alessandro Faramondi, Istat Executive
Roberto Monducci, Senior Research Fellow, OIE
Armando Rungi, Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca
Anna Ruocco, Senior Adviser for Foreign Investors, Confindustria, and Director of OIE
Discussant:
Marcello Cattani, President and CEO of Sanofi Italy and Malta, and President of Farmindustria
Floriano Masoero, President and CEO, Siemens Italia
Marco Travaglia, President and CEO, Nestlé Group in Italy
12:00 PM Roundtable: The national strategy and the role of local communities in foreign investment
Lorenzo Bottinelli, Vice President and CEO, BASF Italia
Valentino Confalone, President and CEO, Novartis Italy
Marco Hannappel, President and CEO of Philip Morris Italia and President of South-West Europe at Philip Morris International
Raffaele Langella, General Manager, Confindustria
Valentino Valentini, Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Made in Italy
Matteo Zoppas, President of ICE
12:50 PM Conclusions
Adolfo Urso, Minister of Business and Made in Italy
Moderated by
Francesco Giorgino, Director of the Luiss Master's in Communication and Political and Institutional Marketing and Director of the Luiss Observatory on Brand Storytelling