The final event of the first edition of Next Gen Days 2023, a multi-year program promoted by Confindustria’s Advisory Board of Foreign Investors (ABIE), aims to enhance the professional and leadership skills of young corporate talent through training days and networking with colleagues from other companies.

In today’s business environment, more and more companies are collaborating and sharing expertise to foster an integrated, strategic vision. Indeed, multinational corporations view human capital as a key driver for business growth, and therefore prioritize investment in training, especially for their youngest employees.

In 2023, the training days took place at BASF Italia, Novartis Italia, the Nestlé Group in Italy, and Kering Italia. In addition, a day was held at Accenture dedicated to developing a project. The 2024 training days will take place at Birra Peroni, Siemens, Toyota Material Handling Italia, and Volkswagen Group Italia.

Program

3:30 PM: Participants arrive

4:00 PM Welcome remarks
Barbara Beltrame Giacomello, President of ABIE, Vice President for Internationalization, Confindustria
Lorenzo Bottinelli, Vice President and CEO, BASF Italia

4:20 PM: NGDs 2023 Roundtable
Marco Travaglia, President and CEO, Nestlé Group in Italy
Valentino Confalone, President and CEO, Novartis Italy
Patrick De Vismes, President, Kering Italy
Mauro Marchiaro Senior Managing Director – Industry X Lead for Italy, Central Europe, and Greece

4:50 PM: Presentation by the NGDs Alumni Club

5:10 PM: NGDs 2024 Roundtable
Floriano Masoero, CEO, Siemens Italia
Marcus Osegowitsch, President and CEO, Volkswagen Group Italia
Leonardo Salcerini, CEO, Toyota Material Handling Italia

5:30 PM: Conclusions
Giovanni Brugnoli, Vice President for Human Capital, Confindustria
Giuseppe Valditara (TBC) Minister of Education and Merit

Moderator
Francesco Giorgino, Director of the Luiss Master's in Communication and Political and Institutional Marketing and Director of the Luiss Observatory on Brand Storytelling

Registration