Luiss Trento Cafè
This year's Festival theme: QUO VADIS? THE DILEMMAS OF OUR TIME. Once again this year, the Luiss Trento Cafè space will serve as the exclusive setting for literary meetings and debates with Luiss professors and leading figures from Luiss University Press. Topics will range from the crucial issues of the changing world of work to the revolutionary impact of artificial intelligence, and from the ECB's monetary policy to the renewed role of industrial districts. This event offers an extraordinary opportunity to explore the directions of the future and contribute to the dialogue on global challenges and emerging perspectives.
Thursday, May 23
Moderator: Barbara Millucci, Journalist, Corriere della Sera/L'Economia
5:30 PM Northeast and Northwest: A Comparison of Two Industrial Concepts
Francesco Antonioli, Journalist for Repubblica and La Stampa, and Author of Progetto Nordovest
Paola Pilati, Journalist and Director of Financial Community Hub, Author of Le serenissime
Valentina Meliciani, Professor of Applied Economics at Luiss and Director of the Luiss Institute for European Analysis and Policy – LEAP
6:30 PM From microchips to 6G: how technology shapes geopolitics
Cesare Alemanni Essayist, editor, and author of Il re invisibile
Luca Balestrieri Technology and media expert and author of Tecnologie dell'impero
Friday, May 24
Moderated by Alfonso Ruffo, Journalist
5:30 PM Personal well-being and professional growth: the challenge of corporate welfare
Stefano Cuzzilla President of Federmanager, CIDA, and Trenitalia, and author of Il buon lavoro
Manuela Perrone, Journalist for Il Sole 24 Ore and Author of Il buon lavoro
Rita Mascolo, Professor of Economic and Business History at Luiss Guido Carli University
Paola Boromei Chief Human Resources & Organization Officer, 24 Ore Group
6:30 PM: Why politics and economics must study the future
Luca De Biase, Journalist for Il Sole 24 Ore and author of Apologia del Futuro
Ersilia Vaudo Scarpetta Chief Diversity Officer, European Space Agency
Saturday, May 25
Moderator: Massimo Angelini, Director of External Affairs, Corporate Communication & Partnership, Luiss Guido Carli University
5:30 PM: New paradigms for economic policy
Pier Giorgio Ardeni, Professor of Political Economy and Development at the University of Bologna and author of “La trappola dell'efficienza”
Francesco Saraceno, Deputy Director at OFCE, Sciences Po, and author of Beyond Central Banks
Rita Mascolo, Professor of Economic and Business History, Luiss Guido Carli University
Andrea Fracasso, Vice-Rector for Planning and Resources, University of Trento
6:30 PM From nuclear to carbon-free: the energy challenges on Europe’s political agenda
Donato Bendicenti, Head of the RAI Correspondence Office in Brussels and author of Scintille
Lauro Panella, Head of the Value Added Analysis Unit, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)
Francesco Saraceno Deputy Director at OFCE, Sciences Po, and Professor of International and European Macroeconomics at Luiss Guido Carli University