Claudio Antonelli

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The former S.I.T. building on Via Calepina - Piazza Vittoria has been the historical headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce since 1947. In its halls this autonomous public body performs a multiplicity of functions all traceable to the common definition of market regulation.

Camera di Commercio di Trento – Sala Calepini

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Claudio Antonelli (born 1976) has served as Editor-in-Chief and subsequently Deputy Editor with responsibility for economics, finance, and the digital sector. After working at LiberoMercato and Libero, he was part of the founding team of La Verità. He is the Deputy Editor of Il Sole 24 Ore NextMed, a project by the group focused on the Enlarged Mediterranean. He is a keen observer of Africa and security issues.

Deputy Editor 24Ore NextMed

She has been working at AICS since 2016, within the Deputy Technical Directorate – Humanitarian Aid and Situations of Fragility Unit. In September 2024, she was appointed Coordinator of the Humanitarian Aid and Situations of Fragility Unit. Since 2020, she has also served as the AICS Gender Equality Focal Point, reporting directly to the Deputy Technical Director. She previously worked at the MAECI (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) and the ITC-ILO.

Gender Equality Focal Point and Coordinator of the Humanitarian Aid and Situations of Fragility Unit, Deputy Technical Directorate

Marta Collu

For the past 30 years, I have worked in the non-profit sector, focusing on communication, fundraising, institutional relations, and campaigns. Since 2020, I have been the Director General of Terre des Hommes Italy, one of the leading organizations promoting children’s rights, with projects in over 20 countries worldwide and an active presence throughout the Middle East.

Director General

Paolo Ferrara

Duccio Maria Tenti is Head of Strategy and Partnership of UNDP in Italy and adjunct professor at SciencesPo and Luiss Guido Carli. He previously worked as the Energy and Climate Adviser in the Prime Minister’s Office for the Italian G7 Presidency 2024, and as policy officer of the European Commission at DG International Partnerships (INTPA) in the field of climate change and sustainable energy in Sub Saharan Africa.

Head of Partnership and Strategy

Duccio Maria Tenti

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Cooperation and rights for a future of peace and development

Social economy

Dialogues

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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Minister for Civil Protection and Maritime Policies, Senator (FdI). He served as President of the Sicilian Region and the Province of Catania, was a Member of the European Parliament (An) for three terms, and Undersecretary in the fourth Berlusconi government. He has a degree in Political Science and is a freelance journalist and essayist.

Minister for Civil Protection and Marine Policies

Nello Musumeci

Mediterranean between sustainability and economic development

Current events

The event will open with a video message from Minister Guido Crosetto

Overlooking Piazza Dante and standing opposite Trento's train station, the building is a stone’s throw from the historic centre. This building was built between 1958-65 as part of a project by Trentino architect Adalberto Libera (1903-1963), a leading figure in Italian rationalist architecture.

Palazzo della Regione Autonoma Trentino Alto Adige - Sala di Rappresentanza

Admiral of the Italian Navy with extensive operational and command experience on various naval units, supported by strong strategic training and numerous honors. He has held key roles within NATO and the EU, including Operation Sophia. From December 2021 to November 2025, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff and later Chief of Staff of the Navy.

Chief of Staff

Giuseppe Berutti Bergotto

Minister of Defence

Guido Crosetto

Camilla Parzani, born in Brescia on 22 March 2002, obtained her scientific diploma from the "Nicolò Copernico" high school in her city in 2021. Entered the Naval Academy the following year, she graduated in Maritime and Naval Sciences in 2025. She is currently attending the 1st Year of the Application Courses, with the rank of Ensign.

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Camilla Parzani

The Aspiring Ensign Mattia PROIETTI was born in Osimo (AN) on 25 August 2001. After achieving scientific maturity at the "Corridoni Campana" High School in his city, he entered the Naval Academy in 2023 admitted to attend the Normal Courses in the Naval Weapons Corps. He is currently attending the third year of the Telecommunications Engineering process at the University of Pisa.

Midshipman aspirant

Mattia proietti

Looking at the sea not only as a horizon, but as an opportunity for growth and service

Keywords

NextMed is an information and relations platform that connects markets, institutions and leadership of the enlarged Mediterranean with Italy at the centre of the new strategic guidelines

With marvellous frescoes and crenelated towers, Buonconsiglio is the most important castle in Trentino. Having served as the seat of the Prince-Bishops of Trent for centuries, today the castle is home to the provincial art and archaeology collections and the famous Torre Aquila, whose walls are frescoed with the renowned “Ciclo dei Mesi” (“Cycle of the Months”), an international Gothic masterpiece. A number of Festival dell’Economia events will take place in its Sala Gerola, which seats 110 people.

Castello del Buonconsiglio - Sala Gerola

Teaches International Economics at LUISS Guido Carli and Cattolica University Senior Fellow Harvard Kennedy School. Author of "Fatti non foste a viver come robot" (Utet), "Making the global economy work for everyone" (Palgrave Macmillan), "The Great Disconnect. Hopes and fears after the excess of globalization" (Bocconi Univ. Press).

Marco Magnani 

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Marco Minniti

Chief Executive Officer of Il Sole 24 ORE Group, which she joined in 2018 as General Manager of Media & Business, with responsibility for the Publishing & Digital divisions of Il Sole 24 Ore, Radio 24, Radiocor, and the advertising agency 24 ORE System. She also serves as CEO of 24 ORE Cultura, CEO of Il Sole 24 ORE U.K., and CEO of 24 ORE Eventi.Silvestri is a member of the General Council of FIEG (the Italian Federation of Newspaper Publishers), Confindustria Radio TV, and AICC (the Association of Cultural and Creative Enterprises of Confindustria). She is a Member of the Board of Directors of Audicom and a Federal Councilor of FCP (the Federation of Advertising Sales Agencies). Within the radio industry, she sits on the Board of Directors of Audiradio, E.R.A. (Editori Radiofonici Associati), and P.E.R. (Player Editori Radio).

Chief Executive Office

Federico Silvestri

Dubravka Šuica is the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean and is also responsible for Demography. A former Vice-President of the European Commission, MEP, and Mayor of Dubrovnik, she leads work on the new Pact for the Mediterranean and stronger EU ties with MENA and Gulf partners.

Commissioner for Mediterranean

Dubravka Šuica

Fabio Tamburini is editor of Il Sole 24 Ore, Radiocor, Radio 24 and editorial director of the 24 ORE Group. Previously he was deputy editor of Ansa, deputy editor of MF-Milano Finanza, correspondent of Repubblica, and editor-in-chief of Mondo. He has always dealt with finance and industrial economics. He is currently an adjunct professor at Luiss Guido Carli University.

Director

Fabio Tamburini

Mediterranean, geography of the future. Il Sole 24 Ore NextMed is born

Geopolitics

Home of the Ciani Bassetti barons from 1600 to early 1900, the building is characterized by the style of the facade, of Renaissance derivation. While maintaining the previous score, it was renovated in 1883 by engineer Saverio Tamanini, one of the most famous Trentino professionals and, in 1939, by architect Marco Martinuzzi, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. In 2000 the entire building was renovated to a design by the Trentino architect Sergio Giovanazzi.The events that will take place in this location will be organized by Intesa Sanpaolo.

Palazzo Bassetti

Federico Fabbrini is Full Professor of European Law and Founding Director of the Dublin European Law Institute at Dublin City University, in Ireland, and in 2026, Fulbright Schuman Fellow in International Security at the Harvard Kennedy School, in the USA. He initiated the ALCIDE project and is the author of ""L'esercito europeo: difesa e pace nell'era Trump"

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Claudio Antonelli

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