Fabio Tamburini

Introducing Alessandro Benetton, Chairman of Mundys and Edizione, in conversation with Fabio Tamburini, Editor-in-Chief of Il Sole 24 Ore. 

This will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Angelica Migliorisi, Il Sole 24 Ore, featuring Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna, President and CEO of Biagiotti Group; Diana Bracco, President and CEO of Bracco Group; Marina Brambilla, Rector of the University of Milan and Alessandro Molinari, CEO and General Manager of Itas Mutua

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The stage of Teatro Sociale has been graced by the likes of Arturo Toscanini and Enrico Caruso. It has played host to Italy’s finest operas and plays, not to mention dance shows, New Year’s Eve parties and political rallies. A splendid example of Italian-style theatre, from 1819 until the 1960s, it served as the main backdrop of the city’s cultural scene. In 2000, after being purchased by the province and significant restoration works, it was returned to its former glory.
The stalls, three floors of boxes and the gallery can seat up to 670 people, while the elegant rooms of the adjoining Palazzo Festi are often used for meetings and conferences.To attend the events at Teatro Sociale, you can collect the entry tickets directly at the venue starting two hours before the event begins.

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Alessandro Benetton has served as Chairman of Edizione, one of Europe’s leading holding companies, since 2022, and as Chairman of the infrastructure group Mundys since March 2026. A pioneer of private equity in Italy, he founded 21 Invest in 1992, through which he has invested in more than 110 companies. In 2025, he relaunched the Unhate Foundation, which promotes social inclusion among young people.

Chairman

Alessandro Benetton

Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna, an entrepreneur and designer, is the third generation of women at the helm of the family business. She is active in art, sport, with Marco Simone Golf home of the Ryder Cup 2023, patronage and mentoring for women.

President and CEO

Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna

Born in Milan, she holds a degree in Chemistry, was President of Federchimica and Assolombarda, Vice President for Research and Innovation in Confindustria. Great patron, she set up the Bracco Foundation in 2010, of which she is President, and she is currently a member of the Board of the Teatro alla Scala Foundation.

President & CEO

Diana Bracco

Marina Brambilla, Rector of the University of Milan, is a Full Professor of German Language and Linguistics. She serves as the Coordinator of the Commission for the Right to Education within the CRUI (Conference of Italian University Rectors), is a member of the Board of Directors for several Foundations, and sits on the Board for Technological Innovation and Digital Transformation for the Municipality of Milan.

Rector

Marina Brambilla

Roman living in Milan, she is the voice of "Start" every two weeks. Co-author of the podcasts "L'altro zio Sam", "Elon" and two books. She is expert in new models of journalism, politics and foreign affairs. She creates content for social networks and Il Sole 24 Ore website. On Fridays, you can find her as the host of the "Macro" transmission. She worked, among others, at Sky TG24, La Repubblica, Il Foglio.

Angelica Migliorisi

Alessandro Molinari has a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Trento and has been working in ITAS since 1992, with increasing responsibilities in the field of budget and finance. Since 2020 he is Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of the Company.

CEO and Managing Director

Alessandro Molinari

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.

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Italy is not a country for young people how can it become one

Work and new professions

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

Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is one of the most important Italian entrepreneurs. Cavaliere del Lavoro since 2006, he is also Chairman of the Friends of LUISS Association and sits on the Board on the Board of Directors of Confindustria.

Presidente

Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone

Giampiero Massolo is a diplomat, a geopolitical analyst and corporate executive. He is Strategic Advisor of Mundys S.p.A and President of Fincantieri NexTech. He was President of Fincantieri S.p.A, of Mundys S.p.A and President of the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). Among his tenures, he was Director of National Intelligence and Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ambassador

Giampiero Massolo

Illuminati and democracy

Current events

Tonia Cartolano, editor-in-chief of Sky TG24, in conversation with Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, on the topic “Restless Hearts: Young People and Contemporary Society"Event by invitation only

In the newsroom of Radio24 since 2000, he has conducted broadcasts in all time slots, from the dawn of Radio24's "Buongiorno" to the evening of "La rosa purpurea". For years he has been following entertainment issues for radio, from music to theater, film to television.

Marta Cagnola

Television journalist and historic figure of Sky TG24, she is a leading correspondent, anchor and managing editor of the all-news channel. She has covered the biggest national and international news stories of the past 20 years. She has been sent multiple times to Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Kosovo, reporting firsthand on many international crisis contexts. She teaches journalism at Università Cattolica of Milan.

Managing Editor

Tonia Cartolano

Maria Carmela Colaiacovo

Flavio Deflorian is a full professor and the Rector of the University of Trento. He is a member of the board of directors of Hub Innovazione Trentino and vice president of the VRT Foundation. He has over 200 scientific publications and numerous international research projects to his credit.

Flavio Deflorian

Maurizio Fugatti has been President of the Autonomous Province of Trento since November 3, 2018. He has also served as the President of the Autonomous Region of Trentino-Alto Adige, a member of the Chamber of Deputies for three legislatures, and Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health.

President

Maurizio Fugatti

I like talking about industry and complex processes such as green transition and sustainability. I do it from a privileged observatory such as the city of Torino and Piemonte, a land of manufacture and transformation. I started working for Il Sole 24 Ore in 2000, first at Radio 24 then on the newspaper. Today I follow in particular the car market and the automotive secto

Filomena Greco

Franco Ianeselli, 43, is mayor of Trento since September 2020. Previously, from 2015 to January 2020 he was general secretary of the Trentino CGIL. In 2014 he graduated in Sociology from the University of Trento with 110 cum laude.

Mayor of Trento

Franco Ianeselli

President of the European Parliament since January 2022 and a Member of the European Parliament since 2013. Previously, she served at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU and as a legal adviser to the Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. She is a lawyer specialising in European law and politics.

Roberta Metsola

Cardinal, biblical and Jewish expert, he is President emeritus of the Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura and the Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra. He founded the "Cortile dei Gentili" to promote dialogue between believers and non-believers.

President Emeritus

Gianfranco Ravasi

Graduated in Economics from the University of Trento. CEO of Trentino Marketing, Territorial Marketing and Promotion Agency of the Autonomous Province of Trento.

Maurizio Rossini

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

Opening ceremony - Event by invitation only

Dialogues

An illustrious concert hall in a building on Via Giuseppe Verdi, which harks back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the numerous musical associations (Musikverein) once found in Ljubljana and all the way to Vienna. It is home to the Philharmonic Society of Trento, founded in 1795. It boasts a beautiful organ, dating back to 1906.

Filarmonica

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Face of Occupy Pd in 2013, MEP from 2014 to 2019, in 2020 he is vice president of the Emilia Romagna Region. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2022, she has been the National Secretary of the PD since March 2023.

Deputata, Segretaria Partito Democratico

Elly Schlein

Three priorities: economic development, demographic winter, social justice

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

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

Claudio Antonelli

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 

Marco Minniti

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

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

Geopolitics

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

President of CNEL, full professor of Labor Economics, has served as Minister for Public Administration in the Berlusconi IV and Draghi governments. President of Venice World Sustainability Capital Foundation.

Renato Brunetta

Talking with young people, not about young people

Journalist

Bruno Vespa

Winners and losers, half a century as protagonist

Romano Prodi is Full professor of Industrial Economics, Bologna University. From 2009 to 2013 Professor at large at Brown University and from 2010 to 2015 Professor at CEIBS (China Europe International Business School) in Shanghai. He is now President of the Foundation for Worldwide Cooperation.

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