It will start on Thursday 18 November at the Veronafiere Congress Center the third edition of Festival del Futuro, the appointment dedicated to the discussion on the trends that will characterize the coming years. Promoted by Gruppo editoriale Athesis, Excellencies of the company is Harvard Business Review Italy, this year's edition is dedicated to The great transition: from new normal to never normal. The new wave of innovation that will change the world. The event is open to the public, although the room will have a limited capacity. Live streaming will be available on Athesis media and on the Festival del Futuro website and social networks.
The program (in short)
The program - available with speaker and timetables here - opening of this year, the November 18, the intervention of the Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolani, which will be followed by two round tables dedicated to technology. The keynote speech by Gian Luca Frog, CEO of the Pastificio Rana. The afternoon will then focus on health and on the space economy with the keynote speech by Maria Cristina Piovesana, Vice President for the Environment, Sustainability and Culture of Confindustria.
Friday 19th November will begin with two round tables, one dedicated toEurope and its perspectives, the other focused on mobility sustainable. Between the two appointments, the keynote speech by Giulio Molon, Director of Cardiology and electrophysiologist, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital in Negrar. Afternoon all focused on the economy and work, with three round tables that will address the issues of development economic, from the transformations of banks and finance and gods new models of work organization.
Saturday 20 November will open with a debate on training and, to follow, two round tables are on the agenda: one dedicated to changes in society and the other to food and toagriculture. The afternoon will then be an opportunity to discuss changes in society and company value systems, to then continue with the decarbonization, the transition energy and the change climatic. The closing of the Festival will be entrusted to the Minister of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini.
Future Arena
New for 2021 is the headband Future Arena, double daily appointment dedicated to innovation and start-ups (every day, at 1pm and 6pm, organized in collaboration with Blum Vision). At 1 pm there will be the future in the room: prototypes and innovative applications to touch and see in action; from 6 pm two hours of meetings and presentations by experts. Each day will then close with the possibility of doing networking during the Start up spritzer.
The promoters
"Analyzing trends is important to face the future, even if you can never be ready for 100% but you can have the tools to understand and guide the future rather than suffer or even fear it", he stresses. Enrico Sassoon, scientific director of the Festival and editor-in-chief of Harvard Business Review Italia.
«It is important to seize the opportunities - he echoes Luigi advise, President of Gea management consultants and CEO of Excellence MEDIA P 3/4 d'Impresa - the pandemic, for example, has brought terrible grief but now it offers us a unique opportunity, we have never had so many resources and understand the trends there it will help to invest them in the best possible way, starting from a strong economic fabric made up of healthy and innovative companies ».
«With the Festival of the Future - he added Matteo Montan, CEO of the Athesis Group - the group wants to give a further boost to the strong bond we have with the community. But the debate that develops with the Festival is also an opportunity to give voice and wider visibility to the excellence of our territory ».
