Education & Open Innovation Forum

The 23 and 24 October, at the Teatro Massimo in Ortigia, Confindustria organises theEducation and Open Innovation Foruman event dedicated to the future of human capital. The event stems from the need to respond to the demographic challenge and to build a shared strategy to redesign the balance of society and economy.

The reflection starts from a key concept: putting people, education, enterprise and work back at the centre. Training, attracting, enhancing and renewing human capital is the priority to open a new season of cooperation in Italy. A real 'citizenship collaboration'capable of tackling crucial challenges such as demography, skills mismatch, artificial intelligence, educational cooperation, entrepreneurship and applied research.

The system Confindustria thus proposes a major 'country project', involving top executives from companies committed to promoting partnerships with universities, ITS Academies and technical-professional institutes. The Forum will be attended by stakeholders and education managers from territorial and trade associations, the Piccola Industria and Giovani Imprenditori networks, the interprofessional funds Fondimpresa and Fondirigenti, together with education, open innovation and research experts.

During the Forum, the document "11.2 goals for a future yet to be written"which brings together data, proposals and strategic levers to address the demographic challenge and build a new human capital policy in Italy.

Institutional speeches include those of Ministers Anna Maria Bernini (University and Research), Giuseppe Valditara (Education and Merit) and Marina Elvira Calderone (Labour and Social Policy).

For Confindustria, the following will speak Francesco De Santis, Vice President Research and Innovation, Lucia Aleotti, Vice President for the Study Centre, Giovanni Baroni, President Small Industry, Aurelio Regina, delegate for Energy and Energy Transition, and Alberto Tripi, Special Advisor for Artificial Intelligence.

The second day will open with a speech by the President of Confindustria Emanuele Orsini and will conclude with the contribution of Riccardo Di Stefano, Delegate for Education and Open Innovation.