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The “City Talks” get underway in Naples, featuring Pichetto, Abodi, Giuli, Manfredi, Durigon and Butti

On Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October, the event organised by Spin Factor gets underway, bringing together senior figures from institutions, businesses and the media

22 October 2026

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“Challenges” is the theme of the “City Talks” taking place in Naples on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October at the headquarters of the Naples Building Contractors’ Association (ACEN), at 202 Via Riviera di Chiaia.

The programme format, conceived and produced by Spin Factor – a leading national firm specialising in political and institutional strategy and communication, as well as data analysis – brings together ministers, undersecretaries and members of parliament with representatives from the worlds of business, the media and culture in panel discussions modelled on television talk shows.

The two-day event – which follows on from last May’s Capri Talks – will feature discussions aimed at analysing the factors that are reshaping our times, ranging from artificial intelligence to energy security, and the direction the country is taking, covering regional development, sport and culture.

Friday 23 October

The morning session on Friday 23rd, coordinated by Lavinia Spingardi, a journalist with SkyTg24, will begin at 11.00 sharp with a speech by Gilberto Pichetto, Minister for the Environment and Energy Security, followed by a discussion with Vinicio Vigilante, Chief Executive of GSE.

Next, the discussion on energy will feature contributions from experts and industry representatives, including Edoardo De Luca, Head of Central Italia Affairs at Enel, Angelica De Vito, UN Diplomatic Adviser on climate migration, Andrea Porchera, Head of Institutional Relations at Renexia, and Michele Vitiello, Secretary-General of WEC Italia.

The morning will continue with Claudio Durigon, Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, interviewed by Davide Desario, Director of Adnkronos. This will be followed by a discussion on the city of Naples, with contributions from Gabriella Buontempo, President of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Armando Cesaro, President of the ASI Naples Consortium; Carlo Puca, Councillor for Active Participation and the City’s Image for the City of Naples; and Enzo Maraio, Councillor for Tourism and Digital Transition for the Campania Region, moderated by Francesco Piccinini, Director of Deepinto.

The morning’s discussions will be brought to a close by Gaetano Manfredi, Mayor of Naples and President of ANCI, who will be interviewed by Michele Cagiano De Azevedo, Deputy Director of SkyTg24.

The afternoon session on Friday 23 October, chaired by Maria Antonietta Spadorcia, Deputy Director of TG2, will begin at 4.30 pm with a presentation by Francesco Macrì, Chairman of Leonardo SpA, who will be interviewed by Roberto Iotti, Deputy Editor of *Il Sole 24 Ore*. MPs Ylenja Lucaselli (Fdi), Piero De Luca (Pd) and Luigi Marattin (Pld) will discuss issues relating to geopolitics, defence and security.

This will be followed by a presentation from Marco Mezzaroma, President of Sport e Salute, who will provide an update, amongst other things, on the America’s Cup, in which the city of Naples is playing a leading role. The focus will then shift to the business sector, with a discussion between Valerio D’Angelo, CEO of Fiven; Davide Ferraro, CEO of WinTime SpA; Antonio Savarese, President of ACEN; and Paolo Scudieri, President of the Adler Group, moderated by Boris Mantova, Editor-in-Chief of Tgcom24-Radio105.

The 100th anniversary of Napoli Football Club will also be celebrated, with contributions from the writer Alessandro Iovino and the journalists Massimo Giletti and Stefano Zurlo.

This will be followed by a discussion on current political and party affairs, featuring the leader of the opposition in the Campania Regional Council, Gennaro Sangiuliano, and Marco Furfaro, MP for the Democratic Party. To conclude, there will be an in-depth discussion on the state of the media and fake news, featuring Italo Bocchino, Editor-in-Chief of *Il Secolo d’Italia*, and Emiliano Fittipaldi, Editor-in-Chief of *Domani*.

Saturday 24 October

The event will resume on Saturday 24 October at 11.00 am, hosted by Simona Branchetti, a Mediaset journalist. The session will open with remarks by Andrea Abodi, Minister for Sport and Youth, followed by speeches from Alessio Butti, Under-Secretary for Innovation, and Marta Schifone, MP for Fratelli d’Italia.

Social connections and institutional relations in the digital age will be explored during a discussion between Giovannantonio Macchiarola, Director of Institutional Relations and Communications at Terna; Angelo Mazzetti, Director of Institutional Relations at Meta for Italia, Greece, Cyprus and Malta, and Claudio Velardi, Editor-in-Chief of *Il Riformista*.

The closing session of the event will feature Alessandro Giuli, Minister for Culture, who will be in conversation with Davide Desario, Director of Adnkronos, on the value and future of Italia’s cultural heritage.

Over the course of the two-day event, data obtained via Human – Spin Factor’s proprietary AI-driven social listening platform – will be presented exclusively on the topics covered by the panel discussions.

City Talks is sponsored by: the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, the Ministry of Tourism, the Campania Region, the Metropolitan City of Naples, the Municipality of Naples and Sport e Salute SpA.

The media partners are Adnkronos, Sky Tg24, Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor and Energia Oltre. The technical partner is Meta.

City Talks is organised in collaboration with Terna, GSE, ENEL, Renexia, Fiven, WinTime, the ASI Napoli Consortium, the Scudieri Foundation and ACEN.

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