The Festival of Economics 2026

Dalle 45mila presenze ai 2,1 milioni di utenti unici raggiunti dal digitale: un bilancio da record per la 21esima edizione

From 45,000 attendances to 2.1 million unique users reached digitally: a record balance for the 21st edition

From 45,000 attendances to 2.1 million unique users reached by digital: a record-breaking balance for the 21st edition

All the numbers of the Festival of Economics

Rector Beccalli explained how the university sees itself as an educating community that goes beyond mere education, promoting generational dialogue and multidisciplinary paths to address contemporary challenges

University (interdisciplinary) laboratory of hope for young people

A Trento Paola Bongini di Milano Bicocca e la ricercatrice Chiara Cristini di Ires Fvg spiegano quali sono i passi da seguire da soli e a livello di sistema. Italia ultima in alfabetizzazione finanziaria

In Trento, Paola Bongini of Milano Bicocca and researcher Chiara Cristini of Ires Fvg explain what steps to take on their own and at system level. Italia last in financial literacy

In Trento, Paola Bongini (Milano Bicocca) and Chiara Cristini (Ires Fvg) illustrate the steps to be taken alone and at the level of the country system

Here's how to build your financial well-being

The 2026 edition recorded an unprecedented turnout, with a rich programme and a central role for young people, confirming Trento as a national and international hub of economic debate.

Trento Festival of Economics 2026, 45 thousand attendees and 350 events: young protagonists

The president of Confindustria: 'We do not want to deindustrialise the continent. I hope for a solution for Hormuz. Housing plan and merit to attract young people"

Orsini: Energy priority, Europe unites on real industrial policies

La proposta di Elsa Fornero per superare le fragilità dell’economia italiana: un’iniziativa bipartisan da portare avanti a prescindere da chi vincerà le elezioni. Dal Notariato proposte per sostenere il piano casa

Elsa Fornero's proposal to overcome the fragility of the Italian economy: a bipartisan initiative to be pursued regardless of who wins the elections. From the Notariat proposals to support the house plan

Welfare, against the traps of the bonus economy a plan for the new generations

Un progetto italiano dimostra come l’IA possa migliorare condizioni lavorative e produttività. Ma solo se abbinata a valori umani e formazione

An Italia project shows how AI can improve working conditions and productivity. But only if combined with human values and training

Industry 5.0, the factory of the future puts man back at the centre

Giulio Centemero analyses the crisis and the new paradigms of global cities. On the horizon, the challenge of innovative housing and cultural policies

Milan and the challenge of the London model to regain the middle class

Father Benanti cites the Encyclical to be presented on Monday. Cassese: "We are faced with powers that are born without territory and dictate rules to states"

Between rules and ethics, who governs the new digital empires?

The head of the university will travel to Palestine at the end of August with the head of the Civil Defence to identify locations

Bernini: 'We will take the Italian university to Gaza and Lebanon'

The former prime minister: the Old Continent must overcome its weaknesses. Marcegaglia: enterprise needs energy autonomy

Letta: 'For Europe it is time for independence'. Marcegaglia: energy autonomy is needed

The former prime minister: the EU has a united capacity to intervene, European reformism is needed. Indispensable to look to Beijing rather than the West

Prodi: 'We are servants in the face of Trump, indecisive in the face of the Chinese'

Due iniziative del Gruppo Il Sole 24 ORE a sostegno dell’export: focus con informazioni sul mercato giapponese e piattaforma con Confindustria per orientare le aziende sui mercati esteri

Two initiatives of the Il Sole 24 ORE Group to support exports: a focus with information on the Japanese market and a platform with Confindustria to guide companies on foreign markets

Japan Observatory and Expand to strengthen Italia in the world

Il ministro degli Esteri: «non è facile ma resta l’obiettivo di 700 miliardi»

Foreign Minister: "it is not easy but the target of 700 billion remains"

Export, Tajani: Made in Italy quality overcomes crisis and tariffs

Il duo dei giovani talentuosi gemelli siciliani, Mirko e Valerio, si è esibito al Fuorifestival

The duo of talented young Sicilian twins, Mirko and Valerio, performed at Fuorifestival

Applause galore for the Twin Violins

Al FuoriFestival Fedez e Mr Marra sul palco con Giuseppe Cruciani e David Parenzo 

At FuoriFestival Fedez and Mr Marra on stage with Giuseppe Cruciani and David Parenzo

At FuoriFestival Fedez and Mr Marra on stage with Giuseppe Cruciani and Davide Parenzo

Mosquito&amp;Pulp, the podcast challenge that changes the way politics is communicated

Al dibattito su Chi sceglie chi nel mercato del lavoro, organizzato con Aidp al Festival dell’Economia di Trento, le leve per attirare e trattenere le persone sia nel pubblico che nel privato

At the debate on Who chooses who in the labour market, organised with Aidp at the Trento Festival of Economics, the levers for attracting and retaining people in both the public and private sector

Refounding the pact with young talent with more salary, welfare and trust

From chips to data centres, the node of AI risks widening the gap between Europe and Big Tech and changing work

The power algorithm and the risk of a Europe too small

Massimo Scaglioni's book, 'Economics of the Media Industries', becomes the starting point to discuss the new media balance with Federico Silvestri, CEO of the Il Sole 24 Ore Group, Massimo Beduschi, ceo and chairman of WPP Media, Andrea Imperiali, professor at the Università Cattolica and member of the AgCom IA Committee, and Linus, editorial director of Radio Gedi

'We are the content': platforms, publishers and the new media marketplace

The Minister of Tourism sees global uncertainty as an assist for the country. And in live music a driving force: 'Sector to be strongly supported'

Mazzi: 'Italia favoured by the international situation'

Per il cantautore la strada è libertà, creatività e crescita personale. Ma ogni viaggio richiede responsabilità e attenzione

For the singer-songwriter, the road is about freedom, creativity and personal growth. But every journey requires responsibility and attention

Music in motion with Eddie Brock

The Deputy Minister for the Economy at the Trento Festival also highlights the work done on the global minimum tax. From Trentino Alto Adige comes a virtuous example on complementary pensions and financial education

Tax, Leo: on Irpef we aim for the second rate up to 60,000 euro

Emirates and Turkey strategic for conflict resolution and US-China leadership dialogue

The new world order? Multi-allied middle powers decisive

The country's raw material is 6 trillion in financial wealth. Round table with Vincenzo Boccia, Paolo Acciari, Alberto Brambilla and Stefano Caselli

Here's how the financial wealth of Italians will boost stagnating incomes

Il valore nasce dalla perdita di controllo: i mercati reagiscono alle aspettative, la fisica ha demolito l’illusione di un mondo prevedibile

Value arises from loss of control: markets react to expectations, physics has demolished the illusion of a predictable world

The capital of uncertainty. This is why finance is quantum

Quarta giornata del Festival dell’Economia di Trento, la manifestazione organizzata dal Gruppo 24 Ore e Trentino Marketing per conto della Provincia Autonoma di Trento

Fourth day of the Trento Festival of Economics, the event organised by the 24 Ore Group and Trentino Marketing on behalf of the Autonomous Province of Trento

Fourth day of the Trento Festival of Economics, the event organised by Il Sole 24 Ore Group and Trentino Marketing on behalf of the Autonomous Province of Trento

Ciriani: there will inevitably be a referendum on nuclear power in Italia

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo at the panel "Why we need a United States of Europe"

Montezemolo: 'Italia and Europe weaker if deindustrialisation wins'

Il ministro Calderoli conferma la riforma elettorale con sbarramento al 3% e sottolinea l’importanza dell’autonomia per il futuro politico, escludendo elezioni anticipate prima del 2027

Minister Calderoli confirms electoral reform with a 3% barrier and emphasises the importance of autonomy for the political future, ruling out early elections before 2027

Calderoli: 'Electoral reform with 3% threshold. But let it be clear that autonomy is also done'

L’allargamento dei beneficiari a nuove categorie di soggetti privati colma una lacuna strutturale

The enlargement of beneficiaries to new categories of private entities fills a structural gap

The Italia of humanistic knowledge relaunches. Open Art Bonus, shared heritage

Il monito di Scaroni dal Festival di Trento: «L’energia prima di tutto bisogna averla, l’Europa deve sviluppare tutte le fonti domestiche, le rinnovabili non bastano».

Scaroni's warning from the Trento Festival: 'Energy must come first, Europe must develop all domestic sources, renewables are not enough'.

Scaroni's warning from the Trento Festival: 'Energy must be had first, Europe must develop all domestic sources, renewables are not enough.

Scaroni: 'Do like China, so much nuclear and electrify'

Low wages and few guarantees: young people going abroad ask for stability. Colla: Emilia Romagna invested 80 million for return

Brains on the run, how to bring back the Cignarellas of Italia

I segreti per avere successo sulla piattaforma illustrati al FuoriFestival durante il workshop «Il profilo come “asset” e i contenuti come prova di valore»

The secrets to success on the platform illustrated at FuoriFestival during the workshop 'Profile as an 'asset' and content as proof of value'

The secret to finding a job in the age of Ai? A good LinkedIn profile

Studio Censis e Confcooperative presentato al Festival di Trento. Quasi 17 punti percentuali in meno nel rapporto sull’ultima retribuzione rispetto a chi lascia il lavoro adesso

Censis and Confcooperative study presented at the Trento Festival. Nearly 17 percentage points less in the ratio of final salary to those leaving work now

Pensions, lighter cheques for those leaving work in 2060

Landing on blockchain and editorial stories about companies the novelties presented at the Festival

From ItalyX the assist for the growth of Made in Italy in the world

EU energy crisis, domestic policy, business and culture in the Saturday 23 May episode live from the Trento Festival of Economics

Radio 24: De Romanis, Diamanti, Maranghi and Sberna guests at Amici e nemici in Trento

Daring and looking to the long term: Bergami, Canzonieri, Mazzotta and Visentin draw the map of individual and collective risk behaviour

Crisis and global uncertainty, a recipe for overcoming them

The Il Sole 24 ORE Group acts as a reference ecosystem connecting institutions, companies, capital and visions along the strategic axis of the extended Mediterranean, becoming a central pole in the economic dialogue between Europe, the Balkans, Africa and the Gulf countries.

Launch of 24 ORE NextMed, editorial and strategic platform dedicated to the enlarged Mediterranean

Il Dipartimento della funzione pubblica sulla semplificazione e Invitalia presentano una ricerca volta ad alleggerire gli oneri amministrativi

The Civil Service Department on Simplification and Invitalia present research on easing administrative burdens

With Voci, the public administration talks to businesses about red tape

The medical coordinator of Médecins Sans Frontières describes a very serious crisis. Tramballi: 'It is a war of revenge. The government's intent is the expulsion of the Palestinians'

Randa Masoud: 'The situation in Gaza has not improved'

L’Olimpionica racconta il percorso umano e sportivo verso la vetta al Museo Diocesano Tridentino. La velocità serve se sai anche prendere le curve

The Olympian recounts the human and sporting journey to the summit at the Tridentine Diocesan Museum. Speed is useful if you can also take curves

Francesca Lollobrigida, the growth journey of a champion

Growing energy demand threatens to put pressure on an Italia system already dependent on foreign countries

The AI paradox: it drains energy but makes the electricity system more efficient

This is the thesis of Chiara Scotti, deputy director of the Bank of Italy, who from Trento anticipated a role for Via Nazionale in the construction of the platform that will manage the settlement of transactions

The digital euro will not replace cash, it will complement it

European manufacturing has not lost its know-how. Not even under Trump's pickaxe

Trump the picketer: the impact on Beijing, Europe and Italia

Successful repopulation of small towns requires a project, but essential services are also needed

Villages, restarting with the idea of community

At the Festival of Economics, the debate on the crisis of the ruling classes, the political vacuum and democracy called upon to take the lead again in the face of the challenges of the economy and the new global balances

From party collapse to AI: how politics lost the lead

During the show, the artist emphasised the greater commitment of the business world than the state in supporting autistic children

Elio beyond the smile with a reflection on the role of work

The former premier in Trento poses himself as the interlocutor of the productive world. "The minimum wage? We need an entry wage and a Start Tax"

Renzi: we in the wide field guarantee for companies, no to more taxes

Commander General Salvatore Luongo: 'The challenge will be to combine innovation with a vocation for proximity to citizens'

Commander Luongo: 'AI helps to handle 2.3 million complaints'

Emerge dalla ricerca Next Gen Power, promossa dall’Hub della Conoscenza, con il supporto di Cassa Padana BCC. Incertezza la parola chiave

Emerging from the Next Gen Power research, promoted by the Hub of Knowledge, with the support of Cassa Padana BCC. Uncertainty the key word

Young people and tomorrow: 60% fear a job they don't like

Giampaolo Musumeci e Beppe Salmetti dialogano con il pubblico al Festival dell’Economia. Ironia e toni lievi per riflettere su guerre, crisi energetiche e migrazioni

Giampaolo Musumeci and Beppe Salmetti dialogue with the public at the Festival of Economics. Irony and light tones to reflect on wars, energy crisis and migration

Giampaolo Musumeci and Beppe Salmetti dialogue with the public at the Festival of Economics. Irony and light tones to reflect on wars, crisis and migration

The 80 questions that help you understand the world

The Western world, Europe in particular, finds itself in many ways trailing behind, slowed down by certain structural and cultural factors

Systemic power China: global interlocutor, no longer just antagonist

«Abbiamo investito sulla qualità, gli effetti saranno sul lungo periodo» - Pietro Sighel, Laura Pirovano e René De Silvestro raccontano Milano Cortina - E a Pergine Valsugana nascerà un nuovo centro per lo sport paralimpico

'We have invested in quality, the effects will be long-term' - Pietro Sighel, Laura Pirovano and René De Silvestro tell Milano Cortina - And a new centre for Paralympic sport will be built in Pergine Valsugana

'We have invested in quality, the effects will be long-term' - Pietro Sighel, Laura Pirovano and René De Silvestro talk about Milano Cortina

Giovanni Malagò: The impact of an Olympics goes beyond costs

At FuoriFestival Luca Trapanese, writer, activist and the first single adoptive father in Italia talks about new parenting and family models

Trapanese: 'Discriminatory not to give everyone the possibility to adopt today, Italy still has a 1983 law'

Between US tariffs, Chinese advances and fragile supply chains, pharmaceuticals have become a geopolitical battleground. At the Trento Festival dell'Economia, Aifa chairman Robert Nisticò and Angelini Pharma CEO Sergio Marullo di Condojanni discuss a challenge that affects the health of millions of patients

The war on drugs: Europe risks remaining just one big market

The minister: we want to increase the funds for the caregiver law under discussion. Inclusion: 1.2 billion projects but 400 million available

Locatelli: I will ask for more resources for disabilities

Il ministro: raddoppiati i fondi del Pnrr e dirottati su misure importanti come logistica, filiere e agrisolare. Decisivi anche il rifinanziamento del gasolio agricolo e la legge contro i reati agroalimentari

The minister: doubled NRP funds and diverted to important measures such as logistics, supply chains and agrisolar. Also decisive are the refinancing of agricultural diesel and the law against agri-food crimes

Lollobrigida: more than 15 billion to agriculture from the Meloni government

Bassanini: 'More qualified majority decisions and common debt'. Tria: 'Today's choices are driven not by the market but by geopolitics'

Cohesion and investment: the EU route to curb China and the US

Donato Masciandaro e il fattore dominanza delle scelte monetarie della presidenza Usa a detrimento dell’economia e a vantaggio della geopolitica

Donato Masciandaro and the dominance factor of the US presidency's monetary choices to the detriment of the economy and to the benefit of geopolitics

Trump and the paradox of politics as a generator of uncertainty

Energy is power: who controls it influences the economy and national sovereignty

Energy, Italia and Europe losers: power is in the hands of the big powers

La stagione delle polarizzazioni nel settore delle Big Tech in Usa pone una serie di problematiche di difficile soluzione negli Stati Uniti (ma anche altrove)

The season of polarisations in the Big Tech sector in the US raises a number of issues that are difficult to resolve in the US (but also elsewhere)

The season of polarisation in the Big Tech sector in the US poses a number of difficult issues to be resolved in the US

US capitalism, how it evolves (or how it becomes involved)

More than 6,000 adolescents in Lombardy recount a present marked by geopolitical anxiety, economic insecurity and distrust in educational institutions. But the myth of 'teenagers who do not want to work' falls

Youth, wars, precariousness and loneliness in the 'Next Gen Power' survey

Il comandante generale delle Fiamme gialle al Festival dell’Economia: nelle strategie un mix di repressione e prevenzione. Sempre più centrale l’attenzione ai fenomeni collegati alle nuove tecnologie

The Commander General of the Italian Finance Police at the Festival of Economics: strategies include a mix of repression and prevention. Increasing focus on phenomena linked to new technologies

De Gennaro (GdF): widespread evasion among influencers and digital creators

Entrepreneur Caltagirone and Ambassador Massolo discuss the dangers of modern elites controlling data and economic power

'Democracy at risk, curb the power of big tech'

Tariffs absorbed because declarations have 'landed in sustainable territory'. Same expected outcome on Hormuz: war costs too much

Tronchetti: the West does not split, negotiate with Trump

Severino: 'Whenever culture retreats, democracy loses ground'

The value of culture and social innovation for freedom

For the economist, basic mathematical and technological knowledge is needed, but it is human traits such as empathy and critical thinking that make us irreplaceable

Nobel Prize winner Pissarides: 'With AI, soft skills count more than scientific ones'

Il commercio internazionale con i dazi imposti dagli Stati Uniti, l’economia sociale e l’agricoltura. Sono questi alcuni dei temi al centro della seconda giornata del Festival dell’Economia di Trento organizzato dal Gruppo 24 Ore e Trentino Marketing per conto della Provincia Autonoma di Trento

International trade with tariffs imposed by the United States, the social economy and agriculture. These are some of the topics at the centre of the second day of the Trento Festival of Economics organised by the 24 Ore Group and Trentino Marketing on behalf of the Autonomous Province of Trento

Giorgetti: optimistic about pact waiver: 'Rational Italian proposal'

The creator rereads 'Le golose' by the Turin poet and shows how desire, consumption and the pursuit of happiness still speak to contemporary society

 Edoardo Prati transforms Gozzano's poetry into a tale of the present

From the Gulf to Imec, oil, diaspora and trade corridors shift the axis towards New Delhi. Sapelli reads the Indian rise as one of the great trajectories of the new world order

India a candidate for the new centre of gravity of the world

The science popularizer highlights the difference between sapiens and other living beings: the speed with which the former consume more than necessary

"Are we really rich?": Mario Tozzi questions the myth of accumulation

A call to overcome the dominant negative narrative by rigorously analysing environmental, technological and geopolitical challenges to discover opportunities and hopes

Cerasa and the optimistic manifesto against the dictatorship of catastrophism

From the panel 'To Trust Artificial Intelligence or Not' emerges a cross-sectional discussion on economic sustainability, data profiling, cybersecurity and the cultural impact of AI

AI, Bernabé warns: 'Large IPOs serve to spread risk'

In Trento, Gionata Tedeschi presents his 'Regenerative AI' and reflects on the change introduced by the new technological revolution with Franco Bernabè

Ai, cognitive delegation and creativity: the challenge changing universities and work

Housing and services the priorities. Sala (Milan): funds for citizens to buy houses. Gualtieri: the government's plan lacks resources

Mayors: hard to govern without resources

Al Festival dell’Economia di Trento il presidente di Edizione e Mundys, intervistato dal Direttore del Sole 24 Ore Fabio Tamburini, ha spiegato perché l’Italia può tornare a essere un Paese per giovani solo investendo su salari, ascolto e sperimentazione

At the Trento Festival of Economics, the chairman of Edizione and Mundys, interviewed by the editor-in-chief of Il Sole 24 Ore Fabio Tamburini, explained why Italia can only return to being a country for young people by investing in wages, listening and experimentation

Benetton: 'Young people are not a cost but an investment. 30% of our employees are under 30 years old'

From Diana Bracco to Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna, to Marina Brambilla and Alessandro Molinari: at the Festival of Economics, the discussion on wages, trust, education and the future of the new generations

Italia is not a country for young people, here's how it can become one

Comparison of economists: limited impact on exports for now but risks of long-term knock-on effects on investment in Europe

Trump's tariffs: much noise (almost) for nothing

Call for Ideas. From today until 24 May, 14 young people from all over Italia will take the stage as official speakers: a project created to give space to new generations and transform visions into concrete projects

"Voices of Tomorrow': how children become protagonists

Events. Five days, more than 300 meetings, over 700 speakers: five Nobel Prize winners, 18 ministers, academics, national and European institutions, managers and entrepreneurs

Economy, market and youth: Trento Festival kicks off today

Winners and losers, meeting with Bruno Vespa

Newspaper, agency, radio, web, podcast, TV: total coverage

Today the start. First day with Nobel Prize winner Pissarides, Minister Salvini, entrepreneurs and economists. Fuori Festival events, Economies of the Territories and Meetings with the Author are on the programme

20 May with Nobel Prize winner Pissarides (3pm Social Theatre)

Dal Nord al Sud Italia, fino ai giovani italiani all’estero: una nuova generazione internazionale porta al Festival visioni, competenze e idee sui grandi temi economici e sociali del Paese

From the North to the South of Italia, to young Italians abroad: a new international generation brings visions, skills and ideas on the country's major economic and social issues to the Festival

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