Yesterday, at the Fondazione Corriere della Sera, the live streaming of the meeting titled “What will become of welfare?” took place, featuring Piergaetano Marchetti President of Fondazione Corriere della Sera | Carlo Pesenti President of Fondazione Pesenti | Elsa Fornero Economist, University of Turin, former Minister of Labour | Alessandra Ghisleri Director Euromedia Research | Claudia Parzani European Managing Partner, Linklaters | moderator Nicola Saldutti Head of Economics Corriere della Sera.
“What will become of welfare?” A blunt question in the post-Covid era, with implications ranging from the organization of the labor market to the future of pension systems. Three highly authoritative observers with great experience in these topics discussed it, taking on the challenge of questioning what the future of welfare might be, given the problems identified in recent years and dramatically revealed by the spread of the pandemic.
The meeting, broadcast from the Sala Buzzati of the Fondazione Corriere, was opened by President Piergaetano Marchetti, who introduced the crucial themes of the debate and recalled the now well-established collaboration between the two Foundations.
“The topics related to pensions are among the most read on the Corriere website,” Nicola Saldutti, Head of Economics Corriere della Sera, recalled, questioning the speakers about public perception and the growing need for security and guarantees for the future from individuals and companies.
“The very definition of welfare is not well known by a significant portion of the sample,” replied Alessandra Ghisleri, Director Euromedia Research, who brought to the center of the debate the fear that has pervaded recent months and emphasized the elements of clarity that are necessary.
“We are in a country where there are too many excluded people,” Claudia Parzani, European Managing Partner, Linklaters, warned. “Gender issues are important, the numbers show it. The keywords that are clearly emerging in business dynamics are security and time, and then there are young people. But we must truly believe in it.”
“I strongly believe in the value of education, instruction, investment, and civil dialogue. Let us try to be serious and coherent. We have all the resources to succeed,” concluded Elsa Fornero, Economist, University of Turin, former Minister of Labour, with a positive look toward the future.
The event, streamed live, was promoted by Fondazione Pesenti in collaboration with Fondazione Corriere.
Conferences are one of the main “public” moments of Fondazione Pesenti, which have seen the participation of the most authoritative representatives from academia, institutions, the media, and civil society (from Nobel Prize winners in economics Stiglitz and Spence, to the former governor of the Indian Central Bank Raghuram Rajan, to figures from civil society). Since 2018, Fondazione Pesenti has established a prestigious partnership with Fondazione Corriere, aimed at promoting with increasing effectiveness and to a broader audience (not only geographically) the topical issues proposed.
PIERGAETANO MARCHETTI
President of Fondazione Corriere della Sera
President of Fondazione Corriere della Sera since 2004. Full professor of Industrial and Commercial Law at the University of Parma and then at Bocconi University in Milan, where he is currently professor emeritus. Author of numerous publications on competition law, corporate law, securities markets, industrial law, privatizations, and publishing. He was part of the commission that drafted the Consolidated Law on Finance and for the general reform of corporate law. He was also part of the Advisory and Guarantee Committee for privatizations and is a member of the Technical Committee for the Code of Self-regulation of listed companies. A notary, he was chairman of the board of directors of RCS MediaGroup, member of the boards of Generali, Bpm, Saipem, and statutory auditor at Mediobanca. Piergaetano Marchetti is co-author of the book Europa nonostante tutto (La nave di Teseo, 2019).
CARLO PESENTI
President of Fondazione Pesenti
President of Fondazione Cav. Lav. Carlo Pesenti, dedicated to non-profit projects of social, economic, technological, scientific, and cultural innovation. Since 1999 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Italmobiliare, an investment holding listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2001 he became General Manager and in May 2014 was appointed CEO. After presiding over the Commission that introduced the Confindustria reform, he is a permanent member of the General Council of the confederation of which he was Vice President (2014-2016). Since 2017, he has been a member of the Advisory Board of Assolombarda. Board member of ISPI. He is Co-President of the Italy-Thailand Business Forum. He is also a board member of Fondazione San Patrignano.
ELSA FORNERO
Economist, University of Turin, former Minister of Labour
Elsa Maria Fornero è un’economista e accademica italiana. Dal novembre 2011 ad aprile 2013 ha fatto parte del Governo guidato da Mario Monti, in qualità di Ministro del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali con delega alle Pari Opportunità. In tale ruolo ha realizzato le riforme delle pensioni e del mercato del lavoro (approvate dal Parlamento rispettivamente a fine 2011 e a metà 2012). È professore di economia all’Università di Torino e coordinatrice del CeRP (Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies), da lei avviato nel 1999, il primo in Italia su queste tematiche. È inoltre membro del comitato di ricerca dell’International Network on Financial Education (INFE) dell’OCSE e del Comitato Scientifico dell’Observatoire de l’Epargne Européenne (Parigi). Ha all’attivo svariate pubblicazioni sui sistemi pensionistici pubblici e privati, sulle riforme pensionistiche, sull’invecchiamento della popolazione.
ALESSANDRA GHISLERI
Director Euromedia Research
Currently a renowned pollster, she graduated in paleontological oceanography. Understanding the nature and reality of things has been her unwavering passion from the beginning. Thanks to this, she arrived at her current profession. In 2001, she became Director of the Opinion and Social Department at DataMedia. In 2003, she founded Euromedia Research, aiming to explore the new dimensions and paths of society, culture, economy, and politics. From 2014 to 2016, she was the pollster for Ballarò and since 2016 collaborates with Porta a Porta. She is frequently a guest on Rai channels such as Rai News 24 and LA7. In 2007, she won the Germoglio d’Oro Award from Fondazione Bellisario and in 2019 the Casato Prime Donne Award. In March 2020, Edizioni Piemme published her book La Repubblica dei sondaggi.
CLAUDIA PARZANI
European Managing Partner, Linklaters
Included by HERoes and Yahoo Finance among the 100 Women Role Models 2019, the ranking of women making a difference in gender inclusion in professions, Claudia Parzani is Managing Partner of Linklaters for Western Europe. In 2018, she ranked in the top 10 “Female Champions of Women in Business” by the Financial Times, and received similar recognition in 2017 when FT and HERoes included her among the “10 Global Champions of Women in Business.” Always attentive to diversity issues, she was President of Valore D, the first association of large companies created in Italy to support female leadership in companies. She founded Breakfast@Linklaters, a network of female business community leaders. She has been a non-executive director of Allianz Italia, Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A., and Moleskine S.p.A., and currently serves as Chairwoman of Allianz S.p.A., Vice President of Borsa Italiana S.p.A., and external member of the Board of Directors of the Politecnico di Milano.
NICOLA SALDUTTI
Head of Economics Corriere della Sera
Born in Naples on March 5, 1966, graduated in Political Science at Federico II, attended the Gino Palumbo journalism school, professional journalist since 1990. He has worked at Corriere della Sera since 1989, starting with Corriere Soldi, then moving to the daily newspaper pages where he currently serves as Head of Economics. He has covered topics from privatizations to the evolution of the banking system and the main financial events of the Italian stock market.
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Press Review Saldutti Corriere 21 07 2020