University courses and masters are increasing. The objective: to train transversal specialists able to bring added value to private and public companies
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The very first public-sector sustainability manager course is under way. Leading the course is ex-minister and president of Istat Enrico Giovannini, current spokesperson for the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development: The way that the public system works needs to change .
The Italian entrepreneur has designed a capsule that moves through a frictionless tube, with the potential to travel from Rome to Milan (and vice versa) in half an hour
The challenges posed by contemporary life, digital and technological innovation and international competition mean that a country has to be more responsive, even when it comes to culture, says Andrea Cancellato, the President of Federculture
Bending Spoons is one of the top 10 companies in the world for application downloads. It is even ahead of some of the sharing economy’s untouchable champions. And it was founded by five young men who returned from Copenhagen to work in Milan
Everything is already in place for Italy to be a leader on the path to sustainable development. The most innovative companies already get it: circularity is good for business
From Hangzhou, the new cradle of Chinese high-tech, to Lagos, the heart of developing Africa: five unusual cities for visiting the frontier of economic development
There are 45,513 Italian beekeepers in a sector worth over 2 million. Honey consumption is increasing, yet production is falling as a result of climate change and disease. Technology, however, could be a source of support for the future of this profession
Not only sensors, TV cameras and radar, the latest step for self-driving cars is to have the right directions so as to avoid taking the wrong turn and increasing passenger safety thanks to the work of the cartographers
In Japan androids have already become a part of family life while in the USA and Europe they help workers. “But they are not a threat”, assures Professor Bruno Siciliano, one of the top Italian experts in robotics
According to the OECD, the proliferation of companies that should be bankrupt is the cause of the collapse in investment and productivity in Europe and Italy is the country suffering most. And what if incentives and bailouts saves were not the best way?
How data analysis and digital training of employees has arrived and changed the working approach of one of the best known brands in the world. The path that led to revolutionary changes, which got off on the wrong foot.
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.