Pact4Future: The Future Takes Shape
A chance to discuss our changing society and give a voice to its key players. For four days, Milan will look towards the future through the eyes of those who are working to render it more sustainable and inclusive for everyone. The future will take shape on the Pact4Future stage – the international forum being held on 25-28 March, organized by Bocconi and Corriere della Sera. Over four days, across nine events (two of which are reserved for high school students), we will hear from more than 80 speakers and look with confidence at our changing planet. We will share best practices and meet visionary scientists, entrepreneurs, activists and artists who use creativity to change the world. Four days where economic and business systems, foundations and nonprofit organizations will meet and dialogue to forge a pact, sharing principled projects and actions.
The program is structured around three key words: PEOPLE, PURPOSE, PLANET.
In fact, at Pact4Future, we will discuss the shared future between Europe and Africa, diving into the oceans and flying into space given that Earth's sustainability is increasingly intertwined with the blue and space economies. First and foremost, the forum will be an opportunity to tell positive stories such as those of refugees who managed to change their destiny, along with those who helped them do so. Stories of visionary entrepreneurs who have chosen to make a social impact and care for the planet.
"Data analysis tells us of a world in which contrasts are sharply increasing: in demographics, income and opportunity," explains Francesco Billari, Rector of Bocconi University. "These contrasts are driven by climate change, conflicts, populist movements and unequal access to resources. They also, however, tell us about a society that wants to change, and become more sustainable and inclusive. Through Pact4Future, Bocconi wants to share this desire for change by giving voice to its key players, and it does so from the contribution of analysis and studies by its researchers. We need new visions to be inspired by, along with knowledgeable people who can challenge prejudices and overcome obstacles."
Pact4Future is a call to the private sector – comprising entrepreneurs and nonprofits – to come together and forge a pact responding to the needs of a society that is asking for new forms of welfare, support for families, attention to climate change, and integration and inclusion for the most vulnerable. A pact placing all stakeholders at the center and the impact that central figures in the economic system have on them.
Key players of Pact4Future:
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
Michel Beneventi, CEO of Sanpellegrino
Francesco Billari, Rector of Bocconi University
Allen Blue, Co-founder of LinkedIn
Elia Bombardelli, Content Creator and Math Professor at Bocconi University
Alessio Boni, Actor
Sofia Bonicalza, Conservation biologist
Roberta Boscolo, Climate & Energy Science Officer at World Meteorological Organization
Valentina Bosetti, Environmental and Climate Change Economics Professor at Bocconi University
Richard Branson, Founder and CEO of Virgin Group
Ariela Caglio, Accounting Associate Professor at Bocconi University
Francesca Caminiti, Global FS & Banking Research Lead at Accenture
Alberto Cartasegna, Co-founder of Miscusi Family
Roberto Cingolani, CEO and General Director of Leonardo
Jaume Collboni Cuadrado, Mayor of Barcelona, Spain
Mario Corti, Senior Partner at KPMG Italy
Fabio Costantini, CEO of Randstad HR Solution for Without Borders
Tom Dannat, Founder and CEO - Street Child
Stefania Di Bartolomeo, CEO and Founder of Physis Investment
Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the Space Economy Evolution Lab (SEE Lab) at SDA Bocconi
Ditonellapiaga, Singer-songwriter and Musician
Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Olivier Elamine, CEO of Alstria
Riccardo Farina, Partnership manager of The Ocean Cleanup
Daniela Fatarella, CEO of Save the Children Italy
Livia Giuggioli Firth, Entrepreneur and activist
Luciano Fontana, Director of Corriere della Sera
Marta Foresti, Founder and CEO LAGO Collective and Senior Visiting Fellow ODI
Gabriele Galateri di Genola, Chair of Generali: The Human Safety Net
Francesca Gambarini, Economics journalist at Corriere della Sera
Maya Ghazal, Refugee and first Syrian woman pilot
Filippo Grandi, Commissioner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Julien Groues, Country Manager at AWS Italia
Maximo Ibarra, CEO of Engineering
Andrea Illy, Chair of illycaffè and Chair of Regenerative Society Foundation
Lèa Christine Itumu Kikora, Bocconi University student, UNICORE program
Manuel Kohnstamm, Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for Liberty Global
Michael López-Alegría, Axiom Mission 3 space chief astronaut
Mahmood, Musician
Daniele Manca, Deputy Director of Corriere della Sera
Giacomo Mazzariol, Author
Renato Mazzoncini, CEO of A2A
Camilla Mendini /Carotilla, Influencer and entrepreneur
Costanza Musso, CEO of Marco Antonio Grendi dal 1828 S.p.A
Hafsa Nagawa, Bocconi University student, UNICORE program
Sanda Ojambo, Assistant Secretary-General of United Nations Global Compact
Davide Oldani, Chef
Jan Pachner, Secretary General of One Ocean Foundation
Mara Panajia, President and General Manager of Henkel Italia
Francesca Pasinelli, Managing Director of Fondazione Telethon
Gaia Peretti, Project Coordinator at One Ocean Foundation
Francesco Perrini, Program Director of Transformative Sustainability MSc at Bocconi University
Monica Poggio, CEO of Bayer
Stefano Pogutz, Professor of Practice in Corporate Sustainability at Bocconi University
Lara Ponti, CEO of Ponti
Vyana Rodríguez Preti, General Director of Escuela de Teatro Musical de Petare - Caracas
Paola Profeta, Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability at Bocconi University
Anna Puccio, Managing Director of B Lab Italia
Rowan Pybus, Co-Founder of Sunshine Cinema - Cape Town
Christian Richmond Nzi, Founder of MyGrants
Enrica Roddolo, Journalist at Corriere della Sera
Simeon Rose, Creative Director at Faith In Nature
Luca Rossettini, Founder and CEO of Orbit
Francesca Rossi, AI Ethics Global Leader at IBM
Elizabeth K. T. Sackey, Mayor of Accra
Beppe Sala, Mayor of Milan
Giovanni Sandri, Managing Director, Head of Southern Europe – Italy, Iberia, Greece and Israel at Blackrock
Adama Sanneh, Co-founder and CEO of Moleskine Foundation
Raphaela Schweiger, Director of the Migration Program at the Robert Bosch Stiftung
Brent Sherwood, President of BS Consults, Inc
Steven Shiel, Vice President of Global Public Affairs at L'Oréal
Massimo Sideri, Journalist at Corriere della Sera
Andrea Sironi, President at Bocconi University
Marinella Soldi, Chair at RAI
Vincent Stanley, Director of Philosophy at Patagonia
Barbara Stefanelli, Vice Director of Corriere della Sera
Honey Thaljieh, Co-founder Palestinian Women's National Football team and first Captain, Public Relations Manager for FIFA
Luca Trapanese, Founder of A Ruota Libera Onlus and Il Borgo sociale
Federica Tremolada, Managing Director, Southern and Eastern Europe at Spotify
Thomas Trienbacher, Community Investment & Impact Manager at Alperia
Roberta Ventura, Founder of SEP Jordan
Gianmario Verona, President of Human Technopole and Professor at Bocconi University
Paolo Vidali, Philosopher
Walter Villadei, Colonel in the Italian Air Force and Member of Axiom Mission 3
Enrico Vita, CEO of Amplifon
Lwando Xaso, Writer, lawyer and founder of Including Society - Johannesburg
Elisa Zambito Marsala, Head of Education Ecosystem and Global Value Programs – Intesa Sanpaolo
Riccardo Zecchina, Head of the Department of Computing Sciences at Bocconi University
Marino Zerial, Scientific Director of Human Technopole