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Pact4Future's Opening Events

, by Barbara Orlando, translated by Jenna Walker
The forum held by Bocconi and Corriere della Sera focuses on the intersecting destinies of two continents – Europe and Africa – a commitment to the planet, as well as creativity and music as levers to change society. It will open with events featuring the mayors of Milan, Accra, Barcelona, Bristol and Freetown, along with Livia Giuggioli Firth, the Moleskine Foundation's creativity pioneers and music artist, Mahmood

"Coming together to make the world a better place." This is the plea that Richard Branson, Founder and CEO of Virgin, will make at the opening of Pact4Future. The international forum organized by Bocconi and Corriere della Sera will be held in Milan over four days, featuring 9 events and more than 80 speakers. They include visionary scientists and entrepreneurs, activists and artists who are using creativity to change the world. The economic and entrepreneurial system, along with foundations and non-profit organizations will meet and dialogue to make a pact and share virtuous projects and actions dedicated to three words: People, Purpose and Planet.

The first evening, Monday 25 March (register here) will be a first taste of what will happen over the following three days, each organized around one of Pact4Future's three key words: Tuesday 26 March will be dedicated to People, Wednesday 27 March will focus on Purpose and Thursday 28 March will feature the Planet (see the forum's full program).

For the first event focusing on People, starting at 8:30pm on Monday evening, Pact4Future will bring the mayors of Milan (Giuseppe Sala), Accra (Elizabeth K. T. Sackey), Barcelona (Jaume Collboni Cuadrado), Bristol (Marvin Rees) and Freetown (Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE) to the stage of the Bocconi Aula Magna. Starting from their own cities, they will chart the course for a shared future between Europe and Africa going beyond migratory flows generated by conflicts and climate change, focusing on opportunities and talents as well, in a conversation with Marta Foresti, Founder and CEO of LAGO Collective and Senior Visiting Fellow at ODI.

Livia Giuggioli Firth, entrepreneur and activist, will discuss environmental and social justice. Firth, an advocate for sustainability especially in the fashion industry, launched the Green Carpet Fashion Award, founded the NGO The Circle along with Annie Lennox, and presented the Living Wage report to the European Commission. The UN Leader of Change at Pact4Future will talk with Enrica Roddolo, journalist at Corriere della Sera, thus introducing the word Planet.

To talk about Purpose, the Moleskine Foundation's creative pioneers – who use creativity every day to change the world – will be attending from Venezuela and South Africa. Vyana Rodríguez Preti, General Director at Escuela de Teatro Musical de Petare, and Rowan Pybus, Co-Founder of Sunshine Cinema, are cultural professionals working to make a difference in their local communities and find creative solutions to global challenges. They will be joined by Lwando Xaso, writer, human rights lawyer and founder of Including Society in Cape Town.

Closing Pact4Future's first evening will be Mahmood, who will be featured in an unpredictable and out-of-the-box interview with Francesco Billari, Rector of Bocconi, along with students from the university's Student Media Center: Eliana Amato, Pasquale Incarnato, Federico Spadaro (Bocconi TV), Agnese Porro, Gaia Giovanna Vicca and Umberto Pietro Pizi (Radio Bocconi), Michele Forti, Alisia Picciano and Bojan Zeric (Tra i Leoni).


Pact4Future – OPENING. From the right:
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, Sindaca di Freetown
Francesco Billari, Professore ordinario di Demografia e Rettore Università Bocconi
Valentina Bosetti, Professoressa ordinaria di Climate change economics Università Bocconi
Richard Branson, Founder Virgin Group
Jaume Collboni Cuadrado, Sindaco di Barcellona
Livia Firth, Imprenditrice e attivista
Luciano Fontana, Direttore Corriere della Sera
Marta Foresti, Founder and CEO LAGO Collective and Senior Visiting Fellow ODI
Francesca Gambarini, Giornalista L'Economia del Corriere della Sera
Maximo Ibarra, CEO e General Manager Engineering
Mahmood, Cantante
Daniele Manca, Vicedirettore Corriere della Sera
Vyana Rodríguez Preti, General Director at Escuela de Teatro Musical de Petare - Caracas, Venezuela
Rowan Pybus, Co-Founder of Sunshine Cinema - Cape Town, South Africa
Enrica Roddolo, Giornalista Corriere della Sera
Elizabeth K. T. Sackey, Sindaca di Accra
Giuseppe Sala, Sindaco di Milano
Andrea Sironi, Presidente Università Bocconi
Gianmario Verona, Professore ordinario di Management Università Bocconi e Presidente Human Technopole
Lwando Xaso, Lawyer, Writer, Historian Moleskine Foundation
Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol

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