From redtape to sustainability as a strategic lever
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Dal 16 al 18 ottobre 2025, l’Isola di San Servolo a Venezia ospiterà la Quarta Edizione della Dolomite Conference on Global Governance of Climate Change and Sustainability, promossa da Vision Think Tank in collaborazione con la Fondazione Venezia per la Sostenibilità, la Fondazione Konrad Adenauer, Fondazione Cini, Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica AHK Italien, l’Università Bocconi, LUISS Guido Carli, l’Università Ca’ Foscari e il Politecnico di Milano.
La conferenza nasce con l’obiettivo di dare un contributo concreto al dibattito globale sul cambiamento climatico, superando approcci astratti e ideologici per aprire la strada a soluzioni pragmatiche, inclusive e innovative. In un contesto internazionale sempre più segnato da tensioni geopolitiche e sfide sistemiche, la Venice Conference intende porsi come laboratorio di idee e proposte da portare sul tavolo della COP30 di Belém (Brasile).
Rispetto alle passate edizioni, la Venice Conference on Global Governance of Climate Change introduce cinque cambiamenti significativi:
La sede– Dopo tre edizioni sulle Dolomiti, la conferenza approda nella laguna di Venezia, sull’Isola di San Servolo. Venezia, città simbolo della sfida climatica, ospita già il più grande progetto infrastrutturale di adattamento al cambiamento climatico: il MOSE.
Il formato– Cresce il ruolo delle imprese: quattro sessioni saranno co-organizzate con aziende che hanno scelto la sostenibilità come leva strategica, nei settori agrifood, moda, AI, energia, mobilità e costruzioni.
Il legame con COP30– In collaborazione con CEBRI, la conferenza ospiterà quattro Climate Negotiation Workshopscon un approccio sperimentale. I risultati confluiranno direttamente nei lavori della COP30 di Belém, in Brasile.
Il ruolo dell’Europa– Oltre a ridurre le proprie emissioni, l’UE deve contribuire alle negoziazioni globali tra macro-regioni e stakeholder (governi, imprese, città, comunità locali, famiglie). Alla conferenza parteciperanno delegati da Cina, India, Sud America, Medio Oriente, Africa, Nord America e Regno Unito.
I gruppi di lavoro (PSSG)– Diventano sei, con studenti e tutor di università italiane e internazionali. Tre affronteranno sfide urbane, tre i nodi globali (loss & damage, transizione energetica, sistemi alimentari). I loro risultati confluiranno nel Venice Manifesto, destinato a istituzioni europee e internazionali.
The program spans three days of activities:
Thursday, October 16: Opening with institutional greetings and presentation of the Vision Concept Paper, followed by the first round of the Problem-Setting/Solving Groups (PSSGs). The evening will feature a panel on geoengineering and new technologies.
Friday, October 17: Plenary sessions on key topics such as sustainability measurement, global trade security, the future of insurance, artificial intelligence, and the role of the European automotive industry. In the afternoon, the second round of PSSGs, followed by the presentation of the book Le grandi ipocrisie sul clima. Contro i burocrati della sostenibilità e i nuovi negazionisti del clima by Roger Abravanel and Luca D’Agnese.
Saturday, October 18: Keynote on Venice as the world capital oyf sustainability, presentation of the working groups’ proposals, discussion of the Dolomite Manifesto, and concluding session dedicated to the roadmap toward COP30 in Belém. Click here to register your partecipation at the last day.
The conference takes place with the support of institutional, corporate, and academic partners.
Main partners: AXA, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Euronext, Istituto per il Credito Sportivo, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, and Venice Sustainability Foundation (VSF).
Academic and scientific partners: Bocconi, Politecnico di Milano, LUISS, Ca’ Foscari, IUAV, Venice International University, CEBRI, and CMCC.
Media partners: The Conversation, Illuminem, GEDI Group (La Repubblica / La Stampa), RAI, and Al Jazeera.
The Vision Conference is a platform for problem solving that brings together people from all major regions of the world and from diverse professional backgrounds. Expected participants include Martin Powell (Head of Sustainability at AXA); Antonella Baldino (Board Member - European Fund for Energy, Climate Change & Infrastructure; Managing Director at Istituto per il Credito Sportivo e Culturale); Rohinton P. Medhora (Professor of Practice at McGill University, Founder of the Digital Transformations for Health Lab, and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation); Rafaela Guedes (Senior Fellow at CEBRI, International Advisor APCO); Cliff Prior (Chief Executive Officer of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment); Mônica Sodré (Executive Director of Meridiana, Senior Fellow at CEBRI); Monica Poggio (President of the Italian-German Chamber of Commerce AHK Italien); Julia Paletta (Head of Ocean Energy Pathway); Josh Parker (Head of Sustainability at NVIDIA); Piero Gancia (Co-Leader, Global P&C Insurance Practice, McKinsey & Company); Giuseppe Collino (Managing Director and Leader, Automotive Industry Practice, Boston Consulting Group); Dario Mangilli (Head of Sustainability at IMPact SGR SpA); MariaGrazia Davino (BYD Europe Regional Managing Director); Antonella Bruno (Managing Director, Stellantis Italy); Antonio Volpin (Independent Director, SP Group Singapore; Former Partner at McKinsey & Company); Luca D’Agnese (Head of Policy, Advisory and Evaluation at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti; Former CEO at TERNA); Massimo Monacelli (Director General at Generali); Daniela D’Andrea (Managing Director at Swiss Re); Marcello Milani (Chief Executive Officer, AMSA); Carolina Nizza (Head of Sustainability, Statkraft); Paolo Cuccia (President, Gambero Rosso); Riccardo Ricci Curbastro (President, Equalitas); Savinien Caracostea (Co-founder and Creative Director, META Foundation); Nicola Maione (President, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena; Vice President, Italian Banking Association – ABI); Letizia D’Abbondanza (Chief Customer & External Communication Officer, AXA Italia; Founding Partner of the Conference); Izabella Teixeira (Member, International Advisory Board at CEBRI; Former Minister of Environment of Brazil); André Corrêa do Lago (President of COP30); Ibrahima Cheikh Diong (Executive Director, UN Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage); Daniele Franco (Scientific Director, Fondazione Giorgio Cini; Former Minister for Economy and Finance of Italy); Enrico Giovannini (Full Professor of Economic Statistics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”; Director of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development; Former Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility); Fabrizia Lapecorella (Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD); Giorgio Gori (Former Mayor of Bergamo and Member of the European Parliament); Renato Brunetta (President, Venice Sustainability Foundation – VSF; Former Minister for Public Administration of Italy); Giovanna Melandri (President, Human Foundation; Former Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities); Miriam Allena (Director, Master in Transformative Sustainability at Bocconi and Politecnico di Milano); Giovanni Dotelli (Full Professor of Materials Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano); Paolo Silva (Full Professor in Technologies for the Energy Transition towards Sustainability, Politecnico di Milano); Enrica De Cian (Professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Senior Scientist at CMCC and IUAV); Matteo Di Castelnuovo (Associate Dean for Sustainability, SDA Bocconi; Scientific Director of the Master in Sustainability Management at Bocconi); Vitaliano Fiorillo (Director, Invernizzi AGRI Lab, SDA Bocconi); Carmelo Mirabello (Dean, Venice International University); Tiziana Lippiello (Rector, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice); Umberto Vattani (President, Venice International University); Benno Albrecht (Rector, IUAV University of Venice); Francesco Grillo (Director, Vision Think Tank; Professor at Bocconi University; Senior Fellow, European University Institute); Carlo Carraro (Professor and Former Rector, Ca’ Foscari University; Former Vice-Chair, Working Group III of the IPCC); Oliver Morton (Briefing Editor, The Economist); Laura Hood (Assistant Editor, The Conversation UK); Alexandra Borchardt (Co-Director, Climate Research Explorer Program at the Constructive Institute; Senior Research Associate, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford); Andrea Gori (Chief Executive Officer, Illuminem); Joseph Hammond (Journalist, The Washington Times); Vibeke Hjortlund (Editor-in-Chief, Videnskab, Copenhagen); Abdul Kareem Aouir (Senior Journalist, Al Jazeera Media Network); Giancarlo Loquenzi (Journalist and Host of “Zapping”, RAI Radio 1); Turi Munthe (Journalist and Board Member, GEDI Group – La Repubblica, La Stampa); Giacomo Talignani (GEDI Group)
