About ISPI
The Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank providing leading research and viable policy options to government officials, business executives and the public at large wishing to better understand international issues. Founded in Milan, Italy, in 1934 thanks to the support of a group of businessmen led by Alberto Pirelli, founder of Pirelli S.p.A., ISPI has always adopted a pragmatic approach in analyzing geographical areas and topics of particular interest to Italy and Europe.
ISPI is the only Italian Institute – and among the few in Europe – combining policy-oriented research with an equally significant commitment to education and training, to conferences and advice on international trends for businesses, Institutions and the wider audience. Its work features an inter-disciplinary approach and partnerships with leading think tanks and universities from all over the world.
Speakers
Mario Draghi
President of the Council of Ministers, Italy
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, IMF
Josep Borrell
High Representative For Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, WHO
António Guterres
Secretary General, United Nations
Sven Koopmans
Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process
Ayman Safadi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Staffan De Mistura
Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara
Luigi Di Maio
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Marina Sereni
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
John R. Allen
President, The Brookings Institution, USA
Lorenzo Guerini
Minister of Defence, Italy
Samantha Cristoforetti
Astronaut, ESA
Mircea Geoana
Deputy Secretary General, NATO
Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak
Minister Foreign and Expatriates Affairs
Timothy Lenderking
U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen
Olivér Varhélyi
Commissioner, Neighbourhood and Enlargement, European Commission
Najla El Mangoush
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mary Burce Warlick
Deputy Executive Director, IEA
Francesco La Camera
Director-General
Shaikha Alanoud Al Thani
Deputy CEO, Qatar Financial Centre
Riyad Al Malki
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
António Vitorino
Director General, International Organization for Migration – IOM
Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi
Minister of Commerce
Youssef El Khalil
Minister of Finance, Republic of Lebanon
Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Secretary General
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Director General
Nayef Falah Mubarak Al Hajraf
Secretary General
Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen
Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
Kehkashan Basu
Founder-President, Green Hope Foundation
José Manuel Albares
Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
Miguel Ángel Moratinos
High Representative, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)
Ferid Belhaj
Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa
Joyeeta Gupta
GEO-6 Co-Chair, UN Global Environment Outlook (2016-2019)
Qu Dongyu
Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Ghassan Salamé
Former Special Representative for Libya; Professor of International Relations
Emanuela Del Re
EU Special Envoy to Sahel
Paolo Gentiloni
Commissioner for Economy
Stephanie Williams
Former Special Adviser on Libya
Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo
Secretary General, OPEC
Benedetta Berti
Head, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO
Natalina Cea
Head of Mission
Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qatar
Abdallah Bou Habib
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
Enrico Giovannini
Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Italy
Patricia Espinosa
Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Vint Cerf
Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Esther Duflo
2019 Nobel Laureate in Economics Sciences
Angus Deaton
Senior Scholar, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2015)
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Vittorio Colao
Minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transformation, Italy
Pascal Lamy
President Emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute
Pamela Coke-Hamilton
Executive Director, International Trade Centre
Lawrence H. Summers
Professor, Charles W. Eliot University and President Emeritus, Harvard University; 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton and Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama
Roberto Cingolani
Minister for Ecological Transition, Italy
Michelle Bachelet
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Daniele Franco
Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy
Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Joseph McMonigle
Secretary General
Angel Gurría
Secretary-General, OECD (2006-2021)
Sigmar Gabriel
Vice-Chancellor of Germany (2013 – 2018); Chairman Atlantik-Brüke
Inger Ashing
CEO, Save the Children International
Geir O. Pedersen
Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations
Carl Bildt
former Prime Minister of Sweden; WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator
Agnes Kalibata
Special Envoy UNSG for the 2021 Food System Summit
José Luis Chicoma
Minister of Production, Peru
Vivien Foster
Chief Economist for the Infrastructure, Vice-Presidency of the World Bank
Alicia Barcena
Executive Secretary, CEPAL
Youssef Chahed
Prime Minister of Tunisia (2016 – 2020)
Stéphane Hallegatte
Lead economist, Climate Change Group, World Bank
Kevin Rudd
former Prime Minister of Australia; President and CEO, Asia Society Policy Institute
Adam Posen
President, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
Uma Rani
Senior Economist, ILO
Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen
Tech Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Juwang Zhu
Director, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, UN DESA
Sharan Burrow
Secretary General, International Trade Union Confederation
Andriana Sukova
Deputy Director-General, Social Affairs, Employment and Inclusion, European Commission
Inger Andersen
Executive Director, UN Environment Programme
Ernesto Ottone Ramirez
Assistant Director General , UNESCO