The programme of the Festival

Media companies are platforms that must satisfy two types of demand; content for the public and advertising space for advertisers. This, in turn, has a major impact on the sector’s market structure and the diversification of content. It is against this background that the challenges posed to traditional information by the free press, pay-TV and web sites ought to be analyzed.

We are increasingly reading and writing texts on media other than paper. How will forms of knowledge change if and when they are primarily conveyed via the web and digital media? And how will the publishing market evolve? These questions are discussed by an economist, a publisher and an expert in new media.

A panorama of the costs linked to the purchase of property: taxes, VAT, stamp duty, special terms for "first home" and notary fees.

The crisis of 1929 strucks Italy two years later, in 1931. The flight from bank deposits to post offices and the withdrawal of short-term deposits granted by foreign banks to the major Italian banks led to a state bail out and the creation of the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI). Then as now, Italy was hit by the international crisis in the midst of a recession. Are we facing another 1931?

Italy is very behind in terms of female representation, both in institutions and in businesses. And yet greater representation for women leads to increased income and better organisational health, as it is shown in a study by Valore D, an association of 35 major companies promoting an increase in the number of women at the top.

A widespread lack of financial knowledge leads to negative consequences in relation to the economic choices of individuals. The recent establishing of a high school focusing on economic and social subjects is an interesting step forwards.

American banks were the first to go into crisis, bringing the entire financial system with them. A great deal of criticism has centred on the lack of information by Wall Street players. Europe went into recession later but here too the crisis of the real economy is generating unemployment and a decline in consumption. The managing director and CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo analyzes the differences between Italy's economic system and that of the countries most similar to it, as well as the choices necessary for a return to growth.

Content, checks, guarantees and costs safeguarding both parties participating in the sale of property.

What are the differences between TV journalism in Italy and that in other countries? How is politics dealt with on TV? What is the information content of talk shows compared with investigative journalism? How did the media behave and how should they have behaved during the crisis? Experts and leading names in Italian and foreign media exchange ideas.

Many economic relationships are characterized by asymmetric information, namely by the fact that one party is privy to better information than the other. This situation often occurs in the credit, insurance and job markets. The presence of asymmetric information creates distortions, producing inefficiencies and a decline in wellbeing. Why is it that Adam Smith's invisible hand cannot operate when there is asymmetric information and what instruments can mitigate the inefficiencies it generates?

For the first time, Ilvo Diamanti presents the data from the European monitoring unit on law and order, a joint initiative of Demos, the Pavia monitoring unit and Fondazione Unipolis. The data concerns perceptions of crime and law and order in Italy, Germany, France, Spain and other European countries, compared with the actual statistics on crime. The presentation will be followed by a discussion with Gian Antonio Stella.

The recent crisis has accentuated problems of trust between banks and borrowers. Cooperative credit has traditionally overcome these difficulties thanks to a continuous presence and close link with the area. The event is intended to illustrate and discuss some aspects of this phenomenon.

Is it time to subject the development model based on growth and the market to serious discussion?

The role of call centres is destined to increase in society. The relationship between companies and clients, institutions and citizens, will increasingly take place through the expression of needs and responses on the telephone. However, is the image of the call centre as a place of intensive exploitation of unqualified manpower, reflected by successful books and films, actually true? The debate organised by "Il Diario del Lavoro" offers an opportunity to reflect.

A survey of 50,000 articles published in the "Lavoro di Genova", "Avanti" and the "Popolo d’Italia", in the period between 1919 and 1922, shows how the representation of violence and the structure of social relations changed depending on how the players, actions and relevant themes were portrayed. Statistical analysis structured around the use of networking models, combined with observation of the geographic information system (GIS) illustrates the impact of information on the perception of social phenomena.

In collaboration with young entrepreneurs from Trentino

The public can meet the Festival speakers at the bar.

Nowadays the production and dissemination of information are entrusted to private companies and media markets. The fate of pluralism depends on them. In many democratic countries there is an increasing concentration both of television and newspapers, driven by competitive processes between media operators. Ownership of the means of information is often used by governments as a political bargaining counter. How can the regulation of the media reconcile the market and pluralism?

Is it still possible for a journalist to act as a "watch dog" with respect to power? In her television programme Report, Milena Gabanelli – with limited resources and overcoming countless difficulties – has carried out investigations which have been a thorn in the side of powerful political and economic figures for many years. But with what results? How many obstacles to transparency are erected by powers that all too often seek publicity but not information?

Transparency and communication are two concepts which have almost become clichés. So what are the possible relations between the two concepts in various interpretational contexts? There are three perspectives to be analysed. Public and private organisations for whom transparency implies consistency between behaviour and communication. The public relations professional, for whom transparency means declaring who you are, what you represent and the objectives you pursue. Lastly for the public, transparency means consistency between opinions, attitudes and behaviour.

Around half the revenue of Italian newspapers comes from advertising space bought by businesses, while the papers often report on these same businesses in their articles and editorials. The aim should be to inform the reader, but a number of questions arise naturally: do newspapers treat companies that purchase advertising space in them differently? How much do property links between businesses and newspapers count? Here are the results of a very recent empirical study on the subject.

In collaboration with young entrepreneurs from Trentino

The public can meet the Festival speakers at the bar.