17-10-2013
The theme of this edition is “Roots and borders”
The 29th Young Leaders Conference opens today, in Austin, organized by Consiusa, the Council for the United States and Italy established in 1983 under the leadership of Gianni Agnelli and David Rockefeller: 50 young leaders from all over the world get together to debate the hot issues of the day, with regard to the economy, politics and society.
Every year, alternatively in Italy and the United States, the Young Leaders Conference brings together a group of brilliant young people below 40, who have already made a name for themselves in their respective careers, in the industrial, financial, academic, nonprofit, public and media sectors, to address currently important issues of interest to the possible leaders of tomorrow.
The Young Leaders program features certain significant persons among its over five hundred Alumni, such as: the incumbent Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, the General Director of RAI Broadcasting Company Luigi Gubitosi, the former President of Mexico the former President and CEO of Philip Morris International, the former US Ambassador to NATO, the Editor of the La Stampa daily newspaper and the President of Assicurazioni Generali. The theme of this edition is “Roots and borders” in the impact on business, government and social relations.
After the conference held in Houston in 2007, the Young Leaders Conference is back in Texas, a border State with a thriving high-tech industry, to tackle the role of personal and political identity in a cosmopolitan and continuously evolving world. The Conference, which is sponsored, among others, by Chrysler, Roy A. Hunt Foundation, IBM, Interfin, PwC, State Street Bank and individual donations, will be meeting behind closed doors.
Team Leader of a group called to discuss economic strategies is Valeria Sandei, CEO of Almawave, AlmavivA Group's technology innovation company, with 180 employees and an estimated turnover, in 2013, of 15 million euros.
Thought-provoking speeches will be given by Rafael Anchia, Member, Texas State Legislature e Partner, Haynes & Boone, Kathy Tovo, Member, Austin City Council, and Mark Updegrove, Director, LBJ Library and Museum.
