Economic Security and Technological Sovereignty: A Bottom-Up Strategy for Europe's Tech-Driven Future

Rome, 1 July 2026
Aspen Institute Italia 
Luiss Guido Carli - Viale Romania, 32

in cooperation with
Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
Luiss Guido Carli
Politecnico di Torino
Chiomenti Studio Legale

8:30-9:00 am Registration & Welcome coffee
9:00-11:00 am Welcoming remarks

Paolo Boccardelli, Dean, Luiss Guido Carli
Giulio Tremonti, Chairman Aspen Institute Italia; President, Foreign and European Community Affairs Committee, Italian Chamber of Deputies
Marco Gilli, President, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo

Session 1 ECONOMIC SECURITY IN A FAST-CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

• Re-defining economic security
• What is technological sovereignty?
• The US-China quest for technological supremacy, and Europe’s options
• Growing interdependence in a more fragmented world: the paradox of chokepoints in action?
  
  11:00-11:30 am Coffee break
  
  11:15 am-13:00 pm Session 2 SKILLS, ENERGIES AND INDUSTRY: A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO ECONOMIC SECURITY
  
  
• From industrial policies to industrial strategy: an integrated approach
• AI and Energy: the importance of a growing link
• Academia and think tanks: laying the groundwork and cultivating talents
• From startups to industrial niches: the challenge of growth

Closing remarks

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