Industrial policy and Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan

Sapienza University of Rome - May 27, 2022 (9.30-18.00)


The workshop is jointly organized by the Department of Economics and Law (Sapienza University of Rome), Department of Economics, Society and Politics (University of Urbino Carlo Bo), and Istituto di Studi Avanzati Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (Scuola Normale Superiore) in collaboration with the Ph.D. Programmes in Economics of Marche Polytechnic University and Roma Tre University.

Local organizer: Dario Guarascio (Sapienza University of Rome)

Venue: Sala Lauree, Palazzina della Presidenza, 2nd floor Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, Roma


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Program

9.30-13.00

Welcome address

  • Sabrina Sarto, Deputy Rectress for Scientific Research, Sapienza University of Rome

  • Giuseppe Ciccarone, Vice Rector, Sapienza University of Rome

  • Giovanni di Bartolomeo, Director of the Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome

Introduction:

Mario Pianta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence

Session 1 (Chair: Mario Pianta)

The return of industrial policy in Europe, Michael Landesmann, WIIW, Vienna

The political crossroads of digital capitalism, Cecilia Rikap, City University of London

Knowledge-intensive public enterprises for a new European industrial policy, Massimo Florio, University of Milan

Discussion

14.30-18.00

Session 2 (Chair: Mario Pianta)

Shaping green transitions: policies for industrial restructuring, Antonio Andreoni, University College London

New policies, same risks? The "new" European industrial policy and core-periphery dynamics, Annamaria Simonazzi, Sapienza Università di Roma e Fondazione Brodolini

Technology and industrial policy, Giovanni Dosi, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa

Discussion

Lunch break

Introduction: The NRRP and the industrial policy in Italy (Chair: Dario Guarascio)

Dario Guarascio, Sapienza University of Rome

Session 3 (Chair: Dario Guarascio)

The implementation, monitoring and evaluation policies of the NRRP, Aline Pennisi, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze

Policies at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, Marco Calabrò, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico

Strategie e finanziamento per l’innovazione, Francesca Bria, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

Discussion

Public investments and industrial policy, Alberto Quadrio Curzio, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Università Cattolica di Milano

The digital transition, Francesco Crespi, Università Roma Tre e Centro Economia Digitale

The ecological transition, Laura Bruni, Kyoto Club e Schneider Electric Italia

The Southern question, Luca Bianchi, Svimez

A NRRP without industrial policy?, Mario Pianta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence

Scheduled interventions: Giorgio Airauldo, Cgil Piemonte; Raffaele Brancati, MET; Marco Di Tommaso, Università di Bologna; Maria Savona, LUISS Roma; Maria Enrica Virgillito, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa

General discussion and conclusions

Mario Pianta

Michael Landesmann

Cecilia Rikap

Massimo Florio

Antonio Andreoni

Annamaria Simonazzi

Giovanni Dosi

Dario Guarascio