'ISIDA-Incontra' seminars are aimed at a wide audience of graduate and Ph.D students, scholars and professionals, and provide a platform for debate and discussion of important and complex issues regarding the future of Sicily and of the country as a whole.
In 2006, leading academics, entrepreneurs and institutional representatives contributed their knowledge, skills and experience to the 14th edition of the MGM.
Lectures by successful managers, some of them from Sicily, and by professors from universities such as La Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Bocconi, IULM and Oxford kindled great interest and active participation among the participants.
Other important contributions were provided by the heads of national and international companies and organisations: Piero Barucci, Presidente of the Banca Leonardo; Luigi Biggeri, President of ISTAT; Andrea Boltho, Magdalene College, Oxford; Elio Borgonovi, Bocconi University; Luigi Brusa, Turin School of Business Administration; Michele Carpaneda, Vice-President of the Milan Association of Accountants; Innocenzo Cipolletta, President of Il Sole 24 Ore; Maurizio Decastri, 'Tor Vergata' University; Luca Josi, President of Einstein Multimedia; Giorgio Marbach, 'La Sapienza' University, Rome; Federico Minoli, President & Managing Director of Ducati; Stefano Parisi, Managing Director of Fastweb; Antonello Perricone, General Director of La Stampa; Astrid Pietrosi, Fiat, Turin; Stefano Rolando, IULM and Marco Saltalamacchia, President of BMW Italia. Our sincere thanks to them for their contribution to the success of the initiative, which was enthusiastically received by all participants.
Brief synopses of their contributions can be downloaded from this website. The seminars took place at ISIDA, and at other institutes including Confindustria, The Palermo Association of Industrialists, Palermo University, Banco di Sicilia Foundation and The Association of Accountants to allow various organisations and associations interested in first-rate management training - essential for the growth and development of the region - to participate in the meetings.
The International Conference 'Management Education in the Euro-Mediterranean Area' held on July 17-18, 2006, organised by ISIDA and sponsored by ASFOR and EFMD, was an important event in the 50th anniversary celebrations of the institute, paving the way towards developing and promoting ISIDA's role on the international stage.
The 'ISIDA-Incontra' seminars were organised with the collaboration of the Ph.D. Conjuncture, Territorial and Total Quality Analysis programme of the University of Palermo (CIRMET).
