Corporatism and Politics in the Trump Era

The Convergence of State and Business and the Challenge of Sustainability

How are the boundaries between business and politics being redefined? And what does it mean today to talk about sustainability in an increasingly fragmented and polarised world?

On Tuesday, 3 June at 6 pm at our Navigli Campus (Ripa di Porta Ticinese, Milan), the first appointment in the series of events dedicated to sustainability in the geopolitical, economic and contemporary social context will be held.

The topic of the meeting will be “Corporatism and Politics in the Trump Era: the Convergence of State and Business and the Challenge of Sustainability: this will be an opportunity to explore, together with leading experts from academia, business and society, the intersection of sustainability, power and governance. From the East India Company to the modern corporatisation of politics, we will analyse how the growing influence of business in public choices is transforming the role of institutions and testing the resilience of sustainable development models.

The event will also be a time for reflection and debate on how sustainability – now suspended between disillusionment and hope – can still represent a pragmatic response to the great challenges of our time.

Discover the event programme:

• 5:30 – 6:00 pm | Accreditation and welcome
• 6:00 – 6:15 pm | Welcome and presentation of POLIMI Graduate School of Management by Vittorio Chiesa, President of POLIMI GSoM, and Federico Frattini, Dean of POLIMI GSoM
• 6:15 – 6:45 pm | Speech by Roberto Mordacci, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
• 6:45 – 7:45 pm | Round table moderated by Mario Calderini, Professor of Management for Sustainability and Impact at Politecnico di Milano, with the participation of Dr. Franco Bernabè, economist and entrepreneur, Dr. Elizabeth Salini, sustainability expert and member of POLIMI GSoM’s Corporate Advisory Board ─ Rome, Dr. Marco Bentivogli, activist and trade unionist and Marco Giorgino, Professor of Financial Markets & Institutions and Financial Risk Management at Politecnico di Milano.
• 7:45 – 8:00 pm | Q&A.
• 8:00 pm | Networking aperitif

Simultaneous translation into English will be available during the on-campus event.

Attend the event and join the debate on the future of sustainability!

The second event dedicated to the theme of sustainability, entitled "The European Challenge between Sustainability and Competitiveness" will be taking place on Wednesday, 26 November at 6 pm at the Navigli Campus. If you would like to take part, please register at the following link.