FUTURA EXPO 2025 hosted three intense days of meetings, insights and networking. This year too, UNIMONT – Alpine hub of the University of Milan – participated, offering the public, made up of over 22 thousand visitors during the three days, a wide range of interactive activities and opportunities for discussion on the themes of mountains, sustainability and innovation.
One of the most popular events was “A CHAT WITH…” , a format focusing on experts, institutions, entrepreneurs and young talents involved in the ecological transition and the development of mountain areas. Guests of this edition included prominent institutional figures such as Attilio Fontana, President of the Lombardy Region, Guido Guidesi, Regional Councilor for Economic Development, and Giorgio Maione, Councilor for the Environment and Climate of the Lombardy Region. Klaus Ehrlich, Secretary General of Ruraltour, and Patricia Martinez Saez, Policy Advisor of Rural Pact, together with Eugenio Massetti, President of Visit Brescia, and Stefano Zane, CEO of Vitale – Zane & Co also contributed.
Vladimiro Carminati and Giuliano Maddalena, respectively President and CEO of the SAFE Consortium, and the entrepreneurs Fabrizio Capobianco and Mattia Pedroncelli played a key role. The discussion was also enriched by the contributions of Monica Basile, member of the UN Tourism Panel of Experts, and of prominent figures such as Ludovico Monforte, General Manager of Futura, and Anna Frattini, Councilor of the Municipality of Brescia.
Among the protagonists of the debate, there were also the journalist and former RAI President Marcello Foa, the Deputy Simona Bordonali, the Regional Councillors Massimo Vizzardi and Carlo Bravo, as well as Gaetano Quagliariello, President of the Fondazione Magna Carta.
On this occasion, there were numerous testimonies and important specific contributions from students, researchers, collaborators and experts working at the UNIMONT centre, as well as a speech by Prof. Riccardo Guidetti, director of the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Production, Territory, Agroenergy – DISAA.
In the coming days, videos of the interviews will be released, allowing an even wider audience to discover more about the topics covered.
Great attention was also paid to the databases and related maps developed within the PNRR Agritech Project, presented in preview to stakeholders and visitors. These innovative tools, the result of UNIMONT research within the Agritech Project, will offer fundamental support for the sustainable management of mountain resources, contributing to increasingly aware and strategic planning.
UNIMONT thanks all those who participated and gave their contribution to this edition of FUTURA EXPO 2025.
