Events

Upcoming IEP@BU Events

Brussels
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RULES THAT EMPOWER | Turning EU Digital Regulation into a Catalyst for Innovation

The digital landscape of Europe is currently undergoing significant technological and regulatory transformations. The primary challenges for the European Union lie in promoting an EU-based tech sector while managing major global trends such as the influence of dominant platforms, the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the advent of decentralized business networks, and the spread of dual-use technologies.

ACE Events | Avenue d’Auderghem, 22, 1040 Brussels
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FUNDING IDEAS, NOT COMPANIES | Rethinking EU Innovation Policy from the Bottom Up

The meeting will start at 12:30 with a networking lunch, to be followed by the presentation of the new joint report by the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University and EconPol/ifo Institute.
Marc Lemaitre (Director General for Research and Innovation) and Dagmar Schuller (CEO and Co-Founder, audEERING) will provide comments ad discuss the way forward for EU Innovation Policy.

EGEA, Sala Lettura, v.le Bligny 22
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L’allargamento può salvare l’UE o la distruggerà?

L’instabilità delle relazioni transatlantiche e il mutamento degli equilibri geo-strategici pongono sfide cruciali all’Unione europea. Cosa può succedere con l’allargamento a Est?

Past Events

ISPI, Palazzo Clerici (Via Clerici, 5)
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Satelliti e intelligenza artificiale: la competizione è tecnologica
Dall’occhio satellitare alla decisione algoritmica, la tecnologia sta rivoluzionando i rapporti di potere, le relazioni tra Stati e attori privati e, naturalmente, i conflitti. Come cambiano strategia, deterrenza e dominio nell’era dell’intelligenza artificiale e della nuova corsa allo spazio? Con Antonio Deruda (Deloitte), Simonetta Di Pippo (SDA Bocconi) e Federico Thoman (Corriere della Sera)
SDA Bocconi - Via Sarfatti 10, Milano
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Sustainability disclosure: red tape or strategic tool for the future of business?

Is sustainability disclosure a strategic tool that helps investors, consumers, and civil society assess companies, as emphasized during the approval of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), or a bureaucratic burden to be streamlined, as the “omnibus” decree seems to suggest?

Top European business leaders, public officials, and regulators will discuss the issue on June 24 at SDA Bocconi School of Management.

Castello Sforzesco
Sala della Balla
Piazza Castello
Milano
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A Bolder European Union: Today’s challenges in the spirit of the 1985 Milan European Council

The event uses the historical lens of the 1985 European Council meeting in Milan to look at Europe’s future.

Alberto Alesina Seminar Room (5.e4.sr04 )
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IEP@BU Annual Event - Reflecting on Dynamics of European Integration

Save the Date for the Academic Session of the 2025 IEP@BU Annual Event

Velodromo Building, room N04
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Workshop on  feasibility and desirability of a European Defense Union

The goal is to explore the feasibility and desirability of a European defense union, examining the forms it could take and how it compares to the politically simpler—yet likely ineffective—reinforcement of individual national armies.

Sala Lettura EGEA, v.le Bligny 22
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Come garantire la sicurezza in Europa?

Come può rispondere l’Ue alla doppia sfida di Russia e Stati Uniti? E con quali risorse? Con Daniel Gros (IEP@BU), Carlo Altomonte (IEP@BU e ISPI), Eleonora Tafuro (ISPI) e Stefano Feltri (IEP@BU).

Zoom Webinar
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Can We Make Digital Platforms’ Algorithms Less Harmful?

How can the EU effectively manage the influence of Big Tech platforms while fostering European digital platforms that better serve societal interests? A policy proposal for a voluntary certification for algorithms and business practices 

SDA ROMA
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La Nuova Germania di Merz nella Post-Globalizzazione

Even before taking office as the new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz has already reshaped Germany—and the entire European Union. The return of a Germany ready to take center stage, willing to incur debt like never before to support its economy, is raising both hopes and concerns in a Europe struggling to keep pace with Donald Trump's United States in terms of trade, defense, and strategic policy.

Brussels
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A New EU/UK Partnership for a New European Security Era

The roundtable will discuss the progress and challenges in building an EU-UK security and defense partnership, focusing on obstacles due to the UK's third-country status, defense industry cooperation, and broader implications for security and economic cooperation. Read more...

ISPI, Palazzo Clerici (Via Clerici, 5)
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L’Europa può sopravvivere a 4 anni di Trump?

L’instabilità delle relazioni transatlantiche e il mutamento degli equilibri geo-strategici pongono sfide cruciali all’Unione europea. Come affronterà l’Unione europea 4 anni di presidenza Trump?