THE ANNIVERSARY 27 October 2025

Winds of change: 20 years of ALTIS

To mark ALTIS’s first 20 years, a special event will be held in the University’s Aula Magna to explore experiences and business models that put the principles and goals of sustainability into practice in innovative ways. With special guests and a thought-provoking theatrical performance.

ALTIS celebrates its first 20 years as a leading centre for education and research in sustainable management and responsible entrepreneurship.

 

The School will mark this milestone with a special event on Monday 27 October in the Aula Magna of Università Cattolica in Milan.

It will be an opportunity to reflect on paths of entrepreneurial and social innovation together with the network of faculty members, students, entrepreneurs and partners who have contributed to the School’s journey so far.

 

Opening remarks by ALTIS’s founding and former directors and by representatives of the University will be followed by a conversation moderated by the School’s Director, Matteo Pedrini, with Edoardo Garrone and Cinzia Macchi, respectively Chair of ERG and Founder of LaMilanesa: two leading entrepreneurial figures who have distinguished themselves in their sectors through their courage to change in the direction of sustainability.

 

 

On stage will speak:

  • Matteo Pedrini, Full Professor of Corporate Strategy and Director of ALTIS Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  • Mario Molteni, Professor of Corporate Strategy, first Director of ALTIS and Director of the Africa Plan, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  • Vito Moramarco, former Professor of Economic Policy, former Director of ALTIS Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  • Roberto Brambilla, Director of Postgraduate Training and Research Partnership, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  • Edoardo Garrone, Chairman, ERG
  • Cinzia Macchi, Founder, LaMilanesa
  • Silvia Polleri, President of the ABC Catering Cooperative – InGalera Restaurant

The talk will be followed by a theatrical performance with actor Paolo Cevoli, who will combine his comic energy with an ironic and thought-provoking perspective on entrepreneurship.

 

Nicola Varcasia, journalist at VITA, will host the event.

 

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