Politecnico di Milano (Campus Bovisa)
Room Carassa Dadda – Building 28
Via Raffaele Lambruschini 4 – 20156, Milano

The workshop “Finance and the ‘Real’ Economy” brings together scholars, professionals and policy-makers to celebrate the intellectual legacy of Francesco Brioschi and, through an interdisciplinary lens, to explore the relationship between finance and society’s concrete development. Open to the public, the two-day event invites dialogue where academia meets business, institutions and market practitioners to chart new paths of shared value.

Three guiding threads will shape the debate:

• Governance, ownership and the institutions of capitalism: analysing corporate control structures and their implications for the real economy.
• Corporate finance: evolving financial strategies that steer the ongoing transition while balancing competitiveness with long-term vision.
• Entrepreneurial finance: from digital platforms to venture capital, new funding channels that support the growth and scalability of entrepreneurial initiatives.

Featuring high-profile keynotes, thematic sessions and networking moments, the workshop aims not only to honour Professor Brioschi’s memory but also to advance his vision of finance in the service of the “real” economy.

PROGRAM:

Thursday, July 10

14.30 Welcome address
Donatella Sciuto, Politecnico di Milano, Rector
Raffaella Cagliano, Politecnico di Milano, Director of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Monica Billio, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice, GRINS project

15.00 The scientific heritage of Francesco Brioschi
Chairman: Maria Sole Brisochi, Università di Bergamo
Panelists:

• Luigi Buzzacchi, Politecnico di Torino
• Massimo G. Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
• SteFano Paleari, Università di Bergamo

16.00-16.30 Networking Break

Session 1

16.30-18.00 Governance, ownership and the institutions of capitalism
Chairman: John Walsh, Politecnico di Milano
Keynote speaker: Marc Gorgen, IE Business School
Panelists:

• Michele Meoli, Università di Bergamo: The impact of corporate governance on the valuation of IPO firms
• Giulio Cainelli, Università di Padova: Regional institutions, business groups and firm performance
• Massimiliano Guerini, Politecnico di Milano: Government and the dynamics of capitalism
• Diego D’Adda, JRC Sevilla: Public support to innovation: digital innovation intermediaries
• Roberto Arosio, Banca Aletti: Governace and institutions

Friday, July 11

Session 2

9.30-11.00 Corporate finance for a sustainable world
Chairman: Giancarlo Giudici, Politecnico di Milano
Keynote speaker: Alexander Ljungqvist, Stockholm School of Economics
Panelists:

• Annalisa Croce & Elisa Ughetto, Politecnico di Torino: Green finance
• Fabio Bertoni, Skema Business School: Loan guarantee schemes and the “real” economy
• Massimo D’Adamo, F2I: Innovation in corporate finance

11.00-11.30 Networking break

Session 3

11.30-13.30 Entrepreneurial finance for an inclusive society
Chairman: Silvio Vismara, Università di Bergamo
Keynote speaker: Douglas Cumming, Florida Atlantic University
Panelists:

• Vincenzo Butticè, Politecnico di Milano & Francesca Di Pietro, Università Milano Bicocca: Digital finance and inclusion
• Francesca Tenca, Università del Piemonte Orientale: The “real” impact of business angels
• Benedetta Montanaro, Politecnico di Milano: Venture capital and M&A
• David Heller, Politecnico di Milano: Artificial intelligence and entrepreneurial finance
• Lorenzo Tencati, Singular Group: Finance for scaling

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