confronti 2013 economia
The economic competitiveness of Ticino: opportunities for a border region in an open market
The economic competitiveness analysis of Ticino highlights various critical aspects in comparison with other Swiss cantons. The actual challenge concerns the ability to read and reinterpret these factors in a new way, to transform them into competitive asset of our economic system. In addition, the fact of being a border region opens various opportunities related to the people and businesses flows.
confronti 2013 aims to explore these issues: thanks to the involvement of researchers, policymakers and actors working in/on border regions, we will discuss the opportunities for our canton.
The program structure includes a first part devoted to some presentations hold by speakers from O-Pol, Swiss and Italian Universities particularly focused on workers and firms’ mobility. The first section ends with a critical reading on the possibilities for the Ticino within the open labor market. The second section is in a panel discussion of academics and economic operators.
Programme
| 08h00 – 08h30 | Reception |
| 08h30 – 08h40 | Welcome and Introduction
Rico Maggi, IRE Director |
| 08h40 – 09h00 | The economic competitiveness of Ticino, a border region
Valentina Mini, IRE-Università della Svizzera italiana |
| 09h00 – 09h30 | The localization of foreign companies in a border region. Attractiveness' factors, effects and policies
Giulio Cainelli, Università degli Studi di Padova |
| 09h30 – 10h00 | The impact of migration on the Swiss economy
George Sheldon, University of Basel |
| 10h00 – 10h30 | Opportunities for the labor Market in a cross-border Region
Boris Zürcher, SECO |
| 10h30 – 11h00 | Coffee break |
| 10h45 – 12h15 | Round table: what are the prospects for Ticino as a border region?
Boris Zürcher, SECO; George Sheldon, University of Basel; Giulio Cainelli, Università degli Studi di Padova; Valentina Mini, IRE-Università della Svizzera italiana; Carlo Centonze, HeiQ Materials AG, and Giuseppe Perale, Industrie Biomediche Insubri SA. Moderated by Rico Maggi, IRE Director |
| 12h30 – 12h45 | Conclusions
On. Laura Sadis, Direttrice del Dipartimento delle finanze e dell'economia del Canton Ticino |
| 12h45 – 13h00 | Closing remarks
Rico Maggi, IRE Director |
| 13h00 | Buffet |
Reference documents
Review of the press
Corriere del Ticino – confronTi: "Anche il Ticino fa la sua parte", Gian Luigi Trucco, 29 novembre 2013
GIORNALEdelPOPOLO – Competitività del Ticino in un mondo che cambia, Corrado Bianchi Porro, 29 novembre 2013
laRegioneTicino – La competitività fa crescere, Generoso Chiaradonna, 29 novembre 2013
TELETICINO – TicinoNews: Il Ticino, un mercato di frontiera tra sfide e insidie, 28 novembre 2013
http://www.teleticino.ch/video/185073/il-ticino-un-mercato-di-frontiera-tra-sfide-e-insidie
