Conferenza internazionale “GREEN ACT”: quali prospettive? Le misure di stimolo alla Green Economy per restituire competitività all’economia italiana nel quadro europeo Università Bocconi Aula Magna, via Gobbi 5, Milano 18 maggio 2015 Speakers’ biographies Alberto Grando Alberto Grando is Vice Rector for Development at Bocconi University, where he is Professor of Operations Management at the Department of Management and Technology. He is also Professor at the Technology and Production Unit of SDA Bocconi School of Management. His areas of expertise include Operations Strategy, Supply Chain Management, Operations Performance Measurement. Visiting Professor at Cranfield School of Management (UK), he has published a number of books and articles in academic and professional journals. He is also Board Member of many Scientific and Academic Advisory Boards of national and international Institutions and research centres; among the others, EFMD – European Foundation for Management Development, EABIS – European Association for Business in Society, BCFN – Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition. Michele Polo Michele Polo is full professor in Economics, eni Chair in Energy Markets and Director of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy (Iefe) at Bocconi University. He has studied at Bocconi University and the London School of Economics. His research interests are in Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust, Liberalization of Network Industries and Energy Economics. He has published several books and articles in important international Journals. He has been advisor of the Chief Economist at the DG Competition in Bruxelles. Fabrizio Spada Fabrizio Spada is Head of the European Commission’s Regional Representation in Milan. Mr. Fabrizio Spada takes office as Head of Regional Representation in Milan from 1st April 2012. Mr. Spada, previously Press Officer of the European Commission Regional Representation in Milan, brings over 15 years of experience in the Commission. Since joining the European Commission in 1996, he has worked in the Directorate General responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion and in Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development. He served the DG Employment dealing with European Social Fund Operations monitoring national employment and social inclusion action plans. In the DG Agriculture and Rural Development he worked on legislative and related matters concerning national and regional rural development programmes in the Member States. Mr. Spada's experience and his background in economics, finance and law will enable the Commission Regional Representation in Milan to play a key role in communicating with local citizens and the media, as well as enhancing relations between the European Commission and national and local authorities and stakeholders, especially in the context of the Italian Presidency in the second half of 2014 and Milan EXPO 2015. 1 Edoardo Croci Edoardo Croci Research Director of IEFE, the research center of economics and policy of energy and environment at Bocconi University, Milan, where he is Coordinator of the “Green Economy Observatory” and teaches “Carbon Markets and Carbon Management”. Professor of Environmental Policy at the Milan State University. His main research areas are: economics of climate change, environmental policy, urban sustainability. Served as Milan City Deputy Mayor for Mobility, Transport and Environment, President of the Agency for the protection of the Environment of Lombardy Region, Vicepresident of FEDARENE (European Federation of Regional Energy and Environment Agency), and Vicepresident of Italian Agenda 21 Coordination association. Member of the Editing Committee of the review “Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment.” Fabio Iraldo Fabio Iraldo is Associate Professor at Scuola Sant’Anna of Pisa (Institute of Management) and Research Director at IEFE - Institute of Energy & Environment Economics & Policy of Bocconi University, where he is Coordinator of the Observatory on Green Economy, IEFE, Bocconi University. In 2006 he founded Cesisp - Centre for the development of sustainability in products, in collaboration with the University of Genoa and the Polytechnic of Turin. He has coordinated several projects financed by the European Commission, among which: EVER “Evaluation of Emas for the Revision”, Life+ ECCELSA “Environmental Compliance based on Cluster Experiences and Local SME Approaches”, EcoInnovation IMAGINE “Innovation for a Made ‘Green’ in Europe”, BAT4MED (FP7), Life+ LAIKA “Local Authorities Improving Kyoto Actions”, Life+ BRAVE “Better Regulation Aimed at Valorising Emas” e Life+ PREFER “Product Environmental Footprint Enhanced by Regions”. He has also been leading consultant for the Commission in the evaluation process for the policies of Sustainable Consumption & Production which has been at the basis of the recent community strategy “Building the Single Market for Green Products”. Aldo Ravazzi Douvan Aldo Ravazzi Douvan Economist at the Italian Ministry of Environment, he has facilitated the 2012 work of MoE experts on green fiscal reform. He is Vice-President of Green Budget Europe, the European platform of experts serving the EU Commission and Member Countries for the promotion of environmental fiscal reforms, the removal of environmentally harmful subsidies and the use of market instruments for environmental policy. He has chaired for several years the OECD Committees on Taxation & Environment and on the Integration of Environmental & Economic Policies; he presently chairs the OECD Committees on Country Environmental Reviews and on Biodiversity, Water & Ecosystems. He is Vice-President of the Plan Bleu (UNEP-MAP) for development and environment in the Mediterranean. He teaches sustainable development at LUISS University, he is a IAERE Board member. He was part of the Italian delegation to Rio+20. Previously he has been Head of the IRI Research & Economic Analysis Office and a coordinator of the Italian Environmental Authority for the greening of EU structural funds. Among recent publications: “Ecological fiscal reform in times of economic- financial crisis” in "Italy beyond the crisis", Ambiente Italia 2013 Report, Edizioni Ambiente (in Italian). 2 Barbara Degani Barbara Degani is Undersecretary of State of the Italian Ministry of the Environment. In 2000 she was elected as Regional Councilor in the Veneto Region. She held the position of member of the Commission on Statute and Regulation and of the Commission on Institutional Affairs, Budget, Control, Local Authorities, Staff and Programming. In 2005 she was re-elected Regional Councilor in the Veneto Region. She held the position of President of the Special Commission for Venice, President of the Commission on Institutional Affairs, Budget, Control, Local Authorities, Staff and Programming. In 2009 she was elected President of the Province of Padua, a role which she held until her appointment as Undersecretary of State. On 28th February 2014, she was appointed Undersecretary at the Ministry of Environment by the Council of Ministers chaired by Matteo Renzi. Other administrative positions held: From 2009 to date she has been Vice President of the Union of the Veneto Provinces – UPI Veneto; From 2012 to date she has been member of the Bureau of the Union of Italian Provinces – UPI Nazionale; From 2012 to date she has been Representative of UPI Nazionale within the Conference State - Cities and Local Authorities; From 2012 to date she has been Representative of UPI Nazionale Conferenza Unificata; From 2012 to date she has been Member of the Permanent Conference Veneto Region - Local Authorities; From 2010 to date she has been Member of the Board and Member of the 1st Monitoring Commission of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - CPLRE; Since 2010 she is Member of the Direction of the Italian Association of Municipalities, Provinces, Regions and other local communities – AICCRE; From 2010 to March 2013 she served as Board Member of the Autostrade BS- VR-VI-PD SpA company. Shardul Agrawala Shardul Agrawala is Head of the Environment and Economy Integration Division at the OECD Environment Directorate. He took up duties full time in July 2013. In this capacity, Dr. Agrawala leads the Directorate’s work on economic-environmental modelling, empirical analysis of environmental policies, trade and environment, and on resource productivity and waste. At the OECD since 2002, Dr. Agrawala has previously served as Senior Advisor to the OECD Secretary General, Co-ordinator of the OECD-wide initiative on New Approaches to Economic Challenges, Acting Head of the Climate Change Biodiversity and Development Division, and Senior Economist Climate Change. Dr. Agrawala has published extensively on climate change. He has led teams of international experts for chapters of the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has testified before the US Congress, contributed to the Stern Review, and served on advisory panels for the Pilot Program on Climate Resilience of the World Bank and the International Climate Initiative (ICI) of the German Government. Dr Agrawala received his PhD from Princeton University and has previously held research positions at Princeton University, Harvard University, Columbia University and at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). 3 Carlo Carraro Carlo Carraro is a professor of Environmental Economics and Econometrics at