Infrastructure of the future: sector innovation and challenges at Salini Impregilo event at Triennale di Milano

Milan, May 10, 2018 - The development of public works, new urban trends, innovation and the challenges of global growth will be at the heart of a panel discussion entitled 'Future Trends in Infrastructure' hosted by Salini Impregilo on May 15 at 6 p.m. at the art and design museum, the Triennale di Milano. Entry is free.

Salini Impregilo Chief Executive Pietro Salini will lend a voice to the discussion about the outlook for the infrastructure sector, along with Stefano Boeri, president of the Triennale di Milano and founder of the studio that designed Milan's Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forrest), winner of the Best Tall Building award for 2015. Andrea Goldstein, economics professor at the Catholic University of Milan, and Marta Dassù, Senior Director of European Affairs at Aspen Institute Italia, will discuss global growth trends, while Riccardo Monti, Senior Partner & Managing Director for Boston Consulting Group in Milan, will talk about innovation and future trends in the sector.

The panel discussion will be followed by a concert by the Cameristi della Scala, the chamber orchestra founded in 1982 and comprised of musicians from the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala. Protagonists of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, the Cameristi will close the evening performing Vivaldi and Piazzolla.

Salini Impregilo is one of the leading global players in large, complex civil infrastructure with a presence in 50 countries. It is specialized in the water segment, for which it has been ranked leader for five years in a row by the U.S. industry magazine, ENR. It is also a leader in other sectors like rail and metro, roads, bridges and highways, civil and industrial buildings and airports.
The event is an initiative by the Group to promote a debate about infrastructure and have it enter the political agenda in Italy.

It is being held alongside the 'Cyclopica' photo exhibit organised by the Group from May 1 to June 3 at the Triennale di Milano. The exhibit, which has already received a large number of visitors, celebrates work and the scale of infrastructure projects throughout the world. It offers an immersive, multi-sensorial journey enriched by the Group's heritage of more than 1.2 million photos and 600 videos that document the history of work and the challenges that have often appeared impossible to overcome, such as the transfer of the temples of Abu Simbel in Egypt, the construction of the Trans-Iranian Railway, the new canal in Panama and some of the world's biggest dams.