Friday, February 28, 2014 – NYC: "Europe: A Museum or an Investment Opportunity; A summit organized by Italy". Fareed Zakaria hosts CNN's flagship foreign affairs show, is Editor-at-Large of TIME Magazine, a Washington Post columnist, and a New York Times bestselling author. Esquire Magazine called him "the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation."

Zakaria will moderate a panel of esteemed leaders from European, Italian and American business & political worlds discussing the following:

US and Europe: the economic future, opportunities and challenges, the US perspective vs. European's; the TTIP negotiations' status and growth implications

Italy: what has changed because of the crisis, the investment opportunities; the US perspective

The list of esteemed panelists includes:

- Domenico Arcuri, CEO, Invitalia
- Greg Case, President and CEO, AON
- Fedele Confalonieri, Chairman, Mediaset
- Fulvio Conti, CEO, Enel
- Marta Dassu', Vice Minister, Foreign Affairs
- Claudio Del Vecchio, CEO, Brooks Brothers
- Fabrizio Freda, CEO, Estee Lauder
- Vittorio Grilli, Former Economic Minister & Finances of the Republic of Italy
- Gary Hart, Chairman State Dept. Int'l. Security Advisory Board
- Maximo Ibarra, CEO, Wind
- Marco Magnani, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
- Vali Nasr, Dean of John Hopkins School of Advanced Int'l. Studies
- Federica Olivares, CEO, Edizioni Olivares
- Ippolita Rostagno, Founder and Creative Director, Ippolita
- Eric Spiegel, CEO, Siemens USA
- Antonio Tajani, European Union VP and Commissioner of Industry and Entrepreneurship
- David H.Thorne, Senior Advisor To The Secretary Of State, former US Ambassador to the Republic of Italy and the Republic of San Marino
- Danny Wegman, President and CEO, Wegmans Food Markets

Friday, February 28, 2014 - 8:30am-12.30pm - Please arrive promptly at 8.00am
10 On the Park - Time Warner Center - North Tower, 10th Floor - 60 Columbus Circle
New York, NY - RSVP is required by Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

Please reserve a space now for yourself or other colleagues wishing to attend

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