It will be held at the Conference Hall of Banca Bper
On 1 and 2 December in Genoa, at the Salone delle Spezia
Banca Bper conferences, the conference entitled
“Take opportunities navigating trade tensions”
organized by the Association of Genoese Freight Forwarders
Spediporto during which topics such as the
Changing global geopolitical scenarios and the consequences
connected with the economic rise of some new countries, and the
effects of US tariffs that can also become an opportunity
to be exploited. In the working sessions on December 1st, the
strategies and commercial cooperation between Europe and the
countries of the RCEP (South East Asia and Oceania area) and
/ZFD and the relationships that can arise, straddling
logistics, finance and technology. On Tuesday 2 December, however,
space for development opportunities for Genoa and the North
Italian West, which can and must also look at the markets
expression of economies in strong growth.
Program
1 DECEMBER 2025
09:00
Registration of participants and welcome coffee
09:45
Welcome greetings BPER Rosalia Spagnarisi (Head of
Corporate Regional Directorate Liguria Piedmont)
Institutional greetings Edoardo Rixi (Vice Minister of
Infrastructure and Transport)
10:00-11:30
EU-RCEP’ NEW STRATEGIES AND PARTNERSHIPS
Davide Revelli (Head of Economic Analysis and Research Division
Bank of Italy)
Francesco Vitali (Vice President Italian Chamber of Commerce
of Hong Kong and Macau – Deloitte Asia Pacific Ltd)
Matteo Paroli (President AdSP MLO)
Kyle Hung* (Head of Financial Market Infrastructures Services,
Hong Kong Monetary Authority)
Du Ruigang* (Deputy Country Head of Italy, Bank of China Milan
Branch)
Augusto Cosulich (President and CEO Fratelli Cosulich Group)
Francesco Saluto (CEO SNY Investmente & Consulting Co, Ltd)
Silvia Salis (Mayor of Genoa)
Greetings from Admiral Inspector (CP) Antonio Ranieri,
Commander of the Port Authority of Genoa
11:30-12:30
ROUND TABLE – Moderated by Matteo Cantile (Journalist)
Valentino Valentini (Vice Minister of Enterprises and Made in
Italy)
Marco Bucci (President of the Liguria Region)
Nguyen Thu Ha (Counselor Chargè d’Affaires Vietnam)
Cheng Xuan (General Manager of ICBC (Europe) S.A., Milan
Branch and Vice President of ICCF)
Andrea Giachero (President Spediporto)
Benedetto Lonato (Strategic investments Equity – LCA)
12:30-14:00
Lunch Time
14:00-15:00
ZFD – ZLS LOGISTICS MEETS AI & FINANCE
Jacopo Riccardi (Manager Blue Economy, Energy and
Development of the Logistics and Port Sector, Liguria Region)
Andrea Zucchini (Territorial Director ADM)
Chris Lo (Regional Director Europe, Central Asia and Israel
of HKTDC)
Maurizio D’Amico (Lawyer Member of the Steering Committee ZLS Port and
Hinterland of Genoa)
Lorenzo Ugolini (LCA Law Firm)
15:00-16:30
ROUND TABLE – Moderated by Matteo Cantile (Journalist)
Roberta Pinotti (President of the National Foundation
Underwater Dimension and Former Minister of Defense)
Maurizio Conti (Prof. Economics University of Genoa)
Lorenzo Cuocolo (Prof. Avv.to Università Bocconi)
Gianluca Sigismondi (Tax Manager Deloitte)
Stefano Bellucci (Head of Global Transaction Banking CIB BPER)
Maria Grazia Frijia (On. Membro della IX Commissione Trasporti
della Camera)
*pending confirmation
DECEMBER 2, 2025
09:30
Participant registration and welcome coffee
10:00-12:00
GENOA AND THE NORTH-WEST: DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND GLOBAL
CHALLENGES
Riccardo Fuochi (President OLG Asia Itd)
Stefano De Paoli (International Trade, Foreign Direct
Investments – InvestHK)
Sara Berloto (Head of the ICCF Study Center
Alessandro Pittaluga (Liguria International Projects Coordinator)
Marina Vienna (Vice President Indian Chamber of Commerce in
Italy – ICCI)
Giampaolo Botta (General Manager Spediporto)
Luigi Attanasio (President of the Genoa Chamber of Commerce)
Alessandro Terrile (Deputy Mayor of Genoa)
